The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the 39th annual Eurovision Song Contest, held on 30 April 1994 in Dublin, Ireland following the country's representative Niamh Kavanagh's win on home soil the previous year with the song "In Your Eyes". This was the last time the contest was held in April.
Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia all made their debut. Because Italy and Luxembourg withdrew voluntarily, the bottom five of the 1993 Contest were relegated. This meant that Belgium, Denmark, Israel, Slovenia and Turkey did not participate this year opening spaces for the new countries. This Contest also saw Luxembourg withdraw from Eurovision indefinitely.
Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan from Ireland were the winners with their song "Rock 'n' Roll Kids". This was a record sixth victory for the country, giving it the outright record number of victories, and also the second time the country won on home soil, achieving the highest winning total by any country up to that point. It was also the first and to date the only time that the Contest had been won by the same country in three consecutive years. As of 2023, it was the last time that the host nation won the Contest.
The interval act, Riverdance, would eventually be expanded into a full-length stage show in 1995 and become a global phenomenon.
Participants[]
Returning artists[]
Artist | Note |
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Evridiki | Represented Cyprus in Eurovision Song Contest 1992 in Malmö with the song "Teriazoume", finishing in 11th place with 57 points. She also appeared as a backing vocalist at the 1983, 1986 and 1987 Contests respectively. |
Sigga | Represented Iceland in Eurovision Song Contest 1990 in Zagreb as part of the group Stjórnin and in Eurovision Song Contest 1992 in Malmö as part of the group Heart 2 Heart. |
Elisabeth Andreassen | Represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 in Harrogate as part of the group Chips and won the 1985 Contest in Gothenburg as part of the duo Bobbysocks! with their song "La det swinge". |
Marie Bergman | Represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 in Dublin and in Eurovision Song Contest 1972 in London as part of the group Family Four. |
Results[]
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Sweden | Marie Bergman & Roger Pontare | "Stjärnorna" | Swedish | The stars | 13 | 48 |
02 | Finland | CatCat | "Bye Bye Baby" | Finnish, English | - | 22 | 11 |
03 | Ireland | Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan | "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" | English | - | 1 | 226 |
04 | Cyprus | Evridiki | "Ime anthropos ki ego" | Greek | I'm a person too | 11 | 51 |
05 | Iceland | Sigga | "Nætur" | Icelandic | Nights | 12 | 49 |
06 | United Kingdom | Frances Ruffelle | "We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)" | English | - | 10 | 63 |
07 | Croatia | Tony Cetinski | "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva" | Croatian | You may have all the love | 16 | 27 |
08 | Portugal | Sara Tavares | "Chamar a música" | Portuguese | Call the music | 8 | 73 |
09 | Switzerland | Duilio | "Sto pregando" | Italian | I'm praying | 19 | 15 |
10 | Estonia | Silvi Vrait | "Nagu merelaine" | Estonian | Like a seawave | 24 | 2 |
11 | Romania | Dan Bittman | "Dincolo de nori" | Romanian | Beyond the Clouds | 21 | 14 |
12 | Malta | Chris & Moira | "More Than Love" | English | - | 5 | 97 |
13 | The Netherlands | Willeke Alberti | "Waar is de zon" | Dutch | Where is the sun | 23 | 4 |
14 | Germany | MeKaDo | "Wir geben 'ne Party" | German | We are having are having a party | 3 | 128 |
15 | Slovakia | Tublatanka | "Nekonečná pieseň" | Slovak | Neverending song | 19 | 15 |
16 | Lithuania | Ovidijus Vyšniauskas | "Lopšinė mylimai" | Lithuanian | Lullaby for my beloved | 25 | 0 |
17 | Norway | Elisabeth Andreassen & Jan Werner Danielsen | "Duett" | Norwegian | Duet | 6 | 76 |
18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Alma & Dejan | "Ostani kraj mene" | Bosnian | Stay beside me | 15 | 39 |
19 | Greece | Kostas Bigalis & The Sea Lovers | "To trehandiric (Diri Diri)" | Greek | The Trehantiri | 14 | 44 |
20 | Austria | Petra Frey | "Für den Frieden der Welt" | German | For the peace of the world | 17 | 19 |
21 | Spain | Alejandro Abad | "Ella no es ella" | Spanish | She's not her | 18 | 17 |
22 | Hungary | Friderika Bayer | "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" | Hungarian | To whom can I tell my sins | 4 | 122 |
23 | Russia | Youddiph | "Vyečhniy stranik" | Russian | Eternal wanderer | 9 | 70 |
24 | Poland | Edyta Górniak | "To nie ja!" | Polish | It wasn't me | 2 | 166 |
25 | France | Nina Morato | "Je suis un vrai garçon" | French | I am a real boy | 7 | 74 |