Contest year
- Host City
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Venue
- RAI Congrescentrum
- Final Date
- January 1, 1970
- Entries
- 12
- The 1970 contest saw participation drop to 12—its lowest since 1959—after Austria again stayed away and Finland, Norway, Portugal and Sweden boycotted, widely linked to protest over 1969’s four-way tie.
- In response, a new tie-break rule required tied winners to perform again and be decided by a show-of-hands vote from the other juries.
- Producers padded the broadcast with an extended opening film and introduced artist “postcards,” several shot in Paris.
- Ireland won for the first time, while Luxembourg received its only nul points.
- via Wikipedia
Final Results
| Country | Artist · Song | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| | Dana All Kinds of Everything | 1 | 32 |
| | Mary Hopkin Knock, Knock (Who's There?) | 2 | 26 |
| | Katja Ebstein Wunder gibt es immer wieder | 3 | 12 |
| | Henri Dès Retour | 4 | 8 |
| | Guy Bonnet Marie-Blanche | 4 | 8 |
| | Julio Iglesias Gwendolyne | 4 | 8 |
| | Stella Waterman | 7 | 7 |
| | Gianni Morandi Occhi di ragazza | 8 | 5 |
| | Jean Vallée Viens l'oublier | 8 | 5 |
| | Dominique Dussault Marlène | 8 | 5 |
| | Eva Sršen Pridi, dala ti bom cvet | 11 | 4 |
| | David-Alexandre Winter Je suis tombé du ciel | 12 | 0 |