Ireland in the 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"
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

National final

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
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

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: from Italy, Malta, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and receiving at least one point from every competing nation. 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).

Points awarded to Ireland

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

Points awarded by Ireland

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

External links

Irish National Final 1993

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