Eurovision Song Contest 1970

The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the 15th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 21 March 1970 at the in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and presented by Willy Dobbe. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (NOS), who staged the event after winning the Template:Escyr for the Template:Esccnty in a joint victory with Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, and the Template:Esccnty. As the 1969 contest was held in Spain, and the Template:Escyr in the United Kingdom, a draw of ballots between the French and the Dutch broadcasters resulted in NOS being chosen as the host broadcaster.

Broadcasters from twelve countries participated in the contest this year. This was the lowest number of participants since the Template:Escyr edition. The reason was that Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, and Template:Esccnty all boycotted the 1970 edition, officially because they felt that the contest marginalised smaller countries and was no longer good television entertainment, though it is rumoured that this was also in protest of the four-way tie result that had occurred in 1969.

The winner of the competition was Template:Esccnty 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 Template:Esccnty finished in second place for the seventh time, while Template:Esccnty ended up in third placeTemplate:Sndthe best result for the country at the time. This was also the only time that Template:Esccnty received nul points.

Location

File:Europaplein, szemben a RAI Kiállítási és Kongressszusi Központ. Fortepan 93526.jpg

, Amsterdam – host venue of the 1970 contest.

Due to there being four winners in the Template:Escyr –Template:Esccnty, the Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, and the Template:Esccnty–, a question was raised as to which broadcaster would host the 1970 contest. With (TVE) having hosted the 1969 contest in Madrid and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) the Template:Escyr in London, only (ORTF) and (NOS) were in consideration. A draw of ballots between these two resulted in NOS being chosen as the host broadcaster.

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

Participants

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For the first time, no lead artists from previous contests returned. However, María Jesús Aguirre and Mercedes Valimaña, members of Template:Ill, who provided backing vocals for Template:Esccnty, returned as backing singers for Spain.

Eurovision Song Contest 1970 participants

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)	Conductor
Template:Esc	RTB	Jean Vallée	""	French	Jean Vallée	Jack Say
Template:Esc	ORTF	Guy Bonnet	"Marie-Blanche"	French	Template:Hlist	Franck Pourcel
Template:Esc	HRTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname	""	German	Template:Hlist	Christian Bruhn
Template:Esc	RTÉ	Dana	"All Kinds of Everything"	English	Template:Hlist	Dolf van der Linden
Template:Esc	RAI	Gianni Morandi	""	Italian	Template:Hlist	Template:Ill
Template:Esc	CLT	David Alexandre Winter	""	French	Template:Hlist	Raymond Lefèvre
Template:Esc	TMC	Template:Sortname	"Marlène"	French	Template:Hlist	Jimmy Walter
Template:Esc	NOS	Patricia and Hearts of Soul	""	Dutch	Pieter Goemans	Dolf van der Linden
Template:Esc	TVE	Julio Iglesias	"Gwendolyne"	Spanish	Julio Iglesias	Augusto Algueró
Template:Esc	SRG SSR	Henri Dès	""	French	Henri Dès	Bernard Gérard
Template:Esc	BBC	Mary Hopkin	"Knock, Knock (Who's There?)"	English	Template:Hlist	Johnny Arthey
Template:Esc	JRT	Eva Sršen	""	Slovene	Template:Hlist	Mojmir Sepe

Format

Following the confirmation of the twelve competing countries, the draw to determine the running order of the contest was held on 15 January 1970.

The Dutch producers were forced to pad out the show as only 12 nations decided to make the trip to Amsterdam. The result was a format that has endured almost to the present day. An extended opening sequence (filmed in Amsterdam) set the scene, while every entry was introduced by a short video 'postcard' featuring each of the participating artists, ostensibly in their own nation. However, the 'postcards' for Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Monaco were all filmed on location in Paris (as was the French postcard). The long introduction film (over four minutes long) was followed by what probably is 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. On-screen captions introduced each entry, with the song titles listed all in lowercase and the names of the artist and composers/authors all in capitals.

