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Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Country	Ireland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	1 March 1970
Selected entrant	Dana
Selected song	"All Kinds of Everything"
Selected songwriter(s)	Derry Lindsay; Jackie Smith;
Finals performance
Final result	1st, 32 points
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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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.

Before Eurovision

National Song Contest

The sixth National Song Contest was due to be held on 8 February 1970 but was postponed to 1 March 1969, three weeks later than planned, because of a technicians' strike at the national broadcaster.^[2] The deadline for countries to submit entries to the EBU for the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was 23 February 1970, but RTÉ were given a three week extension.^[3]^[4] Eight entries were chosen out of 397 submissions received by RTÉ.^[5] It was broadcast live from the RTÉ studios in Dublin on RTÉ Television, and hosted by Brendan O'Reilly. The winning song was decided by 10 regional juries, each consisting of six members, throughout Ireland.^[6]

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.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Pat and Jean	"Cé'n Fáth Ná Gráíonn Tú Mé?"	Mary Walsh	0	8
2	Tony O'Leary	"She Meant Everything"	Joseph Monks	2	=6
3	Anna McGoldrick	"Dá Sheolfainn an Domhan"	Frank Talbot, Pat O'Brien	2	=6
4	We 4	"D'Imigh an Ghrian"	Michael Judge	5	=4
5	John McNally	"An Irish Love"	Jack Brierley, George Crosbie	9	3
6	Dana	"All Kinds of Everything"	Derry Lindsay, Jackie Smith	23	1
7	Maxi, Dick and Twink	"Things You Hear About Me"	Jim Doherty, Des Smith	14	2
8	Tony Kenny	"No Time Like Summertime"	John G. Fahy, Seamus McHugh	5	=4

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^[7]
Score	Country
9 points	Belgium
6 points	Switzerland
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Spain
2 points	Germany Luxembourg
1 point	France

Points awarded by Ireland^[7]
Score	Country
3 points	France United Kingdom
2 points	Germany
1 point	Belgium Switzerland

References

^ "Eurovision Song Contest : The Winners". esc-history.com.
^ "Songs For R.T.E. Contest". The Irish Times. 21 January 1970. p. 11.
^ "Month-long strike in R.T.E. ends". The Irish Times. 23 February 1970. p. 1.
^ "6th National Song Contest On Sunday". The Irish Times. 24 February 1970. p. 8.
^ "Song picked for European contest". The Irish Times. 2 March 1970. p. 1.
^ "IRISH NATIONAL FINAL 1970". natfinals.50webs.com. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Amsterdam 1970". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

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

[2] "Songs For R.T.E. Contest". The Irish Times. 21 January 1970. p. 11.

[3] "Month-long strike in R.T.E. ends". The Irish Times. 23 February 1970. p. 1.

[4] "6th National Song Contest On Sunday". The Irish Times. 24 February 1970. p. 8.

[5] "Song picked for European contest". The Irish Times. 2 March 1970. p. 1.

[6] "IRISH NATIONAL FINAL 1970". natfinals.50webs.com. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

[1970detailed-7] "Results of the Final of Amsterdam 1970". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

