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Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Dates
Final18 May 1996 (1996-05-18)
Host
VenueOslo Spektrum
Oslo, Norway
Presenter(s)
Musical directorFrode Thingnæs
DirectorPål Veiglum
EBU scrutineerChristine Marchal-Ortiz
Executive producerOdd Arvid Strømstad
Host broadcasterNorsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/oslo-1996 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries23
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
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Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their ten favourite songs
Winning song
1995 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1997

The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 May 1996 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) and presented by Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket, the contest was held in Norway following the country's victory at the 1995 contest with the song "Nocturne" by Secret Garden.

Thirty countries submitted entries to the contest, with a non-public, audio-only qualifying round held two months before the final to reduce the number of participants from 30 to 23. The entries from Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Macedonia, Romania, and Russia were subsequently eliminated, which resulted in Germany being absent from the contest for the first – and as of 2024 only – time.

The winner was Ireland with the song "The Voice", written by Brendan Graham and performed by Eimear Quinn. This gave the nation a record-extending seventh contest win, their fourth win in five years, with Graham also recording his second win as a songwriter in three years after having written the winning song at the 1994 contest. Norway, Sweden, Croatia, and Estonia took the remaining places in the top five, with Croatia, Estonia, and Portugal, which placed sixth, achieving their best results to date. This was the final contest where the results were determined solely by jury voting, with a trial use of televoting in the following year's event leading to widespread adoption from 1998 onwards.

Location

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Oslo Spektrum, Oslo – host venue of the 1996 contest

The 1996 contest took place in Oslo, Norway, following the country's victory at the 1995 contest with the song "Nocturne", performed by Secret Garden. It was the second time that Norway had hosted the contest, following the 1986 contest staged in Bergen.[1] The chosen venue was the Oslo Spektrum, an indoor arena opened in 1990 and located in the Sentrum district of the city, which has hosted music concerts, ice hockey matches, and the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert.[2][3] Around 6,000 spectators were present in the venue during the contest.[4][5][6]

Participating countries

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Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1996 – Participation summaries by country
Countries in italics failed to progress from the qualifying round

A total of thirty countries submitted entries for the 1996 contest, however per the rules of the event only twenty-three countries would be allowed to participate. Norway, by virtue of being the host country, was guaranteed a place, with all remaining countries competing in the qualifying round in order to gain a spot in the event.[7] Initially broadcasters from thirty-three countries expressed an interest in participating, however planned entries from Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine failed to materialise; these nations would eventually make their contest debuts in the 2000s.[8]

Three representatives who had performed as lead artists in previous contests featured among the performers at this event. Marianna Efstratiou represented Greece for the second time, having previously competed in the 1989 contest, while Elisabeth Andreassen made her fourth contest appearance, having competed for Sweden in 1982 as a member of the band Chips, as well as representing Norway twice, winning the contest in 1985 as a member of Bobbysocks! and performing with Jan Werner Danielsen in 1994.[9] Additionally, Georgina Abela, who had represented Malta at the 1991 contest with Paul Giordimaina, returned as a backing singer for the Maltese entrant Miriam Christine.[10]

