Eurovision Song Contest 1997

42nd Eurovision Song Contest
date	May 3, 1997
Host country	Ireland
venue	Point Theater Dublin
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Ronan Keating and Carrie Crowley
Pause filler	Ronan Keating and Boyzone
participating countries	25th
winner	United Kingdom
Returning participants	Italy
Withdrawn participants	Israel , Romania
Voting rule	A jury in 20 countries awards 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to the ten best songs. The TED system is used in the following 5 countries : Germany , United Kingdom , Austria , Sweden and Switzerland
◄ ESC 1996 • ESC 1998 ►

The 42nd Eurovision Song Contest took place on May 3, 1997 at the Point Theater in Dublin . For Germany , the singer Bianca Shomburg took part with the title Zeit , who landed in 18th place tied with Goodbye from Bosnia and Herzegovina . Even Austria and Switzerland performed poorly: One Step from BETTINA SORIAT was ranked 21, Dentro di me by Barbara Berta at No. 22, tied with the Netherlands .

particularities

From this competition onwards, the participating countries had the option of doing without the orchestra and singing live to the playback . Only Germany, Ireland, Austria and Croatia used this new option. Already in 1999 , the orchestra has been completely abolished.

The winner for the United Kingdom was the group Katrina and the Waves , which had hits back in the eighties. Of the members, however, basically only lead singer Katrina Leskanich remained . Love Shine a Light received points from all countries, for example the highest rating from Austria and Switzerland. In Germany there were only 10 points for the British, the highest ranking went to what is now a classic German point favorite: Turkey , with Dinle from Şebnem Paker & the Etnik group, came third.

This year the Barbara Dex Award , initiated by a fan site, was presented for the first time. The “worst” outfit of the competition is to be awarded with this price, which should not be taken very seriously. The first winner of this new award was Debbie Scerri from Malta .

For the second time since 1983, two participating countries, Norway and Portugal , scored no points at all. This only happened again in 2015 .

After this Eurovision Song Contest, Italy decided to stay away from the event until further notice and did not return until 2011.

Attendees

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC but not in 1997

Israel, Romania and Macedonia waived their participation, even though all of the eliminated countries would actually have qualified for the next competition. Israel did not take part because the day of the event was Yom HaSho'a . Additionally, failure in the qualifying round in 1996 was one reason all three countries were suspended. In order to ensure the long-term participation of the large donors ( Spain , Great Britain , France and Germany) and thus the survival of the contest, these countries were given Big-4 status. These countries were therefore always directly qualified for the finals, regardless of their position in the previous year.

After the massive criticism last year, the qualification mode was changed. The average number of points for the last four (five for the competitions after 1997) years was calculated for each country. The countries with the lowest score had to pause for a year, but qualified directly the following year. Denmark , Germany, Italy, Hungary and Russia were there again. Belgium , Finland and Slovakia were forced to take a break.

The following performers returned to the competition, two of them took part in 1996:

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Alma Čardžić	1994 (with Dejan Lazarević )
Estonia	Maarja-Liis Ilus	1996 (with Ivo Linna )
Turkey	Şebnem Paker	1996

