• Dates – Grand Final: Saturday, 30 April, 1994, 21:00 CEST
• Host – Venue & Location: Point Theatre (Point Depot, The Point), Dublin, 🇮🇪 Ireland 
• Presenter (s): Cynthia Ní Mhurchú & Gerry Ryan
• Musical Director: Noel Kelehan.
• Director: Patrick Cowap
• Executive Producer: Moya Doherty
• Executive Supervisor: Christian Clausen
• Multicamera Director: Patrick Cowap
• Host broadcaster: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
• Opening Act: Walpurgisnacht performance by Macnas, followed by dancing caricatures of Irish artists and celebrities, accompanied by flag bearers featuring the flags of all 25 competing nations
• Interval Act: “Riverdance” performed by Irish dancing champions Jean Butler, Michael Flatley and the vocal ensemble Anúna, with score composed by Bill Whelan.
• Participants – Number of entries: 25 [🇩🇪 Germany (36ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (36ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (34ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (31ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (30ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (31ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (27ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (32ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (32ª), 🇫🇷 France (35ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (26ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (9ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (16ª),  🇨🇾 Cyprus (13ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (7ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (34ª), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (2ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (1ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (1ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (1ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (1ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (1ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (1ª), 🇸🇰 Slovakia (1ª)]
• Debuting countries: 🇪🇪 Estonia (1ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (1ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (1ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (1ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (1ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (1ª), 🇸🇰 Slovakia (1ª)
• Return: —
• Non-returning countries: 🇧🇪 Belgium (35ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (26ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (17ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (32ª), 🇱🇺 Luxembourg (34ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (1ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (16ª)
• Vote – Voting system: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs.
• Nil Points: 🇱🇹 Lithuania (1ª)
• Winning song: “Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids” – Paul Harrington e Charle McGettigan – 🇮🇪 Ireland (6ª)

About. After winning the contest on home ground in Millstreet in 1993, the contest was staged at the Point Theatre in Dublin. Ireland set two new records for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994; they won the contest for a 6th time and won for the third time in a row.

They did it again… and again!. In 1994 seven countries joined the Eurovision Song Contest in what was the biggest single expansion in participants since the contest began in 1956. Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia all competed in the 39th Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin. Poland’s debut at the Eurovision Song Contest was very successful when their representative Edyta Gorniak finished second with 166 points. The interval act in 1994 was the then unknown Riverdance, an act which combined traditional Irish folk music with modern dance. Riverdance became a global phenomenon, with the exception of participating artists, it is arguably the biggest money-spinner ever created by Eurovision. Lithuania scored zero points with its first ever entry.

About the winner. Never before in the history of the song contest had a country had won three times in a row. The Irish entrants Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan sang “Rock ‘n Roll Kids”, which in the end was 60 points ahead of the runner-up and at 226 points was the highest score ever at a Eurovision Song Contest up to that date. 

Facts & figures. Satellite links were used during the voting sequence rather than telephones meaning that the jury spokespersons could be seen for the first time; During the dress rehearsal the Polish entrant, Edyta Gorniak, performed half of her entry in English which broke the rules. Despite this, she was allowed to compete in the live show; The support in the hall for Bosnia & Herzegovina was so strong that the singer missed his first cue but soon recovered. 