The set design was devised by Roland de Groot; a simple design was composed of a number of curved horizontal bars and silver baubles which could be moved in a variety of different ways.

To avoid an incident like in 1969, a tie-breaking rule was created. It stated that, if two or more songs gained the same number of votes and were tied for first place, each song would have to be performed again. After which each national jury (other than the juries of the countries 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.

Contest overview

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Dana sings the winning song "All Kinds of Everything"

Ireland won the contest with "All Kinds of Everything", penned by Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith, and sung by another unknown, Dana, an 18-year-old schoolgirl from Derry, Northern Ireland. As the contest was held in the Netherlands this year, and the country was one of the four winners in 1969, Dana received her awards from the Dutch winner Lenny Kuhr.

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1970

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Votes	Place
1	Template:Esc	Patricia and Hearts of Soul	""	7	7
2	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	""	8	4
3	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	""	5	8
4	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	""	4	11
5	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	""	5	8
6	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Marie-Blanche"	8	4
7	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Knock, Knock (Who's There?)"	26	2
8	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	""	0	12
9	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Gwendolyne"	8	4
10	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Marlène"	5	8
11	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	""	12	3
12	Template:Esc	Dana	"All Kinds of Everything"	32	1

Spokespersons

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1970 contest are listed below.

• Template:FlaguTemplate:SndJohn Skehan
• Template:FlaguTemplate:SndRamón Rivera
• Template:FlaguTemplate:SndColin Ward-Lewis

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results

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rowspan="12" Template:Vert header	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

Broadcasts

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.

In addition to the participating countries, the contest was reported to have been broadcast by EBU member broadcasters in Greece, Iceland, Israel, and Tunisia; in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union via Intervision; and in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. An estimated global audience of 400 million viewers was reported to have watched the contest. It was also known to broadcast on radio in countries including Ireland, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Template:Flagu	RTB	RTB, RTB 1	Template:N/A
	BRT	BRT	Template:Ill
		Template:Ill	Rudi Sinia
Template:Flagu	ORTF		Pierre Tchernia
Template:Flagu	ARD		Template:N/A
	AFN	AFN-TV	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	RTÉ	RTÉ	Valerie McGovern
		RTÉ Radio	Kevin Roche
Template:Flagu	RAI		Template:Ill
Template:Flagu	CLT		Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	NOS		Pim Jacobs
Template:Flagu	TVE	TVE 1	José Luis Uribarri
	RNE	RNE	Template:N/A
		Centro Emisor del Atlántico	Template:N/A
		Template:Ill	Template:N/A
	Template:Ill		Template:N/A
	Template:Ill		Template:N/A
	Template:IllTemplate:Efn		Template:N/A
	Template:Efn		Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	SRG SSR	TV DRS	Template:N/A
		TSR	Template:Ill
		TSI	Template:N/A
		Radio BeromünsterTemplate:Efn	Albert Werner
			Robert Burnier
Template:Flagu	BBC	BBC1	David Gell
		BBC Radio 1Template:Efn	Tony Brandon
	BFBS	BFBS Radio	John Russell
Template:Flagu	JRT	,	Oliver Mlakar
			Sandi Čolnik

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Template:Flagu	Template:Efn		Cacho Fontana
Template:Flagu	ORF	FS1	Ernst Grissemann
Template:Flagu		TV BrasíliaTemplate:Efn	rowspan="3" Template:N/A
		TV ParanáTemplate:Efn
		TV Rádio ClubeTemplate:Efn
Template:Flagu	TVNTemplate:Efn		Template:Ill
Template:Flagu	ČST	Template:Ill	Template:Ill and Ivan Úradníček
Template:Flagu	MTV	MTV	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	RÚV	Template:Efn	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	IBA	Israeli TelevisionTemplate:Efn	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	MBA	MTS	Victor Aquilina
Template:Flagu	TP		Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	TVR	Template:Efn	Template:N/A

External links

• Template:Official website