1980

A list of people who took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980.

The Contest was hosted by Marlous Fluitsma at the Nederlands Congresgebouw in The Hague, Netherlands.

See national final entries for 1980.

Writers with multiple songs in 1980

Name	Songs
Bernd Meinunger	2
Ralph Siegel	2

Artists who had performed at Eurovision before 1980

Name	Previous appearances
Georges Costa	11
Michel Costa	10
Dominique Poulain	8
Catherine Bonnevay	6
Katja Ebstein	2
Kalle Fält	2
Pat Reilly	2
Maggie MacNeal	1
Paola del Medico	1
Anne Bushnell	1
Lennart Sjöholm	1
Rutger Gunnarsson	1

Writers who had written Eurovisions songs before 1980

Name	Previous songs
Pierre Delanoë	6
Peter Reber	4
Ralph Siegel	3
Jean-Paul Cara	2
Vexi Salmi	2
Aarno Raninen	1
Stephanie de Sykes	1
Stuart Slater	1
Bernd Meinunger	1
Véronique Müller	1

Artists who performed in 1980

Named artists	Backing artists
Austria	Du Bist Musik
Marty Brem (Blue Danube) Rena Mauris (Blue Danube) Sylvia Schramm (Blue Danube) Wolfgang Berry (Blue Danube) Wolfgang Weiss (Blue Danube)
Klaus-Peter Sattler
Jenny Pippal	Richard Oesterreicher
Belgium	Euro-Vision
Dan Lacksman (Telex) Marc Moulin (Telex) Michel Moers (Telex)	Eric Chale Evert Verhees Giuseppe Marchese
Dan Lacksman, Marc Moulin, Michel Moers
Jacques Olivier
Denmark	Tænker altid på dig
Arne Østergaard (Bamses Venner) Bjarne Gren Jensen (Bamses Venner) Flemming Jørgensen (Bamses Venner) Mogens Balle (Bamses Venner)
Bjarne Gren Jensen, Flemming Jørgensen
Bent Henius	Allan Botschinsky
Finland	Huilumies
Vesa-Matti Loiri	Arto Alaspää Irina Milan Kalle Fält Maarit Hurmerinta Martti Metsäketo
Aarno Raninen, Vexi Salmi
Kaarina Pönniö	Ossi Runne
France	He, he m'sieurs dames
Francis Rignault (Profil) Jean-Claude Corbel (Profil) Jean-Pierre Izbinski (Profil) Martine Bauer (Profil) Martine Havet (Profil)
Sylvano Santorio, Richard de Bordeaux, Richard Joffo
Fabienne Égal	Sylvano Santorio
Germany	Theater
Katja Ebstein	Ralph Siegel
Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger
Wolfgang Rödelberger
Greece	Autostop
Achilleas Michaelidis (The Epikouri) Anna Vissi Eva Tselidou (The Epikouri) Zaharias Michaelidis (The Epikouri)
Jick Nacassian, Rony Sofu
Niki Venega	Jick Nacassian
Ireland	What's Another Year[Winning song]
Johnny Logan	Anne Bushnell Colin Tully Pat Reilly Rita O'Regan
Shay Healy
David Heffernan	Noel Kelehan
Italy	Non So Che Darei
Alan Sorrenti
Alan Sorrenti
Mariolina Cannuli	Del Newman
Luxembourg	Papa Pingouin
Magaly Gilles Sophie Gilles
Bernd Meinunger, Ralph Siegel, Jean-Paul Cara, Pierre Delanoë
Jacques Harvey	Norbert Daum
Morocco	Bitakat Hob
Samira Bensaïd	Catherine Bonnevay Dominique Poulain Georges Costa Michel Costa
Abdel Ati Amenna, Malou Rouanne
Kamal Irassi	Jean Claudric
Netherlands	Amsterdam
Maggie MacNeal	Ben Vermeulen Brian Hickey Frans Smit Robert Verwey Wil de Meyer
Frans Smit, Maggie MacNeal, Robert Verwey, Alex Alberts
Flip van der Schalie	Rogier van Otterloo
Norway	Sámiid Ædnan
Mattis Hætta Sverre Kjelsberg
Sverre Kjelsberg, Ragnar Olsen
Roald Øyen	Sigurd Jansen
Portugal	Um Grande, Grande Amor
José Cid	Lena Campos Maria Armanda Ricardo Maria Teresa Ramón Galarza Zé Nabo
José Cid
Teresa Cruz	Jorge Machado
Spain	Qué Date Esta Noche
Iñaki de Pablo (Trigo Limpio) Luis Carlos Gil (Trigo Limpio) Patricia Fernández (Trigo Limpio)	José María Guzmán María Caneda María Ovelar
José Antonio Martin
Alfonso Lapeña	Javier Iturralde
Sweden	Just Nu!
Tomas Ledin	Anders Glenmark Caj Högberg Lennart Sjöholm Rutger Gunnarsson
Tomas Ledin
Arne Weise	Anders Berglund
Switzerland	Cinéma
Paola del Medico
Peter Reber, Véronique Müller
Michel Stocker	Peter Reber
Turkey	Petr'Oil
Ajda Pekkan	Arto Tunçboyacıyan Aydan Güven Lale Mansur Nurdan Güven
Atilla Özdemiroğlu, Şanar Yurdatapan
Başak Doğru	Atilla Özdemiroğlu
United Kingdom	Love Enough For Two
Alan Coates (Prima Donna) Danny Finn (Prima Donna) Jane Robbins (Prima Donna) Kate Robbins (Prima Donna) Lance Aston (Prima Donna) Sally Ann Triplett (Prima Donna)
Stephanie de Sykes, Stuart Slater
Ray Moore	John Coleman

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