o/r	country	Participant(s)	SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE	Points	rank
01	🇸🇪 Sweden SVT	Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare	Stjärnorna (The stars) Swedish	048	13
02	🇫🇮 Finland YLE	CatCat	Bye bye baby Finnish[b]	011	22
03	🇮🇪 Ireland RTÉ	Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan	Rock ‘n’ Roll kids English	226	01
04	🇨🇾 Cyprus CyBC	Evridiki (Ευριδίκη)	Íme ánthropos ki egó (Είμαι άνθρωπος κι εγώ, I’m human too) Greek	051	11
05	🇮🇸 Iceland RÚV	Sigga	Nætur (Nights) Icelandic	049	12
06	🇬🇧 United Kindom BBC	Frances Ruffelle	We will be free (Lonely symphony) English	063	10
07	🇭🇷 Croatia HRT	Toni Cetinski (Тони Цетински)	Nek’ ti bude ljubav sva (Нек’ ти буде љубав сва, You may have all the love) Croatian	027	16
08	🇵🇹 Portugal RTP	Sara Tavares	Chamar a música (Call the music) Portuguese	073	08
09	🇨🇭 Switzerland SSR SRG	Duilio	Sto pregando (I’m praying) Italian	015	19
10	🇪🇪 Estonia ERR	Silvi Vrait	Nagu merelaine (Like a seawave) Estonian	002	24
11	🇷🇴 Romania TVR	Dan Bittman	Dincolo de nori (Beyond the clouds) Romanian	014	21
12	🇲🇹 Malta PBM	Moira Stafrace & Christopher Scicluna (Chris and Moira)	More than love English	097	05
13	🇳🇱 The Netherlands NOS	Willeke Alberti	Waar is de zon? (Where is the sun?) Dutch	004	23
14	🇩🇪 Germany ARD	MeKaDo	Wir geben ‘ne party (We’re throwing a party)” German [b]	128	03
15	🇸🇰 Slovakia STV	Martin Durinda & Tublatanka	Nekonečná pieseň (Neverending song) Slovak	015	19
16	🇱🇹 Lithuania LRT	Ovidijus Vyšniauskas	Lopšinė mylimai (Lullaby for my beloved) Lithuanian	000	25
17	🇳🇴 Norway  NRK	Elisabeth Andreassen and Jan Werner Danielsen	Duett (Duet) Norwegian	076	06
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina RTVBIH	Alma and Dejan (Алма & Дејан, Alma Čardžić & Dejan Lazarević, Алма Чарджић и Дејан Лазаревић)	Ostani kraj mene (Остани крај мене, Stay beside me) Bosnian	039	15
19	🇬🇷 Greece ERT	Costas Bigalis and The Sea Lovers (Κώστας Μπίγαλης & Sea lovers, Kostas Bigalis & The Sea Lovers)	To trehantiri (diri-diri) (Το τρεχαντήρι (Ντίρι ντίρι), The trehandiri) Greek	044	14
20	🇦🇹 Austria ÖRF	Petra Frey	Für den frieden der welt (For the peace of the world) German	019	17
21	🇪🇸 Spain TVE	Alejandro Abad	Ella no es ella (She’s not her) Spanish	017	18
22	🇭🇺 Hungary MTV	Friderika Bayer	Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet? (Whom can I tell my sins?) Hungarian	122	04
23	🇷🇺 Russia RTR	Youddiph (Юдифь)	Vechny strannik (Вечный странник, Eternal wanderer) Russian	070	09
24	🇵🇱 Poland TVP	Edyta Górniak	To nie ja! (It wasn’t me!) Polish	166	02
25	🇫🇷 France FT2	Nina Morato	Je suis un vrai garçon (I’m a real boy) French	074	07

Participant map

Participating countries Countries that participated in the past but not in 1994  

ESC 1994 Scoreboard Ι Detailed voting results:

The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the 39th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Dublin, Ireland, following the country’s victory at the 1993 contest with the song “In Your Eyes” by Niamh Kavanagh. It was the first time that any country had hosted the contest two years in a row. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), the contest was held at the Point Theatre on 30 April 1994. It was presented by Irish television and radio presenters Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Gerry Ryan. This remains the last time that the contest has been held in the month of April.

Twenty-five countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the 1993 edition. A total of seven countries took part in the contest for the first time; Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia. To cope with the increasing number of countries wishing to participate in the contest, the EBU ruled that the seven lowest-placed countries from the preceding year’s contest could not participate. Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Turkey were therefore relegated based on these new rules. However, due to the withdrawal of Italy, Cyprus avoided relegation. Italy would not return to the contest until three years later. On the other hand, Luxembourg has not competed in the contest again ever since.

For the third time in a row Ireland won the contest with the song “Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids”, performed by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan, and written by Brendan Graham. Never before had a country won 3 times in a row in the history of the contest. At the same time, it was also a record sixth win, cementing Ireland as the country with the most wins in Eurovision history. Poland, Germany, Hungary and Malta rounded out the top five. Poland achieved the best result for a debut entry since 1957, and would remain as the record holder in that regard until 2007.

