Eurovision Song Contest 1995

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Eurovision Song Contest 1995
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Dates
Final13 May 1995
Host
Venue Point Theatre,
Dublin, Ireland
Presenter(s) Mary Kennedy
Musical director Noel Kelehan
Directed byJohn Comiskey
Executive supervisorChristian Clausen
Executive producerJohn McHugh
Host broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ)
Website eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1995 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries23
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
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         Competing countries     Relegated countries unable to participate     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1995
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song
1994  Eurovision Song Contest  1996

The Eurovision Song Contest 1995 was the 40th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 13 May 1995 at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), and presented by Mary Kennedy, the contest was held in Ireland following the country's victory at the 1994 contest with the song "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan. It was the third consecutive contest to be held in Ireland – the first and only time in the history of the event that a country has hosted three editions in a row – and the second consecutive edition to be held in the Point Theatre in Dublin.

Contents

Twenty-three countries participated in the contest; Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, and Switzerland were relegated as the lowest-scoring countries in the previous edition, getting replaced by Belgium, Denmark, Israel, Slovenia, and Turkey, returning after being relegated following the 1993 edition.

The winner was Norway with the song " Nocturne ", composed by Rolf Løvland, written by Petter Skavlan and performed by Secret Garden. Spain, Sweden, France, and Denmark rounded out the top five, with Spain achieving their best result since 1979. Croatia and Slovenia also achieved their best results so far, placing sixth and seventh respectively, while Germany finished in last place for the fourth time.

Location

Point Theatre, Dublin - host venue of the 1995 contest (pictured following redevelopment) 3 Arena Front.JPG
Point Theatre, Dublin – host venue of the 1995 contest (pictured following redevelopment)

The 1995 contest took place in Dublin, Ireland, following the country's victory at the 1994 edition with the song "Rock 'n' Roll Kids", performed by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan. It was the sixth time that Ireland had hosted the contest, having previously staged the event in 1971, 1981, 1988, 1993 and 1994, with all previous events held in Dublin except the 1993 contest which was held in Millstreet. [1] Ireland thus became the first, and as of 2024 only country to have hosted three successive contests. [2] [3]

The selected venue was the Point Theatre, a concert and events venue located amongst the Dublin Docklands which had originally been built as a train depot to serve the nearby port. Opened as a music venue in 1988, it was closed for redevelopment and expansion in 2008 and is now known as the 3Arena. [4] Having previously hosted the 1994 contest, Dublin became the first city to host two consecutive Eurovision Song Contests, with the Point Theatre also serving as the host venue for the second year in a row. [2] [5]

Alternative venues in Galway and Limerick were considered by RTÉ, however Dublin was chosen to stage the contest again as it was judged to have been the more cost-effective location. [6] A proposal by the British broadcaster BBC to host the contest, either by themselves or as a joint production hosted in Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, were also rejected by RTÉ as the Irish broadcaster chose to produce the contest on its own. [5] [6] However, RTÉ did request a rule change to relieve them of the responsibility of producing the contest again should Ireland produce a fourth consecutive winner, which was accepted by the EBU. [5]

Participating countries

Eurovision Song Contest 1995 Participation summaries by country

Twenty-three countries were permitted to participate in the contest, which was to comprise the sixteen highest-scoring countries in the 1994 contest and returning countries that had been relegated and prevented from participating in the previous year's event. The total line-up was reduced from the twenty-five countries which participated in the 1994 contest to ensure that the event would not last longer than three hours. [2] [6] Of the seven countries which did not participate in 1994, Belgium, Denmark, Israel, Slovenia and Turkey returned to the contest, while Italy and Luxembourg declined the invitation, which resulted in Austria and Spain, which were originally relegated, being allowed back into the line-up. Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland, as the lowest-scoring countries from the previous year's event, were thus ultimately relegated and were required to miss this event. [2] [5] [6] Switzerland did not participate in the contest for the first time, leaving Germany as the sole country to have participated in every edition of the contest to that point. [5] [6]

