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Encyclopedia > Eurovision 1997
Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Date 3 May 1997
Presenter(s) Carrie Crowley and Ronan Keating
Host Broadcaster RTE
Venue Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Winning Song Love Shine A Light (United Kingdom)
Voting system Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of Songs 25
Countries Making Debut None
Nul points Norway & Portugal
Interval Act Ronan Keating & Boyzone

The Eurovision Song Contest 1997 was the 42nd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 3, 1997 in Dublin. The presenters were Ronan Keating and Carrie Crowley. Katrina and the Waves, representing the United Kingdom, were the winners of this Eurovision with the song Love Shine A Light. The track scored an unprecedented 227 points; it received points from all participating countries, including five sets of 10 points and a record-breaking ten sets of the maximum 12 points. This record was equalled by Greece when Elena Paparizou won the 2005 event. Her song My Number One scored a winning total of 230 points, three points more than Katrina and the Waves did, albeit with far more countries voting (39 compared to 1997's 25). Thus, Love Shine a Light is still regarded as the most successful Eurovision winner ever, as signified in Athens at the 2006 contest when it was the closing song of the medley of past Eurovision winners, performed at the opening of the semi-final. May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ronan Patrick John Keating (born March 3, 1977 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish pop singer. ... Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ; Irish for Radio [and] Television of Ireland) is the Public Service Broadcaster of the Republic of Ireland. ... The Point Theatre (originally dubbed The Point Depot) is a concert venue on the North Wall Quay in Dublin, Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Ronan Patrick John Keating (born March 3, 1977 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish pop singer. ... Boyzone were an Irish boy band (pop group) of the 1990s. ... Eurovision Song Contest logo. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Ronan Patrick John Keating (born March 3, 1977 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish pop singer. ... Katrina and the Waves formed in 1981 in Cambridge, England, and were fronted by American singer Katrina Leskanich until she left the group in 1999. ... Love Shine a Light was the 1997 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, performed by Katrina and the Waves for the United Kingdom. ... Elena Paparizou (Greek: ; born 31 January 1982 in Borås, Sweden) is a popular Greek singer best known in Europe for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 for Greece with the song, My Number One. // [edit] Biography [edit] Early life Elena Paparizou was born in Borås, Sweden, to Greek... The presenters, Maria Efrosinina and Pavlo Shylko. ... My Number One is the 2005 winning song of the 50th Eurovision Song Contest. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína IPA: ) is the capital and largest city of Greece and the birthplace of democracy. ... The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the fifty-first Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on the 18 May 2006 (for the semi-final) and 20 May 2006 (for the final). ...


After the controversy over the pre-selection in 1996, the European Broadcasting Union introduced a new system for 1997: the countries with the lowest average scores over the previous four years would be excluded from the 1997 contest, and those with the lowest averages over the previous five years would be excluded from future contests (save that every country so excluded for one year would automatically be allowed to participate the following year), with so many countries being omitted as would reduce the number of participants each year to 25.Italian National Broadcaster RAI already stated that this year was their last year of participating at the Eurovision Song Contest. The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 18, 1996 in Oslo. ... Logo of the EBU/UER. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), known in French as LUnion Européenne de Radio-Télévision (UER), and unrelated to the European Union, was formed on 12 February 1950 by 23 broadcasting organizations from Europe and the Mediterranean at a conference in the...


There was much array of different styles this year. Denmark brought a Rap Song, Croatia came with their version of the Spice Girls and Sweden brought a mid '80s style boyband. Look up rap in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Spice Girls were an all-female English pop group who formed in 1994 in London, England. ...

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Katrina & the Waves performing Love Shine A Light for the United Kingdom at Eurovision 1997.
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Katrina & the Waves performing Love Shine A Light for the United Kingdom at Eurovision 1997.
Ronan Keating and Carrie Crowley, the presenters.
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Ronan Keating and Carrie Crowley, the presenters.


Ronan Patrick John Keating (born March 3, 1977 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish pop singer. ...

Results

Draw Country Language Artist Song Translation Place Points
1  Cyprus Greek Hara & Andreas Konstantinou Mana mu Motherland 5 98
2 Flag of Turkey Turkey Turkish Şebnem Paker & Grup Etnic Dinle Listen 3 121
3 Flag of Norway Norway Norwegian Tor Endresen San Francisco - 24 0
4 Flag of Austria Austria German Bettina Soriat One Step - 21 12
5 Flag of Republic of Ireland Ireland English Marc Roberts Mysterious Woman - 2 157
6  Slovenia Slovene Tanja Ribič Zbudi se Wake Up 10 60
7 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Italian Barbara Berta Dentro di me Inside of Me 22 5
8 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands Dutch Mrs. Einstein Niemand heeft nog tijd No One Has Time Anymore 22 5
9 Flag of Italy Italy Italian Jalisse Fiumi di parole Rivers of Words 4 114
10 Flag of Spain Spain Spanish Marcos Llunas Sin rencor Without Grudge 6 96
11 Flag of Germany Germany German Bianca Shomburg Zeit Time 18 22
12  Poland Polish Anna Maria Jopek Ale jestem But I Am 11 54
13  Estonia Estonian Maarja-Liis Ilus Keelatud maa Forbidden Land 8 82
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Alma Čardžić Goodbye - 18 22
15 Flag of Portugal Portugal Portuguese Célia Lawson Antes do adeus Before Goodbye 24 0
16 Flag of Sweden Sweden Swedish Blond Bara hon älskar mig If Only She Loves Me 14 36
17 Flag of Greece Greece Greek Marianna Zorba Horepse Dance 12 39
18  Malta English Debbie Scerri Let Me Fly - 9 66
19 Flag of Hungary Hungary Hungarian V.I.P. Miért kell, hogy elmenj? Why Do You Have To Go? 12 39
20  Russia Russian Alla Pugacheva Primadonna Prima Donna 15 33
21 Flag of Denmark Denmark Danish Kølig Kaj Stemmen i mit liv The Voice In My Life 16 25
22 Flag of France France French Fanny Sentiments songes Dream Feelings 7 95
23 Flag of Croatia Croatia Croatian E.N.I. Probudi me Awaken Me 17 24
24 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom English Katrina & The Waves Love Shine A Light - 1 227
25 Flag of Iceland Iceland Icelandic Paul Oscar Minn hinsti dans My Final Dance 20 18

