Eurovision Song Contest 1980

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The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), which won the contest in 1979, renounced its right to host the 1980 edition 13 August 1979. The resignation was the result of failed negotiations between the broadcaster and the Knesset, after lawmakers did not authorize extra budget allocations for another international production hosted by IBA in a short space of time.{{cite web|access-date=23 May 2018 |date=14 August 1979 |title=El consejo director |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1979/08/22/agenda/304120807_850215.html |work=El País}}{{cite web|access-date=24 January 2025 |date=22 August 1979 |title=El Festival de Eurovisión 1980 no se celebrará en Israel por falta de dinero |url=https://www.jpress.nli.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=MAR%2F1979%2F08%2F14&id=Ar00404&sk=90FB977B |work=Maariv}}

However, some days later rumours emerged that the resignation was actually the result of a controversy related to the date of the contest which had been provisionally confirmed for 19 April 1980, coinciding with the Yom HaZikaron holiday. The issue itself became controversial in Israel, thanks to a translation error in several documents sent by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to IBA at the end of 1979, when negotiations regarding the holding of the contest would begin. However, IBA tried to negotiate several times with the EBU the possibility of changing the date. However, none of them were fruitful and on 10 December 1979, the Israeli withdrawal was confirmed, following confirmation that the date chosen for the competition was 19 April 1980.{{cite web|access-date=24 January 2025 |date=25 March 1980 |title=Sin Eurovisión, pero con ahorros |url=https://www.jpress.nli.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=MAR%2F1979%2F08%2F14&id=Ar00404&sk=90FB977B |work=Maariv}}

Following these incidents, the EBU apologised to IBA, but even with their arguments, the date of the competition could not be changed, since the schedule for the participating broadcasters was tight and many of them already had their participation plans and programming schedules set up. This caused an atypical situation, because it was the only time in history that the country that had won the previous year could not defend its title.

Upon learning of the decision taken by the IBA, the EBU sent a public apology, claiming that "the lack of employees with knowledge of the Hebrew language has placed it in a strained situation". The issue was resolved when the IBA publicly accepted the apologies and confirmed that regardless of what happened in the 1980 contest, it would return in 1981.{{cite web|access-date=24 January 2025 |date=11 December 1979 |title=Israel no participará en Eurovisión de este año |url=http://www.jpress.nli.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=MAR%2F1979%2F12%2F11&id=Ar01513&sk=2AF3224F |work=Maariv}}

Many years later, Yair Lapid, son of the late Tommy Lapid who was the general director of the IBA at the time, told in his father's biography, "that when his father discovered that holding the contest for two years in a row by IBA could result in unexpected bankruptcy. In December 1979, when this argument was presented to the other broadcasters, only NOS immediately accepted".Yair Lapid, "Memoires After my Death", Keter Books, Jerusalem 2010 (ISBN 978-965-07-1792-6), p. 239 (in Hebrew)

As news arrived, the EBU triggered an emergency protocol and invited the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as reserve host broadcaster, something that had already happened four other times ({{Escyr|1960}}, {{Escyr|1963}}, {{Escyr|1972}}, and {{Escyr|1974}}). However, this time alleging the same financial problems that delayed the {{Escyr|1977}} contest, the BBC ended up not taking over production. The third option was {{lang|es|Televisión Española|i=no}} (TVE), due to the fact that the Spanish entry had finished second the previous year. However, with the period of the Spanish transition to democracy having already started, TVE also declined, despite the fact that the tourism board of the {{lang|es|Costa del Sol|i=no}} was already working in a bid with the Convention Center of Torremolinos as the venue with the aim of harnessing the area's touristic potential.{{cite web|access-date=23 May 2018 |date=24 August 1979 |title=El Patronato |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1979/08/24/agenda/304293610_850215.html |work=El País}}

With negative responses from the reserve options, the EBU and the IBA decided to offer hosting rights to any of the other 15 broadcasters which had participated in the previous edition. 14 of them also gave negative responses to the situation, as no one expected the IBA to give up the rights. The situation only calmed down at the end of 1979, when {{lang|nl|Nederlandse Omroep Stichting|i=no}} (NOS) confirmed the date of the competition and its location, which was decided on 23 October.{{cite news |title=Eurovisie-songfestival definitief in Den Haag |trans-title=Eurovision Song Contest finally in The Hague |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/1979-10-24/edition/0/page/5 |access-date=19 February 2025 |work=Leidsch Dagblad |location=Leiden, Netherlands |page=5 |agency=Geassocieerde Pers Diensten (GPD) |language=nl |date=24 October 1979 |via=Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken}} As it accepted the responsibility with little time to organize and produce the event, NOS allocated a smaller budget and reused many elements of the stage design from the {{Escyr|1976}} contest.

