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Eurovision Song Contest 1970

Eurovision Song Contest 1970

Dates

Final date 21 March 1970

Host

Venue RAI CongrescentrumAmsterdam, Netherlands

Presenter(s) Willy Dobbe

Conductor Dolf van der Linden

Director Theo Ordeman

Executive supervisor Clifford Brown

Host broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS)

Interval act Don de Lurio Dancers

Participants

Number of entries 12

Debuting countries None

Returning countries None

Withdrawing countries •  Finland•  Norway•  Portugal•  Sweden

Vote

Voting system Each country had 10 jury members who each cast one vote for their favourite song.

Nul points  Luxembourg

Winning song  Ireland"All Kinds of Everything"

Eurovision Song Contest

◄1969 1971►

The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the 15th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 21 March 1970 at the RAICongrescentrum in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Amsterdam contest is regarded as one of the most significant inEurovision history for a number of reasons.Ireland's win was their first. The UK were second, six votes behind Ireland. Luxembourg received zero votes for theonly time.

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Overview

LocationFor more details on the host city, see Amsterdam.

RAI Congrescentrum, Amsterdam - host venue of the 1970Eurovision Song Contest

Due to there being four winners in the previous contest,a question was raised as to which nation would host the1970 Eurovision. With the UK having hosted the 1968Contest and Spain the 1969 Contest, only France andNetherlands were in consideration. A toss of a coinresulted in the host country being decided as theNetherlands.Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of theNetherlands. The city's status as the capital of thenation is governed by the constitution. The city islocated in the province of North Holland in the west ofthe country.

Amsterdam's name is derived from Amstelredamme,[1]

indicative of the city's origin: a dam in the riverAmstel. Settled as a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became one of the most importantports in the world during the Dutch Golden Age, a result of its innovative developments in trade. During that time,the city was the leading center for finance and diamonds.[2] In the 19th and 20th centuries, the city expanded, andmany new neighborhoods and suburbs were formed.

The Congrescentrum, venue of the 1970 contest, is a semi-permanent exhibit at the Ferdinand Bolstraat toAmsterdam, and was opened on 31 October 1922. This building was replaced in 1961 by the current RAI building onEurope's Square. The current congress and event center on Europe Square, was designed by Alexander Bodon andopened on 2 February 1961.

FormatThe Dutch producers were forced to pad out the show as only 12 nations decided to make the trip to Amsterdam. Theresult was a format which has endured almost to the present day. An extended opening sequence (filmed inAmsterdam) set the scene, while every entry was introduced by a short video 'postcard' featuring each of theparticipating artists. Interestingly, the long introduction film (over four minutes long) was followed by what probablyis 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.The set design was devised by Roland de Groot; a simple design was composed of a number of curved horizontalbars and silver baubles which could be moved in a variety of different ways.To avoid an incident like in 1969, a tie rule was created. It stated that, if two or more songs gained the same numberof votes, each song would have to be performed again. After which each national jury (other than the juries of thecountries 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.

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Participating countriesFurther information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song ContestAustria (who had not taken part in 1969), Finland, Norway, Portugal and Sweden boycotted this contest as they werenot pleased with the result of 1969 and the voting structure.[] Portugal did however host a National final, being wonby Sérgio Borges.Of the participating singers, a number were already established performers. Notably, the United Kingdom sentWelsh singer and Apple recording artist Mary Hopkin, while David Alexandre Winter represented Luxembourg. Thecontest is also notable for the appearance of the then unknown Julio Iglesias, singing for Spain.

Voting and aftermathIn the run-up to the Contest, the United Kingdom were favourites to win and also the favourite with the 50-pieceorchestra. So sure of victory, the UK delegation had organised a winner's party to be thrown after the contest. In theend, the only two countries in the running were the UK and Ireland, albeit the latter holding the lead throughout thevoting. Ireland took the victory with 32 points, 6 points ahead of the UK, with Germany a distant third. Luxembourgfailed to score any points at all - their only time ever to do so.Ireland won the contest with "All Kinds of Everything", penned by Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith, and sung byanother unknown, Dana, an 18-year-old schoolgirl from Derry, Northern Ireland. The song became a million-sellerand the singer an international star. As the contest was held in the Netherlands this year, and the country was one ofthe four winners in 1969, Dana received her awards from the Dutch winner Lenny Kuhr.Mary Hopkin scored a few more hits but downscaled her music career in 1971 after getting married. She latercommented on her appearance at the Contest as humiliating and said that she hated the song she had to sing. Spanishentrant Julio Iglesias went on to achieve worldwide success in the decades that followed, becoming one of thetop-selling singers of all time. Dana meanwhile continued to score hit singles throughout the 1970s with songs suchas "Fairytales" and "It's Gonna Be a Cold Cold Christmas" and in the 1990s became a politician, running for the Irishpresidential election, 1997 and becoming an MEP.Of the other performers, Stella Maessen (of Hearts of Soul), Jean Vallée, Guy Bonnet and Katja Ebstein all took partin the Eurovision Song Contest again, the latter twice more. The following year, Austria, Finland, Norway, Portugaland Sweden all returned to the contest.

