Eurovision Song Contest 1994

39th Eurovision Song Contest
date	April 30, 1994
Host country	Ireland
venue	Point Theater , Dublin
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Cynthia Ní Mhurchú & Gerry Ryan
Pause filler	Riverdance
participating countries	25th
winner	Ireland
First time participation	Estonia (first time in final) Lithuania Poland Romania (first time in final) Russia Slovakia (first time in final) Hungary (first time in final)
Withdrawn participants	Italy
Voting rule	In each country a jury awards 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to the ten best songs.
◄ ESC 1993 • ESC 1995 ►

The 39th Eurovision Song Contest took place on April 30, 1994 at the Point Theater in Dublin . To date, it is the last competition that was not held in May. Ireland won for the third year in a row with Rock 'n' Roll Kids.

particularities

For Germany, the group Mekado took part with the title We give 'ne Party , which landed in 3rd place. Petra Frey took 17th place to Austria with For Peace in the World , Duilio and Sto pregando took 20th place for Switzerland. Switzerland had to sit out the following year and was missing for the first time in the history of the ESC.

A number of new countries came from Eastern Europe this year. Edyta Górniak from Poland immediately caused a sensation - To never yes! came in second place. Hungary also achieved its best result - Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet? von Friderika Bayer got the highest number of points in the first three ratings, from Sweden, Finland and Ireland. In the end, however, she was only fourth. Russia also landed in the first half. In contrast, Slovakia, Romania, Estonia and Lithuania performed relatively poorly at their premiere. Lithuania did not even receive any points. All of these countries had to suspend the following year.

In the end, made the song Rock 'n' Roll Kids , which Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan reciting the race. It was also the first entry to win the competition without accompanying orchestral music, and in the evening it was the only entry without orchestral music. Ireland won for the third time in a row and for the sixth time. This made Ireland the sole record winner of the ESC. By far the most successful performance of the evening, however, was the Riverdance , which was first performed during the break .

Places 1 to 18 meant qualification for the next year; this meant that Switzerland, Finland and the Netherlands along with some of the Eastern European newcomers in 1995 were not eligible.

Attendees

Countries in the final

Countries that have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in the past, but not in 1994

After the Eastern European countries joined the EBU, a new rule was introduced to limit the number of participants to 25. Places 1 to 19 from the previous year qualified for participation this year. Belgium, Denmark, Israel, Slovenia, Luxembourg and Turkey had to take a compulsory break this year. Italy voluntarily decided not to participate. On the other hand, Estonia , Romania , Slovakia and Hungary , which failed in the Eastern European preliminary decision last year, were allowed to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest this time. In addition, Lithuania , Poland and Russia were added, so that a total of 25 countries took part, which was a new record for participants.

The following performers returned to the competition:

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Iceland	Sigga	1990 (as a member of Stjórnin ), 1992 (as a member of Heart 2 Heart )
Norway	Elisabeth Andreassen	1982 (as a member of the Chips for Sweden ), 1985 (winner as a member of the Bobbysocks )
Sweden	Marie Bergman	1971 , 1972 (each as a member of Family Four )
Cyprus	Evridiki	1992

