Thursday 11 February 1999

1997 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 42
Date - May 3, 1997
Host broadcaster - RTÉ, Ireland
Host city - Dublin
Venue - Point Theatre
Hosts - Carry Crowley / Ronan Keating
Director - Ian McGarry
Stage designer - John Casey / Paula Farrell assisted by Anita Barrett
Executive producer - Noel Curran assisted by Deidre Horlacher / Helen L. Wilson
Musical director - Frank McNamara
Orchestra - RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Concertmaster - Michael d'Arcy
Music associate - Bill Somerville-Large
Opening sequence original music - David Sinclair
Postcards original music - Bow Lane Music
Interval act - 'Let The Message Run Free' Boyzone (Ray Hedges - Ronan Keating - Martin Brannigan / prod. Ray Hedges)
Scrutineer - Marie-Claire Vionnet
Number of entries - 25
Winning entry - 'Love Shine A Light' Katrina & The Waves
Winning songwriter - Kimberley Rew
Winning orchestrator - Don Airey
Winning conductor - Don Airey

Note - Greece's broadcaster ERT originally chose the title 'An den agapissis den tha agapissi', composed by Dimosthenis Stringlis, as its entry for Dublin, but when the composer insisted on performing the song himself rather than give it to another singer, the choice fell 'Chorepse'. Stringlis' song is added to the bottom of the results' list below as a withdrawn entry.
Katrina & The Waves celebrating their win on stage with their orchestrator and conductor Don Airey (dressed in red)

RESULT

1st place (227 votes)

UNITED KINGDOM
Song title – "Love Shine A Light"
Rendition – Katrina & The Waves (KATW = Katrina Leskanich / Vince de la Cruz / Alex Cooper / Phil Nichol)
Lyrics – Kimberley Rew
Composition – Kimberley Rew
Studio arrangement – Mike Nocito
Live orchestration – Don Airey 
Conductor – Don Airey

2nd place (157 votes)

IRELAND
Song title – “Mysterious Woman”
Rendition – Marc Roberts
Lyrics – John Farry
Composition – John Farry
Studio arrangement – John Ryan
Live orchestration – none
Conductor – none

3rd place (121 votes)

TURKEY
Song title – "Dinle"
Rendition – Şebnem Paker & Grup Etnik (= Süleyman Alnıtemiz / Ercan Irmak / Ahmet Koç / Ali Koç / Eylem Pelit)
Lyrics – Mehtap Alnıtemiz
Composition – Levent Çoker
Studio arrangement – Levent Çoker
Live orchestration – Levent Çoker
Conductor – Levent Çoker

4th place (114 votes)

ITALY
Song title – "Fiumi di parole"
Rendition – Jalisse (Alessandra Drusian & Fabio Ricci)
Lyrics – Carmen Di Domenico / Alessandra Drusian
Composition – Fabio Ricci
Studio arrangement – Roberto Lanzo
Live orchestration – Lucio Fabbri
Conductor – Lucio Fabbri

5th place (98 votes)

CYPRUS
Song title – “Mana mou”
Rendition – Chara & Andreas Constantinou
Lyrics – Constantina Constantinou
Composition – Constantina Constantinou
Studio arrangement – Takis Magaphas
Live orchestration – Stavros Lantsias
Conductor – Stavros Lantsias

6th place (96 votes)

SPAIN
Song title – “Sin rencor”
Rendition – Marcos Llunas
Lyrics – Marcos Llunas
Composition – Marcos Llunas
Studio arrangement – Xabier Ibañez
Live orchestration – Toni Xuclà
Conductor – Toni Xuclà

7th place (95 votes)

FRANCE
Song title – "Sentiments songes"
Rendition – Fanny Biascamano
Lyrics – Jean-Paul Dréau
Composition – Jean-Paul Dréau
Studio arrangement – Georges Augier de Moussac 
Orchestration – Régis Dupré
Conductor – Régis Dupré

8th place (82 votes)

ESTONIA
Song title – “Keelatud maa”
Rendition – Maarja-Liis Ilus
Lyrics – Kaari Sillamaa
Composition – Harmo Kallaste
Studio arrangement – Ulf Janson
Live orchestration – Ulf Janson
Conductor – Tarmo Leinatamm

9th place (66 votes)

MALTA
Song title – "Let Me Fly"
Rendition – Debbie Scerri
Lyrics – Ray Agius
Composition – Ray Agius
Studio arrangement – Ray Agius
Live orchestration – Ray Agius
Conductor – Ray Agius

10th place (60 votes)

SLOVENIA
Song title – “Zbudi se”
Rendition – Tanja Ribič
Lyrics – Zoran Predin
Composition – Saša Losić
Studio arrangement – Mojmir Sepe
Live orchestration – Mojmir Sepe
Conductor – Mojmir Sepe

11th place (54 votes)

POLAND
Song title – "Ale jestem"
Rendition – Anna Maria Jopek
Lyrics – Magda Czapińska
Composition – Tomasz Lewandowski
Studio arrangement – Tomasz Lewandowski
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – Krzesimir Dębski

12th & 13th place (ex aequo, 39 votes)

