Eurovision Song Contest 1992

37th Eurovision Song Contest
date	May 9, 1992
Host country	Sweden
venue	Malmo Isstadion , Malmo
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Lydia Capolicchio and Harald Treutiger
Pause filler	Trelleborg Dance Orchestra with "A Century of Dance"
participating countries	23
winner	Ireland
Returning participants	Netherlands
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.
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The 37th Eurovision Song Contest took place on May 9, 1992 in the Malmö Isstadion (German: Ice Stadium) in Malmö . Ireland won with Why Me composed by Johnny Logan.

particularities

For Germany, the group Wind performed with the title Dreams are for everyone , which landed in 16th place. Austria’s Tony Wegas came in 10th with going together .

Difficulties arose with the actual winner of the Swiss preliminary decision: The song had already been submitted to TSR in western Switzerland , but not accepted. A German version of the originally French song was submitted to the TV DRS , which then made it to the preliminary decision and won there. However, when it came out that the song had been submitted twice to Swiss television stations, Soleil, Soleil was subsequently disqualified by Géraldine Olivier . Second-placed Daisy Auvray was allowed to move up. Her Mister Music Man only came in 15th ahead of Germany.

The hosts also experienced a great disappointment: I morgon är en annan dag by Christer Björkman only came in 22nd, making Sweden penultimate.

The disintegration of Yugoslavia also had an impact on the Eurovision Song Contest. Only Serbia and Montenegro were represented. Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia returned as independent participants from 1993, Macedonia from 1998. It was also the last participation of Yugoslavia under this name. Serbia and Montenegro took part again under a new name from 2004, and from 2007 as independent states.

Attendees

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC, but not in 1992

The Netherlands took part again after a one-year break, so that a new record had been set with 23 participating countries. The following performers returned to the competition:

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Germany	wind	1985 and 1987
Ireland	Linda Martin	1984
Iceland	Sigga (member of Heart 2 Heart )	1990 (as a member of Stjórnin ) and 1991 (as background singer for Stefán & Eyfi )
Italy	Mia Martini	1977

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.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	17th	Ireland	Linda Martin	Why Me? M / T: Johnny Logan	English	Why me?	155
02.	16	United Kingdom	Michael Ball	One Step Out of Time M / T: Paul Davies, Tony Ryan, Victor Stratton	English	A step at the wrong time	139
03.	10	Malta	Mary Spiteri	Little Child M: Georgina Abela ; T: Raymond Mahoney	English 1	Little kid	123
04th	19th	Italy	Mia Martini	Rapsodia M: Giuseppe Dati; T: Giancarlo Bigazzi	Italian	rhapsody	111
05.	05	Greece	Cleopatra Κλεοπάτρα	Olou tou kosmou i elpida (Όλου του κόσμου η Ελπίδα) M / T: Hristos Lagos	Greek	Hope all over the world	094
06th	03	Israel	Dafna דפנה	Ze rak sport (זה רק ספורט) M: Kobi Oshrat; T: Ehud Manor	Hebrew	It's just sport	085
07th	11	Iceland	Heart 2 Heart	Nei eða já M: Grétar Örvarsson, Friðrik Karlsson; T: Stefán Hilmarsson	Icelandic	Yes or no	080
08th.	06th	France	Potash	Monté la riviè M / T: Potash	Creole , French	Go up the river	073
09.	23	Netherlands	Humphrey Campbell	Wijs me de weg M / T: Edwin Schimscheimer	Dutch	show me the way	067
10.	15th	Austria	Tony Wegas	Going together M: Dieter Bohlen ; T: Joachim Horn-Bernges	German	-	063
11.	09	Cyprus	Evridiki Ευριδίκη	Teriazoume (Ταιριάζουμε) M / T: Giorgos Theophanous, Leonidas Malenis	Greek	We get along	057
12.	18th	Denmark	Lotte Nilsson and Kenny Lübcke	Old som ingen ser M / T: Carsten Warming	Danish	All that nobody sees	047
13.	20th	Yugoslavia	Extra Nena Екстра Нена	Ljubim te pesmama (Љубим те песмама) M: Radivoje Radivojević; T: Gale Janković	Serbian	I kiss you with songs	044
14th	01	Spain	Serafín Zubiri	Todo esto es la música M: Luis Miguélez, Alfredo Valbuena; T: Luis Miguélez	Spanish	Music is all	037
15th	13	Switzerland	Daisy Auvray	Mister Music Man M / T: Gordon Dent	French a.	Mr. Music Man	032
16.	22nd	Germany	wind	Dreams are there for everyone M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Bernd Opinion	German	-	027
17th	08th	Portugal	Dina	Amor d'água fresca M: Ondina Veloso; T: Rosa Lobato de Faria	Portuguese	Freshwater love	026th
18th	21st	Norway	Merethe Trøan	Visjoner M: Robert Morley; T: Eva Jansen	Norwegian	Visions	023
19th	04th	Turkey	Aylin Vatankoş	Yaz bitti M: Aldoğan Şimşekyay; T: Aylin Uçanlar	Turkish	Summer is over	017th
20th	02	Belgium	Morgane	Nous, on veut des violons M: Claude Barzotti; T: Anne-Marie Gaspard	French	We want violins	011
21st	14th	Luxembourg	Marion Welter to continent	Sou fräi M / T: Jang Linster, Ab van Goor	Luxembourgish	So free	010
22nd	07th	Sweden	Christer Björkman	I morgon är en annan dag M / T: Niklas Strömstedt	Swedish	tomorrow is another day	009
23.	12	Finland	Pave	Yamma-Yamma M: Pave Maijanen; T: Hector	Finnish	-	004th

