Eurovision Song Contest

1997

Host: 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Venue: Point Theatre
Date: 3 May 1997
Presenters: Carrie Crowley and Ronan Keating
For the EBU: Marie-Claire Vionnet
Entries: 25

Winner

“Love Shine a Light”

Katrina and the Waves for United Kingdom

227 pts

Scoreboard

Final

#	Country	Song	Points
1	🇬🇧 United Kingdom Love Shine a Light	“Love Shine a Light” Katrina and the Waves	227
2	🇮🇪 Ireland Mysterious Woman	“Mysterious Woman” Marc Roberts	157
3	🇹🇷 Turkey Dinle	“Dinle” Şebnem Paker and Grup Ethnic	121
4	🇮🇹 Italy Fiumi di parole	“Fiumi di parole” Jalisse	114
5	🇨🇾 Cyprus Mana mou	“Mana mou” Hara and Andreas Konstantinou	98
6	🇪🇸 Spain Sin rencor	“Sin rencor” Marcos Llunas	96
7	🇫🇷 France Sentiments songes	“Sentiments songes” Fanny	95
8	🇪🇪 Estonia Keelatud maa	“Keelatud maa” Maarja	82
9	🇲🇹 Malta Let Me Fly	“Let Me Fly” Debbie Scerri	66
10	🇸🇮 Slovenia Zbudi se	“Zbudi se” Tanja Ribič	60
11	🇵🇱 Poland Ale jestem	“Ale jestem” Anna Maria Jopek	54
12	🇬🇷 Greece Horepse	“Horepse” Marianna Zorba	39
12	🇭🇺 Hungary Miért kell, hogy elmenj?	“Miért kell, hogy elmenj?” V.I.P.	39
14	🇸🇪 Sweden Bara hon älskar mig	“Bara hon älskar mig” Blond	36
15	🇷🇺 Russia Primadonna	“Primadonna” Alla Pugacheva	33
16	🇩🇰 Denmark Stemmen i mit liv	“Stemmen i mit liv” Kølig Kaj	25
17	🇭🇷 Croatia Probudi me	“Probudi me” E.N.I.	24
18	🇩🇪 Germany Zeit	“Zeit” Bianca Shomburg	22
18	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina Goodbye	“Goodbye” Alma Čardžić	22
20	🇮🇸 Iceland Minn hinsti dans	“Minn hinsti dans” Paul Oscar	18
21	🇦🇹 Austria One Step	“One Step” Bettina Soriat	12
22	🇨🇭 Switzerland Dentro di me	“Dentro di me” Barbara Berta	5
22	🇳🇱 Netherlands Niemand heeft nog tijd	“Niemand heeft nog tijd” Mrs. Einstein	5
24	🇳🇴 Norway San Francisco	“San Francisco” Tor Endresen	0
24	🇵🇹 Portugal Antes do adeus	“Antes do adeus” Célia Lawson	0

Play the final

25 songs

1 🇨🇾 Cyprus “Mana mou” Hara and Andreas Konstantinou
2 🇹🇷 Turkey “Dinle” Şebnem Paker and Grup Ethnic
3 🇳🇴 Norway “San Francisco” Tor Endresen
4 🇦🇹 Austria “One Step” Bettina Soriat
5 🇮🇪 Ireland “Mysterious Woman” Marc Roberts
6 🇸🇮 Slovenia “Zbudi se” Tanja Ribič
7 🇨🇭 Switzerland “Dentro di me” Barbara Berta
8 🇳🇱 Netherlands “Niemand heeft nog tijd” Mrs. Einstein
9 🇮🇹 Italy “Fiumi di parole” Jalisse
10 🇪🇸 Spain “Sin rencor” Marcos Llunas
11 🇩🇪 Germany “Zeit” Bianca Shomburg
12 🇵🇱 Poland “Ale jestem” Anna Maria Jopek
13 🇪🇪 Estonia “Keelatud maa” Maarja
14 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina “Goodbye” Alma Čardžić
15 🇵🇹 Portugal “Antes do adeus” Célia Lawson
16 🇸🇪 Sweden “Bara hon älskar mig” Blond
17 🇬🇷 Greece “Horepse” Marianna Zorba
18 🇲🇹 Malta “Let Me Fly” Debbie Scerri
19 🇭🇺 Hungary “Miért kell, hogy elmenj?” V.I.P.
20 🇷🇺 Russia “Primadonna” Alla Pugacheva
21 🇩🇰 Denmark “Stemmen i mit liv” Kølig Kaj
22 🇫🇷 France “Sentiments songes” Fanny
23 🇭🇷 Croatia “Probudi me” E.N.I.
24 🇬🇧 United Kingdom “Love Shine a Light” Katrina and the Waves
25 🇮🇸 Iceland “Minn hinsti dans” Paul Oscar

Who voted for whom

Final

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1997 in numbers

Nerd corner

25entries

20languages sung

0debuts

2nul points

Languages

English3
German2
Italian2
Greek2
Bosnian1
Danish1
Estonian1
Spanish1

+ 12 more

Comings & goings

Back again: 🇮🇹 Italy (last in 1993)

Sat this one out: 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇸🇰 Slovakia

Nul Points Hall of Fame

🇳🇴 Norway: “San Francisco” by Tor Endresen. We still love you.

🇵🇹 Portugal: “Antes do adeus” by Célia Lawson. We still love you.

How the votes worked

Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their ten favourite songs