Years > Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Contest details
Location: RAI Congrescentrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Broadcaster: NOS
Host(s): Willy Dobbe
Participating countries: 12
Voting: Each country appointed 10 jurors that each gave 1 vote to the song they liked best. So each country devided 10 points free over all participating countries.
Participants
Eurovision Song Contest 1970
| country | participant(s) | song | pts | rnk | ||
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12 | Ireland | Dana | All kinds of everything | 32 | 1 |
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7 | United Kingdom | Mary Hopkin | Knock, knock (who's there?) | 26 | 2 |
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11 | Germany | Katja Ebstein | Wunder gibt es immer wieder | 12 | 3 |
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9 | Spain | Julio Iglesias | Gwendolyne | 8 | 4 |
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6 | France | Guy Bonnet | Marie Blanche | 8 | 4 |
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2 | Switzerland | Henri Dès | Retour | 8 | 4 |
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1 | The Netherlands | Patricia and Hearts of Soul | Waterman | 7 | 7 |
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10 | Monaco | Dominique Dussault | Marlène | 5 | 8 |
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3 | Italy | Gianni Morandi | Occhi di ragazza | 5 | 8 |
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5 | Belgium | Jean Vallée | Viens l'oublier | 5 | 8 |
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4 | Yugoslavia | Eva Sršen | Pridi, dala ti bom cvet | 4 | 11 |
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8 | Luxembourg | David-Alexandre Winter | Je suis tombé du ciel | 0 | 12 |
Click here for a full crostable of the votes (available after the contest)
Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Only 12 countries participated. Norway, Sweden, Finland and Portugal boycotted the contest because they were not happy with the 4 winning countries a year before and the voting system used. It was a little insecure if the Eurovision Song Contest had a future, but the Dutch organization did a good job. During the dress rehearsal the stage collapsed, but during the live broadcasting everything ended op okay. Ireland won the Eurovision Song contest for the first time, partly because Belgium gave them 9 points out of 10.