The contest featured two representatives who had previously performed in the contest. Turkey's Arzu Ece had previously represented her country at the 1989 contest as a member of the group Pan, and Cyprus's Alexandros Panayi had provided backing vocals for two previous Cypriot entries, for Fanny Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis in 1989 and Elena Patroklou in 1991. [7] [8] [9] Additionally, several artists who had previously participated in the event as main vocalists returned as backing vocalists at this year's event: Iceland's Stefán Hilmarsson and Eyjólfur Kristjánsson  [ is ] returned to the contest as backing singers for the Icelandic entrant Bo Halldórsson, with Stefán having previously represented Iceland in the 1988 event as a member of Beathoven and both Stefán and Eyjólfur having represented Iceland as a duo in 1991; [10] [11] Gary Lux, who had previously represented Austria three times, as a member of the group Westend in 1983 and as a solo artist in 1985 and 1987, supported Stella Jones at this year's event; [12] and José María Guzmán, who represented Spain at the 1986 contest as part of the group Cadillac, was among Anabel Conde's backing singers. [13] [14]

Production and format

The Eurovision Song Contest 1995 was produced by the Irish public broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ). John McHugh served as executive producer, John Comiskey served as director, Alan Farquharson served as designer, and Noel Kelehan served as musical director, leading the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. [2] [19] [20] A separate musical director could be nominated by each country to lead the orchestra during their performance, with the host musical director also available to conduct for those countries which did not nominate their own conductor. [7] [17] RTÉ was reported to have spent IR£2.3 million on staging the contest, with the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and the National Lottery among the contest's sponsors. Through the partnership with the National Lottery, around 1,000 places in the audience were filled by members of the public who had won tickets by playing scratchcards. [6] [5]

Each participating broadcaster submitted one song, which was required to be no longer than three minutes in duration and performed in the language, or one of the languages, of the country which it represented. [21] [22] A maximum of six performers were allowed on stage during each country's performance, and all participants were required to have reached the age of 16 in the year of the contest. [21] [23] Each entry could utilise all or part of the live orchestra and could use instrumental-only backing tracks, however any backing tracks used could only include the sound of instruments featured on stage being mimed by the performers. [23] [24]

Following the confirmation of the twenty-three competing countries, the draw to determine the running order was held on 9 December 1994. [6]

The results of the 1995 contest were determined through the same scoring system as had first been introduced in 1975: each country awarded twelve points to its favourite entry, followed by ten points to its second favourite, and then awarded points in decreasing value from eight to one for the remaining songs which featured in the country's top ten, with countries unable to vote for their own entry. [25] The points awarded by each country were determined by an assembled jury of sixteen individuals, which was required to be split evenly between members of the public and music professionals, between men and women, and by age. Each jury member voted in secret and awarded between one and ten votes to each participating song, excluding that from their own country and with no abstentions permitted. The votes of each member were collected following the country's performance and then tallied by the non-voting jury chairperson to determine the points to be awarded. In any cases where two or more songs in the top ten received the same number of votes, a show of hands by all jury members was used to determine the final placing. [26] [27]

Rehearsals in the contest venue for the competing acts began on 8 May 1995. Each country had two technical rehearsals in the week approaching the contest, with countries rehearsing in the order in which they would perform. The first rehearsals took place on 8 and 9 May, with each country allowed 40 minutes total on stage, with an opportunity to review recordings with producers and to consult on suggested changes afterwards, followed by a 20 minute press conference. Each country's second rehearsals took place on 10 and 11 May, with 30 minutes total on stage. Three dress rehearsals were held with all artists, two held in the afternoon and evening of 12 May and one final rehearsal in the afternoon of 13 May. An audience was present for the second dress rehearsal in the evening of 12 May, with this rehearsal also recorded for use as a production stand-by in case of problems during the live contest. [6] The competing delegations were additionally invited to a welcome reception during the week in the build-up to the event, organised by Irish Ferries and hosted at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham on the evening of 8 May. [6] [28]

