Eurovision Song Contest 1970
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.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1970 | |
|---|---|
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| 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 |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 12 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries | None |
| Non-returning countries | |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Ten-member juries distributed ten points among their favourite songs. |
| Winning song |  Ireland"All Kinds of Everything" |
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, 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 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.
Location
Due to there being four winners in the previous contest, a question was raised as to which nation would host the 1970 contest. With Spain having hosted in 1969 and the United Kingdom in 1968, only France and the Netherlands were in consideration. A draw of ballots between these two countries resulted in the Netherlands being chosen as the host country.
The Congrescentrum, 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.
Participating countries
| Eurovision Song Contest 1970 – Participation summaries by country | |
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Austria (who had not taken part in 1969), Finland, Norway, Portugal and Sweden boycotted this contest as they were not pleased with the result of 1969 and the voting structure.
For the first time, no artists from previous contests returned.
Format
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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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.
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands | Patricia and Hearts of Soul | "Waterman" | 7 | 7 |
| 2 |  Switzerland | Henri Dès | "Retour" | 8 | 4 |
| 3 |  Italy | Gianni Morandi | "Occhi di ragazza" | 5 | 8 |
| 4 |  Yugoslavia | Eva Sršen | "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" | 4 | 11 |
| 5 |  Belgium | Jean Vallée | "Viens l'oublier" | 5 | 8 |
| 6 |  France | Guy Bonnet | "Marie-Blanche" | 8 | 4 |
| 7 |  United Kingdom | Mary Hopkin | "Knock, Knock (Who's There?)" | 26 | 2 |
| 8 |  Luxembourg | David Alexandre Winter | "Je suis tombé du ciel" | 0 | 12 |
| 9 |  Spain | Julio Iglesias | "Gwendolyne" | 8 | 4 |
| 10 |  Monaco | Dominique Dussault | "Marlène" | 5 | 8 |
| 11 |  Germany | Katja Ebstein | "Wunder gibt es immer wieder" | 12 | 3 |
| 12 | Ireland | Dana | "All Kinds of Everything" | 32 | 1 |
Spokespersons
Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1970 contest are listed below.
United Kingdom – Colin Ward-Lewis
Detailed voting results
Total score | Netherlands | Switzerland | Italy | Yugoslavia | Belgium | France | United Kingdom | Luxembourg | Spain | Monaco | Germany | Ireland | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contestants | 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.
Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below. In addition to the participating countries, the contest's introduction sequence claimed the contest was also broadcast in Greece, Iceland, Israel and Tunisia, in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union via Intervision, and in Brazil and Chile.
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | RTB | RTB | ||
| BRT | BRT | Jan Theys | ||
| France | ORTF | Deuxième Chaîne | Pierre Tchernia | |
| Germany | ARD | Deutsches Fernsehen | ||
| Ireland | RTÉ | RTÉ | Valerie McGovern | |
| RTÉ Radio | ||||
| Italy | RAI | Secondo Programma | Renato Tagliani | |
| Luxembourg | CLT | Télé-Luxembourg | ||
| Monaco | Télé Monte-Carlo | |||
| Netherlands | NOS | Nederland 1 | Pim Jacobs | |
| Spain | TVE | TVE 1 | José Luis Uribarri | |
| RNE | RNE | |||
| Radio Peninsular | ||||
| Switzerland | SRG SSR | TV DRS | ||
| TSR | Georges Hardy | |||
| TSI | ||||
| DRS 1 | ||||
| RSR 2 | Robert Burnier | |||
| United Kingdom | BBC | BBC1 | David Gell | |
| BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 | Tony Brandon | |||
| BFBS | BFBS Radio | John Russell | ||
| Yugoslavia | JRT | Televizija Ljubljana | ||
| Televizija Zagreb | ||||
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria | ORF | FS1 | Ernst Grissemann | |
 Brazil | TV Brasília | |||
 Chile | TVN | Raúl Matas | ||
 Hungary | MTV | MTV | ||
 Iceland | RÚV | Sjónvarpið | ||
 Israel | IBA | Israeli Television | ||
 Malta | MBA | MTS | Victor Aquilina | |
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