Eurovision Song Contest 1992

Eurovision Song Contest 1992
Dates
Final date	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
Returning countries	Netherlands
Withdrawing countries	None
Participation map      Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1992
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	Language[1]	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points
01	Spain	Spanish	Serafín Zubiri	"Todo esto es la música"	All this is music	14	37
02	Belgium	French	Morgane	"Nous, on veut des violons"	We want violins	20	11
03	Israel	Hebrew	Dafna Dekel	"Ze Rak Sport" (זה רק ספורט)	It's just sport	6	85
04	Turkey	Turkish	Aylin Vatankoş	"Yaz Bitti"	Summer is over	19	17
05	Greece	Greek	Cleopatra	"Olou Tou Kosmou I Elpida" (Όλου του κόσμου η Ελπίδα)	The whole world's hope	5	94
06	France	French, Antillean Creole	Kali	"Monté la riviè"	Go up the river	8	73
07	Sweden	Swedish	Christer Björkman	"I morgon är en annan dag"	Tomorrow is another day	22	9
08	Portugal	Portuguese	Dina	"Amor d'água fresca"	Fresh water love	17	26
09	Cyprus	Greek	Evridiki	"Teriazoume" (Ταιριάζουμε)	We're alike	11	57
10	Malta	English	Mary Spiteri	"Little Child"	–	3	123
11	Iceland	Icelandic	Heart 2 Heart	"Nei eða já"	No or yes?	7	80
12	Finland	Finnish	Pave Maijanen	"Yamma, yamma"	–	23	4
13	Switzerland	French	Daisy Auvray	"Mister Music Man"	–	15	32
14	Luxembourg	Luxembourgish	Marion Welter & Kontinent	"Sou fräi"	So free	21	10
15	Austria	German	Tony Wegas	"Zusammen geh'n"	Go together	10	63
16	United Kingdom	English	Michael Ball	"One Step Out of Time"	–	2	139
17	Ireland	English	Linda Martin	"Why Me?"	–	1	155
18	Denmark	Danish	Kenny Lübcke & Lotte Nilsson	"Alt det som ingen ser"	All the things that nobody sees	12	47
19	Italy	Italian	Mia Martini	"Rapsodia"	Rhapsody	4	111
20	Yugoslavia	Serbian	Extra Nena	"Ljubim te pesmama" (Љубим те песмама)	I'm kissing you with songs	13	44
21	Norway	Norwegian	Merethe Trøan	"Visjoner"	Visions	18	23
22	Germany	German	Wind	"Träume sind für alle da"	Dreams are there for everyone	16	27
23	Netherlands	Dutch	Humphrey Campbell	"Wijs me de weg"	Show me the way	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  Spain - José Luis Uribarri (TVE2)[2]  Belgium - Claude Delacroix (RTBF La Une),[3] André Vermeulen (BRTN TV1)[4]  Israel - No commentator  Turkey - Bülend Özveren (TV1)  Greece - Dafni Bokota (ET1)[5]  France - Thierry Beccaro (Antenne 2)[3]  Sweden - Jesper Aspegren & Björn Kjellman (TV2)[6]  Portugal - Eládio Clímaco (Canal 1)[7]  Cyprus - Evi Papamichail (RIK 1)[8]  Malta - TBD (TVM)  Iceland - Árni Snævarr (Sjónvarpið)[9]  Finland - Erkki Pohjanheimo & Kati Bergman (YLE TV1)[10]   Switzerland - Mariano Tschuor (Schweizer Fernsehen), Ivan Frésard (Télévision Suisse),[11] Emanuela Gaggini (TV Svizzera)  Luxembourg - Maurice Molitor (RTL Hei Elei)  Austria - Ernst Grissemann (FS1)[12]  United Kingdom - Terry Wogan (BBC1)  Ireland - Pat Kenny (RTÉ1)  Denmark - Jørgen de Mylius (DR TV)[13]  Italy - Peppi Franzelin (Raidue)[14]  Yugoslavia - Mladen Popović (TVB1)  Norway - John Andreassen (NRK)[15]  Germany - Jan Hofer (Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen)[16]  Netherlands - Willem van Beusekom (Nederland 3)[17]  Slovenia (non participating country) - Miša Molk (SLO1)[18]  Macedonia (non participating country) - John Ilija Apelgrin (MTV 1)  Poland (non participating country) - Artur Orzech & Maria Szabłowska (TVP1)  Hungary (non participating country) - István Vágó (MTV1)

