Eurovision Song Contest 1970

15th Eurovision Song Contest
date	March 21, 1970
Host country	Netherlands
venue	RAI Congrescentrum , Amsterdam
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Willy Dobbe
Pause filler	De Don Lurio Dansers
participating countries	12
winner	Ireland
Withdrawn participants	Finland , Norway , Portugal , Sweden
Voting rule	Each country provided 10 judges. Each jury member voted with one point for a single title.
◄ ESC 1969 • ESC 1971 ►

The 1970 Eurovision Song Contest was the 15th competition since the beginning of the annual Eurovision and music industry event in 1956. It took place in the Amsterdam Convention Center on March 21, 1970, the then official name was the 15th Eurovisie Song Festival . The show was moderated by Willy Dobbe from the Netherlands . The competition was won by singer Dana for Ireland with the song All Kinds of Everything .

particularities

Lenny Kuhr , one of last year's four winners, and Dana

After there had been four winners last year, there were some difficulties before the Netherlands agreed to host the host.

In order to avoid a tie like last year, it was decided that in the event of a tie, the other countries (with the exception of those to be assessed) should vote again. If there is still no winner, two or more winners would be chosen.

For the first time, the stage was designed with hanging balls and a semicircle so that it could change individually for each contribution. In addition, the songs were announced with a "postcard".

For the first time in Latin America, the competition was broadcast live via satellite from Brazil and Chile.

Attendees

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC, but not in 1970

This year the number of participants fell to 12, as four countries boycotted the competition. Finland , Norway , Portugal and Sweden were dissatisfied with the circumstances and voting mechanisms at last year's event. The Nordic countries officially justified their absence with the poor level of the show and the small chances of winning smaller countries over international stars. Even Austria renounced, although it had not taken part in protest against the Spanish dictator at last year's competition. The TV program director of Hessischer Rundfunk , Hans-Otto Grünefeldt , even suspected in advance that the ESC 1970 would be the last.

Voting procedure

Again, the same voting procedure applied as in previous years. In each country there were again 10 jury members who were each allowed to give one vote to a song. The results were communicated by telephone and publicly.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Title (M = music; T = text)	language	translation	Points	image
01.	12	Ireland	Dana	All Kinds of Everything M / T: Derry Lindsay, Jackie Smith	English	Everything imaginable	32
02.	07th	United Kingdom	Mary Hopkin	Knock, Knock, Who's There? M / T: John Carter, Geoff Stephens	English	Knock, knock who is there?	26th
03.	11	BR Germany	Katja Ebstein	There are always miracles M: Christian Bruhn ; T: Günter Loose	German	-	12
04th	02	Switzerland	Henri Dès	Return M / T: Henri Dès	French	return	08th
04th	06th	France	Guy Bonnet	Marie-Blanche M: Guy Bonnet; T: André-Pierre Dousse	French	-	08th
04th	09	Spain	Julio Iglesias	Gwendolyne M / T: Julio Iglesias	Spanish	-	08th
07th	01	Netherlands	Hearts of Soul	Waterman M / T: Pieter Goemans	Dutch	Aquarius	07th
08th.	03	Italy	Gianni Morandi	Occhi di ragazza M: Lucio Dalla; T: Sergio Bardotti, Gianfranco Baldazzi	Italian	Girl eyes	05
08th.	05	Belgium	Jean Vallée	Viens l'oublier M / T: Jean Vallée	French	Come on, forget him	05
08th.	10	Monaco	Dominique Dussault	Marlène M: Eddie Barclay, Jimmy Walter; T: Henri Dijan	French	-	05
11.	04th	Yugoslavia	Eva Sršen	Pridi, dala ti bom cvet M: Mojmir Sepe; T: Dušan Velkaverh	Slovenian	Look, I'll give you a flower	04th
12.	08th	Luxembourg	David Alexandre Winter	Je suis tombé du ciel M: Yves de Vriendt; T: Eddy Marnay	French	I fell from the sky	00

Scoring

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	NED	SUI	ITA	YUG	BEL	FRA	GBR	LUX	ESP	MON	GER	IRL
Netherlands	07th	-		3	3			1
Switzerland	08th	2	-				2	1				2	1
Italy	05			-	1					2		2
Yugoslavia	04th				-			4th
Belgium	05					-	3		1				1
France	08th			1	2		-				2		3
United Kingdom	26th	3	2	2	4th		2	-	2		4th	4th	3
Luxembourg	00								-
Spain	08th			3					2	-	3
Monaco	05		1			1	2			1	-
BR Germany	12		1	1					3	4th	1	-	2
Ireland	32	5	6th			9	1	4th	2	3		2	-

* The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance, horizontally according to the chronological scoring.

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

Commons : Eurovision Song Contest 1970  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Eurovision.tv
• Eurovision.de
• diggiloo.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jan Feddersen: A song can be a bridge . 1st edition. Hoffmann and Campe Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-455-09350-7 . P. 108.
2. ^ "Kulturelle Nachrichten", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , October 31, 1969, p. 32
3. ^ UV, "Eurovision price at the end?", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , November 1, 1969, p. 2