For the first time in Eurovision history, voting was done via satellite instead of by telephone, and as a result, viewers could see the spokespeople onscreen.

1.Location. Ireland hosted the contest for the fifth time after winning the 1993 contest in Millstreet. Dublin was chosen to be the host city, making it the fourth time that the Eurovision Song Contest was staged in the Irish capital. For the first time, the venue for the contest was the Point Theatre located on the North Wall Quay of the River Liffey, amongst the Dublin Docklands.

2.Contest overview. The contest opened with a brief film starring Macnas, a popular street group celebrating Walpurgis Night, with a replica Viking longboat sailing through the river Liffey with stars floating in water, fireworks and various caricatures dancing around various central Dublin locations. The cameras then went live to the venue itself, where dancers dressed in white and wearing caricatured heads of well-known Irish figures, arrived on stage carrying European countries’ flags. The presenters entered the stage spectacularly from a bridge which descended from the roof of the theatre.

This year’s video postcards had a literary theme, showing contestants reading, fishing and doing other activities around Ireland. The stage, by Paula Farrell, was four times larger than the Millstreet stage, and its design which included a city scene of skyscrapers and video screens plus a backdrop of an ever-changing night sky was based upon the concept of what a futuristic Dublin might look like with one remaining constant being the river Liffey. The floor was painted with dark blue reflective paint to give a watery effect resembling Dublin bay.

During the dress rehearsal, Polish representative Edyta Górniak broke the contest’s rules by singing her song in English. The dress rehearsal is the performance shown to the juries who would select the winner. Only six countries demanded that Poland should be disqualified, though the rules required thirteen countries to complain before Poland could be removed from the competition. The proposed removal did not occur and Poland went on to come 2nd in the contest, the highest placing that any country’s debut song had ever achieved until 2007 (the winner in 1956 was Switzerland’s second song of the night).

When the voting started, Hungary took the lead from the first six juries and were well ahead of all the other countries. However, Ireland powered their way through the score board ending up the winners with a 60-point lead over second-placed Poland.

The interval act was the first-ever performance of the Irish dancing spectacular Riverdance, a then-unknown Irish act which combines folk music with modern dance. After being featured in the contest, “Riverdance” became a global phenomenon, arguably even eclipsing the popularity of the winning song and remaining popular to this day.

3.Participating countries.

3.1.Qualification. In order to allow new countries to participate in the contest, a relegation system was announced by the EBU in summer of 1993. The bottom seven countries from the 1993 contest were prevented from participating to allow seven new countries to make their debut. As the seven countries to place the lowest the previous year, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Turkey were the countries to take part in the first relegation, to make room for entries from Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia. Italy subsequently declined to participate in the 1994 contest, allowing Cyprus, as the highest-placed relegated country in 1993, to be readmitted.

3.2.Conductors. With the exception of Ireland, each performance had a conductor who directed the orchestra. Ireland’s Noel Kelehan, the musical director and a Eurovision veteran, conducted the songs from three countries, but not his home country’s song.^[a]

3.3.Returning artists.

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)
Evridiki	🇨🇾 Cyprus	1983 (backing singer for Stavros and Constantina), 1987 (backing singer for Alexia), 1992
Sigga	🇮🇸 Iceland	1990 (part of Stjórnin), 1992 (member of Heart 2 Heart)
Elisabeth Andreasson (with Jan Werner Danielsen)	🇳🇴 Norway	1982 (for 🇸🇪 Sweden, member of Chips), 1985 (member of Bobbysocks!)
Marie Bergman (with Roger Pontare)	🇸🇪 Sweden	1971 and 1972 (member of Family Four)
Rhonda Heath (backing vocalist for MeKaDo)	🇩🇪 Germany	1977 (member of Silver Convention)

3.4.Participants and results.

