Eurovision Song Contest 1992

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Eurovision Song Contest 1992

Date	9 May 1992
Presenter(s)	Lydia Cappolicchio & Harald Treutiger
Host Broadcaster	SVT
Host Conductor	Anders Berglund
Venue	Malmö Mässan, Malmö, Sweden
Winning Song	Why Me? (Ireland)
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of Songs	23
Countries Making Debut	None
Nul points	None
Interval Act	‘A Century of Dance’

The Eurovision Song Contest 1992 was the 37th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 9, 1992 in Malmö, Sweden. The presenters were Harald Treutiger and Lydia Cappolicchio. Linda Martin, representing Ireland, was the winner of this Eurovision with the song Why Me?. The song was written by Johnny Logan, who had won the 1980 and 1987 contests as a singer. The contest took place at the MalmöMässan where the stage set was in the shape of a Viking ship’s bow with a dragon in the centre and stars on each side. The opening sequence included women dressed in the Swedish colours of yellow and blue, twirling ribbons. The filmic postcard tradition was continued with clips based on each country. Last year's winner, Carola, appeared on stage in a white dress with sheer sleeves, a rhinestone collar and cuffs and sang “All the reasons to live”

This contest marks the last participation of Yugoslavia as one country. As of 1993, all the ex-Yugoslav republics participated independently. This year's final entry was chosen by the Serbian part of Yugoslavia.

After scoring second place consecutively (1988, 1989) and scoring some disappointing results (1990, 1991), the United Kingdom sent Michael Ball with the contemporary pop-ballad "One Step Out Of Time", which was the hot favourite to win the contest. However, the Irish sent Linda Martin, who had the past experience of coming in 2nd place in the 1984 contest, but also paired up once again with Johnny Logan, who won the contest twice before. In the end, Ireland won the contest with a 16 point lead over the United Kingdom, starting the chain of Irish wins in the 1990s. Malta with "Little Child", performed by Mary Spiteri, also scored very well coming in 3rd place with 123 points.

Contents 1 Results 2 Voting structure 3 Map

[edit] Results

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	Translation	Place	Points
1	Spain	Spanish	Serafín	Todo esto es la música	All This Is Music	14	37
2	Belgium	French	Morgane	Nous, on veut des violons	We Want Violins	20	11
3	Israel	Hebrew	Dafna	Ze rak sport	It's Just Sport	6	85
4	Turkey	Turkish	Aylin Vatankoş	Yaz bitti	Summer Is Over	19	17
5	Greece	Greek	Cleopatra	Olu tu kosmou i Elpitha	All The Hope In The World	5	94
6	France	French, Creole	Kali	Monté la riviè	Go Up The River	8	73
7	Sweden	Swedish	Christer Björkman	I morgon är en annan dag	Tomorrow Is Another Day	22	9
8	Portugal	Portuguese	Dina	Amor d'água fresca	Fresh Water Love	17	26
9	Cyprus	Greek	Evridiki	Teriazoume	We're Alike	11	57
10	Malta	English	Mary Spiteri	Little Child	-	3	123
11	Iceland	Icelandic	Heart 2 Heart	Nei eða já	No or Yes?	7	80
12	Finland	Finnish	Pave Maijanen	Yamma, yamma	-	23	4
13	Switzerland	French	Daisy Auvray	Mister Music Man	-	15	32
14	Luxembourg	Luxembourgish	Marion Welter & Kontinent	Sou fräi	As Free	21	10
15	Austria	German	Tony Wegas	Zusammen geh'n	Go Together	10	63
16	United Kingdom	English	Michael Ball	One Step Out Of Time	-	2	139
17	Ireland	English	Linda Martin	Why Me?	-	1	155
18	Denmark	Danish	Kenny Lübcke & Lotte Nilsson	Alt det som ingen ser	All The Things That Nobody Sees	12	47
19	Italy	Italian	Mia Martini	Rapsodia	Rhapsody	4	111
20	Yugoslavia	Serbian	Extra Nena	Ljubim te pesmama	I'm Kissing You With Songs	13	44
21	Norway	Norwegian	Merethe Trøan	Visjoner	Visions	18	23
22	Germany	German	Wind	Träume sind für alle da	Dreams Are There For Everyone	16	27
23	Netherlands	Dutch	Humphrey Campbell	Wijs me de weg	Show me the way	9	67

[edit] Voting structure

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs.

[edit] Map

• Green = Participating countries
• Yellow = Countries who have participated in the past but don't this year