Eurovision Song Contest 1970

Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Dates
Final	21 March 1970
Host
Venue	RAI Congrescentrum; Amsterdam, Netherlands
Presenter(s)	Willy Dobbe
Musical director	Dolf van der Linden
Directed by	Theo Ordeman
Executive supervisor	Clifford Brown
Executive producer	Warner van Kampen
Host broadcaster	Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/amsterdam-1970
Participants
Number of entries	12
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	None
Non-returning countries	Finland; Norway; Portugal; Sweden;
	Participation map Competing countries Countries that participated in the past but not in 1970;
Vote
Voting system	Ten-member juries distributed ten points among their favourite songs.
Winning song	Ireland; "All Kinds of Everything"
	1969 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1971

The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the 15th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), the contest was held at the RAI Congrescentrum on 21 March 1970, and was hosted by Dutch television presenter Willy Dobbe.

Twelve countries participated in the contest this year. This was the lowest number of participants since the 1959 edition. The reason was that Finland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and Austria all boycotted the 1970 edition, officially because they felt that the contest marginalised smaller countries and was no longer good television entertainment,^[1] though it is rumoured that this was also in protest of the four-way tie result that had occurred in 1969.^[2]

The winner of the competition was Ireland with the song "All Kinds of Everything", performed by Dana, and written by Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith. This was Ireland's first of their eventual record seven victories in the contest. The United Kingdom finished in second place for the seventh time, while Germany ended up in third place – the best result for the country at the time. This was also the only time that Luxembourg received nul points.^[2]

^ "Les pays nordiques ne participeront pas au prochain concours de la chanson de l'Eurovision" [The Nordic countries will not participate in the next Eurovision Song Contest]. Journal du Jura (in French). Bienne, Switzerland. 7 November 1969. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3

[1] "Les pays nordiques ne participeront pas au prochain concours de la chanson de l'Eurovision" [The Nordic countries will not participate in the next Eurovision Song Contest]. Journal du Jura (in French). Bienne, Switzerland. 7 November 1969. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[Official_History-2] O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3

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