1970 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 15

Date - March 21, 1970

Official name - Eurovisie Songfestival 1970

Host broadcaster - NOS, Netherlands

Host city - Amsterdam

Venue - RAI Congrescentrum

Host - Willy Dobbe

Director - Theo Ordeman assisted by Els van Baarle

Producer - Theo Ordeman assisted by Els Werner

Stage designer - Roland de Groot

Executive producer - Rens van Dorth

Musical director - Dolf van der Linden

Orchestra - Metropole Orkest

Concertmaster - Guus Valten

Interval act - Don de Lurio Dancers van Amsterdam 'Mixer' (arr. Rogier van Otterloo)

Scrutineer - Clifford Brown

Number of entries - 12

Winning entry - 'All Kinds Of Everything' Dana (Ireland)

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 Nonetheless, Portuguese broadcaster RTP held a Festival da Canção, the winning song of which is given below as a 'withdrawn entry'.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