Eurovision Song Contest 1970
eurovision song contest th edition annual eurovision song contest took place amsterdam netherlands organised european broadcasting union ebu host broadcaster nederlandse omroep stichting no contest held rai congrescentrum march hosted dutch television presenter willy dobbe twelve country participated contest year lowest number participant since edition reason finland norway portugal sweden austria boycotted edition officially felt contest marginalised smaller country longer good television entertainment though rumoured also protest fourway tie result occurred winner competition ireland song kind everything performed dana written derry lindsay jackie smith ireland first eventual record seven victory contest united kingdom finished second place seventh time germany ended third place – best result country time also time luxembourg received nul point due four winner previous contest question raised nation would host contest spain hosted united kingdom france netherlands consideration draw ballot two country resulted netherlands chosen host country congrescentrum venue contest semipermanent exhibit ferdinand bolstraat amsterdam opened october building replaced current rai building europe square current congress event center europe square designed alexander bodon opened february austria taken part finland norway portugal sweden boycotted contest pleased result voting structure first time artist previous contest returned dutch producer forced pad show nation decided make trip amsterdam result format endured almost present day extended opening sequence filmed amsterdam set scene every entry introduced short video postcard featuring participating artist ostensibly nation however postcard switzerland luxembourg monaco filmed location paris french postcard long introduction film four minute long followed probably one shortest ever introduction presenter willy dobbe welcomed viewer english french dutch finishing introduction second onscreen caption introduced entry song title listed lowercase name artist composersauthors capital set design devised roland de groot simple design composed number curved horizontal bar silver bauble could moved variety different way avoid incident like tiebreaking rule created stated two song gained number vote tied first place song would performed national jury jury country concerned would show hand thought best country tied would share first place ireland contest kind everything penned derry lindsay jackie smith sung another unknown dana yearold schoolgirl derry northern ireland contest held netherlands year country one four winner dana received award dutch winner lenny kuhr country nominated spokesperson responsible announcing vote respective country via telephone known spokesperson contest listed united kingdom – colin wardlewis participating broadcaster required relay contest via network nonparticipating ebu member broadcaster also able relay contest passive participant broadcaster able send commentator provide coverage contest native language relay information artist song television viewer known detail broadcast country including specific broadcasting station commentator shown table addition participating country contest introduction sequence claimed contest also broadcast greece iceland israel tunisia bulgaria czechoslovakia hungary poland romania soviet union via intervision brazil chile also reportedly broadcast argentina despite wasnt appeared introduction sequence official website