Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Country	Ireland
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	3 March 1996
Selected entrant	Eimear Quinn
Selected song	"The Voice"
Finals performance
Final result	1st, 162 points
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eimear Quinn represented Ireland in the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "The Voice".

Before Eurovision

National final

The final took place on 3 March 1996 at the Point Theatre in Dublin, hosted by Pat Kenny. Eight entries competed in the final and the winner, "The Voice" performed by Eimear Quinn, was determined by the votes of ten regional juries.[1]

Final – 3 March 1996
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Rob Burke Band	"Gotta Know Right Now"	Rob Burke, Tony Burke	76	3
2	Dav McNamara	"Missing You"	Raymond Smyth	84	2
3	William Byrne & Lorraine Nolan	"Once Again"	Peter Becket	61	5
4	Eimear Quinn	"The Voice"	Brendan J. Graham	105	1
5	Marion Fossett	"This Time"	Marion Fossett	40	8
6	Yvonne Holmes	"Find My Way"	Richard Speedie	73	4
7	Seán Monaghan	"Amhrán an Ronnach"	Seán Monaghan	61	5
8	Maura Donaghy	"Worlds Apart"	Stephen Nimmon	50	7

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Athlone	Cork	Donegal	Dublin	Dundalk	Galway	Kenmare	Limerick	Waterford	Westport	Total
1	"Gotta Know Right Now"	5	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	3	10	76
2	"Missing You"	10	12	12	7	5	3	12	5	12	6	84
3	"Once Again"	6	7	4	6	7	6	10	7	5	3	61
4	"The Voice"	12	10	10	12	8	12	7	12	10	12	105
5	"This Time"	3	4	3	4	3	4	5	6	4	4	40
6	"Find My Way"	7	5	6	10	12	10	6	4	8	5	73
7	"Amhrán an Ronnach"	4	6	7	5	4	7	4	10	6	8	61
8	"Worlds Apart"	8	3	5	3	6	5	3	3	7	7	50

At Eurovision

As part of the EBU's scheme to limit the growing number of countries wishing to participate, audio recordings of the entries were sent to juries in each participating country some weeks before the contest. The juries listened to the songs, and awarded points to their ten favorites. Of the 29 countries wishing to participate (host country Norway was exempt from the process), only the 22 highest-scorers were allowed to perform in the contest. In this pre-qualifying round, "The Voice" came in 2nd place with 187 points, and confirmed an Irish presence in Oslo that year.

Quinn performed 17th in the running order on the night of the contest. "The Voice" went on to win with 162 points, giving Ireland its seventh overall victory, and its fourth in five years.

Points awarded to Ireland (Pre-qualifying round)

Points awarded to Ireland[2] (Pre-qualifying round)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland United Kingdom	Estonia Finland Greece Israel Poland Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Turkey	Belgium Cyprus France	Russia Switzerland	Macedonia Netherlands
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
		Denmark Portugal	Hungary Spain

Points awarded to Ireland (Final)

Points awarded to Ireland[2] (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Bosnia and Herzegovina Estonia Netherlands Poland Slovenia Switzerland Turkey	Finland Greece Norway	Portugal	Austria Slovakia Sweden	Cyprus France
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Malta	Belgium

Pre-qualifying round

12 points	Sweden
10 points	Slovenia
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Switzerland
6 points	Malta
5 points	France
4 points	Belgium
3 points	Netherlands
2 points	Denmark
1 point	Romania

Final

12 points	Sweden
10 points	Iceland
8 points	Austria
7 points	Norway
6 points	Croatia
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	Switzerland
3 points	United Kingdom
2 points	Estonia
1 point	Cyprus

References

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