Edition number - 15
Official name - Eurovisie Songfestival 1970
Date - March 21, 1970
Host broadcaster - NOS, Netherlands
Host city - Amsterdam
Venue - RAI Congrescentrum
Host - Willy Dobbe
Director - Theo Ordeman
Stage designer - Roland de Groot
Executive producer - Warry van Kampen
Musical director - Dolf van der Linden
Orchestra - Metropole Orchestra
Interval act - Don de Lurio Dancers of Amsterdam 'Mixer' (arr. Rogier van Otterloo)
Scrutineer - Clifford Brown
Number of entries - 12
Winning entry - 'All Kinds Of Everything' Dana
Winning songwriters - Derry Lindsay / Jackie Smith
Winning orchestrator - Phil Coulter
Winning conductor - Dolf van der Linden
Note - Like Finland, Norway, and Sweden, Portugal chose to withdraw from the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest. Nonetheless, Portuguese broadcaster RTP held a Festival da Canção, the winning song of which is given below as a 'withdrawn entry'.
The Metropole Orchestra during rehearsals with UK conductor Johnny Arthey having a look at his score; at his side is singer Mary Hopkin. In the top left-hand corner of the photo, resident conductor Dolf van der Linden can be detected
RESULT
1st place (32 votes)
IRELAND
Song title – “All Kinds Of Everything”
Rendition – Dana (Rosemary Scallon)
Lyrics – Derry Lindsay / Jackie Smith
Composition – Derry Lindsay / Jackie Smith
Studio arrangement – Phil Coulter
Live orchestration – Phil Coulter
Conductor – Dolf van der Linden (MD)
2nd place (26 votes)
UNITED KINGDOM
Song title – "Knock Knock (Who’s There)"
Rendition – Mary Hopkin
Lyrics – John Carter / Geoff Stephens
Composition – John Carter / Geoff Stephens
Studio arrangement – Johnny Arthey
Live orchestration – Johnny Arthey
Conductor – Johnny Arthey
3rd place (12 votes)
WEST GERMANY
Song title – "Wunder gibt es immer wieder"
Rendition – Katja Ebstein
Lyrics – Günter Loose
Composition – Christian Bruhn
Studio arrangement – Christian Bruhn
Live orchestration – Christian Bruhn
Conductor – Christian Bruhn
4th to 6th place (ex aequo, 8 votes)
SWITZERLAND
Song title – "Retour"
Rendition – Henri Dès
Lyrics – Henri Destraz
Composition – Henri Destraz
Studio arrangement – Bernard Gérard
(studio orchestra conducted by Bernard Gérard)
Live orchestration – Bernard Gérard
Conductor – Bernard Gérard
FRANCE
Song title – "Marie Blanche"
Rendition – Guy Bonnet
Lyrics – Pierre-André Dousset
Composition – Guy Bonnet
Studio arrangement – Alain Goraguer
(studio orchestra conducted by Alain Goraguer)
Live orchestration – Alain Goraguer
Conductor – Franck Pourcel
SPAIN
Song title – "Gwendolyne"
Rendition – Julio Iglesias
Lyrics – Julio Iglesias
Composition – Julio Iglesias
Studio arrangement – Benito Lauret
(studio orchestra conducted by Ivor Raymonde)
Live orchestration – Benito Lauret
Conductor – Augusto Algueró
7th place (7 votes)
NETHERLANDS
Song title – “Waterman”
Rendition – Patricia & The Hearts of Soul (Patricia Maessen / Stella Maessen / Bianca Maessen)
Lyrics – Pieter Goemans
Composition – Pieter Goemans
Studio arrangement – Herre Jager
(studio orchestra conducted by Ferry Wienneke)
Live orchestration – Herre Jager
Conductor – Dolf van der Linden (MD)
8th to 10th place (ex aequo, 5 votes)
ITALY
Song title – "Occhi di ragazza"
Rendition – Gianni Morandi
Lyrics – Gianfranco Baldazza / Sergio Bardotti
Composition – Lucio Dalla / Armando Franceschini
Studio arrangement – Mario Capuano
(studio orchestra conducted by Mario Capuano)
Live orchestration – Mario Capuano
Conductor – Mario Capuano
BELGIUM
Song title – "Viens l'oublier"
Rendition – Jean Vallée
Lyrics – Jean Vallée
Composition – Jean Vallée
Studio arrangement – Alain Goraguer
Live orchestration – Alain Goraguer
Conductor – Jack Say
MONACO
Song title – "Marlène"
Rendition – Dominique Dussault
Lyrics – Henri Djian
Composition – Jimmy Walter / Eddie Barclay
Studio arrangement – Jean Bouchéty
(studio orchestra conducted by Jimmy Walter)
Live orchestration – Jean Bouchéty
Conductor – Jimmy Walter
11th place (4 votes)
YUGOSLAVIA
Song title – “Pridi, dala ti bom cvet”
Rendition – Eva Sršen
Lyrics – Dušan Velkaverh
Composition – Mojmir Sepe
Studio arrangement – Mojmir Sepe
(studio orchestra conducted by Jože Privšek)
Live orchestration – Mojmir Sepe
Conductor – Mojmir Sepe
12th place (0 votes)
LUXEMBOURG
Song title – “Je suis tombé du ciel”
Rendition – David Alexandre Winter
Lyrics – Eddy Marnay
Composition – Yves De Vriendt
Studio arrangement – Raymond Lefèvre
(studio orchestra conducted by Raymond Lefèvre)
Live orchestration – Raymond Lefèvre
Conductor – Raymond Lefèvre
Withdrawn entry
PORTUGAL
Song title – “Onde vais rio que eu canto”
Rendition – Sergio Borges
Lyrics – Joaquim Pedro Gonçalves
Composition – Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa
Studio arrangement – Joaquim Luís Gomes
(studio orchestra conducted by Joaquim Luís Gomes)
Live orchestration – Joaquim Luís Gomes
Conductor – Jorge Costa Pinto
