Eurovision Song Contest 1997

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Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Eurovision Song Contest Logo 1997.svg
Dates
Final 3 May 1997
Host
Venue Point Theatre
Dublin, Ireland
Presenter(s)
Conductor Frank McNamara
Directed by Ian McGarry
Executive supervisor Marie-Claire Vionnet
Executive producer Noel Curran
Host broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
Interval act "Let The Message Run Free" performed by Ronan Keating & Boyzone
Participants
Number of entries 25
Debuting countries None
Returning countries
Withdrawing countries
Participation map
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Vote
Voting system Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Nul points
Winning song

The Eurovision Song Contest 1997, was the 42nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Dublin, Ireland, following Eimear Quinn's win at the 1996 contest in Oslo, Norway with the song "The Voice". This was a record seventh hosting of the event for Ireland, and the fourth in five years.

The contest was held at the Point Theatre on 3 May 1997. Carrie Crowley and Boyzone member Ronan Keating were the presenters of the show.[1] Twenty-five countries took part in the 1997 Contest, which saw Italy return after a three-year absence - the last participation being in 1993,[2] along with Denmark, Germany, Hungary, and Russia, who last took part in 1995, despite having taken part in the non-televised 1996 pre-qualifying round in which they failed to qualify and therefore were absent.[3] Belgium, Finland, and Slovakia had to withdraw from the contest due to the relegation rule.[1]

The United Kingdom won the competition, thanks to Katrina and the Waves, led by American-born Katrina Leskanich, making it the second time that the British won the Eurovision on Irish soil (after 1981).[1] It also remains the last time the United Kingdom won the contest (as of 2018).

Location[edit]

Further information on the host city: Dublin
The Point Theatre, Dublin – host venue of the 1997 contest.

Ireland hosted the contest for the fourth time in five years after winning the 1996 in Oslo. Dublin was chosen to be the host city, making it the sixth time that the Eurovision Song Contest was staged in the Irish capital. The venue for the contest was the Point Theatre located on the North Wall Quay of the River Liffey, amongst the Dublin Docklands. The theatre previously hosted the 1994 and 1995 contests. The Point Theatre is the only venue to have hosted the final three times.[1]

Format[edit]

After the controversy over the 1996 pre-qualifying round, the European Broadcasting Union introduced a new system for 1997: countries with the lowest average scores over the previous four years would be excluded from the 1997 contest, and those with the lowest averages over the previous five years would be excluded from future contests (save that every country so excluded for one year would automatically be allowed to participate the following year), with so many countries being omitted as would reduce the number of participants each year to 25.[1]

Israel declined to participate, as the Contest was held on its Holocaust Remembrance Day, granting a reprieve to Bosnia and Herzegovina, which would otherwise have been excluded owing to its low point average over the previous four years.[1] RTÉ once again produced a highly spectacular show, with a stage that had a smaller performance space for the artists than in previous years. This was the third Eurovision set to be designed by Paula Farrell, who had previously been involved with the 1988 and 1994 contests.[1]

There was a wide array of different styles this year. Denmark brought a rap song, Croatia came with their version of the Spice Girls and Sweden brought a mid-1980s style boy band. The music was in general more modern than before, and for the first time since 1991, an up-tempo song won.[1] This year, televoting was tested in five countries: Austria, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The results of the televoting countries were, in some cases, different from those that used a jury. Iceland received 16 of its 18 points from these five countries.[1]

Also, for the first time in Eurovision history, there was a country where not one, but two spokespeople gave votes - France. Television reporter Frédéric Ferrer and 1977 Eurovision winner Marie Myriam each took turns at giving results from that country. Long-time Irish conductor Noel Kelehan was not the host conductor this year, the duty being fulfilled by Frank McNamara.

Returning artists[edit]

Artist Country Previous Year(s)
Alma Čardžić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1994
Maarja-Liis Ilus  Estonia 1996
Şebnem Paker  Turkey 1996

Alma Čardžić returned for Bosnia and Herzegovina after last representing the nation in 1994.[4] Maarja-Liis Ilus and Şebnem Paker both returned for a 1996 representing Estonia and Turkey respectively.[5][6]

Conductors[edit]

Most performances had a conductor who maestro the orchestra.

