Eurovision Song Contest 1992

Eurovision Song Contest 1992
Dates
Final 9 May 1992
Host
Venue Malmö Ice Stadium
Malmö, Sweden
Presenter(s) Lydia Cappolicchio
Harald Treutiger
Conductor Anders Berglund
Executive supervisor Frank Naef
Host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT)
Opening act Carola performing "All the Reasons to Live"
Interval act A Century of Dance
Participants
Number of entries 23
Debuting countries None
Returning countries  Netherlands
Withdrawing countries None
Vote
Voting system Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Nul points None
Winning song  Ireland
"Why Me?"
Eurovision Song Contest
◄1991 1992 1993►

The Eurovision Song Contest 1992 was the 37th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1992 in Malmö, Sweden. The presenters were Lydia Cappolicchio and Harald Treutiger. Linda Martin, representing Ireland, was the winner of this Eurovision with the song Why Me?. The song was written by Johnny Logan, who had won the 1980 contest as singer and the 1987 contest as singer/songwriter. The contest took place at the indoor ice arena of Malmö where the stage set was in the shape of a Viking ship's bow with a dragon in the centre and stars on each side. The opening sequence included women dressed in the Swedish colours of yellow and blue, twirling ribbons. The filmic postcard tradition was continued with clips based on each country. Last year's winner, Carola, appeared on stage in a white dress with sheer sleeves, a rhinestone collar and cuffs and sang “All The Reasons To Live”.

This contest marked the last participation of Yugoslavia, although it was not the same country that had participated from 1961 to 1991, but actually, Serbia and Montenegro, formally known as the "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia". That was the country's last entry until 2004, as it was banned from the contest, following the sanctions on the United Nations Security Council Resolution 757, following the Bosnian War and Croatian War of Independence.

After scoring second place consecutively (1988, 1989) and scoring some disappointing results (1990, 1991), the United Kingdom sent Michael Ball with the contemporary pop-ballad "One Step Out Of Time", which was the hot favourite to win the contest. However, the Irish sent Linda Martin, who had the past experience of coming in 2nd place in the 1984 contest, but also paired up once again with Johnny Logan, who won the contest twice before. In the end, Ireland won the contest with a 16-point lead over the United Kingdom, starting the chain of Irish wins in the 1990s. Malta with "Little Child", performed by Mary Spiteri, also scored very well coming in 3rd place with 123 points. This was the first time that the three highest-placed songs had all been in English. Sweden, the host country, finished 2nd last.

Switzerland had to replace its original choice of entry, "Soleil, soleil" which was to have been performed by Géraldine Olivier. The song did not comply with some of the rules of the national selection contest and so, despite having won, it did not go to Malmö.

Participating countries

Returning artists

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Wind  Germany 1985, 1987
Sigga (part of Heart 2 Heart)  Iceland 1990 (part of Stjórnin), 1991 (backing singer as part of Stefán and Eyfi)
Linda Martin  Ireland 1984
Mia Martini  Italy 1977

Results

Draw Country Artist Song Language[1] Place Points
01  Spain Serafín Zubiri "Todo esto es la música" Spanish 14 37
02  Belgium Morgane "Nous, on veut des violons" French 20 11
03  Israel Dafna Dekel "Ze Rak Sport" (זה רק ספורט) Hebrew 6 85
04  Turkey Aylin Vatankoş "Yaz Bitti" Turkish 19 17
05  Greece Cleopatra "Olou tou kosmou i Elpida"
(Όλου του κόσμου η Ελπίδα)
Greek 5 94
06  France Kali "Monté la riviè" French, Antillean Creole 8 73
07  Sweden Christer Björkman "I morgon är en annan dag" Swedish 22 9
08  Portugal Dina "Amor d'água fresca" Portuguese 17 26
09  Cyprus Evridiki "Teriazoume" (Ταιριάζουμε) Greek 11 57
10  Malta Mary Spiteri "Little Child" English 3 123
11  Iceland Heart 2 Heart "Nei eða já" Icelandic 7 80
12  Finland Pave Maijanen "Yamma, yamma" Finnish 23 4
13   Switzerland Daisy Auvray "Mister Music Man" French 15 32
14  Luxembourg Marion Welter & Kontinent "Sou fräi" Luxembourgish 21 10
15  Austria Tony Wegas "Zusammen geh'n" German 10 63
16  United Kingdom Michael Ball "One Step Out of Time" English 2 139
17  Ireland Linda Martin "Why Me?" English 1 155
18  Denmark Kenny Lübcke & Lotte Nilsson "Alt det som ingen ser" Danish 12 47
19  Italy Mia Martini "Rapsodia" Italian 4 111
20  Yugoslavia Extra Nena "Ljubim te pesmama" (Љубим те песмама) Serbian 13 44
21  Norway Merethe Trøan "Visjoner" Norwegian 18 23
22  Germany Wind "Träume sind für alle da" German 16 27
23  Netherlands Humphrey Campbell "Wijs me de weg" Dutch 9 67

Voting structure

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top ten songs.

Score sheet

Results
Spain 37 1 1 4 6 2 3 3 2 1 1 7 5 1
Belgium 11 3 4 3 1
Israel 85 10 2 8 4 7 4 7 4 8 1 7 2 12 2 4 3
Turkey 17 8 3 6
Greece 94 7 8 7 3 5 12 2 5 10 4 12 7 8 4
France 73 6 12 3 3 7 12 5 6 10 3 6
Sweden 9 1 4 4
Portugal 26 8 2 2 1 5 8
Cyprus 57 3 10 2 2 1 8 2 6 4 8 3 8
Malta 123 12 10 7 12 12 1 8 5 12 8 10 8 3 10 5
Iceland 80 8 4 4 6 6 6 3 5 7 12 5 5 1 6 2
Finland 4 1 3
Switzerland 32 5 12 4 1 10
Luxembourg 10 10
Austria 63 2 8 8 1 3 8 4 10 12 7
United Kingdom 139 5 12 2 10 10 5 6 6 4 6 8 7 12 7 12 8 12 7
Ireland 155 1 7 12 12 10 4 5 12 7 10 6 10 10 8 10 2 2 7 10 10
Denmark 47 4 6 7 1 6 6 3 3 6 5
Italy 111 5 3 12 8 8 10 5 10 12 7 6 12 1 12
Yugoslavia 44 10 6 1 5 2 3 5 4 2 4 2
Norway 23 3 2 1 1 4 5 6 1
Germany 27 6 10 6 2 3
Netherlands 67 7 2 5 7 5 4 7 3 1 5 2 8 4 7

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 point in the final:

N. Contestant Voting nation
4 Malta Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden
Italy Finland, France, Netherlands, Norway
United Kingdom Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany
3 Ireland Greece, Malta, Turkey
2 Greece Cyprus, Italy
France Israel, Switzerland
1 Austria Ireland
Iceland United Kingdom
Israel Yugoslavia
Switzerland Iceland

Commentators

Television

Radio

Spokespersons

National jury members

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