Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Dates
Final	18 May 1996
Host
Venue	Oslo Spektrum Oslo, Norway
Presenter(s)	Ingvild Bryn Morten Harket
Conductor	Frode Thingnæs
Directed by	Pål Veiglum
Executive supervisor	Christine Marchal-Ortiz
Executive producer	Odd Arvid Strømstad
Host broadcaster	Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Opening act	"Heaven's Not For Saints" performed by Morten Harket
Interval act	Nils Gaup & Runar Borge feat. Aamil Paus-Beacon Burning
Participants
Number of entries	23
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Estonia  Finland  Netherlands  Slovakia   Switzerland
Withdrawing countries	Denmark  Germany  Hungary  Israel  Russia
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1996
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Nul points	None
Winning song	Ireland "The Voice"
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Oslo, Norway, following Secret Garden's win at the 1995 contest in Dublin, Ireland with the song "Nocturne".

It was held on 18 May 1996 in Oslo Spektrum. The presenters were Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket. Harket, lead singer of a-ha, opened the show with a performance of his single "Heaven's Not for Saints", which was a smash hit in Norway at the time. Twenty-three countries participated in the contest, with Eimear Quinn of Ireland crowned the winner after the final voting, with the song, "The Voice". The song was written by Brendan Graham, who also composed the 1994 winner "Rock 'n' Roll Kids". It was also a record seventh win for Ireland and the most recent win of Ireland.

A non-televised audio-only pre-qualification round was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), in order to shortlist the number of participating nations that would compete in the televised final from twenty-nine, to a more manageable twenty-three.^[1]Germany, Israel, Denmark, Hungary, Russia, Macedonia, and Romania all failed to qualify. Macedonia eventually went on to make their debut in 1998.^[1] The 1996 contest remains the only Eurovision without a German entry at the Grand Final of the festival.

Contents

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  1 Location
  


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  2 Format
  
  
  
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    2.1 Conductors
    
  
  
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    2.2 Returning artists
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Pre-qualifying round
  


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  4 Results
  


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  5 Voting structure
  


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  6 Score sheet
  
  
  
  • 
    6.1 Pre-qualifying round
    
  
  
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    6.2 12 points
    
  
  
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    6.3 Final
    
  
  
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    6.4 12 points
    
  
  
  
  


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  7 Good luck wishes
  


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  8 International broadcasts and voting
  
  
  
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    8.1 Voting and spokespersons
    
  
  
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    8.2 Commentators
    
  
  
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    8.3 National jury members
    
  
  
  
  


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  9 References
  


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  10 External links
  

Location

Further information on the host city: Oslo

Oslo Spektrum, Oslo – host venue of the 1996 contest.

Oslo is the capital and the most populous city in Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. For the first time, the Norwegian capital hosted the contest. This was the second time the event was staged in Norway, after the 1986 contest in Bergen.

Oslo Spektrum, a multi-purpose indoor arena, was chosen as the host venue. Opened in December 1990, it is primarily known for hosting major events such as the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert and concerts by artists of national and international fame

Format

The European Broadcasting Union continued to experiment in their efforts to find a broadly acceptable method of whittling down the large number of potential participating countries to a more realistic figure.^[1] This year, they reverted to the pre-qualifying round that had been used for the 1993, but this time with just one country exempt from the process - the host Norway. The audio-only pre-qualification round, which was never televised or broadcast on radio, was used by the EBU in order to shortlist the number of participating nations that would compete in the televised final.^[1] With exception to the hosts Norway, audio entries from twenty-nine countries were played to national juries, of which only twenty-two proceeded to the televised final in Oslo.^[1]Germany, Israel, Denmark, Hungary, Russia, Macedonia, and Romania all failed to qualify. As a result, Macedonia's submission was never classified as a debut entry by the EBU, the nation eventually went on to make their official televised debut in 1998.^[1]

It rapidly became evident that this system was no more sustainable than any other the EBU had tried, as it meant that several countries had gone through their traditional full-blown national selection procedure to come up with an entry, only to suffer the anti-climax of having their challenge quietly extinguished without even having had the opportunity of presenting the song to an international audience. As a leading financial contributor to the contest, Germany were particularly aggrieved that their entry, the techno song "Planet of Blue" performed by Leon, was one of the seven cast aside. It was the only year in the history of the ESC in which Germany did not participate in the final.^[1]