3.5.All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 1994: 

• National Selections in 1994:

COUNTRY	EVENT	WINNER
🇦🇹 Austria	(Austrian Selection 1994)	Petra Frey – “Für den Frieden der Welt“
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BH Eurosong 1994 (song selection) [c]	Alma & Dejan – “Ostani kraj mene“
🇭🇷 Croatia	Dora 1994	Tony Cetinski – “Nek’ ti bude ljubav sva“
🇨🇾 Cyprus	(Cypriot Selection 1994)	Evridiki – “Ime anthropos ki ego” (Είμαι άνθρωπος κι εγώ)
🇪🇪 Estonia	Eurolaul 1994	Silvi Vrait – “Nagu merelaine“
🇫🇮 Finland	(Finnish Selection 1994)	CatCat – “Bye Bye Baby”
🇭🇺 Hungary	(Hungarian Selection 1994)	Friderika Bayer – “Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?“
🇮🇸 Iceland	Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 1994	Sigga / Sigrún Eva Ármannsdóttir – “Nætur“
🇮🇪 Ireland	(Irish Selection 1994)	Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan – “Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids”
🇲🇹 Malta	(Maltese Selection 1994)	Moira Stafrace and Christopher Scicluna – “More than Love”
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Nationaal Songfestival 1994 (song selection) [d]	Willeke Alberti – “Waar is de zon?“
🇳🇴 Norway	Melodi Grand Prix 1994	Elisabeth Andreasson and Jan Werner Danielsen – “Duett“
🇵🇹 Portugal	Festival da Canção 1994	Sara Tavares – “Chamar a música“
🇷🇴 Romania	Selecția Națională 1994	Dan Bittman – “Dincolo de nori“
🇷🇺 Russia	Evrovidenie 1994	Youddiph – “Vechny strannik” (Вечный странник)
🇸🇪 Sweden	Melodifestival 1994	Marie Bergman & Roger Pontare – “Stjärnorna“
🇬🇧 United Kindom	A Song for Europe 1994 (song selection) [e]	Frances Ruffelle – “We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)” / “Lonelly Symphony”

• Internal Selections in 1994:

3.6.Connections:

4.Detailed voting results. Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top ten songs. In the early stages of the voting it looked as if Hungary was surging to victory in its first-ever Eurovision appearance, winning the maximum twelve points from the first three juries. However, this turned out to be completely deceptive, as from that point on it was virtually one-way traffic for Ireland, which became the first country to win the contest for a third year in succession.

Detailed voting results

		Total score
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇸🇪 Sweden	48					2				7	2		3	6	5		5	10			5	1	2
	🇫🇮 Finland	11																		1	10
	🇮🇪 Ireland	226	10	7		8	12	10	12	12	12	10	8	5	12	12	6	10	12	10		10	10	10	12	8	8
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	51		10			3			5	2								5		12		4		2	5	3
	🇮🇸 Iceland	49	8	1	6			6		3	3						1	3				3	6		1	4	4
	🇬🇧 United Kindom	63			1	5			6	8	8	5			2	4	3		2	4		1	3	3	5	3
	🇭🇷 Croatia	27												10			12				5
	🇵🇹 Portugal	73	5	5	8		8	8			5			1	3								12	7	4	1	6
	🇨🇭 Switzerland	15												8									2				5
	🇪🇪 Estonia	2																			2
	🇷🇴 Romania	14												6				2			6
	🇲🇹 Malta	97	4	6	10	2		1	7	4	6	7	10		1	3	10	7		12	7
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	4																				4
	🇩🇪 Germany	128	6	3	5	6	7	7	10	10		3	12		4		7	4	1	7		2	8	12	7	7
	🇸🇰 Slovakia	15												12							3
	🇱🇹 Lithuania	0
	🇳🇴 Norway	76	7		3	10	1	4	3		1	8	4		7	2		1		6	1		5	5	8
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39		2					4					7			8						7	1			10
	🇬🇷 Greece	44	2	4		12							6	4		1	5		4					4		2
	🇦🇹 Austria	19	1			7		3	2				1							5
	🇪🇸 Spain	17											5				2				8						2
	🇭🇺 Hungary	122	12	12	12		10	2	5	1	4	4	2		10	7			8	3		8			3	12	7
	🇷🇺 Russia	70			4	3	4	5	1	2		1	3		5	6		6	3		4	6		6		10	1
	🇵🇱 Poland	166		8	7	1	6	12	8	7	10	12	7	2	8	10	4	12	6	8		12		8	6		12
	🇫🇷 France	74	3		2	4	5			6		6				8		8	7	2		7			10	6

