Eurovision Song Contest 1970

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Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Final	21 March 1970
Presenter(s)	Willy Dobbe
Conductor	Dolf van der Linden
Host broadcaster	NOS
Venue	Rai Congrescentrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Winning song	Ireland "All Kinds of Everything"
Voting system
Each country had 10 jury members who each awarded 1 point to their favourite song.
Number of entries	12
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	None
Withdrawing countries	Finland  Denmark  Norway  Portugal  Sweden
Nul points	Luxembourg
Interval act	The Don Lurio Dancers from Amsterdam
Eurovision Song Contest
◄1969    •    1971►

The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the 15th Eurovision Song Contest. The Amsterdam contest is regarded as one of the most significant in Eurovision history for a number of reasons.

Due to the four-way tie in 1969, lots were drawn to choose which country would host this Eurovision. Austria (who had not taken part in 1969), Finland, Norway, Portugal and Sweden boycotted this contest as they were not pleased with the result of 1969 and the voting structure. ^[1].

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 which has endured almost to the present day. An extended opening sequence set the scene, while every entry was introduced by a short video 'postcard'. ^[2].

The set design was Designed 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.

Of the participating singers, a number were already established performers. Notably, the UK sent Mary Hopkin while David Alexandre Winter represented Luxembourg. The contest is also notable for the appearance of the then unknown Julio Iglesias, singing for Spain. Ireland won the contest with "All Kinds of Everything", penned by Derry Lindsey and Jackie Smith and sung by another unknown, 18 year-old Derry schoolgirl Dana. It became a million-seller and the singer went on to enjoy international success.

To avoid an incident like in 1969, a tie rule was created. It stated that, if two or more songs gained the same number of points, each song would have to be performed again. After that every jury except 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.

Ireland's win was their first. It is notable that 9 of the ten Belgian jury members awarded their votes to Ireland. The UK were second, 6 points behind Ireland. Luxembourg scored nul points for the first and only time.

Contents 1 Results 2 Score sheet 3 Map 4 Interesting Facts 5 References

[edit] Results

Country	Language	Artist	Song	English Translation	Place	Points
Belgium	French	Jean Vallee	Viens L'Oublier	Come To Forget Him	8	5
France	French	Guy Bonnet	Marie-Blanche	Marie-Blanche	4	8
Germany	German	Katja Ebstein	Wunder Gibt Es Immer Wieder	Miracles Keep Happening Again And Again	3	12
Ireland	English	Dana	All Kinds of Everything	-	1	32
Italy	Italian	Gianni Morandi	Occhi Di Ragazza	Girl's Eyes	8	5
Luxembourg	French	David Alexander Winter	Je Suis Tombé Du Ciel	I Fell From Heaven	12	0
Monaco	French	Dominique Dussault	Marlène	Marlène	8	5
Netherlands	Dutch	Hearts of Soul	Waterman	Aquarius	7	7
Spain	Spanish	Julio Iglesias	Gwendolyne	Gwendolyne	4	8
Switzerland	French	Henri Dès	Retour	Return	4	8
United Kingdom	English	Mary Hopkin	Knock Knock - Who's There?	-	2	26
Yugoslavia	Slovenian	Eva Sršen	Pridi, Dala Ti Bom Cvet	Come, I'll Give You The Flower	11	4

[edit] Score sheet

		Results
	Netherlands		0	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Switzerland	2		0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	1
	Italy	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
	Yugoslavia	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	Belgium	0	0	0	0		3	0	1	0	0	0	1
	France	0	0	1	2	0		0	0	0	2	0	3
	United Kingdom	3	2	2	4	0	2		2	0	4	4	3
	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	Spain	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2		3	0	0
	Monaco	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1		0	0
	Germany	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	1		2
	Ireland	5	6	0	0	9	1	4	2	3	0	2
THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

[edit] Map

[edit] Interesting Facts

• Julio Iglesias' suit jacket had no pockets, and was purposely a vibrant blue colour, so it would stand out on a black and white TV set (as Spain did not yet have colour TV).
• Eurovision sites state that during the rehearsals, one of the marbles from the set came tumbling down. No one was hurt, and it was repaired before the final.
• The Irish juror (being the last jury; realizing they had won): "This is a very cheerful Dublin calling."
• Dolf Van Der Linden directed the orchestra for the Dutch entry as well as Ireland's entry.
• Despite not participating in 1970, Portugal still held its annual national song contest which was won by Sergio Borges with the song Onde vais rio que eu canto.

[edit] References

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