Results[edit]

Draw Country Artist Song Language[7] Place[1] Points[1]
01  Cyprus Hara & Andreas Konstantinou "Mana mou" (Μάνα μου) Greek 5 98
02  Turkey Şebnem Paker & Grup Ethnic "Dinle" Turkish 3 121
03  Norway Tor Endresen "San Francisco" Norwegian1 24 0
04  Austria Bettina Soriat "One Step" German1 21 12
05  Ireland Marc Roberts "Mysterious Woman" English 2 157
06  Slovenia Tanja Ribič "Zbudi se" Slovene 10 60
07   Switzerland Barbara Berta "Dentro di me" Italian 22 5
08  Netherlands Mrs. Einstein "Niemand heeft nog tijd" Dutch 22 5
09  Italy Jalisse "Fiumi di parole" Italian 4 114
10  Spain Marcos Llunas "Sin rencor" Spanish 6 96
11  Germany Bianca Shomburg "Zeit" German 18 22
12  Poland Anna Maria Jopek "Ale jestem" Polish 11 54
13  Estonia Maarja-Liis Ilus "Keelatud maa" Estonian 8 82
14  Bosnia and Herzegovina Alma Čardžić "Goodbye" Bosnian 18 22
15  Portugal Célia Lawson "Antes do adeus" Portuguese 24 0
16  Sweden Blond "Bara hon älskar mig" Swedish 14 36
17  Greece Marianna Zorba "Horepse" (Χόρεψε) Greek 12 39
18  Malta Debbie Scerri "Let Me Fly" English 9 66
19  Hungary V.I.P. "Miért kell, hogy elmenj?" Hungarian 12 39
20  Russia Alla Pugacheva "Primadonna" (Примадонна) Russian 15 33
21  Denmark Kølig Kaj "Stemmen i mit liv" Danish 16 25
22  France Fanny "Sentiments songes" French 7 95
23  Croatia E.N.I. "Probudi me" Croatian 17 24
24  United Kingdom Katrina and the Waves "Love Shine a Light" English 1 227
25  Iceland Paul Oscar "Minn hinsti dans" Icelandic 20 18
1.^ ^ Contained some lyrics in English.

Scoreboard[edit]

Each country had a jury that awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs, or a televote, where the top ten most voted for songs were awarded the 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points. Iceland got most of its 18 points from the 5 countries that used televoting. Ireland was ostensibly the best scoring country across the televoting countries, except they were able to score points from all 5 televoting countries. The United Kingdom was only eligible to receive points from 4 of them, since they couldn't vote for themselves. In fact, the UK received 12 points from all the other televoting countries except Germany, from whom they received 10 points: in other words, the UK earned 46 of 48 possible televote points that year; Ireland earned 47 of 60 possible televote points—including their only 12 from the UK.[8]

Voting procedure used:
Red: Televote.
Blue: Jury. 		Voters[8]
Total Score Cyprus Turkey Norway Austria Ireland Slovenia Switzerland Netherlands Italy Spain Germany Poland Estonia Bosnia and Herzegovina Portugal Sweden Greece Malta Hungary Russia Denmark France Croatia United Kingdom Iceland
Contestants Cyprus 98 2 3 4 4 10 4 10 5 1 3 12 7 1 7 4 4 5 12
Turkey 121 7 2 6 2 7 12 12 6 12 5 6 7 10 6 4 6 4 7
Norway 0
Austria 12 3 1 5 3
Ireland 157 8 6 3 10 1 7 4 10 6 8 7 8 8 10 10 8 5 10 10 6 12
Slovenia 60 2 10 2 4 7 4 3 5 10 7 3 3
Switzerland 5 2 3
Netherlands 5 1 4
Italy 114 6 5 1 1 10 10 7 8 4 8 6 12 3 5 3 7 4 10 3 1
Spain 96 10 4 6 5 8 6 3 2 4 8 6 12 10 8 2 2
Germany 22 3 5 5 3 1 5
Poland 54 4 8 7 1 1 2 6 3 4 2 1 7 5 3
Estonia 82 1 6 8 3 12 4 7 6 1 1 1 4 8 8 10 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 22 8 4 2 3 4 1
Portugal 0
Sweden 36 8 5 6 6 7 4
Greece 39 12 5 7 6 2 7
Malta 66 5 12 10 7 6 1 5 8 3 1 8
Hungary 39 3 4 5 5 2 5 2 8 5
Russia 33 1 5 12 8 7
Denmark 25 7 1 7 2 2 6
France 95 3 2 12 10 2 3 5 12 12 3 6 2 4 2 6 1 10
Croatia 24 4 1 3 2 5 8 1
United Kingdom 227 7 7 6 12 12 8 12 12 8 5 10 10 10 10 7 12 10 1 12 12 12 12 12 8
Iceland 18 2 2 8 6