4.1.12 points. Below is a summary of all 12 point in the final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
8	🇮🇪 Ireland	🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands, 🇳🇴 Norway , 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇨🇭 Switzerland
5	🇵🇱 Poland	🇦🇹 Austria, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇷 France, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇬🇧 United Kindom
4	🇭🇺 Hungary	🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇸🇪 Sweden
2	🇩🇪 Germany	🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇷🇴 Romania
1	🇭🇷 Croatia	🇸🇰 Slovakia
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	🇬🇷 Greece
	🇬🇷 Greece	🇨🇾 Cyprus
	🇲🇹 Malta	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	🇵🇹 Portugal	🇪🇸 Spain
	🇸🇰 Slovakia	🇲🇹 Malta

4.2.Spokespersons. With advances in satellite technology, this was the first contest in which the spokesperson for each national jury appeared on screen, live from their own countries.

5.Broadcasts. National broadcasters were able to send a commentary team to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	–
🇦🇹 Austria	ORF 1	Ernst Grissemann
	Hitradio Ö3	Martin Blumenau
Bosnia and Herzegovina	TV BiH	Ismeta Dervoz-Krvavac
🇭🇷 Croatia	HRT 1	Aleksandar “Aco” Kostadinov
	HR2	Draginja Balaš
🇨🇾 Cyprus	RIK 1	Evi Papamichail
	RIK Deftero	Pavlos Pavlou
🇪🇪 Estonia	ETV	Vello Rand
	Raadio 2	Marko Reikop
🇫🇮 Finland	YLE TV1	Erkki Pohjanheimo and Kirsi-Maria Niemi	–
	YLE Radio Suomi	TBC
🇫🇷 France	France 2	Patrice Laffont
🇩🇪 Germany	Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen	Jan Hofer
	Deutschlandfunk/WDR 4	Horst Senker
🇬🇷 Greece	ET1	Dafni Bokota
	ERA 2	Katia Kalitsounaki
🇭🇺 Hungary	MTV 2	István Vágó
	Kossuth Rádió	TBC
🇮🇸 Iceland	Sjónvarpið	Jakob Frímann Magnússon	–
🇮🇪 Ireland	RTÉ 1	Pat Kenny
	RTÉ Radio 1	Larry Gogan
🇱🇹 Lithuania	LTV	TBC
🇲🇹 Malta	TVM	Charles Arrigo
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Nederland 3	Willem van Beusekom	–
	Radio 2	Cornald Maas
🇳🇴 Norway	NRK	Jostein Pedersen	–
🇵🇱 Poland	TVP1	Artur Orzech
	Polskie Radio Program I	Dorota Wellman
🇵🇹 Portugal	RTP Canal 1	Eládio Clímaco
🇷🇴 Romania	TVR1	Gabriela Cristea
🇷🇺 Russia	RTR	Sergei Antipov
	Voice of Russia	TBC
🇸🇰 Slovakia	STV2	Martin Sarvaš
🇪🇸 Spain	La Primera	José Luis Uribarri
🇸🇪 Sweden	Kanal 1	Pekka Heino
	SR P3	Claes-Johan Larsson and Lisa Syrén
🇨🇭 Switzerland	SF DRS	German: Mariano Tschuor
	TSR	French: Jean-Marc Richard
	TSI	Italian: Wilma Gilardi
🇬🇧 United Kindom	BBC1	Terry Wogan	–
	BBC Radio 2	Ken Bruce	–

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	–
🇦🇺 Australia	SBS TV	Unknown
🇧🇪 Belgium	BRTN TV2	Dutch: André Vermeulen	–
	RTBF1	French: Jean-Pierre Hautier
	BRTN Radio 2	Dutch: Julien Put
	RTBF La Première	French: Patrick Duhamel
🇩🇰 Denmark	DR TV1	Jørgen de Mylius
	DR P3	Ole Jacobsen
🇮🇱 Israel	Israeli Television	No commentator
Macedonia	MTV 2	Milanka Rašić
🇸🇮 Slovenia	SLO1	Damjana Golavšek
Turkey	TRT 1	Bülend Özveren
Yugoslavia	RTS 3K	Mladen Popović

6.Notes.

