Eurovision Song Contest 1993

The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 15 May 1993 at Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, County Cork, 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. Ireland became the fourth country to win two years in a row, the three previous countries to do so were Spain in 1968 and 1969, Luxembourg in 1972 and 1973, and Israel in 1978 and 1979.

Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Dates
Grand final15 May 1993
Host
VenueGreen Glens Arena,
Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland
Presenter(s)Fionnuala Sweeney
Musical directorNoel Kelehan
Directed byAnita Notaro
Executive supervisorChristian Clausen
Executive producerLiam Miller
Host broadcasterRaidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
Opening actThe story of Eochaid and Étaín in Celtic mythology, transitioning into a video of rural Ireland today.
Interval act"Why Me?", performed by Linda Martin
"Voices", performed by Johnny Logan with the Children of Millstreet and the Cork School of Music Choirs.
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/millstreet-1993
Participants
Number of entries25
Debuting countries Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia
 Slovenia
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries Yugoslavia
Participation map
  •      Participating countries     Countries that lost Kvalifikacija za Millstreet     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1993
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Nul pointsNone
Winning song Ireland
"In Your Eyes"

The top two countries of this contest were the same as the top two countries in the previous year's contest, being Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Location
Location of Millstreet and the capital, Dublin, which hosted all the previous Irish-held contests.

The location for this year's edition of the contest was unique, in that Millstreet, with a population at the time of just 1,500 people, was the smallest host town ever chosen for the Eurovision Song Contest.

The owner of the Green Glens Arena, Noel C. Duggan, wrote to the RTÉ on the same night of the Irish victory in the 1992 edition, proposing the free use of the venue to host the contest. The venue, a large indoor well- equipped equestrian centre was deemed more than suitable as the location by host broadcaster 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.

BBC newsreader Nicholas Witchell caused controversy by remarking on the air, shortly before the contest, that it would be held "in a cowshed in Ireland."[1] He subsequently apologized.

Pre-qualifying round
Main article: Kvalifikacija za Millstreet

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 to take part in the contest. For the first time, 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.

Voting structure

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

The 1993 contest was the last time juries would deliver their votes via telephone lines, with satellite video links introduced the following year.

Conductors

Each performance had a conductor who conducted the orchestra.

Returning artists
Artist Country Previous Year(s)
Tony Wegas  Austria 1992
Katri Helena  Finland 1979
Tommy Seebach  Denmark 1979, 1981

Results

Countries in bold were allowed to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994.

Draw Country Artist Song Language[2][3] Place Points
01  Italy[lower-alpha 1] Enrico Ruggeri "Sole d'Europa" Italian 12 45
02  Turkey Burak Aydos "Esmer Yarim" Turkish 21 10
03  Germany Münchener Freiheit "Viel zu weit" German 18 18
04   Switzerland Annie Cotton "Moi, tout simplement" French 3 148
05  Denmark Tommy Seebach Band "Under stjernerne på himlen" Danish 22 9
06  Greece Katerina Garbi "Ellada, hora tou fotos" (Ελλάδα, χώρα του φωτός) Greek 9 64
07  Belgium Barbara Dex "Iemand als jij" Dutch 25 3
08  Malta William Mangion "This Time" English 8 69
09  Iceland Inga "Þá veistu svarið" Icelandic 13 42
10  Austria Tony Wegas "Maria Magdalena" German 14 32
11  Portugal Anabela "A cidade (até ser dia)" Portuguese 10 60
12  France Patrick Fiori "Mama Corsica" French, Corsican 4 121
13  Sweden Arvingarna "Eloise" Swedish 7 89
14  Ireland Niamh Kavanagh "In Your Eyes" English 1 187
15  Luxembourg Modern Times "Donne-moi une chance" French, Luxembourgish 20 11
16  Slovenia 1X Band "Tih deževen dan" Slovene 22 9
17  Finland Katri Helena "Tule luo" Finnish 17 20
18  Bosnia and Herzegovina Fazla "Sva bol svijeta" Serbo-Croatian 16 27
19  United Kingdom Sonia "Better the Devil You Know" English 2 164
20  Netherlands Ruth Jacott "Vrede" Dutch 6 92
21  Croatia Put "Don't Ever Cry" Croatian, English 15 31
22  Spain Eva Santamaría "Hombres" Spanish 11 58
23  Cyprus[lower-alpha 1] Zimboulakis & Van Beke "Mi stamatas" (Μη σταματάς) Greek 19 17
24  Israel Lahakat Shiru "Shiru" (שירו) Hebrew, English 24 4
25  Norway Silje Vige "Alle mine tankar" Norwegian 5 120

