| Eurovision Song Contest | |
| Year: | 1970 |
| Size: | 230px |
| Final: | 21 March 1970 |
| Presenters: | Willy Dobbe |
| Musdirector: | Dolf van der Linden |
| Director: | Theo Ordeman |
| Exsupervisor: | Clifford Brown |
| Exproducer: | Warner van Kampen |
| Winner: | "All Kinds of Everything" |
| Vote: | Ten-member juries distributed ten points among their favourite songs. |
| Host: | Dutch; Flemish: [[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]]|i=unset (NOS) |
| Venue: | Dutch; Flemish: [[RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre|RAI Congrescentrum]]|i=unset Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Entries: | 12 |
| Debut: | None |
| Return: | None |
| Map Nosemis: | Y |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the 15th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Dutch; Flemish: [[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]]|i=unset (NOS), the contest was held at the Dutch; Flemish: [[RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre|RAI Congrescentrum]]|i=unset on 21 March 1970, and was hosted by Dutch television presenter Willy Dobbe.
Twelve countries participated in the contest this year. This was the lowest number of participants since the edition. The reason was that,,, and all boycotted the 1970 edition, officially because they felt that the contest marginalised smaller countries and was no longer good television entertainment,[1] though it is rumoured that this was also in protest of the four-way tie result that had occurred in 1969.[2]
The winner of the competition was with the song "All Kinds of Everything", performed by Dana, and written by Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith. This was Ireland's first of their eventual record seven victories in the contest. The finished in second place for the seventh time, while ended up in third placethe best result for the country at the time. This was also the only time that received nul points.[2]
Due to there being four winners in the, a question was raised as to which nation would host the 1970 contest. With having hosted in 1969 and the in, only and the were in consideration. A draw of ballots between these two countries resulted in the Netherlands being chosen as the host country.[3]
The Dutch; Flemish: Congrescentrum|i=unset, venue of the 1970 contest, is a semi-permanent exhibit at the Ferdinand Bolstraat to Amsterdam and was opened on 31 October 1922. This building was replaced in 1961 by the current RAI building on Europe's Square. The current congress and event center on Europe Square, was designed by Alexander Bodon and opened on 2 February 1961.
(who had not taken part in 1969),,, and boycotted this contest as they were not pleased with the result of 1969 and the voting structure.[2]
For the first time, no artists from previous contests returned.[4]
| + Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1970[5] [6] [7] | |||||||
| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Conductor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTB | Jean Vallée | "French: Viens l'oublier|i=unset" | French | Jean Vallée | Jack Say | ||
| ORTF | Guy Bonnet | "Marie-Blanche" | French | Franck Pourcel | |||
| HR | "German: Wunder gibt es immer wieder|i=unset" | German | Christian Bruhn | ||||
| RTÉ | Dana | "All Kinds of Everything" | English | Dolf van der Linden | |||
| RAI | Gianni Morandi | "Italian: [[Occhi di ragazza]]|i=unset" | Italian | Mario Capuano | |||
| CLT | David Alexandre Winter | "French: Je suis tombé du ciel|i=unset" | French | Raymond Lefèvre | |||
| TMC | "Marlène" | French | Jimmy Walter | ||||
| NOS | Patricia and Hearts of Soul | "Dutch; Flemish: Waterman|i=unset" | Dutch | Pieter Goemans | Dolf van der Linden | ||
| TVE | Julio Iglesias | "Gwendolyne" | Spanish | Julio Iglesias | Augusto Algueró | ||
| SRG SSR | Henri Dès | "French: Retour|i=unset" | French | Henri Dès | Bernard Gérard | ||
| BBC | Mary Hopkin | "Knock, Knock (Who's There?)" | English | Johnny Arthey | |||
| JRT | Eva Sršen | "Slovenian: [[Pridi, dala ti bom cvet]]|i=unset" | Slovene | Mojmir Sepe |
The Dutch producers were forced to pad out the show as only 12 nations decided to make the trip to Amsterdam. The result was a format that has endured almost to the present day. An extended opening sequence (filmed in Amsterdam) set the scene, while every entry was introduced by a short video 'postcard' featuring each of the participating artists, ostensibly in their own nation. However, the 'postcards' for Switzerland, Luxembourg and Monaco were all filmed on location in Paris (as was the French postcard). The long introduction film (over four minutes long) was followed by what probably is one of the shortest ever introductions by any presenter. Willy Dobbe only welcomed the viewers in English, French and Dutch, finishing her introduction after only 24 seconds. On-screen captions introduced each entry, with the song titles listed all in lowercase and the names of the artist and composers/authors all in capitals.