The 1996 contest also featured two novelties — which similarly failed to become a tradition — firstly a short 'good luck message' for each entry, recorded by a political leader or official from their country. The seniority of the figure who delivered the message varied wildly from country to country, ranging from Presidents and Prime Ministers on one end of the spectrum to junior ministers or ambassadors on the other, but a few very significant European political figures did appear, including long-serving Swedish premier Göran Persson, President Alija Izetbegović of Bosnia and Herzegovina and future UN Secretary-General António Guterres, then Prime Minister of Portugal. But of course the only good luck wish that was fully rewarded in the end was that of Irish Taoiseach John Bruton, who introduced the song that took his country to a fourth win in five years.^[1]

Secondly, the voting section was conducted using "blue screen" virtual reality technology provided by Silicon Graphics. The host Ingvild Bryn introduced the viewers to the 'blue room', upon which a 3D scoreboard, views of the green room, the jury spokespersons and country graphics appeared. The only physical aspects were Ingvild herself and two podiums. For the first time in the Eurovision history, during the voting a spokesperson came to stage (exactly the blue room) down next to Ingvild: the Norwegian one, Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft.^[1]

Conductors

Each performance had a conductor who maestro the orchestra.

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   Turkey – Levent Çoker
  


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   United Kingdom – Ernie Dunstall


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   Spain – Eduardo Leiva


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   Portugal – Pedro Osório
  


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   Cyprus – Stavros Lantsias


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   Malta – Paul Abela


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   Croatia – Alan Bjelinski


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   Austria – Mischa W. Krausz


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    Switzerland – Rui dos Reis


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   Greece – Michael Rozakis


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   Estonia – Tarmo Leinatamm


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   Norway – Frode Thingnæs
  


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   France – Fiachra Trench
  


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   Slovenia – Jože Privšek
  


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   Netherlands – Dick Bakker
  


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   Belgium – Bob Porter


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   Ireland – Noel Kelehan
  


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   Finland – Olli Ahvenlahti
  


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   Iceland – Ólafur Gaukur


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   Poland – Wiesław Pieregorólka


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   Bosnia and Herzegovina – Sinan Alimanović
  


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   Slovakia – Juraj Burian


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   Sweden – Anders Berglund
  

Returning artists

Artist	Country	Previous Year(s)
Mariana Efstratiou	Greece	1989
Elisabeth Andreassen	Norway	1982 (for Sweden, part of Chips) 1985 (part of Bobbysocks!, winner) 1994 (in duet with Jan Werner Danielsen)

Pre-qualifying round

Countries listed below submitted entries for the audio-only pre-qualification round, which was never televised, and was used by the EBU in order to shortlist the number of participating nations that would compete in the televised final. Despite a submitted entry from Macedonia, it was never classified as an official debut entry, although the nation would eventually make their official televised debut in 1998.^[1][2][3]

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language[4]	Place[3]	Points[3]
01	Austria	George Nussbaumer	"Weil's dr guat got"	Vorarlbergish	6	80
02	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Amila Glamočak	"Za našu ljubav"	Bosnian	21	29
03	Belgium	Lisa del Bo	"Liefde is een kaartspel"	Dutch	12	45
04	Switzerland	Kathy Leander	"Mon cœur l'aime"	French	8	67
05	Cyprus	Constantinos	"Mono gia mas" (Μόνο για μας)	Greek	15	42
06	Germany	Leon	"Planet of Blue"	German	24	24
07	Denmark	Dorthe Andersen & Martin Loft	"Kun med dig"	Danish	25	22
08	Estonia	Maarja-Liis Ilus & Ivo Linna	"Kaelakee hääl"	Estonian	5	106
09	Spain	Antonio Carbonell	"¡Ay, qué deseo!"	Spanish	14	43
10	Finland	Jasmine	"Niin kaunis on taivas"	Finnish	22	26
11	France	Dan Ar Braz & l'Héritage des Celtes	"Diwanit Bugale"	Breton	11	55
12	United Kingdom	Gina G	"Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"	English	3	153
13	Greece	Marianna Efstratiou	"Emis forame to himona anixiatika" (Εμείς φοράμε το χειμώνα ανοιξιάτικα)	Greek	12	45
14	Croatia	Maja Blagdan	"Sveta ljubav"	Croatian	19	30
15	Hungary	Gjon Delhusa	"Fortuna"	Hungarian	23	26
16	Ireland	Eimear Quinn	"The Voice"	English	2	198
17	Israel	Galit Bell	"Shalom Olam" (שלום עולם)	Hebrew	28	12
18	Iceland	Anna Mjöll	"Sjúbídú"	Icelandic	10	59
19	Macedonia	Kaliopi	"Samo ti" (Само ти)	Macedonian	26	14
20	Malta	Miriam Christine	"In a Woman's Heart"	English	4	138
21	Netherlands	Maxine & Franklin Brown	"De eerste keer"	Dutch	9	63
22	Poland	Kasia Kowalska	"Chcę znać swój grzech..."	Polish	15	42
23	Portugal	Lúcia Moniz	"O meu coração não tem cor"	Portuguese	18	32
24	Romania	Monica Anghel & Sincron	"Rugă pentru pacea lumii"	Romanian	29	11
25	Russia	Andrey Kosinskiy	"Ya eto ya" (Я это я)	Russian	26	14
26	Sweden	One More Time	"Den vilda"	Swedish	1	227
27	Slovenia	Regina	"Dan najlepših sanj"	Slovene	19	30
28	Slovakia	Marcel Palonder	"Kým nás máš"	Slovak	17	38
29	Turkey	Şebnem Paker	"Beşinci Mevsim"	Turkish	7	69

