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.

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Anna McGoldrick	"Dá Sheolfainn an Domhan"	n/k	n/k
2	John McNally	"An Irish Love"	9	3
3	Pat and Jean	"Cé'n Fáth Ná Graíonn Tú Mé"	0	8
4	We 4	"D'Imigh an Ghrian"	5	4
5	Maxi, Dick and Twink	"Things You Hear About Me"	14	2
6	Dana	"All Kinds of Everything"	23	1
7	Tony Kenny	"No Time Like Summertime"	n/k	n/k
8	Tony O'Leary	"She Meant Everything"	n/k	n/k

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

References

↑ "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)