| Eurovision Song Contest 1980 |
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| Dates | |
| Final date | 19 April 1980 |
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| Venue | Congresgebouw The Hague, Netherlands |
| Presenter(s) | Marlous Fluitsma |
| Conductor | Rogier van Otterloo |
| Director | Theo Ordeman |
| Host broadcaster | NOS |
| Interval act | The Dutch Rhythm Steel and Show Band |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 19 |
| Debuting countries | Morocco |
| Returning countries | Turkey |
| Withdrawing countries | Israel Monaco |
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Participation map
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs |
| Nul points | None |
| Winning song | Ireland "What's Another Year" |
| Eurovision Song Contest | |
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 19 April 1980 in The Hague. The presenter was Marlous Fluitsma, although each song was introduced by a presenter from the nation represented. In some cases, this was the same person providing the commentary.
Israel, winner in 1979, declined to host the show for the second time in a row, as the IBA could not fund another international production, and the Israeli government turned down a request to extend the IBA budget. Moreover, the date that was eventually set for the 1980 contest by the European Broadcasting Union coincided with Israel's Day of Remembrance for their casualties of war, so Israel decided not to participate at all. After Spain, the 2nd place winner of 1979, and reportedly the UK, refused to host, the Netherlands finally 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, Lapid called his 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[1]. The same arena in The Hague used for 1976 - the Congresgebouw - was chosen, with parts of the opening film from 1976 being reused in the introduction and the same set designer (Roland de Groot) taking charge of the design. For the first time since 1977 & 1978, there were no filmed postcards between the songs, with a guest presenter from each nation introducing the entries. NOS spent just US$725,000 on project.
Morocco joined the Eurovision family for the first (and so far only) time. It is rumoured that they were only brought in to replace Israel.
Monaco withdrew, and would not return until the 2004 semi final.
Australian-born Johnny Logan representing Ireland was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, "What's Another Year". This was Ireland's second time winning the competition, having won in 1970 with "All Kinds of Everything".
Germany were runners-up this year with the first of a determined attempt to win the contest. They would finish in second place again the following year, finally winning it in 1982. Germany would go on to finish second again in 1985 and 1987, making the 1980s their most successful decade. United Kingdom returned to form by coming third.
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Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs. However this year for the first time, countries were required to cast their votes in ascending order, 1,2,3 etc. This change made for the added excitement of waiting for each country to award their highest 12 points at the end of each voting round.
The Netherlands gained a strong lead early on, getting the maximum 'douze points' from three of the first four voting countries. This was not to last, however, as Germany and eventually Ireland overtook them.
| Results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Austria | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Turkey | 3 | 12 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Greece | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||
| Morocco | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Denmark | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Finland | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Norway | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 8 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 7 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | |||||
| Portugal | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 12 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| France | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |||||||
| Ireland | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| Spain | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
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Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
| N. | Recipient nation | Voting nation |
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| 7 | Ireland | Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| 4 | Netherlands | Austria, France, Luxembourg, Turkey |
| 3 | Germany | Italy, Netherlands, Spain |
| 2 | Switzerland | Finland, Ireland |
| 1 | Italy | Portugal |
| Turkey | Morocco | |
| United Kingdom | Sweden |
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
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| Katja Ebstein | Germany | 1970, 1971 |
| Maggie MacNeal | Netherlands | 1974 (part of Mouth & MacNeal) |
| Paola del Medico | Switzerland | 1969 |
Each song was introduced by a presenter from the national country.
^All the introductions were made in the language in which the song was performed, with the exception of Ireland. Thelma Mansfield introduced the song in Irish, whereas the song was performed in English.
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