As in {{Escyr|1970}} and {{Escyr|1976}}, the stage design was the work of {{ill|Roland de Groot|nl}}.{{cite news |title=Décor Songfestival moet goedkoper |trans-title=Song festival decor should be cheaper |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010960448:mpeg21:p011 |access-date=8 March 2025 |work=Het Vrije Volk |date=1 March 1980 |page=11 |location=Rotterdam, Netherlands |language=nl |via=Delpher}} The main platform was decorated with a five-step staircase and three curved horizontal panels, in front of which participants performed their songs. The technique included a series of geometric elements suspended by cables that accompanied each performance, transforming into totally different images accompanied by colored lights that also changed with each song.{{cite web|access-date=27 January 2025 |date=25 January 2025 |title=Eurovision 1980|url=https://www.ogaespain.com/festival-de-eurovision/eurovision-1980/ |work=OGAE Spain}}

Given the short time for production, the Dutch art team ended up opting to recycle several elements from the 1976 contest stage, but with different uses. They chose to rescue several pieces from sets from other productions by the broadcaster, a warehouse and also a scrapyard, observing the conditions of use. Recycling also involved the contest's visual identity, in the same way that the opening video was a reissue of the one used four years earlier.{{cite web|access-date=27 January 2025 |date=25 January 2025 |title=La Haia 1980 |url=https://songfestival.be/geschiedenis/1980-den-haag/ |work=Songfestival.be}}

{{further|List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest}}

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{{ESC 1980 participants}}

After Israel announced its absence, {{Esccnty|Morocco}} entered the contest for its first, and to date only, participation. {{Esccnty|Monaco}} also withdrew from the contest, and would not return until 2004.

Several of the performing artists had previously competed as lead artists representing the same country in past editions: Paola del Medico had represented {{esccnty|Switzerland|y=1969|t=Switzerland in 1969}}, Katja Ebstein had represented {{esccnty|Germany|y=1970|t=Germany in 1970}} and {{esccnty|Germany|y=1971|t=in 1971}}, and Maggie MacNeal had represented the {{esccnty|Netherlands|y=1974|t=Netherlands in 1974}} as part of Mouth and MacNeal.

The venue that had hosted the {{Escyr|1976|3=1976 contest}}, the {{lang|nl|Congresgebouw|i=unset}}, was again chosen to stage the event. Because of the limited budget and time available, NOS decided to recycle several elements of the 1976 production such as several opening video sequences and many pieces and elements that had been used in other NOS shows since then. Again, Roland de Groot took charge of the design. As with the 1977 and 1978 contests, there were no pre-filmed postcards between the songs, with a guest presenter appointed by each participating broadcaster introducing the entries. Apart from this, Marlous Fluitsma presented the contest almost entirely in Dutch, with exceptions in the protocol parts and in the voting where she used French and English. Thus, the broadcaster host spent only NLG 900.000 on organizing the contest, from the overall amount of NLG 1.5 million.{{cite web|access-date=27 January 2025 |date=April 29, 2021 |title=81-year-old Eurovision stage designer takes a look at Ahoy: 'unbelievable'

|url=https://nos.nl/collectie/13865/artikel/2378771-81-jarige-podiumontwerper-van-songfestival-neemt-kijkje-in-ahoy-ongelooflijk|work=NOS.nl}}{{cite news |title=Korte berichten uit het binnenland |trans-title=Short reports from the interior |url=https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/issue/zni/1980-04-18/edition/0/page/9 |access-date=16 December 2024 |work=Zierikzeesche Nieuwsbode |location=Zierikzee, Netherlands |date=18 April 1980 |language=nl |page=9 |via=ZB Krantenbank Zeeland}} At least 300 journalists were onsite to cover the event.{{cite news |title=Jubileum Songfestival niet zonder problemen |trans-title=Song contest anniversary not without problems |url=https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/issue/pzc/1980-04-18/edition/0/page/21 |access-date=18 February 2025 |work=Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant |location=Vlissingen, Netherlands |date=18 April 1980 |language=nl |page=9 |via=ZB Krantenbank Zeeland}}

Each of the 19 contestants was presented by a presenter from that country appointed by each participating broadcaster, in some cases the same person providing the commentary. Each of the songs was introduced in the same language as the song was performed, with the exception of the Irish introduction, which was made in Irish, whereas the song was performed in English. The British presenter was incorrectly identified in the onscreen caption as 'Noel Edmunds' and the Finnish presenter as 'Heikki Haarma'.

