Eurovision Song Contest 1996
The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Oslo, Norway, following the country's victory at the 1995 contest with the song "Nocturne" by Secret Garden. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), the contest was held at Oslo Spektrum Saturday 18 May 1996. The contest was presented by Norwegian journalist Ingvild Bryn and lead singer of a-ha Morten Harket.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1996 | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | |
| Final | 18 May 1996 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Oslo Spektrum Oslo, Norway |
| Presenter(s) | Ingvild Bryn Morten Harket |
| Musical director | Frode Thingnæs |
| Directed by | Pål Veiglum |
| Executive supervisor | Christine Marchal-Ortiz |
| Executive producer | Odd Arvid Strømstad |
| Host broadcaster | Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) |
| Opening act | "Heaven's Not for Saints" performed by Morten Harket |
| Interval act | "Beacon Burning", performed by Nils Gaup and Runar Borge feat. Aamil Paus |
| Website | eurovision |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 23 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries | |
| Non-returning countries | |
Participation map
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
| Nul points in final | None |
| Winning song |  Ireland"The Voice" |
Twenty-three countries participated in the contest. Prior to the event, a non-televised audio-only qualification round was organised by the EBU, in order to shortlist the number of participating nations that would compete in the televised final from twenty-nine, to a more manageable twenty-three.[1] Germany, Israel, Denmark, Hungary, Russia, Macedonia, and Romania all failed to qualify. That means that this year remains the only time that Germany did not participate in the contest.
The winner was yet again Ireland with the song "The Voice", performed by Eimear Quinn and written by Brendan Graham. This was the country's fourth win in just five years, having also won three years in a row between 1992-1994. This win cemented Ireland as the country with the most wins in Eurovision history (they already broke the record for most wins in 1994). Norway, Sweden, Croatia and Estonia rounded out the top five, with the last of those countries achieving their first top five placing in their participation. Further down the table, Portugal also achieved their best result to date, finishing sixth. This result would be broken in the 2017 contest with their long awaited victory.
Location
Oslo is the capital and the most populous city in Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. For the first time, the Norwegian capital hosted the contest. This was the second time the event was staged in Norway, after the 1986 contest in Bergen. Oslo Spektrum, a multi-purpose indoor arena, was chosen as the host venue. Opened in December 1990, it is primarily known for hosting major events such as the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert and concerts by artists of national and international fame.
Format
The presenters were Morten Harket and Ingvild Bryn. Harket, lead singer of a-ha, opened the show with a performance of his single "Heaven's Not for Saints", which was a smash hit in Norway at the time.
The 1996 contest also introduced three novelties which failed to become traditions in the contest. 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 Göran Persson, President Alija Izetbegović of Bosnia and Herzegovina and future UN Secretary-General António Guterres, then Prime Minister of Portugal. 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.[1]
Secondly, the voting section was conducted using chroma key 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 contest's history, a jury spokesperson came to stage to deliver the scores rather than via telephone or video link. The Norwegian spokesperson Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft joined Ingvild Bryn in the blue screen set to announce Norway's scores.[1] The virtual scoreboard only listed the name of the country and their total score, omitting the nation's flags for the first time since 1984. Prior to 1985, flags had only appeared on the scoreboard in 1977 and 1982. Scoreboard flags returned in 1997 and have appeared regularly on most scoreboards since; the only exceptions being 2000 and 2001.
Finally, the name itself of the Eurovision Song Contest was changed this year, re-branded and referred to this year as Eurosong '96. The name was quickly dropped and reverted back to the Eurovision Song Contest the following year.[2]
Good luck messages
In 1996 all contestants were wished good luck by a politician from their own country in their own language.[3] These pre-recorded messages were shown right before their performance. This was the only year in Eurovision with such wishes. The individuals who provided messages are shown below, alongside the position which they held at the time of the contest and the language in which they recorded their message.
