Friday, March 17, 2017

HISTORY OF THE ESC. Part 17: 1993. Continues: next week.
THE HISTORY OF THE
EUROVISION
SONG CONTEST
Caffé Latté  looks back on the key moments of Europe’s annual competition.
1993

Theme art
Changes in Europe resulted in new nations expressing interest in participating at Eurovision. The ESC had wrestled with the idea of including more countries while avoiding a lengthy broadcast. 
In 1993, a pre-selection was held for the first time to allow new sovereign countries to compete. The 7 included: Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovakia, Estonia, Hungary and Romania. The former 3 qualified for the Grand Final. 
This was a one-off procedure. In order to restrict the number of entries in 1994, the 7 countries achieving the lowest scores would miss out the next year. 
In 1992, the Top 3 songs were performed in English. The Top 2 of 1993 were also sung in English. Again, the UK finished runner-up to Ireland. 
The 5th Irish triumph equalled the record shared by France and Luxembourg.
 Niamh Kavanagh - In Your Eyes.jpg

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