The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was held in the Nederlands Congresgebouw venue in The Hague, Netherlands. The main presenter of the contest was Marlous Fluitsma, and each competing nation had a presenter introduce their entries as well. The contest was won by Johnny Logan, representing Ireland with a song called "What's Another Year".
Location[]
Nederlands Congresgebouw - host venue of the 1980 contest.
Marlous Fluitsma; presenter of the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest.
Format[]
Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top ten songs. The presenter phoned each delegation for their votes.
Entries[]
List of the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 entries in running order:
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 |
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 Austria
Artist: Blue Danube Song: "Du bist Musik" Language: German |
 Turkey
Artist: Ajda Pekkan Song: "Pet'r Oil" Language: Turkish |
 Greece
Artist: Anna Vissi and the Epikouri Song: "Autostop" Language: Greek |
 Luxembourg
Artist: Sophie & Magaly Song: "Papa Pingouin" Language: French |
| 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 |
 Morocco
Artist: Samira Bensaïd Song: "Bitaqat Hub" Language: Arabic |
 Italy
Artist: Alan Sorrenti Song: "Non so che darei" Language: Italian |
 Denmark
Artist: Bamses Venner Song: "Tænker altid på dig" Language: Danish |
 Sweden
Artist: Tomas Ledin Song: "Just nu!" Language: Swedish |
| 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
 Switzerland
Artist: Paola Song: "Cinéma" Language: French |
 Finland
Artist: Vesa-Matti Loiri Song: "Huilumies" Language: Finnish |
 Norway
Artist: Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis Hætta Song: "Sámiid ædnan" Language: Norwegian |
 Germany
Artist: Katja Ebstein Song: "Theater" Language: German |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
 United Kingdom
Artist: Prima Donna Song: "Love Enough for Two" Language: English |
 Portugal
Artist: José Cid Song: "Um grande, grande amor" Language: Portuguese |
 Netherlands
Artist: Maggie MacNeal Song: "Amsterdam" Language: Dutch |
 France
Artist: Profil Song: "Hé, hé, m'sieurs dames" Language: French |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | |
 Ireland
Artist: Johnny Logan Song: "What's Another Year" Language: English |
 Spain
Artist: Trigo Limpio Song: "Quédate esta noche" Language: Spanish |
 Belgium
Artist: Telex Song: "Euro-Vision" Language: French |
Conductors[]
Each performance (apart from Belgium) had a conductor who conducted the orchestra:
Song presenters[]
Each song was introduced by a presenter from the national country:
Results[]
Scoreboard[]
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| Austria | 64 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Turkey | 23 | 3 | 12 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Luxembourg | 56 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||
| Morocco | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 87 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Denmark | 25 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Sweden | 47 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Switzerland | 104 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Finland | 6 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Norway | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | 128 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 7 | |||
| United Kingdom | 106 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| Portugal | 71 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | |||||
| Netherlands | 93 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| France | 45 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| Ireland | 143 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 12 | |||
| Spain | 38 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Belgium | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
