Eurovision Song Contest 1993

38th Eurovision Song Contest
date	May 15, 1993
Host country	Ireland
venue	Green Glens Arena , Millstreet
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Fionnuala Sweeney
Pause filler	Linda Martin and Johnny Logan
participating countries	25th
winner	Ireland
First time participation	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Slovenia Estonia (failed in VE) Hungary (failed in VE) Slovakia (failed in VE) Romania (failed in VE)
Withdrawn participants	Yugoslavia (locked)
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 38th Eurovision Song Contest took place on May 15, 1993 at the Green Glens Arena in Millstreet , County Cork , Ireland . Ireland won for the second time in a row with In Your Eyes .

particularities

For Germany, the Münchener Freiheit group took part with the title Much Too Far , which ended up in 18th place. Austria's contribution Maria Magdalena, which was again presented by Tony Wegas , achieved 14th place with a top rating from Bosnia-Herzegovina. With Annie Cotton , a Canadian competed for Switzerland for the second time after Celine Dion in 1988 . The then 17-year-old singer came in third place with Moi, tout simplement , the best ranking of the Swiss since then. The conductor was Marc Sorrentino. Annie Cotton was the second youngest singer of the evening behind the then sixteen-year-old Silje Vige from Norway.

Before the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 it was announced that places 1 to 19 of this year meant qualification for participation in the next year.

Interpreter of the winning title, Niamh Kavanagh , at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Attendees

After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the opening of the Iron Curtain in 1989, a preliminary decision was made for the newly added Eastern European countries. The first three got a starting place in Millstreet . All countries from the previous year started again - except Yugoslavia , which had split up into its individual republics and was no longer allowed to start.

The following performers returned to the competition:

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation	Previous placement	This year's placement
Denmark	Tommy Seebach	1979 , 1981 (with Debbie Cameron )	06th (of 19) 11th (of 20)	22. (-16 / -11)
Finland	Katri Helena	1979	14th (of 19)	17. (−3)
Austria	Tony Wegas	1992	10th (of 25)	14. (−4)

Eastern European preliminary decision

The Eastern European preliminary decision took place on April 3, 1993 in Studio 1 of Radio Televizija Slovenija in Ljubljana . Tajda Lekše moderated the preliminary round. In each country a “jury” consisting of one person (mostly TV officials) awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6 and 5 points to the songs of the other countries. Only the first three countries made it to the final.

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
1.	6th	Slovenia	1X tape	Tih deževen dan M: Cole Moretti ; T: Tomaž Kosec	Slovenian	A quiet, rainy day	54
2.	1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Fazla	Sva bol svijeta M: Edin "Dino" Dervišhalidović ; T: Fahrudin Pecikoza-Peca, Edin "Dino" Dervišhalidović	Bosnian	The pain of the whole world	52
3.	2	Croatia	Put	Don't Ever Cry M: Andrej Basa; T: Đorđe Novković	Croatian , English	Never cry	51
4th	7th	Slovakia	Elan	Amnestia na neveru M: Jano Baláž, Jožo Ráž; T: B. Filan	Slovak	Amnesty for infidelity	50
5.	3	Estonia	Janika	Muretut meelt ja südametuld M: Andres Valkonen; T: Leelo Tungal	Estonian	Carefree mind and flames of heart	47
6th	4th	Hungary	Andrea Szulák	Árva reggel M: László Pásztor; T: György Jakab, Emese Hatvani	Hungarian	Lonely morning	44
7th	5	Romania	Dida Dragan	Nu pleca M: Dida Dragan ; T: Adrian Ordean	Romanian	Do not go	38

Awarding of points in the Eastern European preliminary decision

Countries in the final

Countries that failed in the Eastern European preliminary decision

Countries that have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in the past, but not in 1993

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Points	BA	MR	EE	HU	RO	SI	SK
Bosnia and Herzegovina	52		5	8th	10	10	7th	12
Croatia	51	10		6th	12	7th	8th	8th
Estonia	47	6th	8th		8th	6th	12	7th
Hungary	44	7th	6th	12		8th	6th	5
Romania	38	5	12	5	5		5	6th
Slovenia	54	8th	7th	10	7th	12		10
Slovakia	50	12	10	7th	6th	5	10

