Eurovision Song Contest 1970

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**Eurovision Song Contest 1970**
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Date:	March 21, 1970
Presenter:	Willy Dobbe
Host Broadcaster:	NOS
Venue:	Rai Congrescentrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Winning Song:	"All Kinds of Everything" by Dana (music and text by Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith) for Ireland
Voting system:	Each country had 10 jury members who each awarded 1 points to their favorite song.
Number of Songs:	12
Countries Making Debut	None
Nul points:	Luxembourg
Interval Act:	To come
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the fifteenth Eurovision Song Contest. The Amsterdam contest is regarded as one of the most significant in Eurovision history for a number of reasons.

Due to the four-way tie in 1969, lots were drawn to choose which country would host this Eurovision. Finland, Norway, Portugal and Sweden boycotted this contest as they were not pleased with the result of 1969 and the voting structure.

The Dutch producers were forced to padd out the show as only 12 nations decided to make the trip to Amsterdam. The result was a format which has endured almost to the present day. An extended opening sequence set the scene, while every entry was introduced by a short video 'postcard'.

The set design was also by far the most impressive of any till that date. Designed by Roland de Groot, the simple design was composed of a number of curved horizontal bars and silver baubles which could be moved in a variety of different ways.

Of the singers who competed on the stage this year, a number were already established performers. Notably the UK sent Mary Hopkin while David Alexandre Winter represented Luxembourg. The contest is also notable for the appearance of, then unknown, Julio Iglesias sang for Spain. However it was a gap-toothed teenager from Derry who charmed the juries all over Europe with her list song - All Kinds of Everything. Dana went on to become a huge international star and her eurosong a major hit.

To avoid an incident like in 1969, a tie rule was created. It stated that, if two or more songs gained the same number of points, each song would have to be performed again. After that every jury except 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.

Ireland's win was their first. It is notable that 9 of the ten Belgian jury members awarded their votes to Ireland. Luxembourg scored nul points for the first time.

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Results

Country	Artist(s)	Song	Place	Points
Belgium	Jean Vallee	Viens l'oublier	8	5
France	Guy Bonnet	Marie Blanche	4	8
Germany	Katja Ebstein	Wunder Gibt Es Immer	3	12
Ireland	Dana	All Kinds of Everything	1	32
Italy	Gianni Morandi	Occhi Di Ragazza	8	5
Luxembourg	David Alexander Winter	Je Suis Tombé Du Ciel	12	0
Monaco	Dominique Dussault	Marlène	8	5
Netherlands	Hearts of Soul	Waterman	7	7
Spain	Julio Iglesias	Gwendolyne	4	8
Switzerland	Henri Des	Retour	4	8
United Kingdom	Mary Hopkin	Knock Knock - Who's There?	2	26
Yugoslavia	Eva Sršen	Pridi, dala ti bom cvet	11	4
Venue: Rai Congrescentrum - Amsterdam, Netherlands
The table is ordered by the countries names.

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Score sheet

		Juries
		Image:ESCbb1J.png Image:ESCNetherlandsJ.png	Image:ESCbb1J.png Image:ESCSwitzerlandJ.png	Image:ESCbb1J.png Image:ESCItalyJ.png	Image:ESCYugoslaviaJ.png	Image:ESCbb1J.png Image:ESCBelgiumJ.png	Image:ESCbb1J.png Image:ESCFranceJ.png	Image:ESCUnitedKingdomJ.png	Image:ESCbb1J.png Image:ESCLuxembourgJ.png	Image:ESCSpainJ.png	Image:ESCMonacoJ.png	Image:ESCbb1J.png Image:ESCGermanyJ.png	Image:ESCIrelandJ.png
Image:ESCConJ.png	Netherlands		0	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Switzerland	2		0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	1
	Italy	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
	Yugoslavia	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	Belgium	0	0	0	0		3	0	1	0	0	0	1
	France	0	0	1	2	0		0	0	0	2	0	3
	United Kingdom	3	2	2	4	0	2		2	0	4	4	3
	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	Spain	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2		3	0	0
	Monaco	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1		0	0
	Germany	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	1		2
	Ireland	5	6	0	0	9	1	4	2	3	0	2
The table is ordered by appearance.