12 points[edit]

Below is a summary of all 12-point in the final:[8]

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

Winners[edit]

Katrina and the Waves, (with lead vocalist Katrina Leskanich) representing the United Kingdom, were the winners of the contest with the song "Love Shine a Light", written by that band's lead guitarist Kimberley Rew, and Marc Roberts from Republic of Ireland came second with "Mysterious Woman". Despite being the runner-up, it remarkably received only one 12-point score, which came from the United Kingdom. The UK spokesman Colin Berry remarked: "You're going to like this one: Ireland, twelve points!" causing Terry Wogan to reply: "Well, tit for tat!" The winning song scored an unprecedented 227 points; it received points from all participating countries, including five sets of 10 points and a record-breaking ten sets of the maximum 12 points. "Love Shine a Light" is still regarded as one of the most successful Eurovision winners,[N 1] and was the closing song in the medleys that opened the 50th anniversary show "Congratulations" in Copenhagen in 2005, and the ESC 2006 semi-final in Athens. With this victory, the United Kingdom has five Eurovision wins and it is to date the country's last win in the Contest.

Barbara Dex Award[edit]

For the first time, the fansite House of Eurovision presented the Barbara Dex Award, a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist each year in the contest. It is named after the Belgian artist, Barbara Dex, who came last in the 1993 contest, in which she wore her own self designed dress. House of Eurovision would continue to provide the Barbara Dex Award until 2016, when another Eurovision fansite, songfestival.be, took the reins of the award and will present it every year starting with the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine.

Debbie Scerri of Malta was the 1997 Barbara Dex Award winner.

International broadcasts and voting[edit]

Voting and spokespersons[edit]

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.  Cyprus - Marios Skordis[9]
  2.  Turkey - Ömer Önder
  3.  Norway - Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft
  4.  Austria - Adriana Zartl
  5.  Ireland - Eileen Dunne
  6.  Slovenia - Mojca Mavec
  7.   Switzerland - Sandy Altermatt
  8.  Netherlands - Corry Brokken (Dutch representative in 1956, 1957 (winner) and 1958, and host in 1976)
  9.  Italy - Peppi Franzelin
  10.  Spain - Belén Fernández de Henestrosa
  11.  Germany - Christina Mänz
  12.  Poland - Jan Chojnacki
  13.  Estonia - Helene Tedre[10]
  14.  Bosnia and Herzegovina - Segmedina Srna
  15.  Portugal - Cristina Rocha[11]
  16.  Sweden - Gösta Hanson[12]
  17.  Greece - Niki Venega[13]
  18.  Malta - Anna Bonanno
  19.  Hungary - Györgyi Albert
  20.  Russia - Arina Sharapova
  21.  Denmark - Bent Henius[14]
  22.  France - Frédéric Ferrer & Marie Myriam[15]
  23.  Croatia - Davor Meštrović[16]
  24.  United Kingdom - Colin Berry
  25.  Iceland - Svanhildur Konráðsdóttir

Commentators[edit]

National jury members[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ As noted on a TOTP2 Eurovision special, it ranks third in the rankings of points achieved as a percentage of maximum available with 227 out of 288 or 78.81%, behind Nicole's "Ein bißchen Frieden" in 1982 (161 out of 204 or 78.92%) and Brotherhood of Man's "Save Your Kisses for Me" in 1976 (164 out of 204 or 80.39%). For comparison, Elena Paparizou's 2005 win took 230 points out of a possible 456, or only 50.04%.
  2. ^ After the breakup of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia last participated in 1992. RTS2 broadcast the show, although Yugoslavia did not participate.

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External links[edit]

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