Eurovision Song Contest 1996
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 18, 1996 in Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. The presenters were Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket. Eimear Quinn was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, The Voice.
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 hosts 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, 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, Planet of Blue performed by Leon, was one of the seven cast aside.
The 1996 contest also featured the novelty - which similarly failed to become a tradition - of 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 and President Alija Izetbegović 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.
Results
| Country | Artist(s) | Song | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | George Nussbaumer | Weilís Dir Guat Got | 10 | 68 |
| Belgium | Lisa Del Bo | Liefde Is een kaartspel | 16 | 22 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Amila Glamorčak | Za našu ljubav | 22 | 13 |
| Croatia | Maja Blagdan | Sveta ljubavi | 4 | 98 |
| Cyprus | Constantinos Christoforou | Mono Gia Mas | 9 | 72 |
| Estonia | Maarja-Liis Ilus & Ivo Linna | Kaelakee hääl | 5 | 94 |
| Finland | Jasmine | Niin kaunis on taivas | 23 | 9 |
| France | Dan Ar Braz et L'Heritage des Celtes | Diwanit Bugale | 19 | 18 |
| Greece | Marianna Efstratiou | Emis Forame Ton Himona Anixiatika | 15 | 36 |
| Iceland | Anna Mjöll | Sjúbídu | 13 | 51 |
| Ireland | Eimear Quinn | The Voice | 1 | 162 |
| Malta | Miriam Christine | In A Woman's Heart | 10 | 68 |
| Netherlands | Maxine & Franklin Brown | De Eerste Keer | 7 | 78 |
| Norway | Elisabeth Andreassen | I evighet | 2 | 114 |
| Poland | Kasia Kowalska | Chcę Znać Swój Grzech | 14 | 31 |
| Portugal | Lúcia Moniz | O meu coração não tem cor | 6 | 92 |
| Slovakia | Marcel Palonder | Till You Have Us | 18 | 19 |
| Slovenia | Regina | Dan najlepših sanj | 21 | 16 |
| Spain | Antonio Carbonell | Ay! Que Deseo! | 20 | 17 |
| Sweden | One More Time | Den Vilda | 3 | 100 |
| Switzerland | Kathy Leander | Mon Coeur L'aime | 16 | 22 |
| Turkey | Sebnem Paker | Besíncí Mevsím | 12 | 57 |
| United Kingdom | Gina G | Just A Little Bit | 8 | 77 |
| Venue: Oslo Spektrum - Oslo, Norway | ||||
| The table is ordered by the countries names. | ||||
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 or the United Kingdom.The following countries received 12 point marks:
- The United Kingdom from Portugal and Belgium.
- Portugal (achieving their highest position ever) from Cyprus and Norway.
- Cyprus from the United Kingdom and Greece.
- Malta from Croatia and Slovakia.
- Austria from France and Malta.
- Estonia from Finland, Iceland and Sweden.
- the Netherlands from Austria.
- Belgium from Spain.
- Ireland from Turkey, Switzerland, Estonia, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Poland and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
- and, finally, Sweden, from Ireland.
Pre-Qualifying Round
| Place | Country | Artist | Song | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One More Time | Den Vilda | 227 | |
| 2 | Eimear Quinn | The Voice | 198 | |
| 3 | Gina G | Ooh aah ...Just a little bit | 153 | |
| 4 | Miriam Christine | In a woman's heart | 138 | |
| 5 | Maarja-Liis Ilus & Ivo Linna | Kaelakee hääl | 106 | |
| 6 | George Nussbaumer | Weil's dr guat got | 80 | |
| 7 | Şebnem Paker | Besinci mevsim | 69 | |
| 8 | Kathy Leander | Mon coeur l'aime | 67 | |
| 9 | Maxine & Franklin Brown | De eerste keer | 63 | |
| 10 | Anna Mjöll | Sjúbidú | 59 | |
| 11 | Dan Ar Braz et l'Héritage des Celtes | Diwanit Bugale | 55 | |
| 12 | Lisa Del Bo | Liefde is een kaartspel | 45 | |
| Mariana Efstratiou | Emis forame to himona anixiatika | 45 | ||
| 14 | Antonio Carbonell | Ay, que déseo | 43 | |
| 15 | Kasia Kowalska | Chçe znać swój grzech … | 42 | |
| Constantinos | Mono gia mas | 42 | ||
| 17 | Marcel Palonder | Kým nás máš | 36 | |
| 18 | Lúcia Moniz | O meu coração não tem cor | 32 | |
| 19 | Maja Blagdan | Sveta ljubav | 30 | |
| Regina | Dan najlepših sanj | 30 | ||
| 21 | Amila Glacomak | Za našu ljubav | 29 | |
| 22 | Jasmine | Niin kaunis on taivas | 26 | |
| Gjon Delhusa | Fortuna | 26 | ||
| 24 | Leon | Blauer Planet | 24 | |
| 25 | Dorthe Andersen & Martin Loft | Kun med dig | 22 | |
| 26 | Andrej Kosinskij | Ja eto ja | 14 | |
| FYR Macedonia | Kaliopi Gril | Samo ti | 14 | |
| 28 | Galit Bell | Shalom Olam | 12 | |
| 29 | Monica Anghel & Sincron | Ruga pentru pacea lumii | 11 | |
Map
- Green = Participating countries
- Yellow = Countries who have participated in the past but don't this year
- Red = Countries who didn't survive the pre-qualifying round
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