Eurovision Song Contest 1996

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Eurovision Song Contest 1996
ESC 1996 logo.svg
Dates
Final18 May 1996 (1996-05-18)
Host
Venue Oslo Spektrum
Oslo, Norway
Presenter(s)
Musical director Frode Thingnæs
DirectorPål Veiglum
EBU scrutineerChristine Marchal-Ortiz
Executive producer Odd Arvid Strømstad
Host broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Website eurovision.tv/event/oslo-1996 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries23
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
  • ESC 1996 Map 2.svg
         Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the qualifying round     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1996
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.

Contents

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

Oslo Spektrum , Oslo - host venue of the 1996 contest Oslo Spektrum, 2022.jpg
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

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]

Entires which failed to progress from the qualifying round [8]
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriter(s)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DR Dorthe Andersen  [ dk ] and Martin Loft  [ dk ]" Kun med dig " Danish
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany NDR [b] Leon "Planet of Blue" German
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary MTV Gjon Delhusa "Fortuna" Hungarian Gjon Delhusa
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel IBA Galit Bell  [ he ]"Shalom Olam" (שלום עולם) Hebrew
  • Eyal Madan
  • Doron Vitenberg
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia MRT Kaliopi "Samo ti" (Само ти) Macedonian Kaliopi
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania TVR Monica Anghel and Sincron"Rugă pentru pacea lumii" Romanian
  • Cornel Fugaru
  • Mirela Voiculescu
Flag of Russia.svg  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. Morten Harket FFM13 001.jpg
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

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

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

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

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

Qualifying round

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/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria George Nussbaumer"Weil's dr guat got"806
2Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Amila Glamočak "Za našu ljubav"2921
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Lisa del Bo " Liefde is een kaartspel "4512
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Kathy Leander "Mon cœur l'aime"678
5Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Constantinos "Mono gia mas"4215
6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Leon "Planet of Blue"2424
7Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Dorthe Andersen and Martin Loft"Kun med dig"2225
8Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Maarja-Liis Ilus and Ivo Linna " Kaelakee hääl "1065
9Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Antonio Carbonell "Ay, qué deseo"4314
10Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Jasmine "Niin kaunis on taivas"2622
11Flag of France.svg  France Dan Ar Braz and l'Héritage des Celtes "Diwanit bugale"5511
12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Gina G "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"1533
13Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Marianna Efstratiou "Emis forame to himona anixiatika"4512
14Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Maja Blagdan "Sveta ljubav"3019
15Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Gjon Delhusa "Fortuna"2623
16Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Eimear Quinn "The Voice"1982
17Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Galit Bell"Shalom Olam"1228
18Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Anna Mjöll "Sjúbídú"5910
19Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Kaliopi "Samo ti"1426
20Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Miriam Christine "In a Woman's Heart"1384
21Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Maxine and Franklin Brown "De eerste keer"639
22Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Kasia Kowalska "Chcę znać swój grzech"4215
23Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Lúcia Moniz "O meu coração não tem cor"3218
24Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Monica Anghel and Sincron"Rugă pentru pacea lumii"1129
25Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Andrey Kosinskiy"Ya eto ya"1426
26Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden One More Time " Den vilda "2271
27Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Regina "Dan najlepših sanj"3019
28Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Marcel Palonder "Kým nás máš"3817
29Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Şebnem Paker "Beşinci Mevsim"697

Final

Eimear Quinn, the winning artist of the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest Eimear Quinn tijdens Het Grote Songfestivalfeest 2019.jpg
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/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Şebnem Paker "Beşinci Mevsim"5712
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Gina G "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"778
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Antonio Carbonell "Ay, qué deseo"1720
4Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Lúcia Moniz "O meu coração não tem cor"926
5Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Constantinos "Mono gia mas"729
6Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Miriam Christine "In a Woman's Heart"6810
7Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Maja Blagdan "Sveta ljubav"984
8Flag of Austria.svg  Austria George Nussbaumer"Weil's dr guat got"6810
9Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Kathy Leander "Mon cœur l'aime"2216
10Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Marianna Efstratiou "Emis forame to himona anixiatika"3614
11Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Maarja-Liis Ilus and Ivo Linna " Kaelakee hääl "945
12Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Elisabeth Andreassen " I evighet "1142
13Flag of France.svg  France Dan Ar Braz and l'Héritage des Celtes "Diwanit bugale"1819
14Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Regina "Dan najlepših sanj"1621
15Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Maxine and Franklin Brown "De eerste keer"787
16Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Lisa del Bo " Liefde is een kaartspel "2216
17Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Eimear Quinn "The Voice"1621
18Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Jasmine "Niin kaunis on taivas"923
19Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Anna Mjöll "Sjúbídú"5113
20Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Kasia Kowalska "Chcę znać swój grzech"3115
21Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Amila Glamočak "Za našu ljubav"1322
22Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Marcel Palonder "Kým nás máš"1918
23Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden One More Time " Den vilda "1003

