The Eurovision Song Contest 1997, the 42nd in the series, was held in Dublin, Ireland, on 3 May 1997. The presenters were Ronan Keating and Carrie Crowley.
Katrina and the Waves, representing the United Kingdom, were the winners of the contest with the song "Love Shine a Light" and Marc Roberts from Ireland came second with "Mysterious Woman".
The winning song scored an unprecedented 227 points; it received points from all participating countries, including five sets of 10 points and a record-breaking ten sets of the maximum 12 points. "Love Shine a Light" is still regarded as one of the most successful Eurovision winners ever,[1] and was the closing song in the medleys that opened the 50th anniversary show "Congratulations" in Copenhagen in 2005, and ESC 2006 semi-final in Athens. Read more on wikipedia...
1 The Netherlands - Out On My Own / Michelle Courtens
2 Iceland - Angel / Kristján Gíslason & Gunnar Ólafsson
3 Bosnia - Hano / Nino Pršeš
4 Norway - On My Own / Haldor Lægreid
5 Israel - Ein davar / Tal Sondak
6 Russia - Lady Alpine Blue / Mumij Troll
7 Sweden - Listen To Your Heartbeat / Friends
8 Lithuania - You Got Style / Skamp
9 Latvia - Too Much / Arnis Mednis
10 Croatia - The Strings of My Heart / Vanna
11 Portugal - Eu só sei / MTM
12 Ireland Spain - Spanien Dile que la quiero / David Civera
14 Canada - Je n'ai que mon âme / Natasha St-Pier
15 Turkey - Sevgiliye son / Sedat Yüce
16 UK - No Dream Impossible / Lindsay Dracass
17 Slovenia - Energy / Nuša Derenda
18 Poland - Too Long / Piasek
19 Germany - Wer Liebe lebt / Michelle
20 Estland Everybody / Tanel Padar & Dave Benton
21 Malta - Another Summer Night / Fabrizio Faniello
22 Greece - [I would] Die for you / Antique 3 147
23 Denmark - Never Ever Let You Go / Rollo & King
