Eurovision Song Contest 1993
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Eurovision Song Contest 1993 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 15 May 1993 |
Host | |
Venue | Green Glens Arena, Millstreet, Ireland |
Presenter(s) | Fionnuala Sweeney |
Musical director | Noel Kelehan |
Directed by | Anita Notaro |
Executive supervisor | Christian Clausen |
Executive producer | Liam Miller |
Host broadcaster | Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) |
Opening act | The 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 (Are Calling)", performed by Johnny Logan with the Children of Millstreet and the Cork School of Music Choirs. |
Website | eurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 25 |
Debuting countries | Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Slovenia |
Returning countries | None |
Non-returning countries | Yugoslavia |
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
Nul points | None |
Winning song | Ireland "In Your Eyes" |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th edition of the 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.
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[]
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 and well- equipped equestrian centre that could accommodate a 3500 seated audience 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. Killarney, a larger town located 30 kilometres from Millstreet was chosen as a second host town, accommodating the majority of the contestants and delegates. It was also the largest outside broadcast ever attempted by state broadcaster RTÉ and was deemed a technical and logistical success for all involved.
The stage was created by , who was also chief production designer two years later in Dublin. The design resembled a scalene triangular shaped performance area, under lit by multicoloured cable lighting and featured a hydraulically controlled walkway, with a mirrored ceiling structure suspended above the stage that mirrored the floor shape and reflected lighting.
BBC newsreader Nicholas Witchell caused controversy by asking Mr Duggan, live on air and shortly before the contest, how he felt about holding a major international cultural event "in a cowshed in Ireland." Noel Duggan replied that, unlike the chaotic 1993 Grand National (which had taken place the previous month, but which was declared void following two false starts and the unsuccessful recall of the second), the 1993 Eurovision would start on time, it would finish on time and there would be a winner. Mr Duggan also noted that the Green Glens Arena was "a horseshed". Mr Witchell subsequently apologized for his question.[1]
Pre-qualifying round[]
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.
- Italy – Vittorio Cosma
- Turkey – No National Representative
- Germany – Norbert Daum
- Switzerland –
- Denmark –
- Greece –
- Belgium –
- Malta –
- Iceland –
- Austria –
- Portugal –
- France –
- Sweden – Curt-Eric Holmquist
- Ireland – Noel Kelehan
- Luxembourg – Francis Goya
- Slovenia – Jože Privšek
- Finland – Olli Ahvenlahti
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – Noel Kelehan ±
- United Kingdom – Nigel Wright
- Netherlands – Harry van Hoof
- Croatia –
- Spain –
- Cyprus – George Theophanous
- Israel –
- Norway – Rolf Løvland
± The nominated conductor for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sinan Alimanović, was unable to safely commute to the flight to Ireland due to the ongoing war at the time, so Bosnia was represented by Noel Kelehan in his place.
Returning artists[]
Artist | Country | Previous Year(s) |
---|---|---|
Tony Wegas | Austria | 1992 |
Katri Helena | Finland | 1979 |
Tommy Seebach | Denmark | 1979, 1981 (along with Debbie Cameron) |
Results[]
Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language[2][3] | Place[4] | Points |
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01 | Italy | Enrico Ruggeri | "Sole d'Europa" | Italian | 12 | 45 |
02 | Turkey | "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 | "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" | Bosnian | 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 | & | "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 |
Scoreboard[]
Italy | 45 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Turkey | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Germany | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 148 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |||
Denmark | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greece | 64 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malta | 69 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Iceland | 42 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Austria | 32 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Portugal | 60 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||
France | 121 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | |||||||
Sweden | 89 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Ireland | 187 | 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 | 11 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Slovenia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Finland | 20 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | 164 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 8 | |||
