Contests

Festival di Sanremo (Classifica Finale) 1969

Number/posti	Title/canzoni	Artists/interpreti	Points/voti
1	Zingara	Bobby Solo; Iva Zanicchi	237
2	Lontano d'agli occhi	Sergio Endrigo; Mary Hopkin	228
3	Un Sorriso	Milva; Don Backy	178

National: UK Final 1970

The UK Final was held at the BBC TV Studios in London on March 7th, hosted by Cliff Richard who had represented the UK in 1968. The Orchestra was conducted by Johnny Arthey. All of the songs were sung by Mary Hopkin, and the winner was chosen by postcard voting.

Number	Artist	Title	Writer, Composer	Points
1	Mary Hopkin	Knock, Knock Who's There	John Carter & Geoff Stephens	120.290
2	Mary Hopkin	I'm going to fall in love again	Cyril Ornadel & Hal Shaper	74.670
3	Mary Hopkin	Three ships	Guy Fletcher & Doug Flett	60.330
4	Mary Hopkin	Can I believe	Valerie Avon & Harold Spiro	42.160
5	Mary Hopkin	You're everything you need	Anthony Dyball & Roger Reynolds	39.360
6	Mary Hopkin	Early in the morning of your life	Ray Cameron & Alan Hawkshaw	15.090

Record Collector, May 1993 (No.165)

In 1970, Mary Hopkin was chosen to represent the U.K. in the Eurovision Song Contest. Songwriter Mitch Murray: " 'Turn On The Sun' didn't quite make the last six. A French publisher asked Nana Mouskouri to do it, and it's now like a mini-standard in French music lessons. They probably use it as an example of how not to write songs!"

Hal Shaper recalls: "Cyril Ornadel told me that we should write for Mary Hopkin, but I hated 'I'm Going To Fall In Love Again' to such an extent that I refused to have anything else to do with it. I was astonished when it nearly won and went on to sell a million records as the B-side to the winning song. I should have had enough commercial sense to quell my sense of unreason, but I gave it away. Hearing it now, I think Cyril was right and it was a very good shot at Eurovision, but I was too much of a song writing snob to realise that you should at times write for a very commercial market."

Eurovision Song Contest 1970

The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was held at the RAI Congress centre in Amsterdam (Netherlands) on March 25th. Presenter was Willy Dobbe. There were 12 competing countries. The winner was chosen by the following voting structure: Ten jury members from each country who awarded one point to their favourite song.

Number	Country	Title	Artists	Points
1	Ireland	All kinds of everything	Dana	32
2	Great-Britain	Knock, Knock Who's There	Mary Hopkin	26
3	Germany	Wunder gibt es immer wieder	Katja Ebstein	12
4	France	Marie Blanche	Gay Donnet	8
4	Spain	Gwendolyne	Julio Iglesias	8
4	Swiss	Retour	Henri Dès	8
7	Holland	Waterman	Hearts of Soul	7
8	Italy	Occhi di ragazza	Gianni Morandi	5
8	Belgium	Viens l'oublier	Jean Vallee	5
8	Monaco	Marlène	Dominique Dussault	5
11	Yugoslavia	Pridi, dala ti bom cvet	Eva Srsen	4
12	Luxembourg	Je suis tombe du ciel	David Alex. Winter	0

Record Collector, May 1993 (No.165)

John Carter wrote the U.K.'s entry that year "Knock, Knock Who's There": "I had never been involved with Eurovision before. I was trying to write a very commercial song with Geoff Stephens, and those were the days when even if you came second, you got a very big hit all over the Continent. There were cover versions all over Europe. I think Mary Hopkin regretted Eurovision. She didn't want to do it and she was talked into it, and I don't think she liked the record."