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 Stringlis' song is added to the bottom of the results' list below as a withdrawn entry.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