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• {{flagu|Austria}}{{snd}}{{ill|Chris Lohner|de}}
• {{flagu|Turkey}}{{snd}}Şebnem Savaşçı
• {{flagu|Greece}}{{snd}}Kelly Sakakou
• {{flagu|Luxembourg}}{{snd}}{{ill|Michèle Etzel|fr}}
• {{flagu|Morocco}}{{snd}}Mohammed Bouzidi
• {{flagu|Italy}}{{snd}}Beatrice Cori
• {{flagu|Denmark}}{{snd}}Jørgen de Mylius
• {{flagu|Sweden}}{{snd}}Ulf Elfving
• {{flagu|Switzerland}}{{snd}}Lyliam Stambac
• {{flagu|Finland}}{{snd}}Heikki Harma
• {{flagu|Norway}}{{snd}}Åse Kleveland
• {{flagu|Germany}}{{snd}}Carolin Reiber
• {{flagu|United Kingdom}}{{snd}}Noel Edmonds
• {{flagu|Portugal}}{{snd}}Eládio Clímaco
• {{flagu|Netherlands}}{{snd}}Marlous Fluitsma
• {{flagu|France}}{{snd}}Évelyne Dhéliat
• {{flagu|Ireland}}{{snd}}Thelma Mansfield
• {{flagu|Spain|1977}}{{snd}}Mari Cruz Soriano
• {{flagu|Belgium}}{{snd}}{{ill|Arlette Vincent|fr}}

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During the live interval act performance of San Fernando by The Dutch Rhythm Steel and Show Band with the Lee Jackson dancers, Hans van Willigenburg intercut brief interviews with some of the participants backstage in the green room, speaking to the singers from Germany, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, and the Netherlands, each in their own language.

Australian-born Johnny Logan, representing his parents' country {{Esccnty|Ireland}}, was ultimately crowned the winner with the song "What's Another Year". This was Ireland's second victory in the competition, having previously won in {{Escyr|1970}} with "All Kinds of Everything", coincidentally also held on Dutch soil. It was also the first time that a male solo artist (albeit with backing vocals) had won the contest since Udo Jürgens won for {{Esccnty|Austria|y=1966|t=Austria in 1966}}.

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for its respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1980 contest are listed below.

• {{flagu|Denmark}}{{snd}}Bent Evold{{Cite web |title=12 sange er klar til Grand Prix |trans-title=12 songs are ready for the Grand Prix |url=https://nordjyske-avisarkiv.dk/soegning?from=1767-01-01&to=2022-06-26&searchterm=%22Bent%20Evold%22%20%22Haag%22 |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626045325/https://nordjyske-avisarkiv.dk/soegning?from=1767-01-01&to=2022-06-26&searchterm=%22Bent%20Evold%22%20%22Haag%22 |work=Aalborg Stiftstidende |language=da |location=Aalborg, Denmark |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}
• {{flagu|Finland}}{{snd}}Kaarina Pönniö{{cite book |last=Murtomäki |first=Asko |title=Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut |date=2007 |publisher=Teos |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-851-106-3 |language=fi |pages=106–111}}
• {{flagu|Sweden}}{{snd}}Arne Weise{{cite book |last1=Thorsson |first1=Leif |last2=Verhage |first2=Martin |title=Melodifestivalen genom tiderna : de svenska uttagningarna och internationella finalerna |date=2006 |publisher=Premium Publishing |location=Stockholm |isbn=91-89136-29-2 |language=sv |pages=148–149}}
• {{flagu|United Kingdom}}{{snd}}Ray Moore{{cite book |last1=Roxburgh |first1=Gordon |title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |date=2016 |publisher=Telos Publishing |location=Prestatyn |isbn=978-1-84583-118-9 |pages=39–55|series=Volume Three: The 1980s}}

File:Eurovisie Songfestival 1980 ( Den Haag ) winnaar Johnny Logan in aktie, Bestanddeelnr 930-7803.jpg performing "What's Another Year"]]

The scoring system implemented in 1975 remained the same; each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top ten songs. However this year for the first time, spokespersons were required to declare their scores in ascending order, 1,2,3 etc. This change made for the added excitement of waiting for each country to award their highest 12 points at the end of each voting round.

