The Hague 1980
Israeli TV declined the opportunity to host the 1980 Song Contest again after Israel won in Jerusalem in 1979. After much discussion, it was decided that the contest would be arranged by Dutch TV NOS in The Hague.
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The Hague was once again the host city for the song contest after both Israel and the United Kingdom declined to stage the contest after Israel declined the opportunity to host the show twice in succession. As a result of these delays, the 1980 contest was hastily arranged and Dutch TV NOS had to re-use most of the stage from 1976, the last time they hosted the contest. NOS picked 19th April as the date for the song contest, but as this was the Holocaust Memorial Day in Israel, the defending champion decided not to participate which marked the only time when the winner of one Eurovision Song Contest did not participate in the next.
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The cast of The Hague 1980 includes Hans van Willigenburg as Self - Green Room Host and Marlous Fluitsma as Self - Presenter.
Episodes run about 2h 17 mins. The total runtime is about 2h 17 mins.
The Hague 1980 was released on 19 Apr 1980.
The Hague 1980 has 69 seasons and 1 episode on Fanbiz. Available seasons include Lugano 1956, Frankfurt 1957, Hilversum 1958, Cannes 1959, London 1960, Cannes 1961, Luxembourg City 1962, London 1963, Copenhagen 1964, Naples 1965, Luxembourg City 1966, Vienna 1967, London 1968, Madrid 1969, Amsterdam 1970, Dublin 1971, Edinburgh 1972, Luxembourg City 1973, Brighton 1974, Stockholm 1975, The Hague 1976, London 1977, Paris 1978, Jerusalem 1979, Dublin 1981, Harrogate 1982, Munich 1983, Luxembourg City 1984, Gothenburg 1985, Bergen 1986, Brussels 1987, Dublin 1988, Lausanne 1989, Zagreb 1990, Rome 1991, Malmö 1992, Millstreet 1993, Dublin 1994, Dublin 1995, Oslo 1996, Dublin 1997, Birmingham 1998, Jerusalem 1999, Stockholm 2000, Copenhagen 2001, Tallinn 2002, Riga 2003, Istanbul 2004, Kyiv 2005, Athens 2006, Helsinki 2007, Belgrade 2008, Moscow 2009, Oslo 2010, Düsseldorf 2011, Baku 2012, Malmö 2013, Copenhagen 2014, Vienna 2015, Stockholm 2016, Kyiv 2017, Lisbon 2018, Tel Aviv 2019, Rotterdam 2021, Turin 2022, Liverpool 2023, Malmö 2024, Basel 2025, and Vienna 2026.