Eurovision Song Contest Ireland 1994

After Niamh Kavanagh won the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with In Your Eyes, the 1994 contest was held in Dublin, Ireland. It was the first time a country hosted the contest two years in a row, and the fifth time Ireland hosted it. The final was held on 30 April in the Point Theatre, the host broadcaster was RTÉ and the presenters were Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Gerry Ryan. 25 countries took part. The contest used a relegation system for the first time, to limit the number of participants: Belgium, Denmark, Israel, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Turkey could not take part because they had scored lowest the year before. Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia made their debuts.

Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan from Ireland won with Rock ’n’ Roll Kids and 226 points, 60 points ahead of Poland’s To nie ja by Edyta Górniak, which was a debut entry. Germany’s Wir geben ’ne Party was third. It was the sixth victory for Ireland and the third in a row, after 1992 and 1993.

Sources: Wikipedia: Eurovision Song Contest 1994 (host broadcaster, presenters, relegation, participants).