Amerivision Song Contest 1980

Amerivision Song Contest 1980
Amerivision Song Contest 1980
Dates
Final	September 13 1980
Host
Venue	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium; San Francisco, California
Presenter(s)	Helen Reddy
Host broadcaster	National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Participants
Number of entries	17
Debuting countries	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500"> Bermuda; <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/23px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Suriname
Returning countries	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/23px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000"> Barbados; <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700"> Brazil
Non-returning countries	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600"> Bahamas; <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="960"> Ecuador; <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/23px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Panama
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their ten favourite songs
Winning song	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/23px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480"> Trinidad and Tobago; "We Are Family"
	Amerivision Song Contest

The Amerivision Song Contest 1980 was the twenty-fifth edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster National Broadcasting Company (NBC). The edition was hosted in the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, in San Francisco, United States, as the country that won the contest in 1979, Netherlands Antilles, refused to host the contest, alledging a lack of budget, runner up Canada also refused to host the contest as it hosted two contests in the last five years, so the United States offered to host instead.

This edition is often remembered for being the first attempt of Bryan Adams to represent canada in the contest, with the song "Remember", however, it ended second place in the national final, losing it to "Miami" by Diane Tell. It also saw the debut of Bermuda and Suriname, the return of Barbados and Brazil and the withdrawal of Bahamas, Ecuador and Panama.

Host picking

Helen Reddy, host of the 1980 contest.

Fourty-six american venues showed interest in hosting the event, the bids in italic were shortlisted and the bolded bid was the selected one from the shortlist.

City	Venue
Atlanta	Woodruff Arts Center
Baltimore	Baltimore Civic Center
Boston	Orpheum Theatre
Boston	Symphony Hall
Chicago	Chicago Coliseum
	McCormick Place
	UIC Pavillion
Dallas	Music Hall at Fair Park
Denver	Moby Arena
Detroit	Cobo Arena
Detroit	Fox Theatre
Fresno	Selland Arena
Honolulu	Blaisdell Arena
Houston	Astroarena
Houston	Jones Hall
Indianapolis	Indiana University Auditorium
Jacksonville	Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts
Jacksonville	Jacksonville Coliseum
Las Vegas	Las Vegas Convention Center
Long Beach	Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
Los Angeles	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
	The Forum
	Hollywood Palladium
	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
	Los Angeles Music Center
Miami	Miami Beach Convention Center
New Orleans	Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts
New York City	Madison Square Garden
	New York City Center
	New York Coliseum
	Radio City Music Hall
Pasadena	Pasadena Convention Center
Phoenix	Celebrity Theatre
Phoenix	Phoenix Symphony Hall
Philadelphia	Academy of Music
	Mann Center for the Performing Arts
	Metropolitan Opera House
Sacramento	Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
San Diego	San Diego Civic Theatre
San Francisco	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
	Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall
	San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center
	War Memorial Opera House
Seattle	Paramount Theatre
Tucson	Tucson Convention Center
West Lafayette	Elliott Hall of Music

Participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	English title
American Virgin Islands	WSVI	Infinite Love Experience	"I Never Knew"	English
Argentina	Dicon TV	María Rosa Yorio	"Con los ojos cerrados"	Spanish	"With the Eyes Closed"
Barbados	CBC TV 8	Eddy Grant	"Do You Feel My Love?"	English
Bermuda	VSB	Paradise	"You Are Me"	English
Brazil	Globo	Clara Nunes	"Morena de Angola"	Portuguese	"Woman from Angola"
Canada	CBC	Diane Tell	"Miami"	French
Chile	UCV	Casablanca	"Desencuentro"	Spanish	"Disagreement"
Colombia	Canal 1	Claudia	"Como se parece a ti"		"How Much He Looks Like You"
Dominican Republic	RDTV4	Charytín	"Se busca un amante"		"Looking for a Lover"
Jamaica	JBC	Grace Jones	"Warm Leatherette"	English
Mexico	Las Estrellas	Emmanuel	"Insoportablemente bella"	Spanish	"Unbearably Beautiful"
Netherlands Antilles	Telecuraçao	Renée	"Jimmy"	English
Puerto Rico	Telemundo	Lucecita	"Creceremos"	Spanish	"We Will Grow"
Suriname	STVS	Oscar Harris	"Disco Calypso"	Dutch, English
Trinidad and Tobago	TTT	Mac and Katie Kissoon	"We Are Family"	English
United States	NBC	Patrice Rushen	"Look Up!"	English
Uruguay	Canal 10	Rumbo	"A redoblar"	Spanish	"To Redouble"
Venezuela	Venevisión	José Luis Rodríguez	"Pavo real"	Spanish	"Peacock"

