Wednesday 10 February 1999

1994 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 39
Date - April 30, 1994
Host broadcaster - RTÉ, Ireland
Host city - Dublin
Venue - Point Theatre
Hosts - Cynthia Ní Mhurchú / Gerry Ryan
Director - Patrick Cowap
Stage designer - Paula Farrell
Executive producer - Moya Doherty
Musical director - Noel Kelehan
Orchestra - RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Concertmaster - Michael d'Arcy
Music associate - Bill Somerville-Large
Opening sequence - 'Riverrun', composed by Bill Whelan and performed by Macnas
Postcards original music - David Hayes / Frank McNamara
Interval act - 'Riverdance', composed by Bill Whelan and performed by Michael Flatley & Eurovision Dancers feat. Anúna (choreography Jean Butler - Michael Flatley - Mavis Ascott / arr. Bill Whelan / conductor Noel Kelehan
Scrutineer - Christian Clausen
Number of entries - 25
Winning entry - 'Rock 'n' Roll Kids' Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan
Winning songwriter - Brendan Graham
Winning orchestrator - none
Winning conductor - none

The RTÉ Concert Orchestra with the contest's chief conductor, Noel Kelehan

RESULT

1st place (226 votes)

IRELAND
Song title – “Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids”
Rendition – Paul Harrington (piano, vocals) / Charlie McGettigan (guitar, vocals)
Lyrics – Brendan J. Graham
Composition – Brendan J. Graham
Studio arrangement – Brendan J. Graham / Paul Harrington / Charlie McGettigan
Live orchestration – none
Conductor – none

2nd place (166 votes)

POLAND
Song title – “To nie ja!”
Rendition – Edyta Górniak
Lyrics – Jacek Cygan
Composition – Stanislas Syrewicz
Studio arrangement – Stanislas Syrewicz
Live orchestration – Mike Mower
Conductor – Noel Kelehan (MD)

3rd place (128 votes)

UNITED GERMANY
Song title – "Wir geben ‘ne Party"
Rendition – MeKaDo (Melanie Bender / Kati Karney / Dorkas Kiefer)
Lyrics – Bernd Meinunger
Composition – Ralph Siegel
Studio arrangement – Ralph Siegel / Andy Slavik
Live orchestration – Norbert Daum
Conductor – Norbert Daum

4th place (122 votes)

HUNGARY
Song title – “Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet”
Rendition – Friderika Bayer
Lyrics – Szilveszter Jenei
Composition – Szilveszter Jenei
Studio arrangement – Szilveszter Jenei
Live orchestration – Szilveszter Jenei / Péter Wolf
Conductor – Péter Wolf

5th place (97 votes)

MALTA
Song title – "More Than Love"
Rendition – Moira Stafrace & Chris Scicluna
Lyrics – Moira Stafrace
Composition – Christopher Scicluna
Studio arrangement – Vince Tempera
Live orchestration – Vince Tempera
Conductor – Anthony Chircop

6th place (76 votes)

NORWAY
Song title – "Duett"
Rendition – Elisabeth Andreasson & Jan Werner Danielsen
Lyrics – Hans Olav Mørk
Composition – Rolf Løvland
Studio arrangement – Rolf Løvland
Live orchestration – Rolf Løvland / Pete Knutsen
Conductor – Pete Knutsen

7th place (74 votes)

FRANCE
Song title – "Je suis un vrai garçon"
Rendition – Nina Morato 
Lyrics – Nina Morato
Composition – Bruno Maman
Studio arrangement – Bruno Maman / Jam’Ba (= Jean M'Ba) / Alain Goraguer
(studio orchestra conducted by Alain Goraguer)
Live orchestration – Alain Goraguer
Conductor – Alain Goraguer

8th place (73 votes)

PORTUGAL
Song title – "Chamar a música"
Rendition – Sara Tavares
Lyrics – Rosa Lobato de Faria
Composition – João Carlos Mota Oliveira
Studio arrangement – Thilo Krasmann
Live orchestration – Thilo Krasmann
Conductor – Thilo Krasmann

9th place (70 votes)

RUSSIA
Song title – “Vechni strannik (Вечный странник)”
Rendition – Youddiph (Masha Katz)
Lyrics – Piligrim (Masha Katz)
Composition – Lev Zemlinski
Studio arrangement – Lev Zemlinski
Live orchestration – Lev Zemlinski
Conductor – Lev Zemlinski

10th place (63 votes)

UNITED KINGDOM
Song title – “We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)”
Rendition – Frances Ruffelle
Lyrics – George De Angelis / Mark Dean
Composition – George De Angelis / Mark Dean
Studio arrangement – George De Angelis
Live orchestration – Michael Reed
Conductor – Michael Reed

11th place (51 votes)

CYPRUS
Song title – “Ime anthropos ke ego”
Rendition – Evridiki Theoclous
Composition – George Theophanous
Studio arrangement – George Theophanous
Live orchestration – George Theophanous
Conductor – George Theophanous

12th place (49 votes)

ICELAND
Song title – “Nætur”
Rendition – Sigga (Sigriður Beinteinsdóttir)
Lyrics – Stefán Hilmarsson
Composition – Friðrik Karlsson
Studio arrangement – Friðrik Karlsson / Frank McNamara
Live orchestration – Frank McNamara
Conductor – Frank McNamara

