Eurovision Song Contest 1980
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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).
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Eurovision Song Contest 1980 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 19 April 1980 |
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Venue | Nederlands Congresgebouw The Hague, Netherlands |
Presenter(s) |
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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![]() |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 19 |
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
Winning song | ![]() "What's Another Year" |
1979 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1981 |
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]