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Eimear Quinn, the winning artist of the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest. The contest took place on 18 May 1996 at 21:00 ( CEST) and lasted 3 hours and 7 minutes. [7] [9] In addition to his role as host, Harket also performed the song "Heaven's Not for Saints" as the show's opening act. [4]
- Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their ten favourite songs
- Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
- Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Eurovision Song Contest 1996 result: Ireland won with the song "The Voice" by Eimear Quinn with 162 points Date: 18 May 1996 Location: Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway Broadcaster: Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) Hosts: Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket Participants: 23. 30 countries submitted for participation at Eurovision 1996. Before the contest, all ...
May 18, 1996 · Facts and figures. The 1996 contest is the only contest where Germany missed out on a place in the final due to the pre-selection round. The contest was re-branded and referred to throughout the broadcast as Eurosong '96 however the name was dropped the following year.
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st edition held at the Spektrum in Oslo, Norway on 18 May 1996 thanks to Secret Garden's win in Dublin the previous year. It was co-presented by New York-based news correspondent Ingvild Bryn and the frontman of the popular band A-ha, Morten Harket.
A pre-qualifier was held among 29 nations who wished to compete where juries listened to audio recordings of all the songs (Norway, as the host nation, was exempt), and 22 advanced. Germany, who was the last of the founding seven nations with an unbroken streak of participation, was eliminated.
This contest also marked the first and only use of "virtual reality" during the voting sequence. It was also the last contest to make use of 100% jury voting with the introduction of televoting the following year.
Ireland won for a record-breaking seventh time with the song The Voice performed by Eimear Quinn and written by Brendan Graham, who had also written the 1994 winner. Finishing second for Norway was Elisabeth Andreassen, who became the fourth person to finish first one year and second another year (she had won previously in 1985 as part of Bobbysocks).
•This is the second straight year where Sweden placed third with 100 points.
•Despite coming three places lower than their best-ever placing, Turkey's Beşinci Mevsim scored the most points for the country before 1997, with 59.
•This is the last year where all the contestants used the orchestra to some extent: starting in 1997, which made instruments on stage optional, a number of the countries would use playback.
•With France's song using the Breton language, Switzerland's entry was the only French-language song that year.
•Anabel Conde, Nucha, Yiannis Dimitras, and Justyna were all jury members for their respective countries.
•The national juries also featured future representatives Paul Oscar and Pinar.
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 May 1996 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) and presented by Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket, the contest was held in Norway following the country ...
Oslo 1996. Scoreboard Detailed voting results. Official website of the Eurovision Song Contest. The latest news, photos, videos, participant info, voting results, the Contest's rich history and much more.
