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1980
| HOST COUNTRY | Netherlands |
| VENUE | Congresgebouw - Den Haag |
| DATE | April 9th |
| PRESENTER | Marlous Fluitsma |
| TOTAL ENTRIES | 19 |
| WINNING SONG | TITLE | PERFORMER | COUNTRY | COMPOSERS |
| What's Another Year | Johnny Logan | Ireland | Shay Healy |
1980 saw the first solo male vocalist win since 1966, when Johnny Logan took the title for the first time (He came back to win again 7 years later). The song titles were getting less imaginative around this time, and the only song called "Eurovision" was part of this trend. They were up against Germany's "Theater" and Switzerlands "Cinema", with the French saying "Hello", Austria saying "You Are Music", the Danes saying "Thank You", and the Greeks just saying "Stop". 1980 also saw the only ever African entry from Morocco. They took part due to Israel not competing, came second to last, and never tried again.
| COUNTRY | PERFORMER | SONG | PTS | POS |
| Austria | Blue Danube | Du Bist Musik | 64 | 8th |
| Turkey | Ajda Pekkan | Petr'oil | 23 | 15th |
| Greece | Anna Vissi | Autostop | 30 | 13th |
| Luxembourg | Sophie & Magaly | Le Papa Pingouin | 56 | 9th |
| Morocco | Samira Ben Said | Bitakat Hob | 7 | 18th |
| Italy | Alan Sorrenti | Non So Che Darei | 87 | 6th |
| Denmark | Bamses Venner | Taenker Altid Pa Dig | 25 | 14th |
| Sweden | Tomas Ledin | Just Nu | 47 | 10th |
| Switzerland | Paola | Cinema | 104 | 4th |
| Finland | Vesa-Matti Loiri | Huilumies | 6 | 19th |
| Norway | Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis Haetta | Samiid Aednan | 15 | 16th |
| Germany | Katja Ebstein | Theater | 128 | 2nd |
| United Kingdom | Prima Donna | Love Enough For Two | 106 | 3rd |
| Portugal | Jose Cid | Um Grande, Grande Amor | 71 | 7th |
| Netherlands | Maggie McNeal | Amsterdam | 93 | 5th |
| France | Profil | He, He, M'sieurs Dames | 45 | 11th |
| Ireland | Johnny Logan | What's Another Year | 143 | 1st |
| Spain | Trgio Limpio | Quedate Esta Noche | 38 | 12th |
| Belgium | Telex | Eurovision | 14 | 17th |