The set design was devised by Roland de Groot; a simple design was composed of a number of curved horizontal bars and silver baubles which could be moved in a variety of different ways.
To avoid an incident like in 1969, a tie-breaking rule was created. It stated that, if two or more songs gained the same number of votes and were tied for first place, each song would have to be performed again. After which each national jury (other than the juries of the countries concerned) would have a show of hands of which they thought was the best. If the countries tied again, then they would share first place.
| + Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1970[8] | ||||||
| Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patricia and Hearts of Soul | "Dutch; Flemish: Waterman|i=unset" | 7 | 7 | ||
| 2 | "French: Retour|i=unset" | 8 | 4 | |||
| 3 | "Italian: [[Occhi di ragazza]]|i=unset" | 5 | 8 | |||
| 4 | "Slovenian: [[Pridi, dala ti bom cvet]]|i=unset" | 4 | 11 | |||
| 5 | "French: Viens l'oublier|i=unset" | 5 | 8 | |||
| 6 | "Marie-Blanche" | 8 | 4 | |||
| 7 | "Knock, Knock (Who's There?)" | 26 | 2 | |||
| 8 | "French: Je suis tombé du ciel|i=unset" | 0 | 12 | |||
| 9 | "Gwendolyne" | 8 | 4 | |||
| 10 | "Marlène" | 5 | 8 | |||
| 11 | "German: Wunder gibt es immer wieder|i=unset" | 12 | 3 | |||
| 12 | Dana | "All Kinds of Everything" | 32 | 1 |
Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1970 contest are listed below.
| + Detailed voting results[10] [11] | ||||||||||||||
| scope="col" | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Italy | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Belgium | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| France | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Luxembourg | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Monaco | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Germany | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Ireland | 32 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||
Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below. In addition to the participating countries, the contest's introduction sequence claimed the contest was also broadcast in Greece, Iceland, Israel and Tunisia, in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union via Intervision, and in Brazil and Chile.
| + Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries | ||||
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTB | RTB | [13] | ||
| BRT | BRT | [14] | ||
| ORTF | French: [[France 2|Deuxième Chaîne]]|i=unset | Pierre Tchernia | ||
| ARD | German: [[Das Erste|Deutsches Fernsehen]]|i=unset | |||
| RTÉ | RTÉ | Valerie McGovern | [15] [16] | |
| RTÉ Radio | [17] | |||
| RAI | Italian: [[Rai 2|Secondo Programma]]|i=unset | [18] | ||
| CLT | French: [[RTL9|Télé-Luxembourg]]|i=unset | [19] | ||
| NOS | Dutch; Flemish: [[NPO 1|Nederland 1]]|i=unset | Pim Jacobs | [20] [21] | |
| TVE | TVE 1 | José Luis Uribarri | [22] [23] | |
| RNE | RNE | |||
| [24] | ||||
| SER | [25] | |||
| Radio Rioja | [26] | |||
| [27] | ||||
| SRG SSR | TV DRS | [28] | ||
| TSR | [29] | |||
| TSI | [30] | |||
| DRS 1 | [31] | |||
| RSR 2 | Robert Burnier | [32] | ||
| BBC | BBC1 | David Gell | [33] | |
| BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 | Tony Brandon | [34] [35] | ||
| BFBS | BFBS Radio | John Russell | ||
| JRT | [[RTS1 (Serbian TV channel)|Televizija Beograd]]|i=unset | [36] | ||
| Slovenian: [[Radiotelevizija Slovenija|Televizija Ljubljana]]|i=unset | [37] | |||
| [[HRT 1|Televizija Zagreb]]|i=unset | [38] | |||
| + Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries | |||||
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canal 13 | Cacho Fontana | [39] | |||
| ORF | FS1 | Ernst Grissemann | [40] [41] | ||
| Rede Tupi | TV Brasília, TV Paraná | [42] [43] | |||
| TVN | [44] | ||||
| ČST | ČST | [45] | |||
| MTV | MTV | [46] | |||
| RÚV | Icelandic: [[RÚV (TV channel)|Sjónvarpið]]|i=unset | [47] | |||
| IBA | Israeli Television | [48] | |||
| MBA | MTS | Victor Aquilina | [49] [50] | ||
| TP | Polish: [[TVP1|Telewizja Polska]]|i=unset | [51] | |||
| TVR | Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: [[TVR 1|Programul 1]]|i=unset | [52] | |||