1980 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 25

Date - April 19, 1980

Official name - Eurovisie Songfestival 1980

Host broadcaster - NOS, Netherlands

Host city - The Hague

Venue - Congresgebouw

Hosts - Marlous Fluitsma assisted by Hans van Willigenburg

Director - Theo Ordeman assisted by Noortje Kandt

Producer - Fred Oster assisted by Noortje Kandt

Stage designer - Roland de Groot assisted by Hub Berkers

Executive producer - Warry van Kampen

Musical director - Rogier van Otterloo

Orchestra - Metropole Orkest

Concertmaster - Ernő Oláh

Opening sequence & outro original music - Rogier van Otterloo (arr. Rogier van Otterloo)

Interval act - Dutch Rhythm Steel & Show Band

Scrutineer - Frank Naef

Number of entries - 19

Winning entry - 'What's Another Year' Johnny Logan (Ireland)

Winning songwriter - Shay Healy

Winning orchestrator - Bill Whelan

Winning conductor - Noel Kelehan

Note - Israel's broadcasting service IBA, the organiser as well as winner of the previous year's contest in Jerusalem, chose not to exert its right to organise a second edition of the festival in a row, while also withdrawing its participation in the 1980 contest, assigned to Dutch broadcaster NOS. Nonetheless, IBA held a song competition, though never with the intention of sending the winner abroad. The winning entry of Israel's selection is given below as a withdrawn entry

Norway's conductor Sigurd Jansen flanked by the duo representing the Nordic country in The Hague, Mattis Hætta (left) and Sverre Kjelsberg. Note that Mr Jansen is holding the sheet music of the Spanish entry ‘Quédate esta noche’ instead of the Norwegian song’s score!

RESULT

1st place (164 votes)

IRELAND

Song title – “What's Another Year”

Rendition – Johnny Logan

Lyrics – Shay Healy

Composition – Shay Healy

Studio arrangement – Bill Whelan

Live orchestration – Bill Whelan

Conductor – Noel Kelehan

2nd place (128 votes)

WEST GERMANY

Song title – "Theater"

Rendition – Katja Ebstein 

Lyrics – Bernd Meinunger

Composition – Ralph Siegel

Studio arrangement – Wolfgang Rödelberger

Live orchestration – Wolfgang Rödelberger

Conductor – Wolfgang Rödelberger

3rd place (106 votes)

UNITED KINGDOM

Song title – "Love Enough For Two"

Rendition – Prima Donna (Lance Aston / Alan Coates / Danny Finn / Jane Robbins / Kate Robbins / Sally Ann Triplett)

Lyrics – Stuart Slater / Stephanie De Sykes

Composition – Stuart Slater / Stephanie De Sykes

Studio arrangement – Graham Preskett

Live orchestration – Graham Preskett 

Conductor – John Coleman

4th place (104 votes)

SWITZERLAND

Song title – “Cinéma”

Rendition – Paola Del Medico

Lyrics – Véronique Müller / Peter Reber

Composition – Peter Reber

Studio arrangement – Peter Reber

Live orchestration – Peter Reber

Conductor – Peter Reber

5th place (93 votes)

NETHERLANDS

Country – Netherlands

Song title – "Amsterdam"

Rendition – Maggie MacNeal (Sjoukje Smit-van 't Spijker)

Lyrics – Alex Alberts

Composition – Frans Smit / Sjoukje Smit-van 't Spijker / 

Robert Verwey

Studio arrangement – Dick Bakker

Live orchestration – Dick Bakker

Conductor – Rogier van Otterloo (MD)

Score – 5th place (93 votes)

6th place (87 votes)

ITALY

Song title – "Non so che darei"

Rendition – Alan Sorrenti

Lyrics – Alan Sorrenti

Composition – Alan Sorrenti

Studio arrangement – Jay Graydon / Alan Sorrenti / Del Newman

Live orchestration – Del Newman

Conductor – Del Newman

7th place (71 votes)

PORTUGAL

Song title – "Um grande, grande amor"

Rendition – José Cid

Lyrics – José Cid

Composition – José Cid

Studio arrangement – Mike Sergeant

Live orchestration – Mike Sergeant

Conductor – Jorge Machado

8th place (64 votes)

AUSTRIA

Song title – “Du bist Musik”

Rendition – Blue Danube (Wolfgang 'Marc' Berry / Marty Brem / Rena Mauris / Sylvia Schramm / Wolfgang Weiss)

Lyrics – Klaus Peter Sattler

Composition – Klaus Peter Sattler

Studio arrangement – Benny Gebauer

Live orchestration – Benny Gebauer

Conductor – Richard Oesterreicher

9th place (56 votes)

LUXEMBOURG

Song title – "Papa pingouin"

Rendition – Sophie / Magaly 

Lyrics – Jean-Paul Cara / Pierre Delanoë / Bernd Meinunger

Composition – Ralph Siegel

Studio arrangement – Norbert Daum

Live orchestration – Norbert Daum

Conductor – Norbert Daum

10th place (47 votes)

SWEDEN

Song title – "Just nu!"