Turkey – Süleyman Demirel, President of Turkey (Turkish)
United Kingdom – Virginia Bottomley, Secretary of State for National Heritage (English)
Spain – Alberto Escudero Claramunt, Spanish Ambassador to Norway (Spanish)
Portugal – António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal (Portuguese).svg.png.webp)
Cyprus – Glafcos Clerides, President of Cyprus (Greek)
Malta – Edward Fenech Adami, Prime Minister of Malta (Maltese)
Croatia – Zlatko Mateša, Prime Minister of Croatia (Croatian)
Austria – Elisabeth Gehrer, Federal Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs (German)
Switzerland – Michel Coquoz, Swiss chargé d'affaires in Norway (French)
Greece – Caterína Dimaki, Greek chargé d'affaires in Norway (Greek)
Estonia – Tiit Vähi, Prime Minister of Estonia (Estonian)
Norway – Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister of Norway (Norwegian)
France – Philippe Douste-Blazy, Minister of Culture (French)
Slovenia – Milan Kučan, President of Slovenia (Slovene)
Netherlands – Aad Nuis, State Secretary of Education, Culture and Science (Dutch).svg.png.webp)
Belgium – Luc Van den Brande, Minister-President of Flanders (Dutch)- Ireland – John Bruton, Taoiseach (English)
Finland – Riitta Uosukainen, Speaker of the Parliament of Finland (Finnish)
Iceland – Davíð Oddsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (Icelandic)
Poland – Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland (Polish).svg.png.webp)
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Alija Izetbegović, President of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian)
Slovakia – Vladimír Mečiar, Prime Minister of Slovakia (Slovak)
Sweden – Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden (Swedish)
Participating countries
Qualification
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.[1] This year, they reverted to including a 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 audio-only qualification round, which was never televised or broadcast on radio, was used by the EBU in order to shortlist the number of participating nations that would compete in the televised final.[1] With exception to the hosts Norway, audio entries from twenty-nine countries were played to national juries, of which only twenty-two proceeded to the televised final in Oslo.[1]
Countries listed below submitted entries for the audio-only qualification round, which was not televised.[4] Countries were ordered alphabetically by ISO two-letter country code. Planned entries from Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine have been reported which ultimately did not materialise, with Bulgaria's name still appearing on the qualifier jury voting sheets. All three countries would eventually make their debut in the 2000s.[5][6][3]
Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Macedonia, Romania and Russia all failed to qualify. As a result, Macedonia's submission was never classified as a debut entry by the EBU, with the nation eventually went on to make their official televised debut in 1998.[1][7] The full results of the qualifying round were not made public at the time, but have since become available. Hungary and Finland tied on the same score for the final qualification place, however Finland qualified for the final due to them having received the highest individual score (8 points) compared to Hungary (7 points).[3]
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 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.[1]
| Draw[3] | Country | Artist | Song | Language[8][9] | Place[4][3] | Points[4][3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Austria |
George Nussbaumer | "Weil's dr guat got" | Vorarlbergish | 6 | 80 |
| 02 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Amila Glamočak | "Za našu ljubav" | Bosnian | 21 | 29 |
| 03 | Belgium |
Lisa del Bo | "Liefde is een kaartspel" | Dutch | 12 | 45 |
| 04 | Switzerland |
Kathy Leander | "Mon cœur l'aime" | French | 8 | 67 |
| 05 | Cyprus |
Constantinos | "Mono gia mas" (Μόνο για μας) | Greek | 15 | 42 |
| 06 |  Germany |
Leon | "Planet of Blue" | German | 24 | 24 |
| 07 |  Denmark |
Dorthe Andersen and Martin Loft | "Kun med dig" | Danish | 25 | 22 |
| 08 | Estonia |
Maarja-Liis Ilus and Ivo Linna | "Kaelakee hääl" | Estonian | 5 | 106 |
| 09 | Spain |
Antonio Carbonell | "¡Ay, qué deseo!" | Spanish | 14 | 43 |
| 10 | Finland |
Jasmine | "Niin kaunis on taivas" | Finnish | 22 | 26 |
| 11 | France |
Dan Ar Braz and l'Héritage des Celtes | "Diwanit bugale" | Breton | 11 | 55 |
| 12 | United Kingdom |
Gina G | "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" | English | 3 | 153 |
