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Dates
Finaldate
18 May 1996
Host
Venue
Oslo Spektrum
Oslo, Norway
Presenter(s)
Ingvild Bryn
Morten Harket
Conductor
Frode Thingns
Director
Executive supervisor
Hostbroadcaster
Pl Veiglum
Christine Marchal-Ortiz
Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Openingact
Intervalact
Numberofentries
30
Debutingcountries
Macedonia
Returningcountries
Estonia
Finland
Netherlands
Romania
Slovakia
Switzerland
Withdrawingcountries None
Vote
Votingsystem
Nulpoints
Winningsong
Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
None
Ireland
"The Voice"
Eurovision Song Contest
1995
1997
Format
The European Broadcasting Union continued to experiment in their efforts to find a broadly acceptable method of
whittling down the large number of potential participating countries to a more realistic figure. This year, they
reverted to the pre-qualifying round that had been used for the 1993 contest, but this time with just one country
exempt from the process - the host Norway. The pre-qualifier was an oddity in that it was not broadcast in any form,
and did not even entail any live performance of the entries. Instead, the traditional set of national juries simply
listened to the studio recordings of each song, through audio tapes, and awarded points accordingly. All that was
subsequently revealed of their deliberations was which countries had qualified, with the precise scores and placings
remaining under wraps (although they were leaked some time later).
It rapidly became evident that this system was no more sustainable than any other the EBU had tried, as it meant that
several countries had gone through their traditional full-blown national selection procedure to come up with an entry,
only to suffer the anti-climax of having their challenge quietly extinguished without even having had the opportunity
of presenting the song to an international audience. As a leading financial contributor to the contest, Germany were
particularly aggrieved that their entry, the techno song "Planet of Blue" performed by Leon, was one of the seven
cast aside. It was the only year in the history of the ESC in which Germany did not participate in the final.
The 1996 contest also featured two novelties which similarly failed to become a tradition firstly a short 'good
luck message' for each entry, recorded by a political leader or official from their country. The seniority of the figure
who delivered the message varied wildly from country to country, ranging from Presidents and Prime Ministers on
one end of the spectrum to junior ministers or ambassadors on the other, but a few very significant European
political figures did appear, including long-serving Swedish premier Gran Persson and President Alija Izetbegovi
of Bosnia and Herzegovina. But of course the only good luck wish that was fully rewarded in the end was that of
Irish Taoiseach John Bruton, who introduced the song that took his country to a fourth win in five years.
Secondly, the voting section was conducted using "blue screen" virtual reality technology provided by Silicon
Graphics. The host Ingvild Bryn introduced the viewers to the 'blue room', upon which a 3D scoreboard, views of the
green room, the jury spokespersons and country graphics appeared. The only physical aspects were Ingvild herself
and two podiums.
For the first time in the Eurovision history, during the voting a spokesperson came to stage (exactly the blue room)
down next to Ingvild: the Norwegian one, Ragnhild Slthun Fjrtoft.
Results
Draw
Country
Language
Artist
Song
English translation
Place Points
01
Turkey
Turkish
ebnem Paker
"Beinci Mevsim"
12
57
02
United Kingdom
English
Gina G
77
03
Spain
Spanish
Antonio Carbonell
"Ay, qu deseo!"
20
17
04
Portugal
Portuguese
Lcia Moniz
My heart has no
colour
92
05
Cyprus
Greek
Constantinos
Only for us
72
06
Malta
English
Miriam Christine
10
68
07
Croatia
Croatian
Maja Blagdan
"Sveta ljubav"
Holy love
98
08
Austria
10
68
French
Kathy Leander
16
22
09
Switzerland
10
Greece
Greek
Mariana Efstratiou
We wear spring
clothes
in winter time
14
36
11
Estonia
Estonian
"Kaelakee hl"
Sound of necklace
94
12
Norway
Norwegian
Elisabeth Andreassen
"I evighet"
For eternity
114
13
France
Breton
"Diwanit Bugale"
19
18
14
Slovenia
Slovene
Regina
16
15
Netherlands
Dutch
78
16
Belgium
Dutch
Lisa del Bo
Love is a cardgame
16
22
17
Ireland
English