Participants in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996[9][11]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Conductor
 Austria ORF George Nussbaumer [de] "Weil's dr guat got" German[a]
  • Mischa Krausz
  • George Nussbaumer
 Mischa Krausz
 Belgium BRTN Lisa del Bo "Liefde is een kaartspel" Dutch
Bob Porter
 Bosnia and Herzegovina RTVBiH Amila Glamočak "Za našu ljubav" Bosnian
Sinan Alimanović
 Croatia HRT Maja Blagdan "Sveta ljubav" Croatian Zrinko Tutić Alan Bjelinski
 Cyprus CyBC Constantinos "Mono gia mas" (Μόνο για μας) Greek
  • Andreas Giorgallis
  • Rodoula Papalambrianou
 Stavros Lantsias
 Estonia ETV Maarja-Liis Ilus and Ivo Linna "Kaelakee hääl" Estonian
  • Priit Pajusaar
  • Kaari Sillamaa
 Tarmo Leinatamm
 Finland YLE Jasmine "Niin kaunis on taivas" Finnish Timo Niemi Olli Ahvenlahti
 France France Télévision Dan Ar Braz and l'Héritage des Celtes "Diwanit bugale" Breton Dan Ar Braz Fiachra Trench
 Greece ERT Marianna Efstratiou "Emis forame to himona anixiatika"
(Εμείς φοράμε το χειμώνα ανοιξιάτικα) 		Greek
Mihalis Rozakis
 Iceland RÚV Anna Mjöll "Sjúbídú" Icelandic
Ólafur Gaukur Þórhallsson
 Ireland RTÉ Eimear Quinn "The Voice" English Brendan Graham Noel Kelehan
 Malta PBS Miriam Christine "In a Woman's Heart" English
  • Paul Abela
  • Alfred Sant
 Paul Abela
 Netherlands NOS Maxine and Franklin Brown "De eerste keer" Dutch
Dick Bakker
 Norway NRK Elisabeth Andreassen "I evighet" Norwegian Torhild Nigar Frode Thingnæs
 Poland TVP Kasia Kowalska "Chcę znać swój grzech" Polish
Wiesław Pieregorólka
 Portugal RTP Lúcia Moniz "O meu coração não tem cor" Portuguese
  • José Fanha
  • Pedro Osório
 Pedro Osório
 Slovakia STV Marcel Palonder "Kým nás máš" Slovak
  • Juraj Burian
  • Jozef Urban
 Juraj Burian
 Slovenia RTVSLO Regina "Dan najlepših sanj" Slovene Aleksander Kogoj Jože Privšek
 Spain TVE Antonio Carbonell "Ay, qué deseo" Spanish
Eduardo Leiva
 Sweden SVT One More Time "Den vilda" Swedish
Anders Berglund
  Switzerland SRG SSR Kathy Leander "Mon cœur l'aime" French Régis Mounir Rui dos Reis
 Turkey TRT Şebnem Paker "Beşinci Mevsim" Turkish
 United Kingdom BBC Gina G "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" English
Ernie Dunstall
Entires which failed to progress from the qualifying round[8]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
 Denmark DR Dorthe Andersen [dk] and Martin Loft [dk] "Kun med dig" Danish
 Germany NDR[b] Leon "Planet of Blue" German
 Hungary MTV Gjon Delhusa "Fortuna" Hungarian Gjon Delhusa
 Israel IBA Galit Bell [he] "Shalom Olam" (שלום עולם) Hebrew
  • Eyal Madan
  • Doron Vitenberg
 Macedonia MRT Kaliopi "Samo ti" (Само ти) Macedonian Kaliopi
 Romania TVR Monica Anghel and Sincron "Rugă pentru pacea lumii" Romanian
  • Cornel Fugaru
  • Mirela Voiculescu
 Russia RTR Andrey Kosinskiy [ru] "Ya eto ya" (Я это я) Russian
  • Nikolai Denisov
  • Andrey Kosinskiy

Production

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Oslo City Hall, location of the welcome reception
In addition to serving as co-presenter of the 1996 contest, Morten Harket (pictured in 2013) also performed as the show's opening act.

The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was produced by the Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK). Odd Arvid Strømstad served as executive producer, Pål Veiglum served as director, Bjarte Ulfstein served as designer, and Frode Thingnæs served as musical director, leading the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.[7][13] A separate musical director could be nominated by each country to lead the orchestra during their performance, with the host musical director also available to conduct for those countries which did not nominate their own conductor.[9][14] On behalf of the contest organisers, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the event was overseen by Christine Marchal-Ortiz as scrutineer.[15][16][17]

The show was presented by the Norwegian journalist and television presenter Ingvild Bryn and the Norwegian singer Morten Harket, lead vocalist of the Norwegian band a-ha.[7][18][19] The contest underwent a re-brand for this edition, as NRK set out to improve the image of the competition and broaden its audience appeal.[20] The event was referred to by the hosts and through on-screen captions as Eurosong '96, the only occasion in which this contraction was officially used to refer to the event.[4][7]

Rehearsals in the contest venue for the competing acts began on 13 May 1996. Each country had two technical rehearsals in the week approaching the contest, with countries rehearsing in the order in which they would perform. The first rehearsals took place on 13 and 14 May, with each country allowed 40 minutes total on stage, followed by 20 minutes to review recordings with producers and to consult on suggested changes, and then a 20-minute press conference. Each country's second rehearsals took place on 15 and 16 May, with 30 minutes total on stage followed by another 20 minute press conference. A full technical rehearsal with all artists took place on the afternoon of 17 May, followed by two dress rehearsals with an audience on the evening of 17 May and the following afternoon.[4] The competing delegations were invited to a welcome reception during the week in the build-up to the event, hosted by the Mayor of Oslo at Oslo City Hall on the evening of 13 May, as well as to events during the rehearsal week including a sailing trip on the Oslofjord and a trip to the Norsk Folkemuseum in Bygdøy where a special Eurovision-themed exhibition had been installed.[4][6][21]