• [a] Both Irish commentator Pat Kenny and British commentator Terry Wogan credit Kelehan as the conductor of the Irish entry, only Kenny specifies he only leads a minimal arrangement of drums and bass. Nevertheless, he didn’t take the traditional conductor’s bow, and virtually no drum or bass accompaniment can be heard during the performance.
• [b] a b Contains some words in English
• [c] Alma Čardžić & Dejan Lazarević was internally selected to represent Bosnia & Herzegovina at Eurovision 1994. The song “Ostani Kraj Mene” that Alma and Dejan performed at Eurovision was selected through a national final with eight songs. Alma and Dejan recorded videoclips of all 8 songs, but only about 1 minute of each song was shown.
• [d] Willeke Alberti was internally selected to represent Netherlands at Eurovision 1994. The song “Waar Is De Zon?” that Alberti performed at Eurovision was selected through the Nationaal Songfestival 1994 with eight songs.
• [e] Frances Ruffelle was internally selected to represent United Kingdom at Eurovision 1994. The song “We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)” that Ruffelle performed at Eurovision was selected through A Song for Europe 1994 with eight songs.

7.Trivial.

• The biggest commercial success of the 1994 contest was not one of the songs, but the interval act Riverdance.
• The Irish dance sensation went on to be a world famous stage show, seen by millions of people all around the world.
• The Polish song was almost disqualified as Edyta sang her song To Nie Ja! half in English in the last dress rehearsal.

← Eurovision Song Contest 1993 • Eurovision Song Contest 1994 • Eurovision Song Contest 1995 →
Countries (in order of appearance)
Final	Sweden ⦁ Finland ⦁ Ireland (winner) ⦁ Cyprus ⦁ Iceland ⦁ United Kingdom ⦁ Croatia ⦁ Portugal ⦁ Switzerland ⦁ Estonia • Romania ⦁ Malta ⦁ The Netherlands ⦁ Germany • Slovakia • Lithuania ⦁ Norway ⦁ Bosnia and Herzegovina ⦁ Yugoslavia ⦁ Greece ⦁ Austria ⦁ Spain ⦁ Hungary ⦁ Russia • Poland ⦁ France
Artists (in order of appearance)
Final	Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare ⦁ CatCat ⦁ Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan (winner) ⦁ Evridiki ⦁ Sigga ⦁ Frances Ruffelle ⦁ Tony Cetinski ⦁ Sara Tavares ⦁ Duilio ⦁ Silvi Vrait ⦁ Dan Bittman • Moira Stafrace and Christopher Scicluna ⦁ Willeke Alberti ⦁ Mekado ⦁ Martin Ďurinda and Tublatanka • Ovidijus Vyšniauskas ⦁ Elisabeth Andreasson and Jan Werner Danielsen ⦁ Alma and Dejan • Kostas Bigalis and the Sea Lovers ⦁ Petra Frey • Alejandro Abad ⦁ Friderika Bayer ⦁ Youddiph • Edyta Górniak ⦁ Nina Morato
Songs (in order of appearance)
Final	“Stjärnorna” ⦁ “Bye Bye Baby” ⦁ “Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids” (winner) ⦁ “Ime anthropos ki ego” (Είμαι άνθρωπος κι εγώ) ⦁ “Nætur” ⦁ “We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)” ⦁ “Nek’ ti bude ljubav sva” ⦁ “Chamar a música” ⦁ “Sto pregando“ ⦁ “Nagu merelaine” ⦁ “Dincolo de nori“ • “More than Love” ⦁ “Waar is de zon” ⦁ “Wir geben ‘ne Party” ⦁ “Nekonečná pieseň” • “Lopšinė mylimai” • “Duett” • “Ostani kraj mene” • “To trehandiri (Diri Diri)” (Το τρεχαντήρι (Ντίρι Ντίρι)) • “Für den Frieden der Welt” • “Ella no es ella” • “Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?” • “Vechny strannik” (Вечный странник) • “To nie ja!” • “Je suis un vrai garçon”