For the voting sequence, Marlous Fluitsma used a different telephone to speak to each of the nineteen jury spokespersons, although the phones were simply props and were not connected.

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.{{cite web |title=The Rules of the Contest |date=31 October 2018 |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=19 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004011300/https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |archive-date=4 October 2022 |url-status=live}} The contest was also reportedly broadcast in Cyprus, Israel, Iceland, and Jordan; in Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union via Intervision; and in Cuba, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates, with an estimated audience of 450 million viewers.{{cite news |title=Eurovisie Songfestival gaat de wereld over |trans-title=Eurovision Song Contest goes around the world |url=https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/issue/pzc/1980-04-14/edition/0/page/7 |access-date=16 December 2024 |work=Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant |location=Middelburg, Netherlands |date=14 April 1980 |language=nl |page=7 |via=ZB Krantenbank Zeeland}}{{cite news |title=Eurofestival: l'appuntamento è per domani |trans-title=Eurovision Song Contest: The appointment is for tomorrow |url=https://archivio.ilpiccolo.it/sfoglio/aviator/aviator.php?newspaper=CFI0375833&edition=piccolo&issue=19800418&startpage=8 |access-date=29 November 2024 |work=Il Piccolo |date=18 April 1980 |location=Trieste, Italy |language=it |page=8}}{{cite news |title=Sigurlagið samið í strætó í Dublin |trans-title=The winning song was written on a bus in Dublin |url=https://timarit.is/page/3093253#page/n8/mode/2up |access-date=24 December 2024 |work=Dagblaðið |date=21 April 1980 |location=Reykjavík, Iceland |language=is |page=9 |via=Timarit.is}} The contest was reportedly broadcast via radio in countries including Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Rundfunk-programm |trans-title=Radio programme |url=https://archiv.grenzecho.net/epaper/grenzecho-vom-18-04-1980/?viewer=true |access-date=4 November 2024 |work=Grenz-Echo and {{ill|St. Vither Zeitung|de}} |date=18 April 1980 |location=Eupen, Belgium |page=4 |language=de}}

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| BRT

| TV1

| Luc Appermont

| style="text-align:center" |

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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Denmark}}

| DR

| DR TV

| Jørgen de Mylius

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web |title=Alle tiders programoversigter – Lørdag den 19. april 1980 |trans-title=All-time programme overviews – Saturday 19 April 1980 |url=https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=1980-04-17&fileIndex=2 |publisher=DR |language=da |access-date=20 April 2024 |archive-date=20 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420144356/https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=1980-04-17&fileIndex=2 |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Finland}}

| YLE

| TV1, {{lang|fi|{{ill|Rinnakkaisohjelma|fi}}|i=unset}}

| Heikki Harma

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Radio · TV |url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/75c32415-1ebe-4f73-a11f-cb705a29967f |access-date=14 November 2022 |work=Helsingin Sanomat |location=Helsinki, Finland |date=19 April 1980 |page=71 |language=fi |url-access=subscription |archive-date=23 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223161649/https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/75c32415-1ebe-4f73-a11f-cb705a29967f |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Brittivinoilua euroviisuista |trans-title=British mockery of the Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/e7da2ccd-dab4-49a8-b2d8-9e87ef342fc1 |access-date=23 December 2022 |work=Helsingin Sanomat |location=Helsinki, Finland |date=22 April 1980 |page=17 |language=fi |url-access=subscription |archive-date=23 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223161647/https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/e7da2ccd-dab4-49a8-b2d8-9e87ef342fc1 |url-status=live}}

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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|France}}

| colspan="2" | TF1

| Patrick Sabatier

| style="text-align:center" | {{Cite news |title=Téléprevision – Samedi 19 avril |trans-title=TV forecast – Saturday 19 April |url=https://archives-aube.fr/ark:42751/1edddd6b1db96bd891a90050568bc001.fiche=arko_fiche_61d6ad61991dd.moteur=arko_default_63d288b4cdd38 |access-date=11 November 2024 |work={{ill|L'Est éclair|fr}} |date=19-20 April 1980 |location=Saint-André-les-Vergers, France |page=27 |language=fr |via=Aube en Champagne}}

