eurovision 1980
Maggie MacNeal
Maggie MacNeal represented the Netherlands at Eurovision 1980 in The Hague with “Amsterdam”, finishing 5th of 19.
- who
- Dutch singer
- born
- 5 May 1950
- contest
- 1980
- best result
- 5th, 1980
- music
- pop
- active
- since 1971
- also in
- Mouth and MacNeal
- sang for
- Netherlands
Biography
Maggie MacNeal is a Dutch singer who was half of the pop duo Mouth and MacNeal, makers of a million-selling record in 1972. The duo finished third in Brighton in 1974 with “I See a Star”; alone, MacNeal sang the host country’s song in The Hague in 1980, “Amsterdam”, and finished fifth.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Maggie MacNeal”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1980 The Hague
“Amsterdam”
5th of 19 Finished 5th of 19, with 93 points.
- Sung in
- Dutch
- Written by
- Alex Alberts, Frans Smit, Sjoukje Smit, Robert Verwey
- Conductor
- Rogier van Otterloo
- Running order
- 15th of 19
- Age on the night
- 29
- Won that year
- Ireland: Johnny Logan, “What's Another Year”
The story of Eurovision 1980: The winner that could not come, and Morocco's only song
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