Eurovision Song Contest 1993

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Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Image:ESC 1993 logo.png
Final 15 May 1993
Presenter(s) Fionnuala Sweeney
Conductor Noel Kelehan
Host broadcaster Flag of Ireland RTÉ
Venue Green Glens Arena, Millstreet, Ireland
Winning song Flag of Ireland Ireland
"In Your Eyes"
Voting system
Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of entries 25
Debuting countries Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Croatia Croatia
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia
Returning countries None
Withdrawing countries Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia
Nul points None
Interval act Linda Martin,
Johnny Logan
Eurovision Song Contest
◄1992        1994►

The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 15, 1993 in Millstreet, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. The presenter was Fionnuala Sweeney. Niamh Kavanagh was the winner of this Eurovision for Ireland with the song, "In Your Eyes." This was Ireland's fifth victory, and equalled the tally of five Eurovision victories achieved by France in 1977 and Luxembourg in 1983.

The location for this years edition of the contest was unique, in that Millstreet, with a population at the time of just 1500 people, was the smallest host town ever chosen for Eurovision, and indeed was the most remote. However, the venue, a large indoor well- equipped equestrian centre was deemed more than suitable as the location by RTÉ. With huge support from local and national authorities, plus several businesses in the region, the town's infrastructure was greatly enhanced in order to accommodate an event of this scale. It was also the largest outside broadcast ever attempted by state broadcaster RTÉ and was deemed a technical triumph for all involved. The stage was created by Alan Farquharson, who was also chief production designer two years later in Dublin.

In the run-up to this contest, the European Broadcasting Union finally started to grapple with the explosion in the number of potential participating countries, caused by the dissolution of the Eastern bloc, and also by the disintegration of Yugoslavia, which had traditionally been the only communist country that took part in the contest. For the first time, then, a pre-qualifying round was introduced, but only for countries that had either never participated in the contest at all, or in the case of former republics of Yugoslavia, had not previously competed as nations in their own right. This was, however, merely a 'sticking-plaster' measure that was plainly not a sustainable solution for future years, as it would not be seen as remotely equitable. But in the meantime, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Romania and Estonia were left to battle it out in a special competition called Kvalifikacija za Millstreet in Ljubljana on 3 April for the mere three places available at the grand final in Millstreet. After some extremely tight voting, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia edged through.

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[edit] Results

Draw Country Language Artist Song English Translation Place Points
1 Flag of Italy Italy Italian Enrico Ruggeri Sole D'Europa Sun Of Europe 12 45
2 Flag of Turkey Turkey Turkish Burak Aydos Esmer Yarim My Darling Brunette 21 10
3 Flag of Germany Germany German Münchener Freiheit Viel Zu Weit Much Too Far 18 18
4 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland French Annie Cotton Moi, Tout Simplement Quite Simply Myself 3 148
5 Flag of Denmark Denmark Danish Tommy Seebach Band Under Stjernerne På Himlen Under The Stars Of The Sky 22 9
6 Flag of Greece Greece Greek Keti Garbi Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos (Ελλάδα, χώρα του φωτός) Greece, Country Of Light 9 64
7 Flag of Belgium Belgium Dutch Barbara Dex Iemand Als Jij Someone Like You 25 3
8 Flag of Malta Malta English William Mangion This Time - 8 69
9 Flag of Iceland Iceland Icelandic Inga Þá Veistu Svarið Then You'll Know The Answer 13 42
10 Flag of Austria Austria German Tony Wegas Maria Magdalena Mary Magdalene 14 32
11 Flag of Portugal Portugal Portuguese Anabela A Cidade (Até Der Dia) The City (Until Dawn) 10 60
12 Flag of France France French, Corsican Patrick Fiori Mama Corsica Mama Corsica 4 121
13 Flag of Sweden Sweden Swedish Arvingarna Eloise Eloise 7 89
14 Flag of Ireland Ireland English Niamh Kavanagh In Your Eyes - 1 187
15 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg French, Luxembourgish Modern Times Donne-Moi Une Chance Give Me A Chance 20 11
16 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Slovenian 1X Band Tih Deževen Dan Quiet Rainy Day 22 9
17 Flag of Finland Finland Finnish Katri Helena Tule Luo Come To Me 17 20
18 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Fazla Sva Bol Svijeta All The Pain In The World 16 27
19 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom English Sonia Better The Devil You Know - 2 164
20 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Dutch Ruth Jacott Vrede Peace 6 92
21 Flag of Croatia Croatia Croatian, English Put Don't Ever Cry - 15 31
22 Flag of Spain Spain Spanish Eva Santamaría Hombres Men 11 58
23 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Greek Zimboulakis & Van Beke Mi Stamatas (Μη σταματάς) Don't Stop 19 17
24 Flag of Israel Israel Hebrew, English Sarah'le Sharon & The Shiru Group Shiru (שירו) Sing 24 4
25 Flag of Norway Norway Norwegian Silje Vige Alle Mine Tankar All My Thoughts 5 120

[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.

The voting required a jury to deliberate in the midst of the on-going war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Warm applause rang round the hall as a voice on a crackling phone line was heard to deliver the familiar greeting, "Hello Millstreet, Sarajevo calling".