Results

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language[4]	Place[1]	Points[1]
01	Turkey	Şebnem Paker	"Beşinci Mevsim"	Turkish	12	57
02	United Kingdom	Gina G	"Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"	English	8	77
03	Spain	Antonio Carbonell	"¡Ay, qué deseo!"	Spanish	20	17
04	Portugal	Lúcia Moniz	"O meu coração não tem cor"	Portuguese	6	92
05	Cyprus	Constantinos	"Mono gia mas" (Μόνο για μας)	Greek	9	72
06	Malta	Miriam Christine	"In a Woman's Heart"	English	10	68
07	Croatia	Maja Blagdan	"Sveta ljubav"	Croatian	4	98
08	Austria	George Nussbaumer	"Weil's dr guat got"	Vorarlbergish	10	68
09	Switzerland	Kathy Leander	"Mon cœur l'aime"	French	16	22
10	Greece	Marianna Efstratiou	"Emis forame to himona anixiatika" (Εμείς φοράμε το χειμώνα ανοιξιάτικα)	Greek	14	36
11	Estonia	Maarja-Liis Ilus & Ivo Linna	"Kaelakee hääl"	Estonian	5	94
12	Norway	Elisabeth Andreassen	"I evighet"	Norwegian	2	114
13	France	Dan Ar Braz & l'Héritage des Celtes	"Diwanit Bugale"	Breton	19	18
14	Slovenia	Regina	"Dan najlepših sanj"	Slovene	21	16
15	Netherlands	Maxine & Franklin Brown	"De eerste keer"	Dutch	7	78
16	Belgium	Lisa del Bo	"Liefde is een kaartspel"	Dutch	16	22
17	Ireland	Eimear Quinn	"The Voice"	English	1	162
18	Finland	Jasmine	"Niin kaunis on taivas"	Finnish	23	9
19	Iceland	Anna Mjöll	"Sjúbídú"	Icelandic	13	51
20	Poland	Kasia Kowalska	"Chcę znać swój grzech..."	Polish	15	31
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Amila Glamočak	"Za našu ljubav"	Bosnian	22	13
22	Slovakia	Marcel Palonder	"Kým nás máš"	Slovak	18	19
23	Sweden	One More Time	"Den vilda"	Swedish	3	100

Voting structure

Each country had a jury that awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top ten songs. One year later, televoting would be introduced in only some countries, such as Sweden and the United Kingdom. When Belén Fernández de Henestrosa, the Spanish spokesperson, announced the votes of the Spanish jury, she awarded two points to "Czechoslovakia" (while meaning 'Slovakia'). Furthermore, she awarded six points to "Holland" (the Netherlands), which host Ingvild Byrn misheard as "Poland." The official results table corrected this error, and the Netherlands' seventh-place result was restored at the expense of the United Kingdom, who ultimately finished eighth. Because originally Poland awarded six points from Spain, Greece was placed 14th over Poland after the official results table corrected this error.^[1] Norway's entry, "I evighet", is notable for being the only runner-up not to receive a single "12 points" score in a Eurovision final since the current voting method was introduced in 1975.