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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Germany}}

| ARD

| {{lang|de|Deutsches Fernsehen|i=unset}}

| {{ill|Ado Schlier|de}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Diese woche im Fernsehen – Samstag, 19. 4. |trans-title=This week on TV – Saturday, 19. 4. |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/diese-woche-im-fernsehen-samstag-19-4-a-d11a5d41-0002-0001-0000-000014327269 |magazine=Der Spiegel |access-date=24 June 2024 |language=de |location=Hamburg, West Germany}}{{cite magazine |title=Glanzvolles Schlager-Fest |trans-title=Brilliant schlager festival |url=https://www.ecgermany.de/archiv/bilder/Fotos%20ESC%201980/Presse%2080%204.jpg |magazine=Gong |location=Munich, West Germany |access-date=18 January 2023 |language=de |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404125017/https://www.ecgermany.de/archiv/bilder/Fotos%20ESC%201980/Presse%2080%204.jpg |url-status=live}}

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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Greece}}

| ERT

| ERT

| {{ill|Mako Georgiadou|el|Μακώ Γεωργιάδου|lt=Mako Georgiadou}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |date=19 April 1980 |title=TV |url=https://medusa.libver.gr/iguana/www.main.cls?l=eng&surl=search&p=2cafc322-e6e4-433a-9fcf-b8b0e4d5c7da#recordId=3.1293 |access-date=13 June 2024 |work={{ill|Laos (newspaper)|lt=Laos|el|Λαός (εφημερίδα)}} |location=Veria, Greece |page=2 |language=el |via={{ill|Public Central Library of Veria|el|Δημόσια Κεντρική Βιβλιοθήκη Βέροιας}}}}{{cite news |title=Η ΕΡΤ θα μεταδώσει σήμερα το βράδυ το διαγωνισμό της "Γιουροβίζιον" |trans-title=ERT will broadcast 'Eurovision' tonight |url=http://rg-dev.nlg.gr/viewer/BnlViewer/view/index.html?lang=el#panel:pp{{!}}issue:3306_124{{!}}page:8 |access-date=31 December 2024 |work=Makedonia |date=19 April 1980 |location=Thessaloniki, Greece |page=5 |language=el |via=National Library of Greece}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Ireland}}

| rowspan="2" | RTÉ

| RTÉ 1

| Larry Gogan

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Saturday Television |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1980/0419/Pg025.html |access-date=22 December 2022 |newspaper=The Irish Times |location=Dublin, Ireland |date=19 April 1980 |page=21 |url-access=subscription}}

|-

| RTÉ Radio 1

| Pat Kenny

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Radio Saturday |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1980/0419/Pg024.html |access-date=22 December 2022 |newspaper=The Irish Times |location=Dublin, Ireland |date=19 April 1980 |page=24 |url-access=subscription}}{{cite news |title=Double Dutch |newspaper=Evening Herald |location=Dublin, Ireland |date=19 April 1980}}

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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Italy}}

| RAI

| {{lang|it|Rete Due|i=unset}}{{efn|Deferred broadcast at 22:00 (CEST)}}

| Michele Gammino

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Sabato 19 aprile |trans-title=Saturday 19 April |url=http://www.radiocorriere.teche.rai.it/Download.aspx?data=1980{{!}}16{{!}}000{{!}}P |magazine=Radiocorriere TV |location=Turin, Italy |date=13–19 April 1980 |volume=57 |issue=16 |pages=204–205 |access-date=18 January 2023 |language=it |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405112306/http://www.radiocorriere.teche.rai.it/Download.aspx?data=1980%7C16%7C000%7CP |via=Rai Teche |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Luxembourg}}

| CLT

| {{lang|fr|RTL Télé-Luxembourg|i=unset}}

| Jacques Navadic

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Télé hebdo |trans-title=TV weekly |url=https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/760b080dg/pages/27 |access-date=12 January 2023 |work=Luxemburger Wort |date=18 April 1980 |location=Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |language=de, fr |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112103922/https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/760b080dg/pages/27 |via=National Library of Luxembourg |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Netherlands}}