| 13 | Greece |
Marianna Efstratiou | "Emis forame to himona anixiatika" (Εμείς φοράμε το χειμώνα ανοιξιάτικα) |
Greek | 12 | 45 |
| 14 | Croatia |
Maja Blagdan | "Sveta ljubav" | Croatian | 19 | 30 |
| 15 |  Hungary |
Gjon Delhusa | "Fortuna" | Hungarian | 23 | 26 |
| 16 | Ireland |
Eimear Quinn | "The Voice" | English | 2 | 198 |
| 17 |  Israel |
Galit Bell | "Shalom Olam" (שלום עולם) | Hebrew | 28 | 12 |
| 18 | Iceland |
Anna Mjöll | "Sjúbídú" | Icelandic | 10 | 59 |
| 19 |  Macedonia |
Kaliopi | "Samo ti" (Само ти) | Macedonian | 26 | 14 |
| 20 | Malta |
Miriam Christine | "In a Woman's Heart" | English | 4 | 138 |
| 21 | Netherlands |
Maxine and Franklin Brown | "De eerste keer" | Dutch | 9 | 63 |
| 22 | Poland |
Kasia Kowalska | "Chcę znać swój grzech..." | Polish | 15 | 42 |
| 23 | Portugal |
Lúcia Moniz | "O meu coração não tem cor" | Portuguese | 18 | 32 |
| 24 |  Romania |
Monica Anghel and Sincron | "Rugă pentru pacea lumii" | Romanian | 29 | 11 |
| 25 |  Russia |
Andrey Kosinskiy | "Ya eto ya" (Я это я) | Russian | 26 | 14 |
| 26 | Sweden |
One More Time | "Den vilda" | Swedish | 1 | 227 |
| 27 | Slovenia |
Regina | "Dan najlepših sanj" | Slovene | 19 | 30 |
| 28 | Slovakia |
Marcel Palonder | "Kým nás máš" | Slovak | 17 | 38 |
| 29 | Turkey |
Şebnem Paker | "Beşinci Mevsim" | Turkish | 7 | 69 |
Conductors
Each performance had a conductor who led the orchestra.[10][3] This marked the final year in which every song featured the orchestra to some extent, although some more minimally than others (such as Austria or the United Kingdom); from 1997 full backing tracks were permitted, and from 1999 the orchestra was abolished in its entirety.
- Turkey – Levent Çoker
- United Kingdom – Ernie Dunstall
- Spain – Eduardo Leiva
- Portugal – Pedro Osório
- Cyprus – Stavros Lantsias
- Malta – Paul Abela
- Croatia – Alan Bjelinski
- Austria – Mischa Krausz
- Switzerland – Rui dos Reis
- Greece – Mihalis Rozakis
- Estonia – Tarmo Leinatamm
- Norway – Frode Thingnæs
- France – Fiachra Trench
- Slovenia – Jože Privšek
- Netherlands – Dick Bakker
- Belgium – Bob Porter
- Ireland – Noel Kelehan
- Finland – Olli Ahvenlahti
- Iceland – Ólafur Gaukur
- Poland – Wiesław Pieregorólka
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – Sinan Alimanović
- Slovakia – Juraj Burian
- Sweden – Anders Berglund
Returning artists
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Mariana Efstratiou | Greece |
1987 (backing vocalist for Bang), 1989 |
| Elisabeth Andreassen | Norway |
1982 (for Sweden, member of Chips), 1985 (member of Bobbysocks!), 1994 (with Jan Werner Danielsen) |
Results
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language[8][9] | Place[11] | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Turkey |
Şebnem Paker | "Beşinci Mevsim" | Turkish | 12 | 57 |
| 02 | United Kingdom |
Gina G | "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" | English | 8 | 77 |
| 03 | Spain |
Antonio Carbonell | "¡Ay, qué deseo!" | Spanish | 20 | 17 |
| 04 | Portugal |
Lúcia Moniz | "O meu coração não tem cor" | Portuguese | 6 | 92 |
| 05 | Cyprus |
Constantinos | "Mono gia mas" (Μόνο για μας) | Greek | 9 | 72 |
| 06 | Malta |
Miriam Christine | "In a Woman's Heart" | English | 10 | 68 |
| 07 | Croatia |
Maja Blagdan | "Sveta ljubav" | Croatian | 4 | 98 |
| 08 | Austria |
George Nussbaumer | "Weil's dr guat got" | Vorarlbergish | 10 | 68 |
| 09 | Switzerland |
Kathy Leander | "Mon cœur l'aime" | French | 16 | 22 |
| 10 | Greece |
Marianna Efstratiou | "Emis forame to himona anixiatika" (Εμείς φοράμε το χειμώνα ανοιξιάτικα) |
Greek | 14 | 36 |
| 11 | Estonia |
Maarja-Liis Ilus and Ivo Linna | "Kaelakee hääl" | Estonian | 5 | 94 |
| 12 | Norway |
Elisabeth Andreassen | "I evighet" | Norwegian | 2 | 114 |
| 13 | France |
Dan Ar Braz and l'Héritage des Celtes | "Diwanit bugale" | Breton | 19 | 18 |
| 14 | Slovenia |
Regina | "Dan najlepših sanj" | Slovene | 21 | 16 |
| 15 | Netherlands |
Maxine and Franklin Brown | "De eerste keer" | Dutch | 7 | 78 |
| 16 | Belgium |
Lisa del Bo | "Liefde is een kaartspel" | Dutch | 16 | 22 |
| 17 | Ireland |
Eimear Quinn | "The Voice" | English | 1 | 162 |
| 18 | Finland |
Jasmine | "Niin kaunis on taivas" | Finnish | 23 | 9 |
| 19 | Iceland |
Anna Mjöll | "Sjúbídú" | Icelandic | 13 | 51 |
| 20 | Poland |
Kasia Kowalska | "Chcę znać swój grzech..." | Polish | 15 | 31 |
| 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Amila Glamočak | "Za našu ljubav" | Bosnian | 22 | 13 |
| 22 | Slovakia |
Marcel Palonder | "Kým nás máš" | Slovak | 18 | 19 |
| 23 | Sweden |
One More Time | "Den vilda" | Swedish | 3 | 100 |
Scoreboard
