Eurovision Song Contest 1993

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Eurovision Song Contest 1993
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Dates
Final15 May 1993
Host
VenueGreen Glens Arena,
Millstreet, 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 (Are Calling)", performed by Johnny Logan with the Children of Millstreet and the Cork School of Music Choirs.
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/millstreet-1993 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries25
Debuting countries Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia
 Slovenia
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries Yugoslavia
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Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Nul pointsNone
Winning song Ireland
"In Your Eyes"
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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[]

Eurovision Song Contest 1993 is located in Ireland
Dublin
Dublin
Millstreet
Millstreet
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 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.

± 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
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[]

Voting results[5][a]
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 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
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[]

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

Commentators[]

Television[]

Participating countries[]
Non-participating countries[]
  •  Australia – N/A (SBS TV)
  •  Estonia – TBC (Eesti Televisioon)
  •  HungaryIstván Vágó (MTV 2)
  •  Macedonia – Antonio Dimitrievski and Ivan Mircevski (MTV 2)
  •  PolandArtur 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.

National jury members[]

Notes and references[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ 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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