Score sheet

Pre-qualifying round

		Juries[5][6]
	Austria	80		6	1		6	1	2		5	2	12		6		3			10		12		5	2					7
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29				2		3			3	1				6						2								12
	Belgium	45									8	4		7				4	6					2	4	6	2					2
	Switzerland	67	3	3	3			7		5								7			8		5	6	3	7			4			6
	Cyprus	42									4			2	12		5				5	4						4			6
	Germany	24							5				5	10					3										1
	Denmark	22		4			3										1	2			2			1			4		5
	Estonia	106	5		5	4		8	8			8	1				6			5	1		10	10	5	5	3	12	7	3
	Spain	43	2				4								4	8						8					1			4	8	4
	Finland	26				6									8				5	7
	France	55							6	8		3						5		6	10				6	4					4	3
	United Kingdom	153	10		7		10	5	7	2		7	10			1	7	8	12			3	7	8	1	10	8		12	1	5	12
	Greece	45					12				7					7			2			5						5			7
	Croatia	30	1	7				2			1										3	1						1	8	6
	Hungary	26		1			2		1	6					2	3							3				7				1
	Ireland	198	12	12	8	7	8		3	10	2	10	8	12	10		2		10	12	6		6		10	3		7	10	10	10	10
	Israel	12											3								4											5
	Iceland	59		5						7		5	6						7					12			6	8			3
	Macedonia	14														2	4			2			1							5
	Malta	138	6		10	8	7	6		1	12		4		7	10	8	6						4	7	2	12	3	6		12	7
	Netherlands	63			4	3			10				2				12	3		3	7					12	5		2
	Poland	42	7					10		3				1	1								8					10			2
	Portugal	32	4		6									6	5				1				4	3						2		1
	Romania	11						4										1				6
	Russia	14				5				4				5
	Sweden	227	8	10	12	12	1	12	12	12		12	7	8			10	12	8	8	12		12	7	12	8	10	6		8		8
	Slovenia	30			2	1			4					3		5		10		1			2					2
	Slovakia	38		2			5				6				3	12						10
	Turkey	69		8		10					10	6		4		4			4	4		7			8	1			3

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the pre-qualifying round.

N.	Contestant	Voting nation
10	Sweden	Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Macedonia, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland
4	Ireland	Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, United Kingdom
3	Malta	Romania, Slovakia, Spain
	United Kingdom	Israel, Sweden, Turkey
2	Austria	France, Malta
	Netherlands	Hungary, Portugal
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Slovenia
	Cyprus	Greece
	Estonia	Russia
	Greece	Cyprus
	Iceland	Norway
	Slovakia	Croatia

Final

		Juries[7]
	Turkey	57		6	8			10	1		6				4		7	5		5			5
	United Kingdom	77	3			12	1	6	7	3	4		2		8			12	3		4			6	6
	Spain	17					2	5	4			6
	Portugal	92	5	2			12		10	1	10	5		12	5		6	6		3	10		1		4
	Cyprus	72		12	7	3		2	8	2	5	12			2				1	6				10	2
	Malta	68	10		10				12			8		1		4						6		12	5
	Croatia	98	8	4	5	10	8	7			1	1	6	7		3	5	4	6		5	2	10	5	1
	Austria	68	4			5		12				2	7		12	1			8			8	6	3
	Switzerland	22		3												2	4	2	4	4	3
	Greece	36		7			10	1			2			3			1					1		8	3
	Estonia	94		10	4		7			5				8	1	8	3		2	12	12	10			12
	Norway	114	2	8		2	3		5	8	7		5		7	10	10	8	7	7	8	4	3		10
	France	18		1		1							3	4				7		2
	Slovenia	16			1				6												1		8
	Netherlands	78	1		6	7	5			12	3		4		10	5		1	5		2	7	2		8
	Belgium	22		5	12				2				1				2
	Ireland	162	12			8	6	4		7	12	10	12	10	6	12	12	3		10		12	12	7	7
	Finland	9												2							7
	Iceland	51			3	6				6		3	8	5		6			10			3		1
	Poland	31	7				4			4		7											7	2
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13	6					3	3											1
	Slovakia	19			2			8				4										5
	Sweden	100				4				10	8		10	6	3	7	8	10	12	8	6		4	4

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 point in the final:^[7]

N.	Contestant	Voting nation
7	Ireland	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey
3	Estonia	Finland, Iceland, Sweden
2	Austria	France, Malta
	Cyprus	Greece, United Kingdom
	Malta	Croatia, Slovakia
	Portugal	Cyprus, Norway
	United Kingdom	Belgium, Portugal
1	Belgium	Spain
	Netherlands	Austria
	Sweden	Ireland

