Eurovision Song Contest 1980 - Score Sheet

Score Sheet

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs. However this year for the first time, countries were required to cast their votes in ascending order, 1,2,3 etc. This change made for the added excitement of waiting for each country to award their highest 12 points at the end of each voting round.

The Netherlands gained a strong lead early on, getting the maximum 'douze points' from three of the first four voting countries. This was not to last, however, as Germany and eventually Ireland overtook them.

Results
Austria 1 3 4 5 1 4 5 6 4 6 3 3 4 10 4 1
Turkey 3 12 8
Greece 5 1 2 2 4 3 1 8 4
Luxembourg 1 1 4 6 3 7 8 7 8 3 8
Morocco 7
Italy 2 6 2 3 10 8 6 2 7 4 12 1 2 2 10 10
Denmark 4 2 6 7 1 5
Sweden 8 10 10 6 5 5 2 1
Switzerland 6 2 5 7 3 8 2 12 10 10 7 6 10 12 2 2
Finland 5 1
Norway 4 6 2 3
Germany 8 10 3 10 12 7 5 7 2 10 8 12 10 5 12 7
United Kingdom 7 5 8 8 10 12 10 4 3 7 7 5 6 8 6
Portugal 4 5 4 10 6 8 2 1 8 1 5 6 7 4
Netherlands 12 12 6 12 3 3 10 8 2 4 12 1 5 3
France 3 7 2 1 1 4 1 3 5 4 3 6 5
Ireland 10 12 7 1 12 7 12 8 12 12 12 5 6 8 7 12
Spain 4 7 8 6 5 6 2
Belgium 3 1 10

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