Voting procedure

In each country there was a jury that initially determined the ten best songs internally. Then the individual juries awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to these ten best songs. For the first time in the history of the competition, the points were announced via satellite so that the points speakers could also be seen on the screen.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	03	Ireland	Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan	Rock 'n' Roll Kids M / T: Brendan Graham	English	Rock 'n' roll kids	226
02.	24	Poland	Edyta Górniak	To never yes! M: Stanislaw Syrewicz ; T: Jacek Cygan	Polish	It was not me!	166
03.	14th	Germany	Mekado	We're giving a party M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Bernd Opinion	German a.	-	128
04th	22nd	Hungary	Friderika Bayer	Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet? M / T: Szilveszter Jenei	Hungarian	To whom should I confess my sins?	122
05.	12	Malta	Chris & Moira	More than Love M: Christopher Scicluna; T: Moira Stafrace	English 1	More than love	097
06th	17th	Norway	Elisabeth Andreassen & Jan Werner Danielsen	Duet M: Rolf Løvland; T: Hans Olaf Mørk	Norwegian	-	076
07th	25th	France	Nina Morato	Je suis un vrai garçon M: Bruno Maman; T: Nina Morato	French	I am a real boy	074
08th.	08th	Portugal	Sara Tavares	Chamar a música M: João Carlos Campos de Sousa Mota Oliveira; T: Rosa Lobato de Faria	Portuguese	Call the music	073
09.	23	Russia	Youddiph Юдифь	Vječnij stranjik (Вечный странник) M: Lev Zemlinski; T: Piligrim	Russian	Eternal wanderer	070
10.	06th	United Kingdom	Frances Ruffelle	We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony) M / T: George De Angelis, Mark Dean	English	We'll be free (lonely symphony)	063
11.	04th	Cyprus	Evridiki Ευριδίκη	Eímai ánthropos ki egó (Είμαι άνθρωπος κι εγώ) M / T: Giorgos Theophanous	Greek	I am human too	051
12.	05	Iceland	Sigga	Nætur M: Friðrik Karlsson; T: Stefán Hilmarsson	Icelandic	nights	049
13.	01	Sweden	Marie Bergman & Roger Pontare	Stjärnorna M: Peter Bertilsson; T: Mikael Littwold	Swedish	The stars	048
14th	19th	Greece	Costas Bigalis & The Sea Lovers Κώστας Μπίγαλης και the Sea Lovers	To trehandíri (Diri diri) (Το τρεχαντήρι (Ντίρι ντίρι)) M / T: Costas Bigalis	Greek	The Trehandiri (Diri diri)	044
15th	18th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Alma i Dejan	Ostani kraj mene M: Adi Mulahalilović; T: Edo Mulahalilović	Bosnian	stay with me	039
16.	07th	Croatia	Toni Cetinski	Nek 'ti bude ljubav sva M: Željen Klašterka; T: Željko Krznarić	Croatian	All the love should be yours	027
17th	20th	Austria	Petra Frey	For the peace of the world M: Alfons Weindorf ; T: Karl Brunner, Johann Brunner	German	-	019th
18th	21st	Spain	Alejandro Abad	Ella no es ella M / T: Alejandro Abad	Spanish	She is not her	017th
19th	09	Switzerland	Duilio	Sto pregando M / T: Giuseppe Scaramello	Italian	I pray	015th
19th	15th	Slovakia	Tublatanka	Nekonečná pieseň M: Martin 'Maťo' Ďurinda; T: Martin Sarvaš	Slovak	Endless song	015th
21st	11	Romania	Dan Bittman	Dincolo de nori M / T: Antonio Furtuna, Dan Bittman	Romanian	Behind the clouds	014th
22nd	02	Finland	CatCat	Bye Bye Baby M / T: Kari Salli, Markku 'Make' Lentonen	Finnish a.	Bye Baby	011
23.	13	Netherlands	Willeke Alberti	What is de zon? M: Edwin Schimscheimer; T: Coot van Doesburgh	Dutch	Where is the sun?	004th
24.	10	Estonia	Silvi Vrait	Nagu merelaine M: Ivar Must ; T: Leelo Tungal	Estonian	Like a wave	002
25th	16	Lithuania	Ovidijus Vyšniauskas	Lopšinė mylimai M: Ovidijus Vyšniauskas ; T: Gintaras Zdebskis	Lithuanian	Lullaby for my darling	000

¹ English is the official language of Malta alongside Maltese, which is why Malta was able to compete with English-language songs when songs in their own national language were required.

^a. in a few words in English

The countries in places 1 to 18 are admitted to the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 .

