Morocco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980

Country

National selection

Selection process

Internal Selection

Selected entrant

Selected song

Finals performance

Final result

18th, 7 points

Morocco in the Eurovision Song Contest

1980

Morocco debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 in The Hague, Netherlands.

The Moroccan broadcaster Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (SNRT) selected Samira Bensaïd to sing the first Moroccan entry, "Bitaqat Khub" (Love Card), sung in the Arabic language, the first time the language was sung at the contest.

At Eurovision

Bensaïd's did not go well with the juries from around Europe, gaining only 7 points, all from Italy, coming second last only to Finland.

Morocco has not returned to Eurovision since the entry.

Final (by final results)	Johnny Logan Katja Ebstein Prima Donna Paola Maggie MacNeal Alan Sorrenti José Cid Blue Danube Sophie & Magaly Tomas Ledin Profil Trigo Limpio Anna Vissi and the Epikouri Bamses Venner Ajda Pekkan Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis Hætta Telex Samira Bensaïd Vesa-Matti Loiri

Withdrawn	The Brothers & the Sisters

Songs

Final (by final results)	"What's Another Year" "Theater" "Love Enough for Two" "Cinéma" "Amsterdam" "Non so che darei" "Um grande, grande amor" "Du bist Musik" "Papa pingouin" "Just nu!" "Hé, hé, m'sieurs dames" "Quédate esta noche" "Autostop" "Tænker altid på dig" "Petr'Oil" "Sámiid Ædnan" "Euro-Vision" "Bitaqat Khub" "Huilumies"

Withdrawn	"Pizmon Hozer"

(Note: All information are in order of appearance)

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