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Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Country	Ireland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	14 March 1993
Selected entrant	Niamh Kavanagh
Selected song	"In Your Eyes"
Selected songwriter(s)	Jimmy Walsh
Finals performance
Final result	1st, 187 points
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland was the host country of the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, held in Millstreet's Green Glens Arena, after Linda Martin won the 1992 Contest with "Why Me?". Radió Telfís Éireann (RTÉ) held a national final to select the Irish entry for the contest, which was won by Niamh Kavanagh and the song "In Your Eyes".

Before Eurovision edit

National final edit

The Irish national final was held on 14 March 1993 at the Point Theatre in Dublin, hosted by Pat Kenny. 8 songs competed to represent the host country at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, with the final winner selected by the votes of ten regional juries.

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Niamh Kavanagh	"In Your Eyes"	118	1
2	Suzanne Bushnell	"Long Gone"	54	7
3	Patricia Roe	"If You Changed Your Mind"	75	3
4	Róisín Ní hAodha	"Mo mhúirnín óg"	34	8
5	Champ	"2nd Time Around"	79	2
6	Off the Record	"Hold Out"	61	6
7	Dav McNamara	"Stay"	67	4
8	Perfect Timing	"Why Aren't We Talking Anyway"	62	5

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Athlone	Cavan	Dublin	Dundalk	Dungloe	Galway	Limerick	Listowel	Millstreet	Waterford	Total score
1	"In Your Eyes"	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	118
2	"Long Gone"	5	4	8	10	3	4	8	4	4	4	54
3	"If You Changed Your Mind"	10	5	6	6	5	10	5	10	8	10	75
4	"Mo mhúirnín óg"	4	3	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	34
5	"2nd Time Around"	8	12	10	4	8	8	10	6	6	7	79
6	"Hold Out"	3	8	3	8	6	7	7	8	5	6	61
7	"Stay"	7	7	7	5	10	5	6	5	7	8	67
8	"Why Aren't We Talking Anyway?"	6	6	4	7	7	6	4	7	10	5	62

At Eurovision edit

Niamh Kavanagh represented for the host country on 15 May in Millstreet, performing 14th in the running order, following Sweden and preceding Luxembourg. Kavanagh received 187 points, receiving the maximum 12 points a total of 7 times and receiving at least one point from every competing nation.^[1] This was Ireland's fifth victory in the contest, and as such Ireland would be the hosts of the 1994 Contest (they did not decline of hosting, unlike Luxembourg after 1973 victory and Israel after 1979 victory).

Voting edit

Points awarded to Ireland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Italy Malta Norway Slovenia Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
10 points	France Netherlands Spain
8 points	Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 points	Cyprus Luxembourg
6 points	Croatia Denmark Greece Portugal
5 points	Germany Israel
4 points
3 points	Finland Iceland
2 points	Belgium
1 point	Turkey

Points awarded by Ireland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Netherlands
10 points	France
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Switzerland
6 points	Austria
5 points	Norway
4 points	Germany
3 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 points	Malta
1 point	Iceland

References edit

^ "Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links edit

Irish National Final 1993

[1] "Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[1993detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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