Netherlands | 92 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||
Croatia | 31 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Spain | 58 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Cyprus | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Israel | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Norway | 120 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 8 |
12 points[]
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
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7 | Ireland | Italy, Malta, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
4 | United Kingdom | Austria, Belgium, Iceland, Israel |
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[]
- Italy – Peppi Franzelin
- Turkey –
- Germany – Carmen Nebel
- Switzerland – Michel Stocker[6]
- Denmark –
- Greece – Fotini Giannoulatou[7]
- Belgium – An Ploegaerts
- Iceland – Guðrún Skúladóttir
- Austria – Andy Lee
- Portugal – Margarida Mercês de Melo[8]
- France – Olivier Minne[9]
- Sweden – Gösta Hanson[10]
- Ireland – Eileen Dunne
- Luxembourg – TBC
- Slovenia – Miša Molk
- Finland – Solveig Herlin[11]
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – Dejan Zagorac
- United Kingdom – Colin Berry
- Netherlands – Joop van Os
- Croatia – Velimir Đuretić[12]
- Spain – María Ángeles Balañac[13]
- Cyprus – Anna Partelidou[14]
- Israel – Danny Rup[15]
- Norway – Sverre Christophersen[16]
- Malta – Kevin Drake[17][a]
Commentators[]
Television[]
Participating countries[]
- Italy – Ettore Andenna (Raiuno)[18]
- Turkey – Bülend Özveren (TRT 1)
- Germany – Jan Hofer (Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen)[19]
- Switzerland – German: Mariano Tschuor (Schweizer Fernsehen), French: Jean-Marc Richard (TSR), Italian: Emanuela Gaggini (TSI)
- Denmark – Jørgen de Mylius (DR TV)[20]
- Greece – Dafni Bokota (ET1)[21]
- Belgium – Dutch: André Vermeulen (BRTN TV1), French: Claude Delacroix (RTBF La Une)[22][23]
- Malta – Charles Saliba (TVM)
- Iceland – Jakob Frímann Magnússon (Sjónvarpið)[24]
- Austria – Ernst Grissemann (ORF1)[25]
- Portugal – Isabel Bahia (Canal 1)[8]
- France – Patrice Laffont (France 2)[23]
- Sweden – Jan Jingryd and Kåge Gimtell (TV2)[10]
- Ireland – Pat Kenny (RTÉ1)
- Luxembourg – Maurice Molitor (RTL Hei Elei)
- Slovenia – Tajda Lekše (SLO1)
- Finland – Erkki Pohjanheimo and Kirsi-Maria Niemi (YLE TV1)[26][27]
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ismeta Dervoz-Krvavac (TVBiH)
- United Kingdom – Terry Wogan (BBC1)
- Netherlands – Willem van Beusekom (Nederland 3)[28]
- Croatia – Aleksandar "Aco" Kostadinov (HTV1)[29]
- Spain – José Luis Uribarri (TVE1)[30]
- Cyprus – Evi Papamichail (RIK 1)[14]
- Israel – No commentator
- Norway – Leif Erik Forberg (NRK)[31]
Non-participating countries[]
- Australia – N/A (SBS TV)
- Estonia – TBC (Eesti Televisioon)
- Hungary – István Vágó (MTV 2)
- Macedonia – Antonio Dimitrievski and Ivan Mircevski (MTV 2)
- Poland – Artur Orzech and Maria Szablowska (TVP1)
- Romania – Doina Caramzulescu (TVR2)
- Russia – Vadim Dolgachyov (RTR)
- Slovakia – Alena Heribanová (STV1)
- Yugoslavia – There was no live broadcast of the contest, but a special TV programme about the 1993 contest was broadcast on RTS 3K hosted by Mladen Popović and Ekstra Nena. (RTS 3K)
Radio[]
The participating countries that provided radio broadcasts for the event are listed below.
- Italy – Antonio De Robertis (Rai Radio 2)
- Turkey – Canan Kumbasar (TRT Radyo 3)
- Germany – Horst Senker (Deutschlandfunk/WDR 4)
- Denmark – Ole Jacobsen (DR P3)
- Greece – Giorgos Mitropoulos (ERA ERT1)
- Belgium – Dutch: Julien Put (BRTN Radio 2), French: Stéphane Dupont and Patrick Duhamel (RTBF La Première)
- Austria – Martin Blumenau (Hitradio Ö3)
- Sweden – Susan Seidemar and Claes-Johan Larsson (SR P3)
- Ireland – Larry Gogan (RTÉ Radio 1)
- Finland – Sanna Kojo and Outi Popp (YLE Radiomafia)
- United Kingdom – Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2)
- Netherlands – Daniël Dekker (Radio 3)
- Cyprus – Pavlos Pavlou (CyBC Radio 2)
- Israel – Yigal Ravid (Reshet Gimel)
- Norway – Erik Diesen (NRK P1)
National jury members[]
- Austria –
- Belgium –
- Croatia – , Zdenka Vučković, Maja Blagdan (future Croatian entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996), , Nikša Bratoš, , ,
- Greece – , Bessy Argyraki (singer, Greek entrant at Eurovision Song Contest 1977), , , , (singer, Greek entrant at Eurovision Song Contest 1977), , , , , , , , , ,
- Iceland –
- Israel – ,
- Netherlands – ,
- Portugal – ,
- Spain – (student), Juan Ribera (doctor), (TV hostess), Sergio Blanco (singer, Spanish entrant at Eurovision Song Contest 1975), Estíbaliz Uranga (singer, Spanish entrant at Eurovision Song Contest 1975), (writer and film critic), (actress), Antonio Rebollo (sportsman), (singer), (student), (dancer), (president of Special Olympics Spain), (actress), Bernardo Bonezzi (composer), (TV and radio scriptwriter), (film and advertising producer)[32]
Notes and references[]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Due to earlier technical difficulties, the final jury to announce their results was the Maltese jury
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