| Eurovision Song Contest | |
| Year: | 1980 |
| Final: | 19 April 1980 |
| Musdirector: | Rogier van Otterloo |
| Director: | Theo Ordeman |
| Exsupervisor: | Frank Naef |
| Exproducer: | Fred Oster |
| Host: | Dutch; Flemish: [[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]]|i=unset (NOS) |
| Venue: | Dutch; Flemish: [[World Forum (The Hague)|Nederlands Congresgebouw]]|i=unset The Hague, Netherlands |
| Winner: | "What's Another Year" |
| Vote: | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
| Entries: | 19 |
| Map Nosemis: | Y |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in The Hague, Netherlands, and was organised by host broadcaster Dutch; Flemish: [[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]]|i=unset (NOS) – which agreed to stage the event after, having won in both and, declined to host it for a second successive year – and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The contest was held at the Dutch; Flemish: [[World Forum (The Hague)|Nederlands Congresgebouw]]|i=unset on 19 April 1980 and was hosted by Dutch actress Marlous Fluitsma, although each song was introduced by a presenter from the participating nation (in some cases, this was the same person providing the commentary).
Nineteen countries took part this year, with and the previous year's winner deciding not to participate, and returning., notably, made its only appearance in the contest.
The winner was with the song "What's Another Year", sung by Johnny Logan and written by Shay Healy.[1]
, the winner of the 1979 contest, declined to host it for the second time in a row, as the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) could not fund another international production without extra resources, and the Israeli government turned down a request to extend the IBA budget. The EBU also scheduled the broadcast for the same day as the Yom HaZikaron memorial day, which meant that Israel could not even participate at all, marking the first time that the previous year's winning country did not compete the following year. After Spain – the second-placed country of 1979 – and (reportedly) the United Kingdom both declined to host, the Netherlands ultimately agreed to host the show in a small-scale production. According to Yair Lapid, son of Tommy Lapid who was then the IBA director general, his father called his then counterpart at NOS and convinced him to take the "undesired honour", when he realised that the extra cost could paralyse the regular work of the IBA.[2]
The contest took place in The Hague at the Dutch; Flemish: Congresgebouw|i=unset (presently known as the World Forum). The venue was constructed in 1969 and had previously hosted the contest in .
After Israel announced its absence, Morocco entered into the contest instead for its only ever participation. Monaco also withdrew from the contest, and would not return until 2004.
| + Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1980[3] [4] [5] | |||||||
| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Conductor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF | Blue Danube | "German: Du bist Musik|i=unset" | German | Klaus-Peter Sattler | Richard Oesterreicher | ||
| RTBF | Telex | "Euro-Vision" | French | ||||
| DR | Bamses Venner | "Danish: Tænker altid på dig|i=unset" | Danish | Allan Botschinsky | |||
| YLE | Vesa-Matti Loiri | "Finnish: Huilumies|i=unset" | Finnish | Ossi Runne | |||
| TF1 | French: [[Profil (band)|Profil]]|i=unset | "French: Hé, hé m'sieurs dames|i=unset" | French | Sylvano Santorio | |||
| BR | Katja Ebstein | "German: Theater|i=unset" | German | Wolfgang Rödelberger | |||
| ERT | Anna Vissi and the Epikouri | "Autostop" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ωτοστόπ) | Greek | Jick Nacassian | |||
| RTÉ | Johnny Logan | "What's Another Year" | English | Shay Healy | Noel Kelehan | ||
| RAI | Alan Sorrenti | "Italian: [[Non so che darei]]|i=unset" | Italian | Alan Sorrenti | Del Newman | ||
| CLT | Sophie and Magaly | "French: [[Papa Pingouin]]|i=unset" | French | Norbert Daum | |||
| RTM | Samira Bensaïd | "Arabic: Bitakat Hob|i=unset" (Arabic: بطاقة حب) | Arabic | Jean Claudric | |||
| NOS | Maggie MacNeal | "Amsterdam" | Dutch | Rogier van Otterloo | |||
| NRK | Sverre Kjelsberg and Mattis Hætta | "Northern Sami: [[Sámiid ædnan]]|i=unset" | Norwegian | Sigurd Jansen | |||