Rendition – Tomas Ledin

Lyrics – Tomas Ledin

Composition – Tomas Ledin

Studio arrangement – Tomas Ledin / Rutger Gunnarsson

Live orchestration – Rutger Gunnarsson

Conductor – Anders Berglund

11th place (45 votes)

FRANCE

Song title – “Hé, hé, m’sieurs, dames”

Rendition – Profil (Martine Bauer / Jean-Claude Corbel / Martine Havet / Jean-Pierre Izbinski / Francis Rignault)

Lyrics – Richard de Bordeaux / Richard Joffo

Composition – Sylvano Santorio

Studio arrangement – Sylvano Santorio

Live orchestration – Sylvano Santorio

Conductor – Sylvano Santorio

12th place (38 votes)

SPAIN

Song title – "Quédate esta noche"

Rendition – Trigo Limpio 

(Luis Carlos Gil / Patricia Fernández / Iñaki de Pablo)

Lyrics – José Antonio Martin

Composition – José Antonio Martin

Studio arrangement – Javier Iturralde

Live orchestration – Javier Iturralde

Conductor – Javier Iturralde

13th place (30 votes)

GREECE

Song title – “Autostop”

Rendition – Anna Víssi & Epicouroi (Achilles Michaelides / Zacharias Michaelides / Eve Tselidou)

Lyrics – Thanos Sophos / Rony Sophou

Composition – Jick Nacassian

Studio arrangement – Jick Nacassian

Live orchestration – Jick Nacassian

Conductor – Jick Nacassian

14th place (25 votes)

DENMARK

Song title – "Tænker altid på dig"

Rendition – Bamses Venner (Flemming 'Bamse' Jørgensen / Mogens Balle / Bjarne Gren Jensen / Arne Østergaard)

Lyrics – Flemming 'Bamse' Jørgensen

Composition – Bjarne Gren Jensen

Studio arrangement – Per Oluf Hansen / Bamses Venner 

Live orchestration – Svend Skipper

Conductor – Allan Botschinsky

15th place (23 votes)

TURKEY

Song title – “Pet’r oil”

Rendition – Ajda Pekkan

Lyrics – Şanar Yurdatapan

Composition – Atilla Özdemiroğlu

Studio arrangement – Atilla Özdemiroğlu / Karl Heinz Schäfer

Live orchestration – Atilla Özdemiroğlu / Karl Heinz Schäfer

Conductor – Atilla Özdemiroğlu

16th place (15 votes)

NORWAY

Song title – "Sámiid ædnan"

Rendition – Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis Hætta

Lyrics – Ragnar Olsen

Composition – Sverre Kjelsberg

Studio arrangement – Egil Monn-Iversen 

(studio orchestra conducted by Steinar Ofsdal)

Live orchestration – Egil Monn-Iversen

Conductor – Sigurd Jansen

17th place (14 votes)

BELGIUM

Country – Belgium

Song title – “Euro-vision”

Rendition – Telex (Marc Moulin / Dan Lacksman / Michel Moers), backed up by Erik Chale / Giuseppe 'Pino' Marchese / 

Evert Verhees

Lyrics – Telex

Composition – Telex

Studio arrangement – Telex

Live orchestration – none

Conductor – none

18th place (7 votes)

MOROCCO

Song title – "Bitakat hob"

Rendition – Samira Bensaïd

Lyrics – Malou Rouane

Composition – Abdel Ati Amenna

Studio arrangement – Jean Claudric

Live orchestration – Jean Claudric

Conductor – Jean Claudric

19th place (6 votes)

FINLAND

Song title – “Huilumies”

Rendition – Vesa-Matti Loiri

Lyrics – Veikko 'Vexi' Salmi

Composition – Aarno Raninen

Studio arrangement – Aarno Raninen

Live orchestration – Aarno Raninen

Conductor – Ossi Runne

Withdrawn entry

ISRAEL

Song title – “Pizmon chozer”

Rendition – Ha’ahim & Ha’ahayot (Moni Arnon / Susie Miller / Nimrod Paz / Varda Sagi)

Lyrics – Gideon Koren

Composition – Gideon Koren

Studio arrangement – Eldad Shrem

Live orchestration – Eldad Shrem

Conductor (Israeli selection) – Yithzak Graziani