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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, or a televote, where the top ten most voted for songs were awarded the 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points.


The following countries were awarded 12 points:

The number of participants was 25 again. Last years audio-preselection was changed for a new system. The average results of all countries in the last 5 contests were measured and the 25 countries that had done best in that period qualified. Israel withdrew voluntarily, Bosnia Herzegovina took their place. Again, Ireland was responsible for the organization of the Eurovision Song Contest. RTÉ almost ended up bankrupt due the high costs, which was no surprise after we saw the giant modern stage! This year the televoting was introduced in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland and Germany. It was interesting to see that Iceland got 16 of its 18 points from these 5 countries. Ireland was the best scoring country in the televoting-part but the United Kingdom became the overall winner, for the fifth time.


Score sheet

Voting procedure used:

Red: Televote.
Blue: Jury.

Voters
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Image:ESCPolandJ.png Image:ESCEstoniaJ.png Image:ESCBosniaJ.png Image:ESCPortugalJ.png Image:ESCbb1J.png
Image:ESCSwedenJ.png
Image:ESCGreeceJ.png Image:ESCMaltaJ.png Image:ESCHungaryJ.png Image:ESCRussiaJ.png Image:ESCbb1J.png
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Contestants Cyprus   0 2 0 3 4 4 10 4 10 5 0 1 0 3 0 12 7 0 1 7 4 4 5 12
Turkey 0   0 7 2 0 6 2 7 12 12 0 6 12 5 6 7 10 6 4 0 6 0 4 7
Norway 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austria 0 0 0   0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0
Ireland 8 6 3 10   1 7 4 10 6 8 7 8 8 10 10 0 0 8 5 10 10 6 12 0
Slovenia 2 10 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 2 4 7 4 0 3 5 0 10 0 7 3 0 3
Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 0 1 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 6 5 0 1 1 10 10 7   8 4 8 0 6 12 3 5 0 3 7 4 0 10 3 1
Spain 10 4 0 0 6 5 8 6 3   2 4 0 0 8 0 6 12 10 8 2 2 0 0 0
Germany 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 5 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Poland 0 0 4 8 0 7 0 1 1 2 6   3 4 2 0 1 0 7 0 5 3 0 0 0
Estonia 1 0 0 6 8 3 0 0 12 4 7 6   1 1 1 0 0 4 0 8 8 0 10 2
Bosnia-Herz 0 8 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0   0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sweden 0 0 8 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 4
Greece 12 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0   6 0 2 0 0 7 0 0
Malta 5 12 10 0 7 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 8   0 0 3 1 8 0 0
Hungary 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2   0 0 5 2 8 5
Russia 0 0 1 5 0 12 0 8 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0
Denmark 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 0   0 0 2 6
France 3 2 12 0 10 2 3 5 0 0 0 12 12 3 6 2 4 0 2 6 1   0 0 10
Croatia 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 5 0 8 0 0 0 0   1 0
United Kingdom 7 7 6 12 12 8 12 12 8 5 10 10 10 10 7 12 10 1 12 12 12 12 12   8
Iceland 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6  
The table is ordered by appearance.

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Map

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  • Green = Participating countries
  • Yellow = Countries who have participated in the past but don't this year


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Eurovision Song Contest 1997 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (277 words)
The Eurovision Song Contest 1997 was the 42nd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 3, 1997 in Dublin.
Katrina and the Waves, representing the United Kingdom, were the winners of this Eurovision with the song Love Shine a Light.
Thus, Love Shine a Light is still regarded as the most successful Eurovision winner ever, as signified in Athens at the 2006 contest when it was the closing song of the medley of past Eurovision winners, performed at the opening of the semi-final.
Katrina and the Waves - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (550 words)
Formed in 1981 in Cambridge, England, the Waves were fronted by American-born singer Katrina Leskanich until she left the group in 1999.
Reacting to the win, Katrina said it was the second landslide victory in a week; the song won by a record points margin, and Tony Blair had won the 1997 British general election two days previously.
At the 2005 Melodifestivalen, the competition to select Sweden's entry, the group failed to qualify directly from the fourth semi-final of the competition, and were eventually eliminated in a 'second-chance semi'.
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