NRK introduced visual effects to the contest for the first time.[22] Computer-generated imagery (CGI) was featured as overlays during the broadcast of the competing entries, and the voting segment was conducted via chroma key technology built by Silicon Graphics; during this segment host Ingvild Bryn was situated in the "blue room", a special area to the side of the stage with a blue-coloured background, which allowed the contest scoreboard to be rendered virtually using CGI.[18][23][22] The chroma key virtual display also included live footage of the artists in the green room backstage, as well as the video feeds of each country's spokespersons as they delivered their country's points.[7][24]

Format

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Each participating broadcaster submitted one song, which was required to be no longer than three minutes in duration and performed in the language, or one of the languages, of the country which it represented.[25][26] A maximum of six performers were allowed on stage during each country's performance, and all participants were required to have reached the age of 16 in the year of the contest.[25][27] Each entry could utilise all or part of the live orchestra and could use instrumental-only backing tracks, however any backing tracks used could only include the sound of instruments featured on stage being mimed by the performers.[27][28]

New qualification system

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In 1996, a trial qualification process replaced the relegation system used from 1993 to 1995, whereby the lowest-ranked countries in each final were eliminated from the following year's contest. Under the new procedure, an audio preselection was organised for all participating countries, apart from the host country Norway, which received an automatic right to compete in the final, to be joined by an additional 22 countries. National juries in all competing countries, including Norway, listened to the submitted entries on audio tape, with juries required to listen to all songs three times before voting. Each of the eight members on each country's jury awarded their favourite song twelve points, their second-favourite ten points, their third-favourite eight points, with subsequent points being awarded consecutively down to each juror's tenth-favourite song being awarded one point, with the points awarded by all jurors being totalled to determine each country's top ten songs which were awarded points in the same manner. Jury members who voted in the qualifying round were not allowed to sit on the jury for the final.[8][18]

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) required all entries to be submitted by 20 March 1996.[8] Jury voting was held on 20 and 21 March, with the qualifying countries publicly revealed on 22 March, at the same time as the running order draw for the final was conducted.[29][30] The full results of how individual juries had voted was not intended to be revealed publicly, but the full breakdown has since become available.[5][8]

Voting procedure

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Further information: Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest

The results of the 1996 contest were determined using the scoring system introduced in 1975: each country awarded twelve points to its favourite entry, followed by ten points to its second favourite, and then awarded points in decreasing value from eight to one for the remaining songs which featured in the country's top ten, with countries unable to vote for their own entry.[31] The points awarded by each country were determined by an assembled jury of sixteen individuals, which was required to be split evenly between members of the public and music professionals, between men and women, and by age. Each jury member voted in secret and awarded between one and ten votes to each participating song, excluding that from their own country and with no abstentions permitted. The votes of each member were collected following the country's performance and then tallied by the non-voting jury chairperson to determine the points to be awarded. In any cases where two or more songs in the top ten received the same number of votes, a show of hands by all jury members was used to determine the final placing.[32][33] This was the last occasion that juries alone decided the result of the contest, as five nations introduced public televoting as a trial in 1997, and almost all other countries followed suit the next year.[7][28]

Postcards

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The "postcards" were 70-second video introductions shown on television whilst the stage is being prepared for the next contestant to perform their entry; the postcards for each country at the 1996 contest was made up of three segments. In the first segment the participating country was highlighted geographically on a map of Europe, followed by video footage of that country's competing artist or artists in their home country during their day-to-day lives, which also featured each artist packing a branded backpack with important items which they would take with them to Oslo. The second segment featured footage of nature scenes in Norway as well as Norwegian people in everyday life, often accompanied by music from Norwegian electronic group Subgud. The final segment consisted of a pre-recorded good luck message from a representative of each respective country in the language of that country.[34][35] The seniority of these figures varied between the different countries; among the contributors were then-President of Turkey Süleyman Demirel, who survived an assassination attempt on the day of the contest, and then-Prime Minister of Portugal António Guterres, who would later become the Secretary-General of the United Nations in 2017.[4][36][37] The individuals who provided messages for each country are shown below, alongside the position which they held at the time of the contest and the language in which they provided their message.[34]