Voting procedure

There was a jury in 20 countries 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, viewers in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden and the United Kingdom were able to take part in the so-called telephone voting. Nevertheless, some point announcers, for example in Austria and Switzerland, still spoke of a jury, in Germany Christina Mänz spoke of the "Result of the German telephone voting". All other countries had a jury, most of them for the last time.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Title (M = music; T = text)	language	translation	Points
01.	24	United Kingdom	Katrina and the Waves	Love Shine a Light M / T: Kimberley Rew	English	Love, let your light shine	227
02.	05	Ireland	Marc Roberts	Mysterious Woman M / T: John Farry	English	Mysterious woman	157
03.	02	Turkey	Şebnem Paker & Grup Etnic	Dinle M: Levent Çoker; T: Mehtap Alnıtemiz	Turkish	Listen	121
04th	09	Italy	Jalisse	Fiumi di parole M: Fabio Ricci; T: Carmen Di Domenico, Alessandra Drusian	Italian	Word flows	114
05.	01	Cyprus	Hara & Andreas Konstantinou Χαρά και Ανδρέας Κωνσταντίνου	Mána mou (Μάνα μου) M / T: Constantina Konstantinou	Greek	My motherland	098
06th	10	Spain	Marcos Llunas	Sin rencor M / T: Marcos Llunas	Spanish	Without resentment	096
07th	22nd	France	Fanny	Sentiments songes M / T: Jean-Paul Dréau	French	Emotional daydreams	095
08th.	13	Estonia	Maarja-Liis Ilus	Keelatud maa M: Harmo Kallaste; T: Kaari Sillamaa	Estonian	Forbidden land	082
09.	18th	Malta	Debbie Scerri	Let Me Fly M / T: Ray Agius	English 1	let me fly	066
10.	06th	Slovenia	Tanja Ribič	Zbudi se M: Saša Lošić; T: Zoran Predin	Slovenian	Wake up	060
11.	12	Poland	Anna Maria Jopek	Ale jestem M: Tomasz Lewandowski; T: Magda Czapińska	Polish	But I am	054
12.	17th	Greece	Marianna Zorba Μαριάννα Ζορμπά	Hórepse (Χόρεψε) M / T: Manolis Manusselis	Greek	To dance	039
12.	19th	Hungary	VIP	Miért kell, hogy elmenj? M: Viktor Rakonczai; T: Krisztina Bokor Fekete	Hungarian	Why do you have to go?	039
14th	16	Sweden	Blond	Bara hon älskar mig M / T: Stephan Berg	Swedish	If only she loves me	036
15th	20th	Russia	Alla Pugacheva Алла Пугачёва	Prima donna (Примадонна) M / T: Alla Pugacheva	Russian	-	033
16.	21st	Denmark	Kølig Kaj	Stemming i with liv M: Lars Pedersen; T: Thomas Lægård	Danish	The voice in my life	025th
17th	23	Croatia	ENI	Probudi me M: Before Tolja; T: Alida Sarar	Croatian	wake me up	024
18th	11	Germany	Bianca Shomburg	Time M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Bernd Opinion	German	-	022nd
18th	14th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Alma Čardžić	Goodbye M: Milić Vukašinović, Sinan Alimanović; T: Milić Vukašinović	Bosnian a.	Goodbye	022nd
20th	25th	Iceland	Paul Oscar	Minn hinsti dans M: Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson , Trausti Haraldsson; T: Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson	Icelandic	My last dance	018th
21st	04th	Austria	Bettina Soriat	One Step M: Marc Berry; T: Marc Berry, Martina Siber	German a.	A step	012
22nd	07th	Switzerland	Barbara Berta	Dentro di me M / T: Barbara Berta	Italian	Inside of me	005
22nd	08th	Netherlands	Mrs. Einstein	Nobody heeft nog tijd M / T: Ed Hooijmans	Dutch	Nobody has time left	005
24.	03	Norway	Gate end counter	San Francisco M: Tor Endresen , Arne Myksvoll; T: Gate end counter	Norwegian	-	000
24.	15th	Portugal	Celia Lawson	Antes do adeus M: Thilo Krassman; T: Rosa Lobato de Faria	Portuguese	Before parting	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. with English title

The countries marked in red had to sit out of the following competition due to their poor placements in the last five years.

Scoring

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	CYP	DOOR	NOR	AUT	IRL	SVN	SUI	NLD	ITA	ESP	GER	POLE	EST	BIH	POR	SWE	GRC	MLT	HUN	RUS	DNK	FRA	CRO	GBR	ISL
Cyprus	098	-		2		3	4th	4th	10	4th	10	5		1		3		12	7th		1	7th	4th	4th	5	12
Turkey	121		-		7th	2		6th	2	7th	12	12		6th	12	5	6th	7th	10	6th	4th		6th		4th	7th
Norway	000			-
Austria	012				-				3				1							5	3
Ireland	157	8th	6th	3	10	-	1	7th	4th	10	6th	8th	7th	8th	8th	10	10			8th	5	10	10	6th	12
Slovenia	060	2	10				-						2	4th	7th	4th		3	5		10		7th	3		3
Switzerland	005							-		2	3
Netherlands	005		1						-										4th
Italy	114	6th	5		1	1	10	10	7th	-	8th	4th	8th		6th	12	3	5		3	7th	4th		10	3	1
Spain	096	10	4th			6th	5	8th	6th	3	-	2	4th			8th		6th	12	10	8th	2	2
Germany	022nd				3			5		5		-							3	1				5
Poland	054			4th	8th		7th		1	1	2	6th	-	3	4th	2		1		7th		5	3
Estonia	082	1			6th	8th	3			12	4th	7th	6th	-	1	1	1			4th		8th	8th		10	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	022nd		8th		4th			2				3			-		4th							1
Portugal	000															-
Sweden	036			8th		5	6th										-					6th			7th	4th
Greece	039	12		5							7th							-	6th		2			7th
Malta	066	5	12	10		7th				6th	1				5			8th	-			3	1	8th
Hungary	039		3			4th							5	5					2	-			5	2	8th	5
Russia	033			1	5		12		8th					7th							-
Denmark	025th			7th				1									7th	2				-			2	6th
France	095	3	2	12		10	2	3	5				12	12	3	6th	2	4th		2	6th	1	-			10
Croatia	024	4th										1	3		2		5		8th					-	1
United Kingdom	227	7th	7th	6th	12	12	8th	12	12	8th	5	10	10	10	10	7th	12	10	1	12	12	12	12	12	-	8th
Iceland	018th				2									2			8th								6th	-

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

United Kingdom Scoring Map by Country for the Winning Title

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation

number	country	received from
10	United Kingdom	Denmark, France, Ireland, Croatia, Netherlands, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary
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

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

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