| rowspan="2" | NOS

| {{lang|nl|Nederland 2|i=unset}}

| Pim Jacobs

| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | {{cite news |title=Radio en televisie, programma's |trans-title=Radio and television, programmes |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010570785:mpeg21:p009 |access-date=12 January 2023 |work=Limburgs Dagblad |date=19 April 1980 |page=9 |location=Heerlen, Netherlands |language=nl |via=Delpher}}{{cite news |title=Het grote gebeuren van morgenavond! Eurovisie Songfestival.. |trans-title=Tomorrow night's big event! Eurovision Song Contest. |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010880008:mpeg21:p023 |access-date=12 January 2023 |work=De Volkskrant |date=18 April 1980 |page=23 |location=Amsterdam, Netherlands |language=nl |via=Delpher}}

|-

| Hilversum 1

| Willem van Beusekom

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Norway}}

| rowspan="2" | NRK

| {{lang|no|NRK Fjernsynet|i=unset}}

| Knut Aunbu

| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | {{cite news |title=Radio TV i helgen |trans-title=Radio TV at the weekend |url=https://www.nb.no/items/42a110c01dbceb1cf3be580ffb11e545?page=29 |access-date=12 January 2023 |work=Tønsbergs Blad |date=19 April 1980 |page=31 |location=Tønsberg, Norway |language=no |via=National Library of Norway |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112103920/https://www.nb.no/items/42a110c01dbceb1cf3be580ffb11e545?page=29 |url-status=live}}

|-

| NRK{{efn|Deferred broadcast at 22:40 (CET)}}

| {{ill|Erik Heyerdahl|no}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Portugal}}

| RTP

| RTP1

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Hoje |trans-title=Today |url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06833.183.28719#!20 |access-date=12 January 2023 |work=Diário de Lisboa |date=19 April 1980 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |page=20 |language=pt |via=Casa Comum |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112103922/http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06833.183.28719#!20 |url-status=live}}

|-

| RDP

| {{lang|pt|RDP Programa 1|i=unset}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Rádio |url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06833.183.28719#!26 |access-date=12 January 2023 |work=Diário de Lisboa |date=19 April 1980 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |page=26 |language=pt |via=Casa Comum |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112103922/http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06833.183.28719#!26 |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Spain|1977}}

| TVE

| TVE 1

| {{ill|Miguel de los Santos (broadcaster)|lt=Miguel de los Santos|es|Miguel de los Santos (presentador)}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Programas para hoy |trans-title=Programmes for today |url=https://liburutegibiltegi.bizkaia.eus/bitstream/id/326699/b1126214x_1980_04_19.pdf |access-date=2 January 2025 |work={{ill|La Gaceta del Norte|es}} |date=19 April 1980 |page=39 |location=Bilbao, Spain |language=es |via={{ill|Bizkaiko Foru Liburutegia|eu}}}}{{cite news |title=Esta noche, Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión |trans-title=Tonight, Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://liburutegibiltegi.bizkaia.eus/bitstream/id/326699/b1126214x_1980_04_19.pdf |access-date=2 January 2025 |work=La Gaceta del Norte |date=19 April 1980 |page=39 |location=Bilbao, Spain |language=es |via=Bizkaiko Foru Liburutegia}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Sweden}}

| SVT

| TV1

| Ulf Elfving

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=tv programmen |trans-title=tv programmes |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=19 April 1980 |location=Stockholm, Sweden |page=23 |language=sv}}

|-

| {{ill|Sveriges Riksradio|sv|lt=RR}}

| SR P3

| Kent Finell

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=radioprogrammen |trans-title=radio programmes |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=19 April 1980 |location=Stockholm, Sweden |page=23 |language=sv}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|Switzerland}}

| rowspan="3" | SRG SSR

| TV DRS

| {{ill|Theodor Haller|de|Theodor Haller (Journalist)}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Tele-tip heute |trans-title=Tele-tip today |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=TTB19800419-01.1.13 |access-date=2 January 2025 |work=Thuner Tagblatt |page=13 |date=19 April 1980 |location=Thun, Switzerland |language=de |via=E-newspaperarchives.ch}}

|-

| TSR

| {{ill|Georges Hardy|fr}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=TV – samedi 19 avril |trans-title=TV – Saturday 19 April |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/321624/view?page=10&p=verso&tool=info |access-date=12 January 2023 |magazine=Radio TV – Je vois tout |date=17 April 1980 |volume=58 |issue=16 |location=Lausanne, Switzerland |pages=18–19 |language=fr |via=Scriptorium}}

