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The number of participants was 25 again. Last years audio-preselection was changed for a new system. The average results of all countries in the last 5 contests were measured and the 25 countries that.. More..

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Date of the Eurovision Song Contest 1997: 3 May 1997
Location: Point Theatre, Dublin (Baile Atha Cliath), Ireland
Broadcaster: RTE
Host(s): Ronan Keating and Carrie Crowley
Participating countries: 25
Voting: Each country allocated 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point to the top 10 of the national jury in descending order.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1997

		country	participant(s)	song	pts	rnk
	24	United Kingdom	Katrina and The Waves	Love shine a light	227	1
	5	Ireland	Marc Roberts	Mysterious woman	157	2
	2	Turkey	Sebnem Paker and Group Etnic	Dinle	121	3
	9	Italy	Jalisse	Fiumi di parole	114	4
	1	Cyprus	Chara and Andreas Konstantinou	Mana mou	98	5
	10	Spain	Marcos Llunas	Sin rencor	96	6
	22	France	Fanny	Sentiments songes	95	7
	13	Estonia	Maarja-Liis Ilus	Keelatud maa	82	8
	18	Malta	Debbie Scerri	Let me fly	66	9
	6	Slovenia	Tanja Ribic	Zbudi se	60	10
	12	Poland	Anna Maria Jopek	Ale jestem	54	11
	19	Hungary	VIP	Miert kell, hogy elmenj?	39	12
	17	Greece	Marianna Zorba	Horepse	39	12
	16	Sweden	Blond	Bara hon älskar mig	36	14
	20	Russia	Alla Pugachova	Primadonna	33	15
	21	Denmark	Kølig Kaj	Stemmen i mit liv	25	16
	23	Croatia	ENI	Probudi me	24	17
	11	Germany	Bianca Shomburg	Zeit	22	18
	14	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Alma Cardzic	Goodbye	22	18
	25	Iceland	Paul Oscar	Minn hinsti dans	18	20
	4	Austria	Bettina Soriat	One step	12	21
	7	Switzerland	Barbara Berta	Dentro di me	5	22
	8	The Netherlands	Mrs. Einstein	Niemand heeft nog tijd	5	22
	15	Portugal	Célia Lawson	Antes do adeus	0	24
	3	Norway	Tor Endresen	San Francisco	0	24

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The number of participants was 25 again. Last years audio-preselection was changed for a new system. The average results of all countries in the last 5 contests were measured and the 25 countries that had done best in that period qualified. Israel withdrew voluntarily, Bosnia Herzegovina took their place. Again, Ireland was responsible for the organization of the Eurovision Song Contest. RTÉ almost ended up bankrupt due the high costs, which was no surprise after we saw the giant modern stage! This year the televoting was introduced in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland and Germany. It was interesting to see that Iceland got 16 of it's 18 points from these 5 countries. Ireland was the best scoring country in the televoting-part but the United Kingdom became the overall winner, for the fifth time.