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Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Participating broadcaster	Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ)
Country	Ireland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	14 March 1993
Selected artist(s)	Niamh Kavanagh
Selected song	"In Your Eyes"
Selected songwriter(s)	Jimmy Walsh
Finals performance
Final result	1st, 187 points
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "In Your Eyes", written by Jimmy Walsh, and performed by Niamh Kavanagh. The Irish participating broadcaster, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), selected its entry through a national final, which ultimately won the contest. In addition, RTÉ was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, after winning the previous edition with the song "Why Me?" by Linda Martin.

Before Eurovision

National final

Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) held its national national final on 14 March 1993 at the Point Theatre in Dublin, hosted by Pat Kenny. Eight songs competed to represent the host country at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, with the final winner selected by the votes of ten regional juries.

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Niamh Kavanagh	"In Your Eyes"	118	1
2	Suzanne Bushnell	"Long Gone"	54	7
3	Patricia Roe	"If You Changed Your Mind"	75	3
4	Róisín Ní hAodha	"Mo mhúirnín óg"	34	8
5	Champ	"2nd Time Around"	79	2
6	Off the Record	"Hold Out"	61	6
7	Dav McNamara	"Stay"	67	4
8	Perfect Timing	"Why Aren't We Talking Anyway"	62	5

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Athlone	Cavan	Dublin	Dundalk	Dungloe	Galway	Limerick	Listowel	Millstreet	Waterford	Total
1	"In Your Eyes"	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	118
2	"Long Gone"	5	4	8	10	3	4	8	4	4	4	54
3	"If You Changed Your Mind"	10	5	6	6	5	10	5	10	8	10	75
4	"Mo mhúirnín óg"	4	3	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	34
5	"2nd Time Around"	8	12	10	4	8	8	10	6	6	7	79
6	"Hold Out"	3	8	3	8	6	7	7	8	5	6	61
7	"Stay"	7	7	7	5	10	5	6	5	7	8	67
8	"Why Aren't We Talking Anyway?"	6	6	4	7	7	6	4	7	10	5	62

At Eurovision

Niamh Kavanagh represented for the host country on 15 May in Millstreet, performing 14th in the running order, following Sweden and preceding Luxembourg. Kavanagh received 187 points, receiving the maximum 12 points a total of 7 times and receiving at least one point from every competing nation.^[1] This was Ireland's fifth victory in the contest, and as such RTÉ would be the hosts of the following contest (they did not decline of hosting, unlike Luxembourg after 1973 victory and Israel after 1979 victory).

Voting

Points awarded to Ireland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Italy Malta Norway Slovenia Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
10 points	France Netherlands Spain
8 points	Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 points	Cyprus Luxembourg
6 points	Croatia Denmark Greece Portugal
5 points	Germany Israel
4 points
3 points	Finland Iceland
2 points	Belgium
1 point	Turkey

Points awarded by Ireland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Netherlands
10 points	France
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Switzerland
6 points	Austria
5 points	Norway
4 points	Germany
3 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 points	Malta
1 point	Iceland

References

^ "Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

Irish National Final 1993

[1] "Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[1993detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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