13th place (48 votes)

SWEDEN
Song title – "Stjärnorna"
Rendition – Marie Bergman & Roger Pontare 
Lyrics – Mikael Littvold
Composition – Peter Bertilsson
Studio arrangement – Peter Bertilsson / Mikael Littvold / 
Esbjörn Svensson
Live orchestration – Esbjörn Svensson
Conductor – Anders Berglund

14th place (44 votes)

GREECE
Song title – "Diri diri (To trechantiri)"
Rendition – Costas Bigalis & The Sea Lovers (Christina Agnostopoulou / Victoria Chalkiti / Vassilis Roussis / 
Akis Tourcogiorgis) 
Lyrics – Costas Bigalis
Composition – Costas Bigalis
Studio arrangement – Antonis Tourcogiorgis
Live orchestration – Charis Andreadis
Conductor – Noel Kelehan (MD)

15th place (39 votes)

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
Song title – "Ostani kraj mene"
Rendition – Alma Čardžić & Dejan Lazarević
Lyrics – Adi Mulahalilović / Edo Mulahalilović
Composition – Adi Mulahalilović / Edo Mulahalilović
Studio arrangement – Ali Mulahalilović / Edo Mulahalilović
Live orchestration – Sinan Alimanović
Conductor – Sinan Alimanović

16th place (27 votes)

CROATIA
Song title – “Nek’ti bude ljubav sva”
Rendition – Toni Cetinski
Lyrics – Željko Krznarić
Composition – Željen Klašterka
Studio arrangement – Guido Mineo
Live orchestration – Zvonimir Dusper / Zdravko Sljivać
Conductor – Miljenko Prohaska

17th place (19 votes)

AUSTRIA
Song title – “Für den Frieden der Welt”
Rendition – Petra Frey
Lyrics – Johann Brunner / Karl Brunner
Composition – Alfons Weindorf
Studio arrangement – Alfons Weindorf
Live orchestration – Hermann Weindorf
Conductor – Hermann Weindorf

18th place (17 votes)

SPAIN
Song title – “Ella no es ella”
Rendition – Alejandro Abad
Lyrics – Alejandro Abad
Composition – Alejandro Abad
Studio arrangement – Josep Llobell
Live orchestration – Josep Llobell
Conductor – Josep Llobell

19th & 20th place (ex aequo, 15 votes)

SWITZERLAND
Song title – “Sto pregando”
Rendition – Duilio 
Lyrics – Giuseppe Scaramella
Composition – Giuseppe Scaramella
Studio arrangement – Valeriano Chiaravalle
Live orchestration – Valeriano Chiaravalle
Conductor – Valeriano Chiaravalle

SLOVAKIA
Song title – “Nekonečná pieseň”
Rendition – Martin Ďurinda & Tublatanka (Juraj Černý / Jozef Dubán / Kvetoslava Kmotorková / Juraj Topor / Ingrid Vranovicová)
Lyrics – Martin Sarvaš
Composition – Martin Ďurinda
Studio arrangement – Palo Kvassay / Martin Ďurinda / Tublatanka
(studio orchestra conducted by Vladimír Valovič)
Live orchestration – Palo Kvassay
Conductor – Vladimír Valovič

21st place (14 votes)

ROMANIA
Song title – “Dincolo de nori”
Rendition – Dan Bittman
Lyrics – Dan Bittman / Antonio Furtună
Composition – Dan Bittman / Antonio Furtună
Studio arrangement – Antonio Furtună
Live orchestration – Antonio Furtună
Conductor – Noel Kelehan (MD)

22nd place (11 votes)

FINLAND
Song title – "Bye Bye Baby"
Rendition – CatCat (Katja & Virpi Kätkä)
Lyrics – Markku 'Make' Lentonen / Kari Salli
Composition – Markku 'Make' Lentonen / Kari Salli
Studio arrangement – Kari Salli / Peter Lowland (Petri Alanko) / Jason Drome (Jari Karjalainen)
Live orchestration – Olli Ahvenlahti
Conductor – Olli Ahvenlahti

23rd place (4 votes)

NETHERLANDS
Song title – "Waar is de zon"
Rendition – Willeke Alberti 
Lyrics – Cooth van Doesburg
Composition – Edwin Schimscheimer
Studio arrangement – Edwin Schimscheimer
Live orchestration – Edwin Schimscheimer
Conductor – Harry van Hoof

24th place (2 votes)

ESTONIA
Song title – “Nagu merelaine”
Rendition – Silvi Vrait
Lyrics – Leelo Tungal
Composition – Ivar Must
Studio arrangement – Ivar Must / Urmas Lattikas
(Estonia Radio Stage Orchestra conducted by Urmas Lattikas)
Live orchestration – Urmas Lattikas
Conductor – Urmas Lattikas

25th place (0 votes)

LITHUANIA
Song title – “Lopšine mylimai”
Rendition – Ovidijus Vyšniauskas
Lyrics – Gintaras Zdebskis
Composition – Ovidijus Vyšniauskas
Studio arrangement – Ovidijus Vyšniauskas / Gediminas Zujus
Live orchestration – Tomas Leiburas
Conductor – Tomas Leiburas

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