Each country had a jury that awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top ten songs. One year later, televoting would be introduced in only some countries, such as Sweden and the United Kingdom. When Belén Fernández 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 Bryn 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. Because originally Poland was awarded six points from Spain, Greece was placed 14th over Poland after the official results table corrected this error.[1] 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 this voting method was introduced in 1975.
Qualifying round
| Austria | 80 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 45 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 67 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cyprus | 42 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 24 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | 106 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Spain | 43 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Finland | 26 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| France | 55 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 153 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||
| Greece | 45 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 30 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | 198 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Israel | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | 59 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malta | 138 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 63 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Poland | 42 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 32 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Romania | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 227 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Slovenia | 30 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | 38 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 69 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the qualifying round.
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Sweden | Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Macedonia, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland |
| 4 | Ireland | Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, United Kingdom |
| 3 | Malta | Romania, Slovakia, Spain |
| United Kingdom | Israel, Sweden, Turkey | |
| 2 | Austria | France, Malta |
| Netherlands | Hungary, Portugal | |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Slovenia |
| Cyprus | Greece | |
| Estonia | Russia | |
| Greece | Cyprus | |
| Iceland | Norway | |
| Slovakia | Croatia |
Final
| Turkey | 57 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 77 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Spain | 17 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 92 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Cyprus | 72 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Malta | 68 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 98 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Austria | 68 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 22 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | 36 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Estonia | 94 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Norway | 114 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |||||
| France | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 16 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 78 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
| Belgium | 22 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | 162 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 7 | |||||
| Finland | 9 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | 51 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Poland | 31 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | 19 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 100 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 point in the final:[13]
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Ireland | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey |
| 3 | Estonia | Finland, Iceland, Sweden |
| 2 | Austria | France, Malta |
| Cyprus | Greece, United Kingdom | |
| Malta | Croatia, Slovakia | |
| Portugal | Cyprus, Norway | |
| United Kingdom | Belgium, Portugal | |
| 1 | Belgium | Spain |
| Netherlands | Austria | |
| Sweden | Ireland |
Spokespersons
The spokespersons announced the score from their respective country's national jury in running order.