Good luck wishes

In 1996 all contestants were wished good luck by a politician from their own country in their own language. Those wishes were shown right before their performance. This was the only year in Eurovision with such wishes. These are the people who wished their country's participant good luck (language in parentheses):

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   Turkey - Süleyman Demirel, President of Turkey (Turkish)


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   United Kingdom - Virginia Bottomley, UK Secretary of State for National Heritage (English)


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   Spain - Don Alberto Escudero Claramunt, Spanish ambassador (Spanish)


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   Portugal - António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal (Portuguese)


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   Cyprus - Glafkos Klerides, President of Cyprus (Greek)


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   Malta - Edward Fenech Adami, Prime Minister of Malta (Maltese)


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   Croatia - Zlatko Mateša, Prime Minister of Croatia (Croatian)


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   Austria - Elisabeth Gehrer, Federal Minister of Education, Science and Culture of Austria (German)


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    Switzerland - Michel Coquoz, Swiss Chargé d'affaires (French)


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   Greece - Caterína Dimaki, Greek Chargé d'affaires (Greek)


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   Estonia - Tiit Vähi, Prime Minister of Estonia (Estonian)


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   Norway - Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister of Norway (Norwegian)


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   France - Philippe Douste-Blazy, Minister of Culture of France (French)


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   Slovenia - Milan Kučan, President of Slovenia (Slovene)


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   Netherlands - Aad Nuis, State Secretary of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands (Dutch)


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   Belgium - Luc Van den Brande, Prime Minister of Flanders (Dutch)


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   Ireland - John Bruton, Taoiseach (Prime Minister of Ireland) (English)


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   Finland - Riitta Uosukainen, Speaker of Parliament of Finland (Finnish)


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   Iceland - Davíð Oddsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (Icelandic)


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   Poland - Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland (Polish)


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   Bosnia and Herzegovina - Alija Izetbegović, Chairmen of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian)


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   Slovakia - Vladimír Mečiar, Prime Minister of Slovakia (Slovak)


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   Sweden - Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden (Swedish)

International broadcasts and voting

Voting and spokespersons

The order in which each country announced their votes was determined by order of performance in the contest. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.

1. 
    Turkey - Ömer Önder
   


2. 
    United Kingdom - Colin Berry
   


3. 
    Spain - Belén Fernández de Henestrosa


4. 
    Portugal - Cristina Rocha


5. 
    Cyprus - Marios Skordis^[8]
   


6. 
    Malta - Ruth Amaira


7. 
    Croatia - Daniela Trbović^[9]
   


8. 
    Austria - Martina Rupp


9. 
     Switzerland - Yves Ménestrier^[10]
   


10. 
     Greece - Niki Venega^[11]
    


11. 
     Estonia - Annika Talvik


12. 
     Norway - Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft
    


13. 
     France - Laurent Broomhead^[10]
    


14. 
     Slovenia - Mario Galunič


15. 
     Netherlands - Marcha (Dutch representative in 1987)


16. 
     Belgium - An Ploegaerts^[10][12]
    


17. 
     Ireland - Eileen Dunne
    


18. 
     Finland - Solveig Herlin^[13]
    


19. 
     Iceland - Svanhildur Konráðsdóttir


20. 
     Poland - Jan Chojnacki


21. 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina - Segmedina Srna


22. 
     Slovakia - Alena Heribanová


23. 
     Sweden - Ulla Rundqvist

Commentators

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   Austria - Ernst Grissemann (ORF1); Stermann & Grissemann (FM4)^[14]
  


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   Belgium - Dutch: Michel Follet and Johan Verstreken (BRTN TV1),^[15] Guy De Pré (BRTN Radio 2) French: Jean-Pierre Hautier and Sandra Kim (RTBF La Une);^[10] Alain Gerlache and Adrien Joveneau (RTBF La Première)^[10]
  


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   Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sead Bejtović (BHT)


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   Croatia - Aleksandar "Aco" Kostadinov (HRT 2);^[9] Draginja Balaš (HR 2)


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   Cyprus - Evi Papamichail (RIK 1);^[8] Pavlos Pavlou (CyBC Radio 2)^[8]
  


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   Denmark (non participating country) - Jørgen de Mylius (DR TV1); Camilla Miehe-Renard (DR P3)


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   Estonia - Jüri Pihel (Eesti Televisioon); Marko Reikop (Raadio 2)


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   Finland - Erkki Pohjanheimo and Sanna Kojo (YLE TV1);^[13] Iris Mattila and Pasi Hiihtola (YLE Radio Suomi)