Contest overview

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Qualifying round

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The qualifying round took place on 20 and 21 March 1996, and the results were announced on 22 March.[29][30] The table below outlines the participating countries, the order in which the juries listened to the entries, the competing artists and songs, and the results of the voting. Countries were ordered alphabetically by ISO two-letter country code.[8]

The entries from Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Macedonia, Romania, and Russia were eliminated following the qualifying round.[5][7][8] This marked the first time that Germany was absent from the contest and remains the only occasion to date where the nation has not participated in the contest final.[7][38] Additionally Macedonia's first attempt to compete in the contest is not considered a debut entry by the EBU, with the nation eventually going on to make their official televised debut in 1998.[39]

Hungary and Finland tied on the same score for the final qualification place, however Finland qualified for the contest due to them having received the highest individual score (8 points) compared to Hungary (7 points).[8]

Results of the qualifying round of the Eurovision Song Contest 1996[8][40]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Austria George Nussbaumer "Weil's dr guat got" 80 6
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina Amila Glamočak "Za našu ljubav" 29 21
3  Belgium Lisa del Bo "Liefde is een kaartspel" 45 12
4   Switzerland Kathy Leander "Mon cœur l'aime" 67 8
5  Cyprus Constantinos "Mono gia mas" 42 15
6  Germany Leon "Planet of Blue" 24 24
7  Denmark Dorthe Andersen and Martin Loft "Kun med dig" 22 25
8  Estonia Maarja-Liis Ilus and Ivo Linna "Kaelakee hääl" 106 5
9  Spain Antonio Carbonell "Ay, qué deseo" 43 14
10  Finland Jasmine "Niin kaunis on taivas" 26 22
11  France Dan Ar Braz and l'Héritage des Celtes "Diwanit bugale" 55 11
12  United Kingdom Gina G "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" 153 3
13  Greece Marianna Efstratiou "Emis forame to himona anixiatika" 45 12
14  Croatia Maja Blagdan "Sveta ljubav" 30 19
15  Hungary Gjon Delhusa "Fortuna" 26 23
16  Ireland Eimear Quinn "The Voice" 198 2
17  Israel Galit Bell "Shalom Olam" 12 28
18  Iceland Anna Mjöll "Sjúbídú" 59 10
19  Macedonia Kaliopi "Samo ti" 14 26
20  Malta Miriam Christine "In a Woman's Heart" 138 4
21  Netherlands Maxine and Franklin Brown "De eerste keer" 63 9
22  Poland Kasia Kowalska "Chcę znać swój grzech" 42 15
23  Portugal Lúcia Moniz "O meu coração não tem cor" 32 18
24  Romania Monica Anghel and Sincron "Rugă pentru pacea lumii" 11 29
25  Russia Andrey Kosinskiy "Ya eto ya" 14 26
26  Sweden One More Time "Den vilda" 227 1
27  Slovenia Regina "Dan najlepših sanj" 30 19
28  Slovakia Marcel Palonder "Kým nás máš" 38 17
29  Turkey Şebnem Paker "Beşinci Mevsim" 69 7

Final

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Eimear Quinn, the winning artist of the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest

The contest took place on 18 May 1996 at 21:00 (CEST) and lasted 3 hours and 7 minutes.[7][9] In addition to his role as host, Harket also performed the song "Heaven's Not for Saints" as the show's opening act.[4] The interval act, entitled "Vardebrenning" or "Beacon Burning", was created by Petter Skavlan. The act featured a film montage created by Nils Gaup which combined stev, jazz, and Norwegian folk music as part of a musical tour of Norway, followed by a dance number performed live in the Oslo Spektrum by the Oslo Danse Ensemble, composed by Egil Monn-Iversen and choreographed by Runar Borge. The film section featured performances by Torbjørg Aamlid Paus, Bukkene Bruse, Bendik Hofseth, Håvard Gimse, Helge Kjekshus, the Brazz Brothers, Mari Boine and Terje Rypdal.[34][41]

