Eurovision Song Contest 1980 participants | Eurovision Song Contest News - Azerbaijan 2012 

Israel had no means to organize the Eurovision Song Contest again. The Uk was asked to do that job, but the BBC said no too and so The Netherlands became the organizer although there was not many time.. More..

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Date of the Eurovision Song Contest 1980: 19 April 1980
Location: Congresgebouw (Prins Willem-Alexander-Zaal), 's-Gravenhage, Netherlands
Broadcaster: NOS
Host(s): Marlous Fluitsma - each entry was introduced by a presenter from the respective country.
Participating countries: 19
Voting: Each country allocated 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point to the top 10 of the national jury in descending order.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1980

		country	participant(s)	song	pts	rnk
	17	Ireland	Johnny Logan	What's another year	143	1
	12	Germany	Katja Ebstein	Theater	128	2
	13	United Kingdom	Prima Donna	Love enough for two	106	3
	9	Switzerland	Paola	Cinéma	104	4
	15	The Netherlands	Maggie MacNeal	Amsterdam	93	5
	6	Italy	Alan Sorrenti	Non so che darei	87	6
	14	Portugal	José Cid	Um grande, grande amor	71	7
	1	Austria	Blue Danube	Du bist Musik	64	8
	4	Luxembourg	Sophie and Magaly	Papa pingouin	56	9
	8	Sweden	Tomas Ledin	Just nu	47	10
	16	France	Profil	Hé, hé m'sieurs dames	45	11
	18	Spain	Trigo Limpio	Qué date esta noche	38	12
	3	Greece	Anna Vissi	Autostop	30	13
	7	Denmark	Bamses Venner	Tænker altid på dig	25	14
	2	Turkey	Ajda Pekkan	Petr'oil	23	15
	11	Norway	Sverre Kjellsberg & Mattis Hætta	Sámiid Ædnan	15	16
	19	Belgium	Telex	Euro-vision	14	17
	5	Morocco	Samira Bensaïd	Bitakat hob	7	18
	10	Finland	Vesa-Matti Loiri	Huilumies	6	19

Click here for a full crostable of the votes (available after the contest)

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Israel had no means to organize the Eurovision Song Contest again. The Uk was asked to do that job, but the BBC said no too and so The Netherlands became the organizer although there was not many time left. The NOS picked April 19th as the date for the contest. That day is a remembrance day in Israel so the defending champion had to withdraw. For the first time Morocco participated, but when they ended up 18th it is said the king of Morocco decided the country could never participate in the contest. Turkey also returned to the contest but Monaco withdrew and returned 24 years later. Each country brought along a presenter of it's own to introduce the song in their native language.