|-

| TSI{{efn|Broadcast through a second audio programme on TSR}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Oggi e domani sul video |trans-title=Today and tomorrow on the video |url=https://www2.sbt.ti.ch/quotidiani-public-pdf/main_part.php?fullscreen=true&paper=pel&day=19&month=4&year=1980&page=12&allpages=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12&papername=Popolo%20e%20Libertà |access-date=3 July 2024 |work=Popolo e Libertà |date=19 April 1980 |location=Bellinzona, Switzerland |page=12 |language=it |via={{ill|Sistema bibliotecario ticinese|it}}}}

|-

! scope="row" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Turkey}}

| rowspan="2" | TRT

| {{lang|tr|TRT Televizyon|i=unset}}

| Bülend Özveren

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Televizyon |trans-title=Television |url=https://egazete.cumhuriyet.com.tr/Archive/CUMHURIYET/GAZETE_ARSIVI/1980/4/19/EAA72505-9EC1-49C8-BDA9-8F287F8805EA_3243359_6.jpeg |access-date=12 January 2023 |work=Cumhuriyet |date=19 April 1980 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112093816/https://egazete.cumhuriyet.com.tr/Archive/CUMHURIYET/GAZETE_ARSIVI/1980/4/19/EAA72505-9EC1-49C8-BDA9-8F287F8805EA_3243359_6.jpeg |archive-date=12 January 2023 |location=Istanbul, Turkey |page=6 |language=tr |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Bütün kalpler Eurovision Yarışması için atiyor "Haydi Ajda" Diyoruz... |trans-title=All hearts are beating for the Eurovision Contest, we say "Come on Ajda"... |url=https://gazetearsivi.milliyet.com.tr/liste?tarih=1980.04.19 |date=19 April 1980 |url-access=registration |access-date=5 November 2024 |work=Milliyet |location=Istanbul, Turkey |page=8 |language=tr}}

|-

| {{lang|tr|Radyo 3|i=unset}}

| Şebnem Savaşçı

| style="text-align:center" |

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}

| rowspan="2" | BBC

| BBC1

| Terry Wogan

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Eurovision Song Contest 1980 – BBC1 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7b9cc59a92b3498398786af97a75287d |access-date=11 January 2023 |magazine=Radio Times |location=London, United Kingdom |date=19 April 1980 |via=BBC Genome Project |archive-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111171056/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7b9cc59a92b3498398786af97a75287d |url-status=live}}

|-

| BBC Radio 2{{efn|Simulcast on BBC Radio 1,{{cite magazine |title=with Radio 2 through the night – BBC Radio 1 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0d1e90d9eeda4d699a07ed9f99bd1ba3 |access-date=2 January 2025 |magazine=Radio Times |location=London, United Kingdom |date=19 April 1980 |via=BBC Genome Project}} BBC Radio Birmingham,{{cite news |title=TV and Radio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/coventry-evening-telegraph-radio-program/168560309/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=The Centre Pages |date=19 April 1980 |location=Coventry, United Kingdom |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}} BBC Radio Blackburn,{{cite news |title=TV and radio this week end |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lancashire-telegraph-radio-programmes-fo/168559807/ |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Lancashire Evening Telegraph |date=19 April 1980 |location=Burnley, United Kingdom |pages=30–31 |via=Newspapers.com}} BBC Radio Carlisle,{{cite news |title=Saturday radio and television |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-tv-radio-programmes-for-19/168560154/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=The Journal |date=19 April 1980 |location=Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com}} BBC Radio Cleveland, BBC Radio Derby,{{cite news |title=Weekend TV and radio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/isle-of-wight-county-press-radio-program/168613203/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=Isle of Wight County Press |date=19 April 1980 |location=Newport, United Kingdom |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com}} BBC Radio Manchester,{{cite news |title=Saturday's radio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/manchester-evening-news-radio-programmes/168560002/ |access-date=21 March 2025 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=19 April 1980 |location=Manchester, United Kingdom |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com}} BBC Radio Merseyside,{{cite news |title=And on your radio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-post-merseyside-ed-radio-progra/168610369/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=Daily Post |date=19 April 1980 |location=Liverpool, United Kingdom |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}} and BBC Radio Newcastle.}}