| RTP | José Cid | "Portuguese: Um grande, grande amor|i=unset" | Portuguese | José Cid | Jorge Machado | ||
| TVE | Spanish; Castilian: [[Trigo Limpio]]|i=unset | "Spanish; Castilian: Quédate esta noche|i=unset" | Spanish | José Antonio Martín | Javier Iturralde | ||
| SVT | Tomas Ledin | "Swedish: [[Just nu!|Just nu]]|i=unset" | Swedish | Tomas Ledin | Anders Berglund | ||
| SRG SSR | Paola | "French: Cinéma|i=unset" | French | Peter Reber | |||
| TRT | Ajda Pekkan | "Turkish: Pet'r Oil|i=unset" | Turkish | Attila Özdemiroğlu | |||
| BBC | Prima Donna | "Love Enough for Two" | English | John Coleman |
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paola del Medico | 1969 | ||
| Katja Ebstein | 1970, 1971 | ||
| Maggie MacNeal | 1974 (part of Mouth and MacNeal) |
The venue that had hosted the, the Dutch; Flemish: [[World Forum (The Hague)|Congresgebouw]]|i=unset, was again chosen to stage the contest. Because of the limited budget and time available, NOS decided to recycle several elements of the 1976 production such as several opening video sequences and many pieces and elements that were being used in other broadcaster shows since then. Again, Roland de Groot took charge of the design. As with the 1977 and 1978 contests, there were no pre-filmed postcards between the songs, with a guest presenter from each nation introducing the entries. Apart from this, the presenter, Marlous Fluitsma practically presented the contest almost entirely in Dutch, with exceptions in the protocol parts and in the voting where she used French and English according to tradition. Thus, the broadcaster host spent only US$725,000 on staging the show.
Each of the 19 contestants was presented by a presenter from that country. Each of the songs was introduced in the same language as the competing country's song, with the exception of the Irish introduction, which was made in the Irish language, whereas the song was performed in English. The UK presenter was incorrectly identified in the onscreen caption as 'Noel Edmunds' and the Finnish presenter as 'Heikki Haarma'.
Austria
TurkeyŞebnem Savaşçı
GreeceKelly Sakakou
Luxembourg
MoroccoMohammed Bouzidi
ItalyBeatrice Cori
DenmarkJørgen de Mylius
SwedenUlf Elfving
SwitzerlandLyliam Stambac
FinlandHeikki Harma
NorwayÅse Kleveland
GermanyCarolin Reiber
United KingdomNoel Edmonds
PortugalEládio Clímaco
NetherlandsMarlous Fluitsma
FranceÉvelyne Dhéliat
IrelandThelma Mansfield
SpainMari Cruz Soriano
BelgiumAustralian-born Johnny Logan, representing his parents' country, was ultimately crowned the winner with the song "What's Another Year". This was Ireland's second victory in the competition, having previously won in with "All Kinds of Everything", coincidentally also held on Dutch soil. It was also the first time that a male solo artist (albeit with backing vocals) had won the contest since Udo Jürgens won for in .
| + Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1980[6] | ||||||
| Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Danube | "German: Du bist Musik|i=unset" | 64 | 8 | ||
| 2 | "Turkish: Pet'r Oil|i=unset" | 23 | 15 | |||
| 3 | and the Epikouri | "Autostop" | 30 | 13 | ||
| 4 | Sophie and Magaly | "French: [[Papa Pingouin]]|i=unset" | 56 | 9 | ||
| 5 | "Arabic: Bitakat Hob|i=unset" | 7 | 18 | |||
| 6 | "Italian: [[Non so che darei]]|i=unset" | 87 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Bamses Venner | "Danish: Tænker altid på dig|i=unset" | 25 | 14 | ||
| 8 | "Swedish: [[Just nu!|Just nu]]|i=unset" | 47 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Paola | "French: Cinéma|i=unset" | 104 | 4 | ||
| 10 | "Finnish: Huilumies|i=unset" | 6 | 19 | |||
| 11 | and Mattis Hætta | "Northern Sami: [[Sámiid ædnan]]|i=unset" | 15 | 16 | ||
| 12 | "German: Theater|i=unset" | 128 | 2 | |||
| 13 | Prima Donna | "Love Enough for Two" | 106 | 3 | ||
| 14 | "Portuguese: Um grande, grande amor|i=unset" | 71 | 7 | |||
| 15 | "Amsterdam" | 93 | 5 | |||
| 16 | French: [[Profil (band)|Profil]]|i=unset | "French: Hé, hé m'sieurs dames|i=unset" | 45 | 11 | ||
| 17 | "What's Another Year" | 143 | 1 | |||
| 18 | Spanish; Castilian: [[Trigo Limpio]]|i=unset | "Spanish; Castilian: Quédate esta noche|i=unset" | 38 | 12 | ||
| 19 | Telex | "Euro-Vision" | 14 | 17 |
Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1980 contest are listed below.
