Date	:	Saturday 19 April 1980
Location	:	Nederlands Congresgebouw, The Hague, The Netherlands
Winner	:	Johnny Logan from Ireland
Broadcaster	:	NOS
Hosts	:	Marlous Fluitsma Hans van Willigenburg (green room)
Interval Act	:	The Dutch Rhythm Steel and Show Band with The Lee Jackson Dancers
Musical director	:	Rogier van Otterloo
Directed by	:	Theo Ordeman
Executive supervisor	:	Frank Naef
Executive producer	:	Fred Oster

Participants
Number of entries	19
Debuting countries	Morocco
Returning countries	Turkey
Non-returning countries	Israel Monaco

For the first time in the history of the song contest, an African country – Morocco – participated with Samira, a star in all of the Arabian countries, but when her entry Bitakat Hob ended up at 18th position with just 7 points altogether, Moroccan TV decided that the country should not participate in the contest again. Turkey returned to the contest after one year’s absence and Monaco stayed home which meant that the total amount of participating countries amounted to 19 – just as in 1979. Each country brought along a presenter of its own choice along in order to introduce the song in their native language.

The Irish Johnny Logan who would later be called „Mr. Eurovision“ secured Ireland’s second victory. The Australian-born singer who only became an Irish citizen after he sang for Ireland in the 1980 contest, would later return and win the contest again in 1987. His 1980 victory brought him a number one hit in the UK and numerous television appearances across Europe. What’s another year received seven times the maximum of 12 point votes, ending up with 143 points in total.

The Participants

#	Representing country	Performer(s)	Song title, writer(s) and composer(s)	Points	Place
01	AustriaORF	Blue Danube	Du Bist Musik	064	08
02	TurkeyTRT	Ajda Pekkan	Petr’oil	023	15
03	GreeceERT	Anna Vishy and the Epikouri	Autostop	030	13
04	LuxembourgCLT	Sophie and Magaly	Papa Pingouin	056	09
05	MoroccoRTM	Samira Bensaïd	Bitakat Hob	007	18
06	ItalyRAI	Alan Sorrenti	Non So Che Darei	087	06
07	DenmarkDR	Bamses Venner	Tænker Altid På Dig	025	14
08	SwedenSVT	Tomas Ledin	Just Nu!	047	10
09	SwitzerlandSSR SRG	Paola	Cinéma	104	04
10	FinlandYLE	Vesa-Matti Loiri	Huilumies	006	19
11	NorwayNRK	Sverre Kjellsberg and Mattis Hætta	Sámiid Ædnan	015	16
12	GermanyARD	Katja Ebstein	Theater	128	02
13	United KingdomBBC	Prima Donna	Love Enough For Two	106	03
14	PortugalRTP	José Cid	Um Grande, Grande Amor	071	07
15	The NetherlandsNOS	Maggie MacNeal	Amsterdam	093	05
16	FranceTF1	Profil	Hé, Hé M’sieurs Dames	045	11
17	IrelandRTÉ	Johnny Logan	What’s Another Year	143	01
18	SpainTVE	Trigo Limpio	Qué Date Esta Noche	038	12
19	BelgiumRTBF	Telex	Euro-vision	014	17

Scoreboard

Participant																				Points	Place
Austria		1	5	5	4	4	1	10	4		3	6	3	4	1	4	3		6	64	8
Turkey	3								8		12									23	15
Greece	5		2					4	2	1		4	1				8		3	30	13
Luxembourg	1	8	4	3	7			8				7		3	6			1	8	56	9
Morocco									7											7	18
Italy	2	10	3	6	2	7	2	2				2	12	10	10	8	1	6	4	87	6
Denmark				7		5	4				2	1				6				25	14
Sweden						2	10		5	10	6			1		5		8		47	10
Switzerland	6	2	8	12		10		12	3	5	7	10	6	2	2		10	2	7	104	4
Finland					1							5								6	19
Norway					3	6					4						2			15	16
Germany	8	7	7	2	10			5	12	3	10		8	12	5	7	12	10	10	128	2
United Kingdom	7	6	10	4	5	3		6		8	8		7	8	12	10	7	5		106	3
Portugal		4	6	1	6	1	5	7	10	4		8			8	2	5	4		71	7
The Netherlands	12	3		10	12	8	6	1		12			4	5	3	3		12	2	93	5
France		5	1				7	3		2	1	3		6	4	1	4	3	5	45	11
Ireland	10	12	12	8	8	12	12		1	7		12	5	7	7	12	6		12	143	1
Spain	4						8		6	6	5		2					7		38	12
Belgium							3						10						1	14	17