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-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|Eurovision Song Contest 1970]] being held in [[Amsterdam]]. The winning song was decided by 10 regional juries, each consisting of six members, throughout [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].
+The sixth National Song Contest was due to be held on 8 February 1970 but was postponed to 1 March 1969, three weeks later than planned, because of a technicians' strike at the national broadcaster.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 January 1970 |title=Songs For R.T.E. Contest |work=The Irish Times |pages=11}}</ref> The deadline for countries to submit entries to the EBU for the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was 23 February 1970, but RTÉ were given a three week extension.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 February 1970 |title=Month-long strike in R.T.E. ends |work=The Irish Times |pages=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=24 February 1970 |title=6th National Song Contest On Sunday |work=The Irish Times |pages=8}}</ref> Eight entries were chosen out of 397 submissions received by RTÉ.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 March 1970 |title=Song picked for European contest |work=The Irish Times |pages=1}}</ref> It was broadcast live from the RTÉ studios in [[Dublin]] on [[RTÉ]] Television, and hosted by [[Brendan O'Reilly]]. The winning song was decided by 10 regional juries, each consisting of six members, throughout [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=IRISH NATIONAL FINAL 1970 |url=http://natfinals.50webs.com/70s_80s/Ireland1970.html |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=natfinals.50webs.com}}</ref>
+Dana had previously participated in the Irish national final in [[Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969|1969]], and finished in second place. Both Anna McGoldrick and Tony Kenny had sung in the national contest in [[Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968|1968]].
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 | Tony O'Leary
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 | Anna McGoldrick
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 | We 4
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+|Jack Brierley, George Crosbie
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 | [[Maxi, Dick and Twink]]
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 | Tony Kenny
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+|John G. Fahy, Seamus McHugh
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-Dana had previously participated in the Irish national final in [[Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969|1969]], and finished in second place. Both Anna McGoldrick and Tony Kenny had sung in the national contest in [[Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968|1968]].
 ==At Eurovision==

v t e Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurosong You're a Star Discography
Participation	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	Bambie Thug Black Daisy Brooke Nicky Byrne Can-linn Maria Christian Kiev Connolly Dana Muriel Day Dervish Ryan Dolan Donna and Joe Chris Doran Cathal Dunne Sean Dunphy The Duskeys Dustin the Turkey Angela Farrell Eddie Friel Paul Harrington Mickey Harte Red Hurley Kim Jackson Jedward Sandie Jones Jump the Gun Niamh Kavanagh Brian Kennedy The Lindsays Johnny Logan Luv Bug Dawn Martin Linda Martin Maxi Pat McGeegan Charlie McGettigan Sarah McTernan The Missing Passengers Butch Moore The Mullans Sinéad Mulvey Brendan Murray Gary O'Shaughnessy Ryan O'Shaughnessy Eimear Quinn Liam Reilly Tina Reynolds Marc Roberts Dickie Rock Lesley Roy Sheeba Kasey Smith Molly Sterling The Swarbriggs Eamonn Toal Wild Youth Colm C.T. Wilkinson
Songs	"22" "All Kinds of Everything" "Born to Sing" "Ceol an Ghrá" "Chance of a Lifetime" "Come Back to Stay" "Could It Be That I'm in Love" "Cross Your Heart" "Do I Dream" "Doomsday Blue" "Dreamin'" "Dying to Try" "Et Cetera" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "Happy Man" "Heartbeat" "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" "Hold Me Now" "Horoscopes" "If I Could Choose" "If My World Stopped Turning" "In Your Eyes" "Irelande Douze Pointe" "Is Always Over Now?" "It's for You" "It's Nice to Be in Love Again" "Lipstick" "Love?" "Maps" "Millennium of Love" "Mysterious Woman" "One Day Love" "Only Love Survives" "Playing with Numbers" "The Real Me" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Somewhere in Europe" ~~"Story of My Life"~~ "Sunlight" "Take Him Home" "Terminal 3" "That's Rich" "That's What Friends Are For" "They Can't Stop the Spring" "Together" "The Voice" "The Wages of Love" "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" "Walking the Streets in the Rain" "Waterline" "We Are One" "We've Got the World" "What's Another Year" "When" "When You Need Me" "Why Me?" "Without Your Love" "You Can Count On Me"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Ireland did not compete

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Countries	Belgium France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Spain Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Guy Bonnet Dana Henri Dès Dominique Dussault Katja Ebstein Mary Hopkin Julio Iglesias Gianni Morandi Patricia and Hearts of Soul Eva Sršen Jean Vallée David Alexandre Winter
Songs	"All Kinds of Everything" "Gwendolyne" "Je suis tombé du ciel" "Knock, Knock Who's There?" "Marie-Blanche" "Marlène" "Occhi di ragazza" "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" "Retour" "Viens l'oublier" "Waterman" "Wunder gibt es immer wieder"