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   France - Olivier Minne (France 2); Laurent Boyer (France Inter)^[10]
  


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   Germany (non participating country) - Ulf Ansorge (WDR Fernsehen/N3);^[16] Thomas Mohr(Deutschlandfunk/NDR 2)^[17]
  


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   Greece - Dafni Bokota (ET1);^[11] Giorgos Mitropoulos (ERA ERT1)


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   Hungary (non participating country) - István Vágó (MTV2)


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   Iceland - Jakob Frímann Magnússon (Sjónvarpið);^[18]Jakob Frímann Magnússon
  


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   Ireland - Pat Kenny (RTÉ One); Larry Gogan (RTÉ Radio 1)


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   Israel (non participating country) - No commentator


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   Macedonia (non participating country) - Vlado Janevski (MTV 1)


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   Malta - Charles Saliba (TVM)


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   Netherlands - Willem van Beusekom (Nederland 1); Hijlco Span (Radio 2)^[19]
  


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   Norway - Jostein Pedersen (NRK 1);^[20] Stein Dag Jensen and Anita Skorgan (NRK P1)^[21]
  


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   Poland - Dorota Osman (TVP1)^[22]
  


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   Portugal - Maria Margarida Gaspar (RTP1)


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   Romania (non participating country) - Doina Caramzulescu and Costin Grigore (TVR1)


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   Russia (non participating country) - Vadim Dolgachev (RTR)


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   Slovakia - Stanislav Ščepán (STV2)


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   Slovenia - Miša Molk (SLO1)


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   Spain - José Luis Uribarri (TVE1)^[23]
  


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   Sweden - Björn Kjellman (SVT1), Claes-Johan Larsson and Lisa Syrén (SR P3)


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    Switzerland - German: Sandra Studer (SF DRS), French: Pierre Grandjean (TSR),^[10]Italian: Joanne Holder (TSI)


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   Turkey - Bülend Özveren (TRT 1); Ümit Tunçağ (TRT Radyo 3)


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   United Kingdom - Terry Wogan (BBC1); Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2)


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   Yugoslavia (non participating country) - Mladen Popović (RTS2) (one day later)^[24]
  

National jury members

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   United Kingdom – James Cohen, Kevin Pilley
  


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   Spain – Montserrat Marial (businesswoman), Juan Diego Arranz (psychologist and teacher), Elvira Quintillá (actress), Álvaro de Luna (actor), Mónica Pont (actress), Mikel Herzog (singer, future Spanish entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998), María Mayor (model), José María Purón (composer), Anabel Conde (singer, Spanish entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995), José Sancho (actor), Asunción Embuena (TV hostess), Pedro Bermúdez "Azuquita" (singer), Adriana Vega (actress), Antonio Pinilla (student), Mabel Alfonso (singer and composer), Manuel Redondo (make-up artist and gemologist)


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   Portugal – Nucha, Jan van Dijck, Pedro Miguéis
  


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   Cyprus – Elias Antoniades, Marios Kalotychos
  


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   Malta – Adrian Muscat Inglott
  


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   Greece – Agni Hatzikotaki, Antonis Papaioannou, Litsa Sakellariou, Giannis Dimitras (singer, Greek entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981), Andreas Hatziapostolou, Spiros Papavasiliou, Stamatis Mazaris, Nikos Tsolakis, Artemi Plessa, Sofia-Marina Athanasiou, Eleni-Zina Bilisi, Sokratis Rousopoulos, Kiriaki Tzekou, Nikolaos Papanikolaou, Ioannis Trahanas, Panagiota Kesari
  


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   Estonia – Urmas Lattikas (Estonian conductor in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994)


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   Netherlands – Coot van Doesburgh, Frank Wetsteyn, Miron Komarnicki, Bart de Wit
  


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   Finland – Villemarkus Elorinne, Maarit Hurmerinta^[25]
  


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   Iceland – Paul Oscar (future Icelandic entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997), Reynir Þór Eggertsson
  


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   Poland – Justyna (Polish entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995), Kayah, Grzegorz Ciechowski, Ewa Bem, Urszula
  


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   Slovakia – Helena Krajčiová, Martin Hudec, Dana Gavaľová, Radovan Slaninka, Dagmar Livorová, Juraj Žák, Daniel Kucej, Štefan Baksa, Eva Tunegová, Pavel Zajáček, Terézia Vojtková, Mária Puškárová, Marta Kružíková, Jozef Ďurďina, Beáta Hanulíková, Anton Vranka
  

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