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (Eastern European preliminary decision)

number	country	received from
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Slovakia
	Estonia	Slovenia
	Croatia	Hungary
	Romania	Croatia
	Slovakia	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Slovenia	Romania
	Hungary	Estonia

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.	14th	Ireland	Niamh Kavanagh	In Your Eyes M / T: Jimmy Walsh	English	In your eyes	187
02.	19th	United Kingdom	Sonia	Better the Devil You Know M / T: Dean Collinson, Red	English	You know what you have, but not what you get	164
03.	04th	Switzerland	Annie Cotton	Moi, tout simplement M: Christophe Duc; T: Jean-Jacques Egli	French	Just me	148
04th	12	France	Patrick Fiori	Mama Corsica M / T: François Valéry	French, Corsican	Mama Corsica	121
05.	25th	Norway	Silje Vige	All mine tankar M / T: Bjørn-Erik Vige	Norwegian	All of my thoughts	120
06th	20th	Netherlands	Ruth Jacott	Vrede M: Jochem Fluitsma, Eric van Tijn; T: Henk Westbroek	Dutch	peace	092
07th	13	Sweden	Arvingarna	Eloise M: Lasse Holm; T: Gert Lengstrand	Swedish	-	089
08th.	08th	Malta	William Mangion	This Time M / T: William Mangion	English 1	This time	069
09.	06th	Greece	Keti Garbi Καίτη Γαρμπή	Eladha, hora tu photos (Ελλάδα, χώρα του φωτός) M / T: Dimosthenis Stringlis	Greek	Greece, land of light	064
10.	11	Portugal	Anabela	A cidade (até ser dia) M / T: Paulo de Carvalho, Marco Quelhas, Pedro Abrantes	Portuguese	The city until dawn	060
11.	22nd	Spain	Eva Santamaría	Hombres M: Christian de Walden, Ralf Steinman, Carlos Toro; T: Carlos Toro	Spanish	Men	058
12.	01	Italy	Enrico Ruggeri	Sole d'Europa M / T: Enrico Ruggeri	Italian	Sun of Europe	045
13.	09	Iceland	Inga	Þá veistu svarið M: Jon Kjell Seljeseth; T: Friðrik Sturluson	Icelandic	Then you will know the answer	042
14th	10	Austria	Tony Wegas	Maria Magdalena M: Christian Kolonovits , Johann Bertl; T: Thomas Spitzer	German	-	032
15th	21st	Croatia	Put	Don't Ever Cry M: Andrej Basa; T: Đorđe Novković	Croatian , English	Never cry	031
16.	18th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Fazla	Sva bol svijeta M: Edin "Dino" Dervišhalidović ; T: Fahrudin Pecikoza-Peca, Edin "Dino" Dervišhalidović	Bosnian	The pain of the whole world	027
17th	17th	Finland	Katri Helena	Tule luo M: Matti Puurtinen; T: Jukka Saarinen	Finnish	Join me	020th
18th	03	Germany	Münchener Freiheit	Way too far M / T: Stefan Zauner	German	-	018th
19th	23	Cyprus	Zymboulakis ke van Beke Ζυμπουλάκης και van Beke	Mi stamatas (Μη σταματάς) M: Aristos Moskovakis; T: Rodoula Papalambrianou	Greek	Do not stop	017th
20th	15th	Luxembourg	Modern Times	Donne-moi une chance M / T: Jimmy Martin , Patrick Hippert	French, Luxembourgish	give me a chance	011
21st	02	Turkey	Burak Aydos	Esmer yarım M / T: Burak Aydos	Turkish	My pretty brunette	010
22nd	05	Denmark	Tommy Seebach Band	Under stjernerne på himlen M: Tommy Seebach ; T: Keld Heick	Danish	Under the stars of the sky	009
22nd	16	Slovenia	1x band	Tih deževen dan M: Cole Moretti; T: Tomaž Kosec	Slovenian	A quiet, rainy day	009
24.	24	Israel	Lahakat Shiru להקת שירו	Shiru (שירו) M: Shaike Paikov; T: Yoram Taharlev, David Chris	Hebrew , English	Sings	004th
25th	07th	Belgium	Barbara	Someone as jij M: Marc Viegen; T: Tobana	Dutch	Someone like You	003

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.