- Turkey – Ömer Önder
- United Kingdom – Colin Berry[3]
- Spain – Belén Fernández de Henestrosa[3]
- Portugal – Cristina Rocha
- Cyprus – Marios Skordis[15]
- Malta – Ruth Amaira
- Croatia – Daniela Trbović[16]
- Austria – Martina Rupp
- Switzerland – Yves Ménestrier[17]
- Greece – Niki Venega[18]
- Estonia – Annika Talvik
- Norway – Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft[3]
- France – Laurent Broomhead[17]
- Slovenia – Mario Galunič
- Netherlands – Marcha (Dutch representative in 1987)
- Belgium – An Ploegaerts[17][19]
- Ireland – Eileen Dunne
- Finland – Solveig Herlin[20]
- Iceland – Svanhildur Konráðsdóttir
- Poland – Jan Chojnacki
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – Segmedina Srna
- Slovakia – Alena Heribanová
- Sweden – Ulla Rundqvist
Broadcasts
Most countries sent commentators to Oslo or commented from their own country, in order to provide coverage of the contest, such as add insight to the participants.
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |
ORF 1 | Ernst Grissemann | |
| FM4 | Stermann & Grissemann | [21] | |
| Belgium |
BRTN TV1 | Dutch: Michel Follet and Johan Verstreken | [22] |
| RTBF1 | French: Jean-Pierre Hautier and Sandra Kim | [17] | |
| BRTN Radio 2 | Dutch: Guy De Pré and Bart Pieters | ||
| RTBF La Première | French: Alain Gerlache and Adrien Joveneau | [17] | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
BHT | Sead Bejtović | |
| Croatia |
HRT 1 | Aleksandar "Aco" Kostadinov | [16] |
| HR2 | Draginja Balaš | ||
| Cyprus |
RIK 1 | Evi Papamichail | [15] |
| RIK Deftero | Pavlos Pavlou | ||
| Estonia |
ETV | Jüri Pihel | |
| Raadio 2 | Marko Reikop | ||
| Finland |
YLE TV1 | Erkki Pohjanheimo and Sanna Kojo | [20] |
| YLE Radio Suomi | Iris Mattila and Pasi Hiihtola | ||
| France |
France 2 | Olivier Minne | [17] |
| France Inter | Laurent Boyer | ||
| Greece |
ET1 | Dafni Bokota | [18] |
| ERA 1 | Giorgos Mitropoulos | ||
| Iceland |
Sjónvarpið | Jakob Frímann Magnússon | [23] |
| Ireland |
RTÉ One | Pat Kenny | |
| RTÉ Radio 1 | Larry Gogan | ||
| Malta |
TVM | Charles Saliba | |
| Netherlands |
Nederland 1 | Willem van Beusekom | [24] |
| Radio 2 | Hijlco Span | ||
| Norway |
NRK | Jostein Pedersen | [25] |
| NRK P1 | Stein Dag Jensen and Anita Skorgan | [26] | |
| Poland |
TVP1 | Dorota Osman | [27] |
| Portugal |
RTP1 | Maria Margarida Gaspar | |
| Slovakia |
STV2 | Stanislav Ščepán | |
| Slovenia |
SLO1 | Miša Molk | |
| Spain |
La Primera | José Luis Uribarri | [28] |
| Sweden |
SVT1 | Björn Kjellman | |
| SR P3 | Claes-Johan Larsson and Lisa Syrén | ||
| Switzerland |
SF DRS | German: Sandra Studer | |
| TSR | French: Pierre Grandjean | [17] | |
| TSI | Italian: Joanne Holder | ||
| Turkey |
TRT 1 | Bülend Özveren | |
| TRT Radyo 3 | Ümit Tunçağ | ||
| United Kingdom |
BBC1 | Terry Wogan | [3] |
| BBC Radio 2 | Ken Bruce | [3] |
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
SBS TV | Unknown | |
| Denmark |
DR TV1 | Jørgen de Mylius | [29] |
| DR P3 | Camilla Miehe-Renard | ||
| Germany |
WDR Fernsehen/N3 | Ulf Ansorge | [30] |
| Deutschlandfunk/NDR Radio 2 | Thomas Mohr | [31] | |
| Hungary |
MTV 2 | István Vágó | |
| Israel |
Channel 1 | No commentator | |
| Macedonia |
MTV 1 | Vlado Janevski | |
| Romania |
TVR1 | Doina Caramzulescu and Costin Grigore | |
| Russia |
RTR | Vadim Dolgachev | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
RTS 2 (delayed broadcast) | Mladen Popović | [32] |
Notes and references
Notes
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