25th contest
Eurovision 1980
The 1980 Eurovision Song Contest, the 25th edition, was held in The Hague, Netherlands and was won by Ireland — Johnny Logan with “What's Another Year”.
Israel declined to host a second year running, and the Netherlands stepped in.
The facts
- Host country
- Netherlands
- Host city
- The Hague
- Winner
- Ireland
- Artist
- Johnny Logan
- Song
- “What's Another Year”
This was Ireland’s 2nd Eurovision win — not their last. Their full record
Compiled from the public record of the contest. Years, hosts, winners, songs and performers are stated; participant counts and pre-2000 venues are left blank rather than estimated, and will be filled in as each is checked against a primary source. This is a different standard from the two-independent-sources bar that a 2027 confirmation has to clear, and it is held to a lower one — spotted an error? It is worth telling us about.
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