Score sheet
Results
Total score
Italy
Turkey
Germany
Switzerland
Denmark
Greece
Belgium
Malta
Iceland
Austria
Portugal
France
Sweden
Ireland
Luxembourg
Slovenia
Finland
Bosnia and Herzegovina
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Croatia
Spain
Cyprus
Israel
Norway
Contestants
 Italy 451710510822
Turkey 101216
Germany 1882341
Switzerland 1481012107854611267128410823643
Denmark 9135
Greece 64222676581277
Belgium 33
Malta 6975475542242464413
Iceland 42441715275222
Austria 3241336123
Portugal 601122582421121235
France 1217412387128106414381086
Sweden 89887107104567710
Ireland 1871215126621238610127123812106107512
Luxembourg 11101
Slovenia 94131
Finland 2038252
Bosnia and Herzegovina 273121443
United Kingdom 16418658121212761088105341054128
Netherlands 9266773635127103710
Croatia 313458164
Spain 585658221067511
Cyprus 172105
Israel 431
Norway 1201010101261085131276128
The table is ordered by appearance
Due to technical difficulties Malta was the last country to vote.

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
7  Ireland  Italy
 Malta
 Norway
 Slovenia
 Sweden
  Switzerland
 United Kingdom
4  United Kingdom  Austria
 Belgium
 Iceland
 Israel
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
3  Norway  Croatia
 Finland
 Greece
  Switzerland  France
 Germany
 Luxembourg
2  France  Denmark
 Portugal
 Portugal  Netherlands
 Spain
1  Austria  Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Bosnia and Herzegovina  Turkey
 Greece  Cyprus
 Netherlands  Ireland

International broadcasts and voting

Voting and spokespersons
  1.  Italy – Peppi Franzelin
  2.  Turkey – Ömer Önder
  3.  Germany – Carmen Nebel
  4.   Switzerland – Michel Stocker[4]
  5.  Denmark – Bent Henius
  6.  Greece – Fotini Giannoulatou[5]
  7.  Belgium – An Ploegaerts
  8.  Iceland – Guðrún Skúladóttir
  9.  Austria – Andy Lee
  10.  Portugal – Margarida Mercês de Melo[6]
  11.  France – Olivier Minne[7]
  12.  Sweden – Gösta Hanson[8]
  13.  Ireland – Eileen Dunne
  14.  Luxembourg – TBC
  15.  Slovenia – Miša Molk
  16.  Finland – Solveig Herlin[9]
  17.  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Dejan Zagorac
  18.  United Kingdom – Colin Berry
  19.  Netherlands – Joop van Os
  20.  Croatia – Velimir Đuretić[10]
  21.  Spain – María Ángeles Balañac[11]
  22.  Cyprus – Anna Partelidou[12]
  23.  Israel – Danny Rup[13]
  24.  Norway – Sverre Christophersen[14]
  25.  Malta – Kevin Drake[15][lower-alpha 2]
Participating countries
Non-participating countries

Radio

The participating countries that provided radio broadcasts for the event are listed below.

National jury members
  •  Austria – Wolfgang Srb
  •  Belgium – Annick Decorte
  •  Croatia – Stjepan Jimmy Stanić, Zdenka Vučković, Maja Blagdan (future Croatian entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996), Branimir Mihaljević, Nikša Bratoš, Dražen Vrdoljak, Bojan Mušćet, Dubravka Tomeković
  •  Greece – Vangelis Alexandropoulos, Bessy Argyraki (singer, Greek entrant at Eurovision Song Contest 1977), Dina Vasilakou, Dimitris Iatropoulos, Grigoris Lambrianidis, Paschalis (singer, Greek entrant at Eurovision Song Contest 1977), Giorgos Kleftogiorgos, Andreas Hatziapostolou, Anastasios Alatzas, Maria Alexandrou, Alexandros Varouxis, Giorgos Karelos, Evgenia Koutsoulieri, Giorgos Logothetis, Maria Sotiropoulou, Elena Hounta
  •  Iceland – Reynir Þór Eggertsson
  •  Israel – Noel Dunsky, Karen Klutche
  •  Netherlands – Angelina van Dijk, Lisa Boray
  •  Portugal – Jorge do Carmo, José Orlando
  •  Spain – Cristina Pons (student), Juan Ribera (doctor), Arantxa de Benito (TV hostess), Sergio Blanco (singer, Spanish entrant at Eurovision Song Contest 1975), Estíbaliz Uranga (singer, Spanish entrant at Eurovision Song Contest 1975), Manuel Quinto (writer and film critic), Rosita Ferrer (actress), Antonio Rebollo (sportsman), Concha Márquez Piquer (singer), René Dechamps (student), Rosi Nsue (dancer), Francesc Martínez de Foix (president of Special Olympics Spain), María Luisa San José (actress), Bernardo Bonezzi (composer), Annabelle Aramburu (TV and radio scriptwriter), Miguel Ángel Bermejo (film and advertising producer)[30]

Notes and references

Footnotes
  1. As Italy did not participate in the 1994 contest, their place for the 1994 contest final was awarded to Cyprus.
  2. Due to earlier technical difficulties, the final jury to announce their results was the Maltese jury

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