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

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Scoring

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	ESP	BEL	ISR	DOOR	GRC	FRA	SWE	POR	CYP	MLT	ISL	FIN	SUI	LUX	AUT	GBR	IRL	THE	ITA	YUG	NOR	GER	NLD
Spain	037	-	1		1	4th	6th				2		3		3	2	1		1	7th		5		1
Belgium	011	3	-		4th		3								1
Israel	085	10		-	2		8th	4th	7th	4th	7th			4th	8th	1	7th		2		12	2	4th	3
Turkey	017th				-						8th							3			6th
Greece	094			7th	8th	-	7th	3	5	12		2	5	10		4th				12	7th	8th		4th
France	073	6th		12	3		-			3			7th	12				5		6th		10	3	6th
Sweden	009						1	-											4th		4th
Portugal	026th			8th		2			-				2							1	5		8th
Cyprus	057			3		10	2		2	-	1		8th	2				6th		4th	8th	3		8th
Malta	123	12	10			7th		12	12	1	-	8th		5	12	8th		10	8th	3	10			5
Iceland	080	8th	4th	4th		6th		6th	6th			-		3	5	7th	12		5	5		1	6th	2
Finland	004th			1									-								3
Switzerland	032		5									12		-			4th	1		10
Luxembourg	010										10				-
Austria	063	2	8th			8th		1	3	8th	4th					-	10	12	7th
United Kingdom	139	5	12	2	10		10	5		6th	6th	4th	6th	8th	7th	12	-	7th	12	8th			12	7th
Ireland	155	1	7th		12	12		10	4th	5	12	7th	10	6th	10	10	8th	-	10	2	2	7th	10	10
Denmark	047	4th		6th				7th	1			6th			6th	3	3		-			6th	5
Italy	111				5	3	12	8th	8th	10	5	10	12	7th		6th				-		12	1	12
Yugoslavia	044			10	6th	1	5			2	3	5	4th		2			4th			-		2
Norway	023		3					2				1	1		4th		5		6th		1	-
Germany	027		6th						10								6th	2	3				-
Netherlands	067	7th	2	5	7th	5	4th			7th		3		1		5	2	8th				4th	7th	-

* The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance, horizontally according to the chronological scoring.

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation

number	country	received from
4th	Italy	Finland, France, Netherlands, Norway
	Malta	Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden
	United Kingdom	Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Austria
3	Ireland	Greece, Malta, Turkey
2	France	Israel, Switzerland
	Greece	Italy, Cyprus
1	Iceland	United Kingdom
	Israel	Yugoslavia
	Austria	Ireland
	Switzerland	Iceland

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

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