Radio  Spain - N/A  Belgium - Stéphane Dupont & Patrick Duhamel (RTBF La Première), Julien Put (BRTN Radio 2)  Israel - Yitzhak Shim'oni (Reshet Gimel)  Turkey - Canan Kumbasar (TRT Radyo 3)  Greece - Giorgos Mitropoulos (ERA ERT1)  France - Marc-Olivier Fogiel (France Inter)  Sweden - Kalle Oldby & Lotta Engberg (SR P3)  Portugal - N/A  Cyprus - Pavlos Pavlou (CyBC Radio 2)  Malta - N/A  Iceland - N/A  Finland - Sanna Kojo (YLE Radio 1)   Switzerland - TBC  Luxembourg - N/A  Austria - Martin Blumenau (Hitradio Ö3)  United Kingdom - Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2)  Ireland - Larry Gogan (RTÉ Radio 1)  Denmark - Jørgen de Mylius, Jesper Bæhrenz & Andrew Jensen (DR P3)  Italy - Antonio De Robertis (Rai Radio 2)  Yugoslavia - Dina Čolić (Radio Belgrade 1)  Norway - Nadia Hasnaoui (NRK P1)  Germany - Roger Horné (Deutschlandfunk/hr3)  Netherlands - Daniël Dekker (Radio 3)

Spokespersons

•  Spain - María Ángeles Balañac^[19]
•  Belgium - Jacques Olivier
•  Israel - Daniel Pe'er^[20] (Co-host of 1979 edition)
•  Turkey - Korhan Abay
•  Greece - Fotini Giannoulatou^[21]
•  France - Olivier Minne
•  Sweden - Jan Jingryd^[6]
•  Portugal - Ana Zanatti^[7]
•  Cyprus - Anna Partelidou^[8]
•  Malta - Anna Bonanno
•  Iceland - Guðrún Skúladóttir
•  Finland - Solveig Herlin^[22]
•   Switzerland - Michel Stocker^[23]
•  Luxembourg - TBC
•  Austria - Andy Lee
•  United Kingdom - Colin Berry
•  Ireland - Eileen Dunne
•  Denmark - Bent Henius^[13]
•  Italy - Nicoletta Orsomando
•  Yugoslavia - Veselin Mrđen
•  Norway - Sverre Christophersen^[24]
•  Germany - Carmen Nebel
•  Netherlands - Herman Slager

National jury members

•  Spain – Roberto Gil (singer of the group Tennessee), Bárbara Rey (actress), Willy Rubio (scriptwriter and musician), Teresa Rioné (athlete), Angustias Gallardo (lawyer), Iván Rodríguez (student), Marisa Collado (parapsychologist and clairvoyant), Pablo Carbonell (singer of the group Toreros Muertos), Bárbara Martín (student), José Manuel Parada (journalist), Pilar Sánchez (businesswoman), Fernardo Reinlein (journalist at Diario 16), Esther del Prado (actress), Santiago Palacios (gynaecologist), Miguel Ángel Barneto (economist), Karina (singer, Spanish entrant at Eurovision Song Contest 1971)^[25]
•  Greece – Dimitris Iatropoulos, Andreas Hatziapostolou, Antonis Papaioannou, Giorgos Kleftogiorgos, Litsa Sakellariou, Babis Antoniou, Grigoris Lambrianidis, Evangelos Alexandropoulos, Evi Arabatzoglou, Antonis Ioannidis, Ioannis Kapelos, Eleni-Zina Bilisi, Dimitra Boukouvala, Evgenia Niniou, Kostas Pavlikianis, Alkiviadis Feresidis
•  Ireland – Twink, Keith Mills
•  Norway – Sigurd Køhn, Erik Wesseltoft, Tora Ulstrup, Vibeke Wesenlund, Solveig Ravne, Gustavo Pollastri, Mette Lie, Bernt Finseth, Julie Holm, Per Gudim Thorbjørnsen, Tine Mørch Smith, Torill Jordsjø, Jan Paul Brekke, Carl Størmer, Reidar Skår, Staffan William Olsson^[26]
•  Netherlands – Bernadette, Karin Vlasblom, Robbert Landegent, Bart Ensie

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