Eurovision Song Contest 1980

Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Dates
Final	19 April 1980
Host
Venue	Nederlands Congresgebouw; The Hague, Netherlands
Presenter(s)	Marlous Fluitsma; Hans van Willigenburg (green room);
Musical director	Rogier van Otterloo
Directed by	Theo Ordeman
Executive supervisor	Frank Naef
Executive producer	Fred Oster
Host broadcaster	Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/the-hague-1980
Participants
Number of entries	19
Debuting countries	Morocco
Returning countries	Turkey
Non-returning countries	Israel; Monaco;
	Participation map Competing countries Countries that participated in the past but not in 1980;
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song	Ireland; "What's Another Year"
	1979 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1981

The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in The Hague, Netherlands, and was organised by host broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) – which agreed to stage the event after Israel, having won in both 1978 and 1979, declined to host it for a second successive year – and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The contest was held at the Nederlands Congresgebouw on 19 April 1980 and was hosted by Dutch actress Marlous Fluitsma, although each song was introduced by a presenter from the participating nation (in some cases, this was the same person providing the commentary).

Nineteen countries took part this year, with Monaco and the previous year's winner Israel deciding not to participate, and Turkey returning. Morocco, notably, made its only appearance in the contest.

The winner was Ireland with the song "What's Another Year", sung by Johnny Logan and written by Shay Healy.^[1]^[2]

^ "Eurovision 1980 Results: Voting & Points". Eurovisionworld. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
^ The Eurovision Song Contest, archived from the original on 8 February 2017, retrieved 27 September 2018

[1] "Eurovision 1980 Results: Voting & Points". Eurovisionworld. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2018.

[2] The Eurovision Song Contest, archived from the original on 8 February 2017, retrieved 27 September 2018

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