Eimear Quinn
"The Voice"
162
18
Finland
Finnish
Jasmine
So beautiful is the
sky
23
19
Iceland
Icelandic
Anna Mjll
"Sjbd"
Shoobe-doo
13
51
20
Poland
Polish
Kasia Kowalska
I want to know my
sin
15
31
21
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnian
Amila Glamoak
22
13
22
Slovakia
Slovak
Marcel Palonder
"Km ns m"
18
19
23
Sweden
Swedish
"Den vilda"
100
Pre-qualifying round
Shaded countries were eliminated from the competition
Country
Language
Artist
Song
English translation
Place Points
Austria
80
Belgium
Dutch
Lisa Del Bo
Love is a cardgame
12
45
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnian
Amila Glamoak
21
29
Croatia
Croatian
Maja Blagdan
"Sveta ljubav"
Divine love
19
30
Cyprus
Greek
Constantinos
Only for us
15
42
Denmark
Danish
25
22
Estonia
Estonian
Sound of necklace
106
Finland
Finnish
Jasmine
28
France
Breton
"Diwanit Bugale"
11
55
Germany
German
Leon
"Planet of Blue"
24
24
Greece
Greek
Mariana Efstratiou
We wear spring
clothes
in winter time
12
45
Hungary
Hungarian
Gjon Delhusa
"Fortuna"
23
26
Iceland
Icelandic
Anna Mjll
"Sjbd"
Shoobe-doo
10
59
Ireland
English
Eimear Quinn
"The Voice"
198
Israel
Hebrew
Galit Bell
"Shalom Olam" ()
Hello/peace world
28
12
Macedonia
Macedonian
Kaliopi
"Samo ti" ( )
Only you
26
14
Malta
English
Miriam Christine
138
Netherlands
Dutch
63
Poland
Polish
Kasia Kowalska
I want to know my
sin
15
42
Portugal
Portuguese
Lcia Moniz
My heart has no
colour
18
32
Romania
Romanian
29
11
Russia
Russian
Andrej Kosinskij
I am what I am
26
14
Slovakia
Slovak
Marcel Palonder
"Km ns m"
17
36
Slovenia
Slovene
Regina
19
30
Spain
Spanish
Antonio Carbonell
"Ay, qu deseo!"
14
43
Sweden
Swedish
"Den vilda"
227
French
Kathy Leander
67
Turkish
ebnem Paker
"Beinci Mevsim"
69
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
English
Gina G
153
Voting structure
Each country had a jury that awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs. One year later,
televoting would be introduced in only some countries, such as Sweden and the United Kingdom. When Beln
Fernndez de Henestrosa, the Spanish spokesperson, announced the votes of the Spanish jury, she awarded two
points to "Czechoslovakia" (while meaning 'Slovakia'). Furthermore, she awarded six points to "Holland" (the
Netherlands), which host Ingvild Byrn misheard as "Poland." The official results table corrected this error, and the
Netherlands' seventh place result was restored at the expense of the United Kingdom, who ultimately finished eighth.
Norway's entry, "I evighet", is notable for being the only runner-up not to receive a single "12 points" score in a
Eurovision final since the current voting method was introduced in 1975.
Score sheet
Juries
Turkey
57
United Kingdom
77
Spain
17
Portugal
92
Cyprus
72
Malta
68 10
Croatia
98
Austria
68
Switzerland
22
Greece
36
Estonia
94
10
12
2
12
10
12
7
10
4
10
10
12
12
12
3
12
2
5
8
4
1
1
10
3
8
3
1
12
10
12
10
10
12
5
1
10
3
1
12 12 10
3
12
Norway
114
France
18
Slovenia
16
Netherlands
78
Belgium
22
Ireland
6
5
Finland
Iceland
51
Poland
31
13
Slovakia
19
Sweden
100
10 10
12
10
1
7
12 10 12 10
4
3
2
12 12
10
10
4
10
Contestant
10
10 12
Voting nation
Ireland
Estonia
Austria
France, Malta
Cyprus
Malta
Croatia, Slovakia
Portugal
Cyprus, Norway
United Kingdom
Belgium, Portugal
Belgium
Spain
Netherlands
Austria
Sweden
Ireland
Returning artists
Artist
12 12
1
7
12 points
N.
10
2
3
2
8
12
162 12
1
1
Country
Previous Year(s)
Mariana Efstratiou
Greece 1989
Elisabeth Andreassen
Commentators
Television
Radio
Spokespersons
Spain Montserrat Marial (businesswoman), Juan Diego Arranz (psychologist and teacher), Elvira Quintill
(actress), lvaro de Luna (actor), Mnica Pont (actress), Mikel Herzog (singer), Mara Mayor (model), Jos
Mara Purn (composer), Anabel Conde (singer, Spanish entrant at Eurovision Song Contest 1995), Jos Sancho
(actor), Asuncin Embuena (TV hostess), Pedro Bermdez "Azuquita" (singer), Adriana Vega (actress), Antonio
Pinilla (student), Mabel Alfonso (singer and composer), Manuel Redondo (make-up artist and gemologist)
Greece Agni Hatzikotaki, Antonis Papaioannou, Litsa Sakellariou, Giannis Dimitras, Andreas
Hatziapostolou, Spiros Papavasiliou, Stamatis Mazaris, Nikos Tsolakis, Artemi Plessa, Sofia-Marina Athanasiou,
Eleni-Zina Bilisi, Sokratis Rousopoulos, Kiriaki Tzekou, Nikos Papanikolaou, Ioannis Trahanas, Panagiota Kesari
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