The winner was Ireland, represented by the song "The Voice", written by Brendan Graham and performed by Eimear Quinn.[42] This was Ireland's seventh contest win, extending their record achieved in 1994, as well as their fourth contest win in five years following their victories in the 1992, 1993 and 1994 contests.[43] Graham recorded his second contest win in three years as a songwriter, having written the winning song of the 1994 contest "Rock 'n' Roll Kids", and thus became one of five individuals to have won the contest more than once as an artist or songwriter up to that point in time, alongside Willy van Hemert, Yves Dessca, Johnny Logan and Rolf Løvland.[18][44] Croatia, Estonia and Portugal achieved their highest placings to date by finishing fourth, fifth and sixth respectively, while Finland finished in last place for the eighth time.[45][46][47][48]

During the announcement of the Spanish votes, the Spanish spokesperson Belén Fernández de Henestrosa referred to the Netherlands as "Holland", which was misheard by Ingvild Bryn as "Poland" and which resulted in the Spanish six points being incorrectly attributed to the latter country.[34] The results of the contest were amended after the event to correct this error, and the tables in this article present the corrected results as published by the EBU.[49]

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1996[9][50]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Turkey Şebnem Paker "Beşinci Mevsim" 57 12
2  United Kingdom Gina G "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" 77 8
3  Spain Antonio Carbonell "Ay, qué deseo" 17 20
4  Portugal Lúcia Moniz "O meu coração não tem cor" 92 6
5  Cyprus Constantinos "Mono gia mas" 72 9
6  Malta Miriam Christine "In a Woman's Heart" 68 10
7  Croatia Maja Blagdan "Sveta ljubav" 98 4
8  Austria George Nussbaumer "Weil's dr guat got" 68 10
9   Switzerland Kathy Leander "Mon cœur l'aime" 22 16
10  Greece Marianna Efstratiou "Emis forame to himona anixiatika" 36 14
11  Estonia Maarja-Liis Ilus and Ivo Linna "Kaelakee hääl" 94 5
12  Norway Elisabeth Andreassen "I evighet" 114 2
13  France Dan Ar Braz and l'Héritage des Celtes "Diwanit bugale" 18 19
14  Slovenia Regina "Dan najlepših sanj" 16 21
15  Netherlands Maxine and Franklin Brown "De eerste keer" 78 7
16  Belgium Lisa del Bo "Liefde is een kaartspel" 22 16
17  Ireland Eimear Quinn "The Voice" 162 1
18  Finland Jasmine "Niin kaunis on taivas" 9 23
19  Iceland Anna Mjöll "Sjúbídú" 51 13
20  Poland Kasia Kowalska "Chcę znać swój grzech" 31 15
21  Bosnia and Herzegovina Amila Glamočak "Za našu ljubav" 13 22
22  Slovakia Marcel Palonder "Kým nás máš" 19 18
23  Sweden One More Time "Den vilda" 100 3

Spokespersons

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Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft, the Norwegian spokesperson

Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for their respective country.[25] As had been the case since the 1994 contest, the spokespersons were connected via satellite and appeared in vision during the broadcast, with the exception of the Norwegian spokesperson, Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft, who appeared in person in the Oslo Spektrum.[18][51] Spokespersons at the 1996 contest are listed below.[34]

  1.  Turkey – Ömer Önder [tr]
  2.  United Kingdom – Colin Berry[49]
  3.  Spain – Belén Fernández de Henestrosa[49]
  4.  Portugal – Cristina Rocha
  5.  Cyprus – Marios Skordis
  6.  Malta – Ruth Amaira
  7.  Croatia – Daniela Trbović [hr][52]
  8.  Austria – Martina Rupp [de]
  9.   Switzerland – Yves Ménestrier
  10.  Greece – Niki Venega
  11.  Estonia – Annika Talvik[53]
  12.  Norway – Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft[18]
  13.  France – Laurent Broomhead
  14.  Slovenia – Mario Galunič [sl]
  15.  Netherlands – Marcha
  16.  Belgium – An Ploegaerts
  17.  Ireland – Eileen Dunne[54]
  18.  Finland – Solveig Herlin
  19.  Iceland – Svanhildur Konráðsdóttir
  20.  Poland – Jan Chojnacki
  21.  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Segmedina Srna
  22.  Slovakia – Alena Heribanová [sk]
  23.  Sweden – Ulla Rundqvist[55]

Detailed voting results

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Jury voting was used to determine the points awarded by all countries.[49] The announcement of the results from each country was conducted in the order in which they performed, with the spokespersons announcing their country's points in English or French in ascending order.[34] The detailed breakdown of the points awarded by each country is listed in the tables below.

