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1997 - 42nd edition

Venue: Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Date: Saturday, 3 May 1997
Presentation: Ronan Keating & Carrie Crowley
Voting: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to its top 10 (by a jury, some countries by televote).
Number of countries: 25
Qualification: Winner of 1996 + 24 other countries with the highest average score over the previous four years (excl. Israel).
- Scoreboard -


Draw Order by starting order Country Order by country Title Order by song title [ONLY SHOW ESC VERSIONS] Artist(s) Pos. Order by placing Score
1. Cyprus Mana mu /
  Μάνα μου (Greek) less
• extended version (Greek) [4:19]
Hara & Andreas Konstantinou /
  Χαρά & Ανδρέας Κωνσταντίνου
5 98
2. Turkey Dinle (Turkish) less
Dinle [alternate] (Turkish) [2:48]
• remix of alternate version (Turkish) [3:53]
Şebnem Paker & Grup Etnic 3 121
3. Norway San Francisco (Norwegian) less
San Francisco (English)
Tor Endresen 24 0
4. Austria One step (German) less
• instrumental version
• karaoke version
Bettina Soriat 21 12
5. Ireland Mysterious woman (English) Marc Roberts 2 157
6. Slovenia Zbudi se (Slovene) less
Waken now (English)
Tanja Ribič 10 60
7. Switzerland Dentro di me (Italian) Barbara Berta 22 5
8. Netherlands Niemand heeft nog tijd (Dutch) less
Running out of time (English)
Niemand hat mehr Zeit (German)
• karaoke version
Mrs. Einstein 22 5
9. Italy Fiumi di parole (Italian) less
Ríos de palabras (2006) (Spanish)
• new version (2005) (Italian) [3:48]
• new remix by Jasmina feat. Wolf (2002) (Italian) [5:26]
Jalisse 4 114
10. Spain Sin rencor (Spanish) Marcos Llunas 6 96
11. Germany Zeit (German) less
Time (English)
• karaoke version
Bianca Shomburg 18 22
12. Poland Ale jestem (Polish) less
Awakening (English)
• alternate version (Polish) [4:08]
• karaoke version
Anna Maria Jopek 11 54
13. Estonia Keelatud maa (Estonian) less
Hold onto love (English)
• alternate version (English) [3:02]
Maarja 8 82
14. Bosnia & Herzegovina Goodbye (Bosnian) less
Goodbye (English)
• instrumental version
Alma Čardžić 18 22
15. Portugal Antes do adeus (Portuguese) less
If you say goodbye (English)
Célia Lawson 24 0
16. Sweden Bara hon älskar mig (Swedish) less
Baby I'll die for you
• alternate version (Swedish)
• alternate version (English)
Blond 14 36
17. Greece Horepse /
  Χόρεψε (Greek)
Marianna Zorba /
  Μαριάννα Ζορμπά
12 39
18. Malta Let me fly (English) Debbie Scerri 9 66
19. Hungary Miért kell, hogy elmenj? (Hungarian) less
Stay (English)
• extended version (Hungarian) [4:52]
• remix (Hungarian) [4:41]
V.I.P. 12 39
20. Russia Primadonna /
  Примадонна (Russian) less
Primadonna (English)
Diva prima donna (French)
Alla Pugacheva /
  Алла Пугачёва
15 33
21. Denmark Stemmen i mit liv (Danish) less
• disco hus mix radio edit (Danish) [3:31]
• disco hus mix (Danish) [5:28]
• lumbago swing mix (Danish) [4:29]
• karaoke version
Kølig Kaj 16 25
22. France Sentiments songes (French) Fanny 7 95
23. Croatia Probudi me (Croatian) less
Wake me up (English)
ENI 17 24
24. United Kingdom Love shine a light (English) less
• alternate version (English) [2:50]
• xenomania club mix (English) [7:07]
Katrina & The Waves 1 227
25. Iceland Minn hinsti dans (Icelandic) less
My dear (English)
Mon ultime danse (*) (2002) (French)
Paul Oscar 20 18