Spokespersons

Ragnhild Saelthun Fjortoft, the Norwegian spokesperson Ragnhild Saelthun Fjortoft.jpeg
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. Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey – Ömer Önder  [ tr ]
  2. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom – Colin Berry [49]
  3. Flag of Spain.svg Spain –Belén Fernández de Henestrosa [49]
  4. Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal –Cristina Rocha
  5. Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus –Marios Skordis
  6. Flag of Malta.svg Malta –Ruth Amaira
  7. Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia – Daniela Trbović  [ hr ] [52]
  8. Flag of Austria.svg Austria – Martina Rupp  [ de ]
  9. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland –Yves Ménestrier
  10. Flag of Greece.svg Greece –Niki Venega
  11. Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia –Annika Talvik [53]
  12. Flag of Norway.svg Norway – Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft [18]
  13. Flag of France.svg France – Laurent Broomhead
  14. Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia – Mario Galunič  [ sl ]
  15. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands – Marcha
  16. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium –An Ploegaerts
  17. Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland – Eileen Dunne [54]
  18. Flag of Finland.svg Finland –Solveig Herlin
  19. Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland –Svanhildur Konráðsdóttir
  20. Flag of Poland.svg Poland –Jan Chojnacki
  21. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg Bosnia and Herzegovina –Segmedina Srna
  22. Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia – Alena Heribanová  [ sk ]
  23. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden –Ulla Rundqvist [55]

Detailed voting results

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

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
Austria80616125212631012527
Bosnia and Herzegovina2923316212
Belgium458474624622
Switzerland673337578563746
Cyprus42421255446
Germany24551031
Denmark2243122145
Estonia106554888165110105531273
Spain43244881484
Finland266857
France5568356106443
United Kingdom15310710572710178123781108121512
Greece4512772557
Croatia30172131186
Hungary26121623371
Ireland1981212878310210812102101266103710101010
Israel12345
Iceland595756712683
Macedonia1424215
Malta1386108761124710864721236127
Netherlands6343102123371252
Poland427103118102
Portugal32466514321
Romania11416
Russia14545
Sweden2278101212112121212781012881212712810688
Slovenia302143510122
Slovakia3825631210
Turkey6981010644447813

12 points

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.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
10Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium , Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark , Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia , Flag of Finland.svg  Finland , Flag of Germany.svg  Germany , Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland , Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia , Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands , Flag of Poland.svg  Poland , Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
4Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Flag of Austria.svg  Austria , Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina , Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland , Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
3Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Flag of Romania.svg  Romania , Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia , Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Flag of Israel.svg  Israel , Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden , Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Flag of France.svg  France , Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary , Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
1Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia

Final

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
Turkey5768101647555
United Kingdom773121673428123466
Spain172546
Portugal9252121011051256631014
Cyprus721273282512216102
Malta681010128146125
Croatia98845108711673546521051
Austria684512271218863
Switzerland223242443
Greece367101231183
Estonia94104758183212121012
Norway114282358757101087784310
France18113472
Slovenia161618
Netherlands7816751234105152728
Belgium22512212
Ireland1621286471210121061212310121277
Finland927
Iceland5136638561031
Poland31744772
Bosnia and Herzegovina136331
Slovakia192845
Sweden100410810637810128644

12 points

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.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
7Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina , Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia , Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands , Flag of Poland.svg  Poland , Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia , Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland , Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
3Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Flag of Finland.svg  Finland , Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland , Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Flag of France.svg  France , Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Flag of Greece.svg  Greece , Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia , Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus , Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium , Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland

Broadcasts

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 non-participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref.
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia SBS SBS TV [e] [95]
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR DR TV Jørgen de Mylius [96]
DR P3 Katrine Nyland Sørensen, Martin Loft and Marianne Dinesen
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands SvF [97]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany MDR MDR Fernsehen [f] Ulf Ansorge  [ de ] [65] [98] [99]
NDR/RB N3 [f]
SFB B1 [f]
WDR WDR Fernsehen [f]
Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland KNR KNR [g] Jørgen de Mylius [100]
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary MTV MTV 2 István Vágó [101]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel IBA Channel 1 [102]
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan JRTV JTV2 [103]
Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Lithuania LRT LTV [104]
Flag of Romania.svg Romania TVR TVR 1 Doina Caramzulescu and Costin Grigore [105] [106]
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Yugoslavia RTS RTS 2 [107]

Notes and references

Notes

  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. 1 2 3 4 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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