Eurovision Song Contest 1994
39th Eurovision Song Contest | |
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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)
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Withdrawn participants | Italy |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
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 |
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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 |
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1. | 3 | Ireland | Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan |
Rock 'n' Roll Kids M / T: Brendan Graham |
English | Rock 'n' roll kids | 226 |
2. | 24 | Poland | Edyta Górniak |
To never yes! M: Stanislaw Syrewicz ; T: Jacek Cygan |
Polish | It was not me! | 166 |
3. | 14th | Germany | Mekado |
We're giving a party M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Bernd Opinion |
German a. | - | 128 |
4th | 22nd | Hungary | Friderika Bayer |
Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet? M / T: Szilveszter Jenei |
Hungarian | To whom should I confess my sins? | 122 |
5. | 12 | Malta | Chris & Moira |
More than Love M: Christopher Scicluna; T: Moira Stafrace |
English 1 | More than love | 97 |
6th | 17th | Norway | Elisabeth Andreassen & Jan Werner Danielsen |
Duet M: Rolf Løvland; T: Hans Olaf Mørk |
Norwegian | - | 76 |
7th | 25th | France | Nina Morato |
Je suis un vrai garçon M: Bruno Maman; T: Nina Morato |
French | I am a real boy | 74 |
8th. | 8th | Portugal | Sara Tavares |
Chamar a música M: João Carlos Campos de Sousa Mota Oliveira; T: Rosa Lobato de Faria |
Portuguese | Call the music | 73 |
9. | 23 | Russia |
Youddiph Юдифь |
Vječnij stranjik (Вечный странник) M: Lev Zemlinski; T: Piligrim |
Russian | Eternal wanderer | 70 |
10. | 6th | United Kingdom | Frances Ruffelle |
We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony) M / T: George De Angelis, Mark Dean |
English | We'll be free (lonely symphony) | 63 |
11. | 4th | Cyprus |
Evridiki Ευριδίκη |
Eímai ánthropos ki egó (Είμαι άνθρωπος κι εγώ) M / T: Giorgos Theophanous |
Greek | I am human too | 51 |
12. | 5 | Iceland | Sigga |
Nætur M: Friðrik Karlsson; T: Stefán Hilmarsson |
Icelandic | nights | 49 |
13. | 1 | Sweden | Marie Bergman & Roger Pontare |
Stjärnorna M: Peter Bertilsson; T: Mikael Littwold |
Swedish | The stars | 48 |
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) | 44 |
15th | 18th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Alma i Dejan |
Ostani kraj mene M: Adi Mulahalilović; T: Edo Mulahalilović |
Bosnian | stay with me | 39 |
16. | 7th | Croatia | Toni Cetinski |
Nek 'ti bude ljubav sva M: Željen Klašterka; T: Željko Krznarić |
Croatian | All the love should be yours | 27 |
17th | 20th | Austria | Petra Frey |
For the peace of the world M: Alfons Weindorf ; T: Karl Brunner, Johann Brunner |
German | - | 19th |
18th | 21st | Spain | Alejandro Abad |
Ella no es ella M / T: Alejandro Abad |
Spanish | She is not her | 17th |
19th | 9 | Switzerland | Duilio |
Sto pregando M / T: Giuseppe Scaramello |
Italian | I pray | 15th |
19th | 15th | Slovakia | Tublatanka |
Nekonečná pieseň M: Martin 'Maťo' Ďurinda; T: Martin Sarvaš |
Slovak | Endless song | 15th |
21st | 11 | Romania | Dan Bittman |
Dincolo de nori M / T: Antonio Furtuna, Dan Bittman |
Romanian | Behind the clouds | 14th |
22nd | 2 | Finland | CatCat |
Bye Bye Baby M / T: Kari Salli, Markku 'Make' Lentonen |
Finnish a. | Bye Baby | 11 |
23. | 13 | Netherlands | Willeke Alberti |
What is de zon? M: Edwin Schimscheimer; T: Coot van Doesburgh |
Dutch | Where is the sun? | 4th |
24. | 10 | Estonia | Silvi Vrait |
Nagu merelaine M: Ivar Must ; T: Leelo Tungal |
Estonian | Like a wave | 2 |
25th | 16 | Lithuania | Ovidijus Vyšniauskas |
Lopšinė mylimai M: Ovidijus Vyšniauskas ; T: Gintaras Zdebskis |
Lithuanian | Lullaby for my darling | 0 |
The countries in places 1 to 18 are admitted to the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 .
Scoring
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 |
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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 |
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1 | Sweden | Marianne Anderberg |
2 | Finland | Solveig Herlin |
3 | Ireland | Eileen Dunne |
4th | Cyprus | Anna Partelidou |
5 | Iceland | Sigríður Arnardóttir |
6th | United Kingdom | Colin Berry |
7th | Croatia | Helga Vlahović |
8th | Portugal | Isabel Bahia |
9 | Switzerland | Sandra Studer |
10 | Estonia | Urve Tiidus |
11 | Romania | Cristina Țopescu |
12 | Malta | John Demanuele |
13 | Netherlands | Joop van Os |
14th | Germany | Carmen Nebel |
15th | Slovakia | Juraj Čurný |
16 | Lithuania | Gitana Lapinskaitė |
17th | Norway | Sverre Christophersen |
18th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Diana Grković-Foretić |
19th | Greece | Fotini Giannoulatou |
20th | Austria | Tilia Herald |
21st | Spain | María Ángeles Balañac |
22nd | Hungary | Iván Bradányi |
23 | Russia | Irina Klenskaya |
24 | Poland | Jan Chojnacki |
25th | France | Laurent Romejko |
See also
Web links
credentials
- ↑ Dublin 1994 at Eurovision.tv (accessed December 6, 2017)