It looked to be a lost cause for second-placed Sonia of the UK after the penultimate jury voted and left her eleven points behind Niamh Kavanagh. An expectant Irish crowd waited to hear the final jury award anything between one and ten points to either the UK or Ireland, any of which would have made it arithmetically impossible for Ireland to be caught. However, the name of neither country came up, with the ten points instead being rather eccentrically awarded to Luxembourg. This of course meant that either the UK or Ireland must have failed to pick up any points from the final jury, and if it was Sonia that received the maximum twelve points, the seemingly impossible would have happened and the UK would snatch a single-point victory at the death. Instead it was Ireland that were awarded the final points of the evening, finishing with what looked in retrospect a comfortable twenty-three point victory. The audience burst into a spontaneous chant of "ole ole", leaving the unflappable Fionnuala Sweeney to declare with due formality, but with a discernible glint in her eye, that "we have a winner..."

Technical difficulties meant that the Maltese jury gave their votes last.

During the announcement of the scores by the Dutch jury, Sweeney got carried away with the audience's cheers and declared Ireland an additional 12 points when they had just been awarded 10.

[edit] Score sheet

  Results
Italy Turkey Germany Switzerland Denmrk Greece Belgium Malta Iceland Austria Portugal France Sweden Ireland Luxembourg Slovenia Finland Bosnia-Herzegovina United Kingdom Netherlands Croatia Spain Cyprus Israel Norway
Contestants Italy   0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 10 5 0 0 10 0 8 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
Turkey 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 0
Germany 8 0   2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Switzerland 10 0 12   10 7 8 5 4 6 1 12 6 7 12 8 4 0 10 8 2 3 6 4 3
Denmark 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greece 2 2 2 0 0   0 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 5 0 8 12 7 7
Belgium 0 0 3 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malta 7 5 4 7 5 5 0   0 4 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 4 6 0 4 4 1 3 0
Iceland 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0   1 0 0 7 1 0 5 0 0 2 7 5 0 2 2 2
Austria 0 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 0   0 3 0 6 0 0 0 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portugal 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 5   8 2 0 4 0 2 0 1 12 0 12 3 0 5
France 0 7 0 4 12 3 0 0 8 7 12   8 10 6 4 1 0 4 3 8 0 10 8 6
Sweden 0 0 8 8 7 0 10 0 7 10 4 0   0 5 6 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 10 0
Ireland 12 1 5 12 6 6 2 12 3 8 6 10 12   7 12 3 8 12 10 6 10 7 5 12
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovenia 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finland 0 3 0 0 0 8 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 12 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom 1 8 6 5 8 0 12 0 12 12 7 6 10 8 8 10 5 3   4 10 5 4 12 8
Netherlands 6 6 7 0 0 0 7 3 6 3 0 0 5 12 0 7 0 10 0   3 7 0 0 10
Croatia 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0   1 0 6 4
Spain 5 0 0 6 0 0 5 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 6 0 0 7   5 1 1
Cyprus 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0   0 0
Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Norway 0 10 10 10 0 12 6 0 10 0 8 0 0 5 1 3 12 7 0 6 12 0 8 0  
THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

[edit] Commentators

  • Italy - Ettore Andenna
  • Turkey - TBC
  • Germany - TBC
  • Switzerland - TBC
  • Denmark - TBC
  • Greece - TBC
  • Belgium - TBC
  • Malta - TBC
  • Iceland - TBC
  • Austria - TBC
  • Portugal - Isabel Bahia
  • France - TBC
  • Sweden - TBC
  • Ireland - Marty Whelan
  • Luxembourg - TBC
  • Slovenia - TBC
  • Finland - TBC
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina - TBC
  • United Kingdom - Terry Wogan (BBC TV), Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2)
  • Netherlands - Willem van Beusekom
  • Croatia - TBC
  • Spain - José Luis Uribarri
  • Cyprus - Evi Papamichail
  • Israel - TBC
  • Norway - Leif Erik Forberg

[edit] Spokespersons

  • Italy - Peppi Franzelin
  • Turkey - Ömer Önder
  • Germany - Carmen Nebel
  • Switzerland - TBC
  • Denmark - Bent
  • Greece - Fotini Yiannoulatou
  • Belgium - TBC
  • Malta - John Demanuele
  • Iceland - Áslaug Dora Eyjólfsdóttir
  • Austria - TBC
  • Portugal - Serenella Andrade
  • France - Laurent Romejko
  • Sweden - Gösta Hanson
  • Ireland - Eileen Dunne
  • Luxembourg - TBC
  • Slovenia - Miša Molk
  • Finland - Solveig Mattsson
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina - TBC
  • United Kingdom - Colin Berry
  • Netherlands - Joop van Os
  • Croatia - Davor Meštrović
  • Spain - María Ángeles Balañac
  • Cyprus - Anna
  • Israel - Daniel Pe'er
  • Norway - Sverre

[edit] Map

     Participating countries     Countries who have participated in the past but did not this year     Countries who didn't survive the pre-qualifying round
     Participating countries     Countries who have participated in the past but did not this year     Countries who didn't survive the pre-qualifying round