ConductorsEach performance had a conductor who maestro the orchestra.

•  Netherlands - Dolf van der Linden

•   Switzerland - Bernard Gérard•  Italy - Mario Capuano•  Yugoslavia - Mojmir Sepe

•  Belgium - Jack Say•  France - Franck Pourcel•  United Kingdom - Johnny Arthey•  Luxembourg - Raymond Lefèvre

•  Spain - Augusto Algueró•  Monaco - Jimmy Walter•  Germany - Christian Bruhn•  Ireland - Dolf van der Linden

Returning artistsFor the first time, no artists from previous contests returned.

Results

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Nr. Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points

01  Netherlands Dutch Hearts of Soul "Waterman" Aquarius 7 7

02   Switzerland French Henri Dès "Retour" Return 4 8

03  Italy Italian Gianni Morandi "Occhi di ragazza" Eyes of a Girl 8 5

04  Yugoslavia Slovene Eva Sršen "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" Come, I'll Give You a Flower 11 4

05  Belgium French Jean Vallée "Viens l'oublier" Come, Forget Him 8 5

06  France French Guy Bonnet "Marie-Blanche" - 4 8

07  United Kingdom English Mary Hopkin "Knock, Knock Who's There?" - 2 26

08  Luxembourg French David Alexandre Winter "Je suis tombé du ciel" I Fell From Heaven 12 0

09  Spain Spanish Julio Iglesias "Gwendolyne" - 4 8

10  Monaco French Dominique Dussault "Marlène" - 8 5

11  Germany German Katja Ebstein "Wunder gibt es immer wieder" Wonders always happen 3 12

12  Ireland English Dana "All Kinds of Everything" - 1 32

Scoreboard

Dana sings the winning song All Kinds of Everything

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Results

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

International broadcasts and votingThe table below shows the order in which votes were cast during the 1970 contest along with the spokesperson whowas responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country. Each national broadcaster also sent acommentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language. Details of thecommentators and the broadcasting station for which they represented are also included in the table below.

Voting order Country Spokespersons Commentator Broadcaster

01  Netherlands Flip van der Schalie Pim Jacobs Nederland 1

02   Switzerland Alexandre Burger Theodor Haller TV DRS

Georges Hardy TSR

Giovanni Bertini TSI

03  Italy Enzo Tortora Renato Tagliani Secondo Programma

04  Yugoslavia Dragana Marković Milovan Ilić Televizija Beograd

Oliver Mlakar Televizija Zagreb

Tomaž Terček Televizija Ljubljana

05  Belgium André Hagon Claude Delacroix RTB

Herman Verelst BRT

TBC RTB La Première)

Nand Baert BRT Radio 1

06  France TBC Pierre Tchernia Deuxième Chaîne ORTF

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07  United Kingdom Colin-Ward Lewis David Gell BBC1

Tony Brandon BBC Radio 1

John Russel British Forces Radio

08  Luxembourg TBC Jacques Navadic Télé-Luxembourg

Camillo Felgen RTL Radio

09  Spain Ramón Rivera José Luis Uribarri TVE1

Miguel de los Santos Primer Programa RNE

10  Monaco TBC Pierre Tchernia Télé Monte Carlo

11  Germany Hans-Otto Grünefeldt Marie-Louise Steinbauer[3] ARD Deutsches Fernsehen

Wolf Mittler Deutschlandfunk/Bayern 2

12  Ireland John Skehan Valerie McGovern RTÉ Television

Kevin Roche Radio Éireann

-  Austria (Non-participating country) Ernst Grissemann ORF

-  Greece (Non-participating country) TBC EIRT

-  Norway (Non-participating country) No commentator NRK[4]

-  Portugal (Non-participating country) Henrique Mendes RTP1

References[1] Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Vol 1, p896-898.[2] Cambridge.org (http:/ / www. cambridge. org/ catalogue/ catalogue. asp?isbn=9780521845359& ss=exc), Capitals of Capital -A History of

International Financial Centres – 1780–2005, Youssef Cassis, ISBN 978-0-521-84535-9[3][3] Rau, Oliver (OGAE Germany)[4][4] Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)

External links• Official website (http:/ / www. eurovision. tv/ )Coordinates: 52°20′29″N 4°53′18″E (http:/ / tools. wmflabs. org/ geohack/ geohack.php?pagename=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1970& params=52_20_29_N_4_53_18_E_region:NL_type:landmark)

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