Contest overview

Rolf Lovland and Fionnuala Sherry, the winning artists of the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest as Secret Garden Secret Garden1.jpg
Rolf Løvland and Fionnuala Sherry, the winning artists of the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest as Secret Garden

The contest took place on 13 May 1995 at 20:00 (IST) and lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes. [2] [7] The show was presented by the Irish journalist and television presenter Mary Kennedy. [2] Kennedy had previously served as the stand-by presenter at the 1981 contest, understudying for Doireann Ní Bhriain. [6]

To celebrate the contest's fortieth anniversary, the show opened with a four-minute sequence, directed by Pat Cowap, containing clips and performances from previous contests; Cowap had previously served as director of the 1994 contest. [6] The contest's interval act, entitled "Lumen", was an original piece composed by Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin and which combined Gregorian chant and sean-nós singing with contemporary music. Among the performers of "Lumen" were Súilleabháin on piano, Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie, Irish singers Brian Kennedy and Nóirín Ní Riain, members of the Irish folk band Clannad, the Benedictine monks of Glenstal Abbey, and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn. [29] [30] [31] [32] Kennedy would go on to perform at Eurovision again as a contestant, representing Ireland in the 2006 contest. [33] [34] The trophy awarded to the winners was designed by Kevin O'Dwyer, and was presented by the previous year's winning artists Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan. [35] [36]

The winner was Norway represented by the song " Nocturne ", composed by Rolf Løvland, written by Petter Skavlan and performed by Secret Garden. [37] This was Norway's second contest win, following the victory by Bobbysocks! ten years previously at the 1985 contest with " La det swinge ", which was also written by Rolf Løvland; [38] [39] Løvland thus became one of four individuals to have won the contest more than once as an artist or songwriter up to that point in time, alongside Willy van Hemert, Yves Dessca and Johnny Logan. [40] The group Secret Garden consisted principally of Norwegian composer and pianist Løvland and Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry and was formed after the pair had met at the 1994 contest, where Sherry was a member of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and Løvland was in attendance as composer of that year's Norwegian entry. [41] For their performance during the contest they were joined by instrumentalists Hans Fredrik Jacobsen and Åsa Jinder and singer Gunnhild Tvinnereim  [ no ]. [42] "Nocturne" was a largely instrumental piece featuring only 24 words in total, with brief vocals only at the start and end of the song performed by Tvinnereim. [2] [7] [5] The traditional winner's reprise performance featured English lyrics, also written by Skavlan, comprising 30 words in total. [43]

Spain achieved its best result since 1979 by finishing as the contest's runner-up, Croatia and Slovenia gained their highest placements to date by finishing in sixth and seventh place respectively, while conversely Germany finished in last place for the fourth time. [26] [44] [45] [46] [47] The 1995 contest was the last edition of the contest where the top three songs were all performed in a language other than English until the 2021 event. [48]

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 [7] [49]
R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Justyna "Sama"1518
2Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Eddie Friel "Dreamin'"4414
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Stone and Stone "Verliebt in Dich"123
4Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Davor Popović "Dvadeset prvi vijek"1419
5Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Secret Garden [lower-alpha 2] " Nocturne "1481
6Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Philipp Kirkorov "Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana"1717
7Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Bo Halldórsson "Núna"3115
8Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Stella Jones"Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt"6713
9Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Anabel Conde "Vuelve conmigo"1192
10Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Arzu Ece "Sev!"2116
11Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Magazin and Lidija "Nostalgija"916
12Flag of France.svg  France Nathalie Santamaria "Il me donne rendez-vous"944
13Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Csaba Szigeti"Új név egy régi ház falán"322
14Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Frédéric Etherlinck "La voix est libre"820
15Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Love City Groove "Love City Groove"7610
16Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Tó Cruz "Baunilha e chocolate"521
17Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Alexandros Panayi "Sti fotia"799
18Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Jan Johansen " Se på mej "1003
19Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Aud Wilken "Fra Mols til Skagen"925
20Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Darja Švajger "Prisluhni mi"847
21Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Liora"Amen"818
22Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Mike Spiteri"Keep Me in Mind"7610
23Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Elina Konstantopoulou "Pia prosefhi"6812