Qualifying round

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Detailed voting results in the qualifying round[56]
Total score
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Belgium
Switzerland
Cyprus
Germany
Denmark
Estonia
Spain
Finland
France
United Kingdom
Greece
Croatia
Hungary
Ireland
Israel
Iceland
Macedonia
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Sweden
Slovenia
Slovakia
Turkey
Contestants
 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

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The below table summarises how the maximum 12 points were awarded from one country to another in the qualifying round.[56]

Distribution of 12 points awarded at the qualifying round[56]
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
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

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Detailed voting results in the final[49][57][58]
Total score
Turkey
United Kingdom
Spain
Portugal
Cyprus
Malta
Croatia
Austria
Switzerland
Greece
Estonia
Norway
France
Slovenia
Netherlands
Belgium
Ireland
Finland
Iceland
Poland
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slovakia
Sweden
Contestants
 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

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The below table summarises how the maximum 12 points were awarded from one country to another in the final. The winning country is shown in bold.[57][58]

Distribution of 12 points awarded at the final[57][58]
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
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

Broadcasts

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Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.[27] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref.
 Austria ORF ORF 1 Ernst Grissemann [59][60]
FM4 Stermann & Grissemann [61]
 Belgium BRTN TV1 Michel Follet and Johan Verstreken [62][63]
Radio 2 Guy De Pré [nl] and Bart Pieters [64]
RTBF RTBF1 Jean-Pierre Hautier and Sandra Kim [65][66]
 Croatia HRT HRT1 Aleksandar Kostadinov [52]
 Cyprus CyBC RIK 1 Evi Papamichail [67]
 Estonia ETV [68]
 Finland YLE TV1 Erkki Pohjanheimo, Sanna Kojo and Minna Pentti [69][70]
Radio Suomi Iris Mattila and Pasi Hiihtola [70]
 France France Télévision France 2 Olivier Minne [71]
 Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið, Rás 2 Jakob Frímann Magnússon [72]
 Ireland RTÉ RTÉ One Pat Kenny [73]
RTÉ Radio 1 Larry Gogan [73][74]
 Malta PBS TVM Charles Saliba [75]
 Netherlands NOS TV2 Willem van Beusekom [62]
Radio 2 Hijlco Span [62][76]
 Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet Jostein Pedersen [77][78]
NRK P1 Stein Dag Jensen [no] and Anita Skorgan [77][79]
 Poland TVP TVP1 Dorota Osman [80][81]
 Portugal RTP RTP1[c] [83]
 Slovakia STV STV2 [84]
 Slovenia RTVSLO SLO 1 [sl] Miša Molk [85]
Val 202 [86]
 Spain TVE La Primera José Luis Uribarri [87]
 Sweden SVT SVT2 Björn Kjellman [88]
SR SR P3 Claes-Johan Larsson and Lisa Syrén [89]
  Switzerland SRG SSR Schweiz 4 Sandra Studer [59]
TSR Pierre Grandjean [90]
Radio Z [de] [91]
 Turkey TRT TRT 1 [92]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC1[d] Terry Wogan [93]
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce [94]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref.
 Australia SBS SBS TV[e] [95]
 Denmark DR DR TV Jørgen de Mylius [96]
DR P3 Katrine Nyland Sørensen, Martin Loft and Marianne Dinesen
 Faroe Islands SvF [97]
 Germany MDR MDR Fernsehen[f] Ulf Ansorge [de] [65][98][99]
NDR/RB N3[f]
SFB B1[f]
WDR WDR Fernsehen[f]
 Greenland KNR KNR[g] Jørgen de Mylius [100]
 Hungary MTV MTV 2 István Vágó [101]
 Israel IBA Channel 1 [102]
 Jordan JRTV JTV2 [103]
 Lithuania LRT LTV [104]
 Romania TVR TVR 1 Doina Caramzulescu and Costin Grigore [105][106]
Yugoslavia RTS RTS 2 [107]

Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ Specifically Vorarlbergisch, a High Alemannic dialect
  2. ^ On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[12]
  3. ^ Additional live broadcast on RTP Internacional[82]
  4. ^ Additional live broadcast on BBC Prime[82]
  5. ^ Deferred broadcast on 19 May at 20:30 (AEST)[95]
  6. ^ a b c d The contest was broadcast live on select Third Program [de] channels of Germany's ARD, with a deferred broadcast on Das Erste at 00:35 (CEST).[65][98][99]
  7. ^ Deferred broadcast at 21:45 (WGST)[100]

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