Returning artists

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)
Claudia	Colombia	1977
Charytín	Dominican Republic	1977
Lucecita	Puerto Rico	1965
Mac Kissoon	Trinidad and Tobago	1970, 1979
Oscar Harris	Suriname	1972 (for the Netherlands Antilles)

Contest overview

Katie Kissoon, one of the two winners of the Amerivision Song Contest 1980, representing Trinidad and Tobago.

Winner

Results of the Amerivision Song Contest 1980
R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Mexico	Emmanuel	"Insoportablemente bella"	29	15
2	United States	Patrice Rushen	"Look Up!"	36	13
3	American Virgin Islands	Infinite Love Experience	"I Never Knew"	34	14
4	Colombia	Claudia	"Como se parece a ti"	108	2
5	Barbados	Eddy Grant	"Do You Feel My Love?"	59	8
6	Chile	Casablanca	"Desencuentro"	38	12
7	Jamaica	Grace Jones	"Warm Leatherette"	71	7
8	Dominican Republic	Charytín	"Se busca un amante"	74	6
9	Canada	Diane Tell	"Miami"	93	4
10	Netherlands Antilles	Renée	"Jimmy"	15	17
11	Argentina	María Rosa Yorio	"Con los ojos cerrados"	41	11
12	Suriname	Oscar Harris	"Disco Calypso"	12	18
13	Bermuda	Paradise	"You Are Me"	24	16
14	Puerto Rico	Lucecita	"Creceremos"	59	8
15	Uruguay	Rumbo	"A redoblar"	95	3
16	Venezuela	José Luis Rodríguez	"Pavo real"	44	10
17	Trinidad and Tobago	Mac and Katie Kissoon	"We Are Family"	122	1
18	Brazil	Clara Nunes	"Morena de Angola"	81	5

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results of the Amerivision Song Contest 1980
		Total score	Mexico	United States	American Virgin Isls.	Colombia	Barbados	Chile	Jamaica	Dominican Republic	Canada	Netherlands Antilles	Argentina	Suriname	Bermuda	Puerto Rico	Uruguay	Venezuela	Trinidad and Tobago	Brazil
Contestants	Mexico	29		2		2		4		6			6		1		4	4
	United States	36			10	5	3		8		1		2		3	2			2
	American Virgin Islands	34		4			4	1	6	1		2		5	10					1
	Colombia	108	12	3			6	12		8		5	10	6		10	12	12	7	5
	Barbados	59	2	7	3			3	7	5	10	12			4	3			3
	Chile	38	3			4			2	4			8	3		6	5	3
	Jamaica	71		10	8		10				12	8		7			2	1	6	7
	Dominican Republic	74	10			10	5	6	4		3		7			12	3	6		8
	Canada	93	6	8	7		8			12		10	4	8	12				12	6
	Netherlands Antilles	15		1	4		1				5			1					1	2
	Argentina	41		5		1		7			4					7	10	7
	Suriname	12			1			2				4			2					3
	Bermuda	24	1		2		7		3		2	1							8
	Puerto Rico	59	8		5	3		8	12	7			1		5		8	2
	Uruguay	95				12		10		10	8	3	12	4	6			10	10	10
	Venezuela	44	5			8			1	2			3	2		8	6		5	4
	Trinidad and Tobago	122	7	12	12	6	12		10	3	6	7	5	12	8	1	1	8		12
	Brazil	81	4	6	6	7	2	5	5		7	6		10	7		7	5	4

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
5	Trinidad and Tobago	American Virgin Islands, Barbados, Brazil, Suriname, United States
4	Colombia	Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, Venezuela
3	Canada	Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago
2	Uruguay	Argentina, Colombia
1	Barbados	Netherlands Antilles
1	Dominican Republic	Puerto Rico
1	Jamaica	Canada
1	Puerto Rico	Jamaica

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