For the voting sequence, Marlous Fluitsma used a unique telephone to speak to the nineteen jury spokespersons, although the phones were simply props and were not connected.
| + Detailed voting results[10] [11] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| scope="col" | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 64 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Turkey | 23 | 3 | 12 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Greece | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Luxembourg | 56 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||
| Morocco | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 87 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Denmark | 25 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 47 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 104 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Finland | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Norway | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 128 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 7 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 106 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | |||||
| Portugal | 71 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 93 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| France | 45 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |||||||
| Ireland | 143 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| Spain | 38 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Belgium | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | ,,,,,, | |
| 4 | ,,, | |
| 3 | ,, | |
| 2 | , | |
| 1 | ||
| + Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries | ||||
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF | FS2 | Ernst Grissemann | [13] | |
| RTBF | RTBF1 | [14] | ||
| BRT | TV1 | |||
| DR | DR TV | Jørgen de Mylius | [15] | |
| YLE | TV1, Finnish: {{ill|Rinnakkaisohjelma|fi | Heikki Harma | [16] [17] | |
| TF1 | Patrick Sabatier | [18] | ||
| ARD | German: [[Das Erste|Deutsches Fernsehen]]|i=unset | [19] [20] | ||
| ERT | ERT | [21] | ||
| RTÉ | RTÉ 1 | Larry Gogan | [22] | |
| RTÉ Radio 1 | [23] | |||
| RAI | Italian: [[Rai 2|Rete Due]]|i=unset | Michele Gammino | [24] | |
| CLT | French: [[RTL9|RTL Télé-Luxembourg]]|i=unset | Jacques Navadic | [25] | |
| NOS | Dutch; Flemish: [[NPO 2|Nederland 2]]|i=unset | Pim Jacobs | [26] [27] | |
| Hilversum 1 | Willem van Beusekom | |||
| NRK | Norwegian: [[NRK1|NRK Fjernsynet]]|i=unset | Knut Aunbu | [28] | |
| NRK | ||||
| RTP | RTP1 | [29] | ||
| Portuguese: [[Antena 1 (Portugal)|RDP Programa 1]]|i=unset | [30] | |||
| TVE | TVE 1 | [31] [32] | ||
| SVT | TV1 | Ulf Elfving | ||
| SR P3 | Kent Finell | |||
| SRG SSR | TV DRS | [33] [34] | ||
| TSR | ||||
| TSI | [35] | |||
| TRT | Turkish: [[TRT 1|TRT Televizyon]]|i=unset | [36] | ||
| BBC | BBC1 | Terry Wogan | [37] | |
| BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 | Steve Jones | [38] [39] | ||
| BFBS | BFBS Radio | Andrew Pastouna | ||
| + Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries | |||||
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CyBC | RIK | [40] | |||
| RÚV | Icelandic: [[RÚV (TV channel)|Sjónvarpið]]|i=unset | Björn Baldursson | [41] | ||
| IBA | Israeli Television | [42] | |||
| Hebrew: {{ill|Reshet Bet|he|רשת ב', Hebrew: {{ill|Reshet Gimel|he|רשת ג' | [43] | ||||
| TeleAruba | [44] | ||||
| TVR | Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: [[TVR 1|Programul 1]]|i=unset | [45] | |||