GREECE
Song title – “Chorepse”
Rendition – Marianna Zorba
Lyrics – Manolis Manousselis
Composition – Manolis Manousselis
Studio arrangement – Anacreon Papageorgiou
Live orchestration – Anacreon Papageorgiou
Conductor – Anacreon Papageorgiou

HUNGARY
Song title – “Miért kell, hogy elmenj?”
Rendition – V.I.P. (Alex Józsa / Gergõ Rácz / Imre Rakonczai / Viktor Rakonczai)
Lyrics – Krisztina Bokor Fekete / Attila Környei
Composition – J. Gabor / Sandor Józsa / Viktor Rakonczai
Studio arrangement – Gergõ Rácz / Viktor Rakonczai 
Live orchestration – Péter Wolf
Conductor – Péter Wolf

14th place (36 votes)

SWEDEN
Song title – "Bara hon älskar mig"
Rendition – Blond (Gabriel Forss / Jonas Karlhager / Patrick Lundström)
Lyrics – Stephan Berg
Composition – Stephan Berg
Studio arrangement – Stephan Berg 
Live orchestration – Lennart Sjöholm
Conductor – Curt-Eric Holmquist

15th place (33 votes)

RUSSIA
Song title – "Primadonna"
Rendition – Alla Pugacheva
Lyrics – Alla Pugacheva
Composition – Alla Pugacheva
Studio arrangement – Rutger Gunnarsson
Live orchestration – Rutger Gunnarsson
Conductor – Rutger Gunnarsson

16th place (25 votes)

DENMARK
Song title – "Stemmen i mit liv"
Rendition – Thomas Laegård "Kølig Kaj"
Lyrics – Thomas Laegård
Composition – Lars Pedersen 
Studio arrangement – Lars Pedersen
Live orchestration – Jan Glæsel
Conductor – Jan Glæsel

17th place (24 votes)

CROATIA
Song title – “Probudi me”
Rendition – E.N.I. (Ivona Maričić / Ivana Močibob / Elena Tomeček / Nikolina Tomljanović)
Lyrics – Alida Šarar
Composition – Davor Tolja
Studio arrangement – Davor Tolja / Fedor Boić
Live orchestration – none
Conductor – none

18th & 19th place (ex aequo, 22 votes)

UNITED GERMANY
Song title – “Zeit”
Rendition – Bianca Shomburg
Lyrics – Bernd Meinunger
Composition – Ralph Siegel
Studio arrangement – Ralph Siegel / Andreas Linse
Live orchestration – none
Conductor – none

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
Song title – "Goodbye"
Rendition – Alma Čardžić
Lyrics – Milić Vukašinović
Composition – Milić Vukašinović / Sinan Alimanović
Studio arrangement – Sinan Alimanović
Live orchestration – Sinan Alimanović
Conductor – Sinan Alimanović

20th place (18 votes)

ICELAND
Song title – “Minn hinsti dans”
Rendition – Paul Oscar (Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson)
Lyrics – Paul Oscar
Composition – Trausti Haraldsson / Paul Oscar
Studio arrangement – Trausti Haraldsson / Paul Oscar
Live orchestration – Szymon Kuran
Conductor – Szymon Kuran

21st place (12 votes)

AUSTRIA
Song title – “One Step”
Rendition – Bettina Soriat
Lyrics – Wolfgang "Marc" Berry / Ina Siber
Composition – Wolfgang "Marc" Berry
Studio arrangement – Wolfgang "Marc" Berry
Live orchestration – none
Conductor – none

22nd & 23rd place (ex aequo, 5 votes)

SWITZERLAND
Song title – “Dentro di me”
Rendition – Barbara Berta
Lyrics – Barbara Berta
Composition – Barbara Berta
Studio arrangement – Fabio Ciboldi / Stevé Lucato
Live orchestration – Pietro Damiani
Conductor – Pietro Damiani

NETHERLANDS
Song title – "Niemand heeft nog tijd"
Rendition – Mrs. Einstein 
Lyrics – Ed Hooijmans
Composition – Ed Hooijmans
Studio arrangement – Gerbrand Westveen
Live orchestration – Gerbrand Westveen / Dick Bakker
Conductor – Dick Bakker

24th & 25th place (ex aequo, 0 votes)

NORWAY
Song title – “San Francisco”
Rendition – Tor Endresen
Lyrics – Tor Endresen
Composition – Tor Endresen / Arne Myksvoll
Studio arrangement – Svein Tore Hindenes / Arne Myksvoll
Live orchestration – Svein Dag Hauge / Tor Endresen
Conductor – Geir Langslet

PORTUGAL
Song title – "Antes do adeus"
Rendition – Célia Lawson
Lyrics – Rosa Lobato de Faria
Composition – Thilo Krasmann
Studio arrangement – Nuno Carvalho / Thilo Krasmann
Live orchestration – Thilo Krasmann
Conductor – Thilo Krasmann

Withdrawn entry

GREECE
Song title – “An den agapissis den tha agapissi”
Rendition – Dimosthenis Stringlis
Lyrics – Dimosthenis Stringlis
Composition – Dimosthenis Stringlis
Studio arrangement – Christos Chatziavramidis
Live orchestration – none / unknown
Conductor – none / unknown

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