Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970

Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Country	Ireland
National selection
Selection process	National final - juries
Selection date(s)	1 March 1970
Selected entrant	Dana
Selected song	"All Kinds of Everything"
Finals performance
Final result	1st, 32 points
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1969 • 1970 • 1971►

Ireland participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with the song "All Kinds of Everything" performed by Dana.^[1] John Skehan was the spokesperson for Ireland in the Contest. Valerie McGovern commentated on RTÉ One, and Kevin Roche on RTÉ Radio 1.

National final

The Irish National final was held on Sunday 1 March, three weeks later than planned owing to a technicians' strike at the national broadcaster. It was broadcast live from the RTÉ studios in Dublin on RTÉ Television, and hosted by Brendan O'Reilly. Eight songs competed for the honour of representing Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 being held in Amsterdam. The winning song was decided by 10 regional juries throughout Ireland.

Dana had previously participated in the Irish national final in 1969, and finished in second place. Both Anna McGoldrick and Tony Kenny had sung in the national contest in 1968.

At Eurovision

Voting

Every country had a jury of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.

Points awarded to Ireland

Points awarded to Ireland
10 points	9 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Belgium			Switzerland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Netherlands	United Kingdom	Spain	Germany  Luxembourg	France

Points awarded by Ireland

3 points	France  United Kingdom
2 points	Germany
1 point	Belgium   Switzerland

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1970

References

1. ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest : The Winners". esc-history.com. 

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Artists 1960s 1960 to 1964 Butch Moore Dickie Rock Sean Dunphy Pat McGeegan Muriel Day 1970s Dana Angela Farrell Sandie Jones Maxi Tina Reynolds The Swarbriggs Red Hurley The Swarbriggs Plus Two Colm 'C.T.' Wilkinson Cathal Dunne 1980s Johnny Logan Sheeba The Duskeys 1983 Linda Martin Maria Christian Luv Bug Johnny Logan Jump the Gun Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers 1990s Liam Reilly Kim Jackson Linda Martin Niamh Kavanagh Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan Eddie Friel Eimear Quinn Marc Roberts Dawn Martin The Mullans 2000s Eamonn Toal Gary O'Shaughnessy 2002 Mickey Harte Chris Doran Donna and Joe Brian Kennedy Dervish Dustin the Turkey Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy 2010s Niamh Kavanagh Jedward Ryan Dolan Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith Molly Sterling Nicky Byrne
Songs 1960s 1960 to 1964 "Walking the Streets in the Rain" "Come Back to Stay" "If I Could Choose" "Chance of a Lifetime" "The Wages of Love" 1970s "All Kinds of Everything" "One Day Love" "Ceol an Ghrá" "Do I Dream" "Cross Your Heart" "That's What Friends Are For" "When" "It's Nice To Be In Love Again" "Born to Sing" "Happy Man" 1980s "What's Another Year?" "Horoscopes" "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" 1983 "Terminal 3" "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" "You Can Count On Me" "Hold Me Now" "Take Him Home" "The Real Me" 1990s "Somewhere In Europe" "Could It Be That I'm In Love" "Why Me?" "In Your Eyes" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Dreamin'" "The Voice" "Mysterious Woman" "Is Always Over Now?" "When You Need Me" 2000s "Millennium of Love" "Without Your Love" 2002 "We've Got the World" "If My World Stopped Turning" "Love?" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "They Can't Stop the Spring" "Irelande Douze Pointe" "Et Cetera" 2010s "It's for You" "Lipstick" "Waterline" "Only Love Survives" "Heartbeat" "Playing with Numbers" "Sunlight"
(Note: Entries scored out are when Ireland did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Countries Final (by final results) Ireland (winner) United Kingdom Germany Switzerland France Spain Netherlands Italy Belgium Monaco Yugoslavia Luxembourg
Artists Final (by final results) Dana Mary Hopkin Katja Ebstein Henri Dès Guy Bonnet Julio Iglesias Hearts of Soul Gianni Morandi Jean Vallée Dominique Dussault Eva Sršen David Alexandre Winter
Songs Final (by final results) "All Kinds of Everything" "Knock, Knock Who's There?" "Wunder gibt es immer wieder" "Retour" "Marie-Blanche" "Gwendolyne" "Waterman" "Occhi di ragazza" "Viens l'oublier" "Marlène" "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" "Je suis tombé du ciel"