Since its inception, entry to the contest has been open to all members of the EBU, a group also containing broadcasters from countries in North Africa and the Middle East.

[1] RTM selected the song "Bitakat Hob", performed by Moroccan singer Samira Bensaïd as the first entrant from Morocco in the contest.

[3] On 19 April 1980, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Nederlands Congresgebouw in The Hague hosted by Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS).

[4] At the close of voting, it had received 7 points, all of them from Italy, placing 18th in a field of nineteen, and ahead of perennial last-place recipient Finland.

She recorded a French version of the song "Les enfants de l'amitié", found on the B-side of the single and in 1980, Filippos Nikolaou released a Greek cover version "Tosi kardia, tosi agapi" (Greek: "Τόση καρδιά, τόση αγάπη").