The countries on places one to 19 were approved for the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest .

Scoring

country	Points	IT	TK	DE	CH	DK	GR	BE	IS	AT	PT	FR	SE	IE	LU	SI	FI	BA	UK	NL	MR	IT	CY	IL	NO	MT	Voting
Italy	045		-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	-	-	10	-	8th	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	7th	08th
Turkey	010	-		-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	6th	-	-	-	-	04th
Germany	018th	8th	-		2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	05
Switzerland	148	10	-	12		10	7th	8th	4th	6th	1	12	6th	7th	12	8th	4th	-	10	8th	2	3	6th	4th	3	5	22nd
Denmark	009	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	03
Greece	064	2	2	2	-	-		-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	5	-	8th	12	7th	7th	6th	11
Belgium	003	-	-	3	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	01
Malta	069	7th	5	4th	7th	5	5	-	-	4th	2	2	4th	2	-	-	-	4th	6th	-	4th	4th	1	3	-		17th
Iceland	042	-	-	-	-	4th	4th	-		1	-	-	7th	1	-	5	-	-	2	7th	5	-	2	2	2	-	12
Austria	032	-	4th	-	-	-	1	3	-		-	3	-	6th	-	-	-	12	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	07th
Portugal	060	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	2	5		8th	2	-	4th	-	2	-	1	12	-	12	3	-	5	-	14th
France	121	-	7th	-	4th	12	3	-	8th	7th	12		8th	10	6th	4th	1	-	4th	3	8th	-	10	8th	6th	-	18th
Sweden	089	-	-	8th	8th	7th	-	10	7th	10	4th	-		-	5	6th	7th	-	7th	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	12
Ireland	187	12	1	5	12	6th	6th	2	3	8th	6th	10	12		7th	12	3	8th	12	10	6th	10	7th	5	12	12	24
Luxembourg	011	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	02
Slovenia	009	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-		-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	04th
Finland	020th	-	3	-	-	-	8th	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	05
Bosnia and Herzegovina	027	3	12	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4th	-	3	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	06th
United Kingdom	164	1	8th	6th	5	8th	-	12	12	12	7th	6th	10	8th	8th	10	5	3		4th	10	5	4th	12	8th	-	21st
Netherlands	092	6th	6th	7th	-	-	-	7th	6th	3	-	-	5	12	-	7th	-	10	-		3	7th	-	-	10	3	14th
Croatia	031	-	-	-	3	-	-	4th	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-		1	-	6th	4th	-	07th
Spain	058	5	-	-	6th	-	-	5	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	10	6th	-	-	7th		5	1	1	8th	12
Cyprus	017th	-	-	-	-	2	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-		-	-	-	03
Israel	004th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	02
Norway	120	-	10	10	10	-	12	6th	10	-	8th	-	-	5	1	3	12	7th	-	6th	12	-	8th	-		-	15th

* The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance, horizontally according to the chronological scoring.
Due to connectivity issues during the live show, Malta was the last country to cast its votes.

Statistics of the twelve-point award (final)

number	country	received from
7th	Ireland	Italy, Malta, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovenia, United Kingdom
4th	United Kingdom	Belgium, Iceland, Israel, Austria
3	Norway	Finland, Greece, Croatia
	Switzerland	Germany, France, Luxembourg
2	France	Denmark, Portugal
	Portugal	Netherlands, Spain
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Turkey
	Greece	Cyprus
	Netherlands	Ireland
	Austria	Bosnia and Herzegovina

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

Commons : Eurovision Song Contest 1993  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jan Feddersen: A song can be a bridge . 1st edition. Hoffmann and Campe Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-455-09350-7 . P. 284.