Scoring

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	SWE	FIN	IRL	CYP	ISL	GBR	CRO	POR	SUI	EST	ROU	MLT	NLD	GER	SVK	LTU	NOR	BIH	GRC	AUT	ESP	HUN	RUS	POLE	FRA
Sweden	048	-				2				7th	2		3	6th	3		5	10			5	1	2
Finland	011		-																1	10
Ireland	226	10	7th	-	8th	12	10	12	12	12	10	8th	5	12	12	6th	10	12	10		10	10	10	12	8th	8th
Cyprus	051		10		-	3			5	2								5		12		4th		2	5	3
Iceland	049	8th	1	6th		-	6th		3	3					5	1	3				3	6th		1	4th	4th
United Kingdom	063			1	5		-	6th	8th	8th	5			2	4th	3		2	4th		1	3	3	5	3
Croatia	027							-					10			12				5
Portugal	073	5	5	8th		8th	8th		-	5			1	3	2							12	7th	4th	1	6th
Switzerland	015th									-			8th									2				5
Estonia	002										-									2
Romania	014th											-	6th				2			6th
Malta	097	4th	6th	10	2		1	7th	4th	6th	7th	10	-	1	7th	10	7th		12	7th
Netherlands	004th													-							4th
Germany	128	6th	3	5	6th	7th	7th	10	10		3	12		4th	-	7th	4th	1	7th		2	8th	12	7th	7th
Slovakia	015th												12			-				3
Lithuania	000																-
Norway	079	7th		3	10	1	4th	3		1	8th	4th		7th	6th		1	-	6th	1		5	5	8th
Bosnia and Herzegovina	039		2					4th					7th			8th			-			7th	1			10
Greece	044	2	4th		12							6th	4th			5		4th		-			4th		2
Austria	019th	1			7th		3	2				1			1				5		-
Spain	017th											5				2				8th		-				2
Hungary	122	12	12	12		10	2	5	1	4th	4th	2		10	8th			8th	3		8th		-	3	12	7th
Russia	070			4th	3	4th	5	1	2		1	3		5			6th	3		4th	6th		6th	-	10	1
Poland	166		8th	7th	1	6th	12	8th	7th	10	12	7th	2	8th	10	4th	12	6th	8th		12		8th	6th	-	12
France	074	3		2	4th	5			6th		6th						8th	7th	2		7th			10	6th	-

The table is arranged vertically according to the sequence of occurrences, horizontally according to the chronological scoring.

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation

number	country	received from
8th	Ireland	Germany, Iceland, Croatia, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland
5	Poland	Estonia, France, Lithuania, Austria, United Kingdom
4th	Hungary	Finland, Ireland, Poland, Sweden
2	Germany	Romania, Hungary
1	Greece	Cyprus
	Croatia	Slovakia
	Malta	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Portugal	Spain
	Slovakia	Malta
	Cyprus	Greece

Points speaker

No.	country	Points speaker
01	Sweden	Marianne Anderberg
02	Finland	Solveig Herlin
03	Ireland	Eileen Dunne
04th	Cyprus	Anna Partelidou
05	Iceland	Sigríður Arnardóttir
06th	United Kingdom	Colin Berry
07th	Croatia	Helga Vlahović
08th	Portugal	Isabel Bahia
09	Switzerland	Sandra Studer
010	Estonia	Urve Tiidus
011	Romania	Cristina Țopescu
012	Malta	John Demanuele
0 13	Netherlands	Joop van Os
0 14th	Germany	Carmen Nebel
0 15th	Slovakia	Juraj Čurný
0 16	Lithuania	Gitana Lapinskaitė
0 17th	Norway	Sverre Christophersen
0 18th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Diana Grković-Foretić
0 19th	Greece	Fotini Giannoulatou
0 20th	Austria	Tilia Herald
0 21st	Spain	María Ángeles Balañac
0 22nd	Hungary	Iván Bradányi
0 23	Russia	Irina Klenskaya
0 24	Poland	Jan Chojnacki
0 25th	France	Laurent Romejko

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

• Eurovision.tv
• Eurovision.de
• diggiloo.net

credentials

1. ↑ Dublin 1994 at Eurovision.tv (accessed December 6, 2017)