Spokespersons

Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for their respective country. [21] As had been the case in the 1994 contest, the spokespersons were connected via satellite and appeared in vision during the broadcast. [50] Spokespersons at the 1995 contest are listed below. [51]

  1. Flag of Poland.svg Poland Jan Chojnacki
  2. Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland  Eileen Dunne [52]
  3. Flag of Germany.svg Germany  Carmen Nebel
  4. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Diana Grković-Foretić
  5. Flag of Norway.svg Norway  Sverre Christophersen  [ no ]
  6. Flag of Russia.svg Russia Marina Danielian
  7. Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Áslaug Dóra Eyjólfsdóttir
  8. Flag of Austria.svg Austria  Tilia Herold  [ de ]
  9. Flag of Spain.svg Spain Belén Fernández de Henestrosa
  10. Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Ömer Önder
  11. Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia  Daniela Trbović  [ hr ]
  12. Flag of France.svg France  Thierry Beccaro
  13. Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary  Katalin Bogyay
  14. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Marie-Françoise Renson
  15. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom  Colin Berry [26]
  16. Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal  Serenella Andrade
  17. Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus Andreas Iakovidis
  18. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Björn Hedman [53]
  19. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark  Bent Henius  [ dk ]
  20. Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia  Miša Molk
  21. Flag of Israel.svg Israel  Daniel Pe'er
  22. Flag of Malta.svg Malta Stephanie Farrugia
  23. Flag of Greece.svg Greece Fotini Giannoulatou

Detailed voting results

Jury voting was used to determine the points awarded by all countries. [26] The announcement of the results from each country was conducted in the order in which they performed, with the spokespersons announcing their country's points in English or French in ascending order. [51] The detailed breakdown of the points awarded by each country is listed in the tables below.

Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 [26] [54] [55]
Total score
Poland
Ireland
Germany
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Norway
Russia
Iceland
Austria
Spain
Turkey
Croatia
France
Hungary
Belgium
United Kingdom
Portugal
Cyprus
Sweden
Denmark
Slovenia
Israel
Malta
Greece
Contestants
Poland1546113
Ireland441515335110154
Germany11
Bosnia and Herzegovina14383
Norway1481210411212412106541272710612
Russia171061
Iceland316234268
Austria67236484105241027
Spain11982685810721287101286
Turkey212512317
Croatia9131071012745124125
France947586810231061236872
Hungary321
Belgium817
United Kingdom76514112127710575
Portugal541
Cyprus7913542511283854648
Sweden10010121228648136841213
Denmark9237731210776336126
Slovenia84485671328105373210
Israel81107864541282105
Malta764212210101267614
Greece686587523122810

12 points

The below table summarises how the maximum 12 points were awarded from one country to another. The winning country is shown in bold. Norway received the maximum score of 12 points from six of the voting countries, with Croatia and Sweden each receiving three sets of 12 points, Denmark, Malta, Spain and the United Kingdom receiving two sets each, and Cyprus, Greece and Israel each receiving one maximum score. [54] [55]

Distribution of 12 points awarded at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 [54] [55]
N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Greece.svg  Greece , Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland , Flag of Poland.svg  Poland , Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal , Flag of Russia.svg  Russia , Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Flag of Malta.svg  Malta , Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia , Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark , Flag of Germany.svg  Germany , Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of Norway.svg  Norway , Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina , Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium , Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Flag of Austria.svg  Austria , Flag of France.svg  France
1Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

Broadcasts

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers. [23] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Notes and references

Notes

  1. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD [18]
  2. 1 2 Performance contains uncredited live vocals from Gunnhild Tvinnereim  [ no ].
  3. Delayed broadcast without voting sequence on 15 May 1995 at 00:30 MSD (14 May; 20:30 UTC) [5] [76] [78]
  4. Deferred broadcast on TVE Internacional at 23:10 CEST (21:10 UTC) [66]
  5. Deferred broadcast on 14 May at 20:30 AEST (10:30 UTC) [86]

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