| Steve Jones

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Eurovision Song Contest – BBC Radio 2 |location=London, United Kingdom |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e54355153f0e418ab9f86c7541b2983b |access-date=11 January 2023 |magazine=Radio Times |date=19 April 1980 |via=BBC Genome Project |archive-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111171058/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e54355153f0e418ab9f86c7541b2983b |url-status=live}}

|-

| BFBS

| BFBS Radio

| Andrew Pastouna

| style="text-align:center" |

|}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Τηλεόραση |trans-title=Television |url=https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/597858 |access-date=4 March 2024 |work={{lang|el-latn|I Simerini|i=unset}} |date=19 April 1980 |location=Nicosia, Cyprus |page=4 |language=el |via={{ill|Press and Information Office|el|Γραφείο Τύπου και Πληροφοριών}}}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Hong Kong|1959}}

| rowspan="2" | TVB

| TVB Jade{{efn|Deferred broadcast the following day at 9:30 (HKT)|name=HK}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | {{cite news |title=星期日 – Sunday, 20 April – 四月二十號 |url=https://archive.org/details/NPWK19800420/page/n27/mode/2up |work=Wah Kiu Yat Po Colour Weekly |date=20 April 1980 |location=Quarry Bay, Hong Kong |page=11 |language=zh-hant, en |via=Internet Archive |access-date=3 November 2024}}

|-

| TVB Pearl{{efn|name=HK}}

| {{N/A|}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Iceland}}

| RÚV

| {{lang|is|Sjónvarpið|i=unset}}{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 26 April 1980 at 21:30 (WET)}}

| Björn Baldursson

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Sjónvarp |trans-title=Television |url=https://timarit.is/page/3093378#page/n21/mode/2up |access-date=11 January 2023 |work=Dagblaðið |date=26 April 1980 |location=Reykjavík, Iceland |language=is |page=23 |via=Timarit.is |archive-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111171058/https://timarit.is/page/3093378#page/n21/mode/2up |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Israel}}

| rowspan="2" | IBA

| Israeli Television{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 20 April 1980 at 21:30 (IST)}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=20.4.80 – טלוויזיה |trans-title=Television – 20.4.80 |url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/?a=d&d=mar19800420-01.1.39 |access-date=11 January 2023 |work=Maariv |date=22 April 1980 |location=Tel Aviv, Israel |language=he |page=39 |via=National Library of Israel}}

|-

| {{ill|Reshet Bet|he|רשת ב'}}, {{ill|Reshet Gimel|he|רשת ג'}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=20.4.80 – רדיו |trans-title=Radio – 20.4.80 |url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/?a=d&d=mar19800420-01.1.39 |access-date=11 January 2023 |work=Maariv |date=22 April 1980 |location=Tel Aviv, Israel |language=he |page=39 |via=National Library of Israel}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Jordan}}

| JTV

| JTV2

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Jordan Times Daily Guide |url=https://archive.org/details/JordanTimes1980JordanEnglish/Apr%2019%201980%2C%20Jordan%20Times%2C%20%231337%2C%20Jordan%20%28en%29/page/n3/mode/2up |access-date=5 November 2024 |work=The Jordan Times |date=19 April 1980 |location=Amman, Jordan |page=5 |via=Internet Archive}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Netherlands Antilles|1959}}

| colspan="2" | TeleAruba{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 20 July 1980 at 16:00 (ADT)}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Telearuba – Zondag |trans-title=Telearuba – Sunday |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010640114:mpeg21:p005 |access-date=17 July 2024 |work=Amigoe |date=19 July 1980 |location=Willemstad, Curaçao |language=nl |page=5 |via=Delpher}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Romania|1965}}

| TVR

| {{lang|ro|Programul 1|i=unset}}{{efn|Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 4 May 1980 at 14:40 (EET)}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=tv1 |magazine=Radio TV |date=4-10 May 1980 |issue=19 |page=2-a |language=ro}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|South Korea|1949}}

| KBS

| KBS{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 3 May 1980 at 22:30 (KST)}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=TV프로 |trans-title=TV programmes |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?publishDate=1980-05-03&officeId=00023&pageNo=8 |access-date=16 December 2024 |work=The Chosun Ilbo |date=3 May 1980 |location=Seoul, South Korea |page=8 |language=ko |via=Naver}}

|}

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