Millstreet, Saturday, 15 May 1993

Eurovision 1993, vote by vote

25 songs, 25 countries voting. Ireland won with “In Your Eyes” on 187 points, 23 ahead of the United Kingdom.

The result

In finishing order, with the countries that gave each song their highest mark.

  1. 1

    Ireland Niamh Kavanagh “In Your Eyes”

    Sang no. 14

    Top marks from Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Slovenia, United Kingdom, Norway and Malta

    187 pts
  2. 2

    United Kingdom Sonia “Better the Devil You Know”

    Sang no. 19

    Top marks from Belgium, Iceland, Austria and Israel

    164 pts
  3. 3

    Switzerland Annie Cotton “Moi, tout simplement”

    Sang no. 4

    Top marks from Germany, France and Luxembourg

    148 pts
  4. 4

    France Patrick Fiori “Mama Corsica”

    Sang no. 12

    Top marks from Denmark and Portugal

    121 pts
  5. 5

    Norway Silje Vige “Alle mine tankar”

    Sang no. 25

    Top marks from Greece, Finland and Croatia

    120 pts
  6. 6

    Netherlands Ruth Jacott “Vrede”

    Sang no. 20

    Top marks from Ireland

    92 pts
  7. 7

    Sweden Arvingarna “Eloise”

    Sang no. 13

    89 pts
  8. 8

    Malta William Mangion “This Time”

    Sang no. 8

    69 pts
  9. 9

    Greece Katerina Garbi “Ellada, hora tou fotos (Ελλάδα, χώρα του φωτός)”

    Sang no. 6

    Top marks from Cyprus

    64 pts
  10. 10

    Portugal Anabela “A cidade até ser dia”

    Sang no. 11

    Top marks from Netherlands and Spain

    60 pts
  11. 11

    Spain Eva Santamaría “Hombres”

    Sang no. 22

    58 pts
  12. 12

    Italy Enrico Ruggeri “Sole d'Europa”

    Sang no. 1

    45 pts
  13. 13

    Iceland Inga “Þá veistu svarið”

    Sang no. 9

    42 pts
  14. 14

    Austria Tony Wegas “Maria Magdalena”

    Sang no. 10

    Top marks from Bosnia and Herzegovina

    32 pts
  15. 15

    Croatia Put “Don't Ever Cry”

    Sang no. 21

    31 pts
  16. 16

    Bosnia and Herzegovina Fazla “Sva bol svijeta”

    Sang no. 18

    Top marks from Turkey

    27 pts
  17. 17

    Finland Katri Helena “Tule luo”

    Sang no. 17

    20 pts
  18. 18

    Germany Münchener Freiheit “Viel zu weit”

    Sang no. 3

    18 pts
  19. 19

    Cyprus Zymboulakis and Van Beke “Mi stamatas (Μη σταματάς)”

    Sang no. 23

    17 pts
  20. 20

    Luxembourg Modern Times “Donne-moi une chance”

    Sang no. 15

    11 pts
  21. 21

    Turkey Burak Aydos, Öztürk Baybora and Serter “Esmer Yarim”

    Sang no. 2

    10 pts
  22. 22

    Denmark Seebach Band “Under stjernerne på himlen”

    Sang no. 5

    9 pts
  23. 22

    Slovenia 1X Band “Tih deževen dan”

    Sang no. 16

    9 pts
  24. 24

    Israel Lehakat Shiru “Shiru (שירו)”

    Sang no. 24

    4 pts
  25. 25

    Belgium Barbara “Iemand als jij”

    Sang no. 7

    3 pts

Who gave what

Every country that voted, in the order the votes were announced, with its points from the highest down and the spokesperson who read them out, where our source names one.

  1. Italy

    • 12 Ireland
    • 10 Switzerland
    • 8 Germany
    • 7 Malta
    • 6 Netherlands
    • 5 Spain
    • 4 Slovenia
    • 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 2 Greece
    • 1 United Kingdom
  2. Turkey

    read out by Ömer Önder

    • 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 10 Norway
    • 8 United Kingdom
    • 7 France
    • 6 Netherlands
    • 5 Malta
    • 4 Austria
    • 3 Finland
    • 2 Greece
    • 1 Ireland
  3. Germany

    • 12 Switzerland
    • 10 Norway
    • 8 Sweden
    • 7 Netherlands
    • 6 United Kingdom
    • 5 Ireland
    • 4 Malta
    • 3 Belgium
    • 2 Greece
    • 1 Portugal
  4. Switzerland

    • 12 Ireland
    • 10 Norway
    • 8 Sweden
    • 7 Malta
    • 6 Spain
    • 5 United Kingdom
    • 4 France
    • 3 Croatia
    • 2 Germany
    • 1 Italy
  5. Denmark

    • 12 France
    • 10 Switzerland
    • 8 United Kingdom
    • 7 Sweden
    • 6 Ireland
    • 5 Malta
    • 4 Iceland
    • 3 Germany
    • 2 Cyprus
    • 1 Portugal
  6. Greece

    • 12 Norway
    • 10 Cyprus
    • 8 Finland
    • 7 Switzerland
    • 6 Ireland
    • 5 Malta
    • 4 Iceland
    • 3 France
    • 2 Portugal
    • 1 Austria
  7. Belgium

    • 12 United Kingdom
    • 10 Sweden
    • 8 Switzerland
    • 7 Netherlands
    • 6 Norway
    • 5 Spain
    • 4 Croatia
    • 3 Austria
    • 2 Ireland
    • 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
  8. Iceland

    • 12 United Kingdom
    • 10 Norway
    • 8 France
    • 7 Sweden
    • 6 Netherlands
    • 5 Finland
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 Ireland
    • 2 Portugal
    • 1 Turkey
  9. Austria

    • 12 United Kingdom
    • 10 Sweden
    • 8 Ireland
    • 7 France
    • 6 Switzerland
    • 5 Portugal
    • 4 Malta
    • 3 Netherlands
    • 2 Spain
    • 1 Iceland
  10. Portugal

    • 12 France
    • 10 Italy
    • 8 Norway
    • 7 United Kingdom
    • 6 Ireland
    • 5 Croatia
    • 4 Sweden
    • 3 Israel
    • 2 Malta
    • 1 Switzerland
  11. France

    read out by Olivier Minne

    • 12 Switzerland
    • 10 Ireland
    • 8 Portugal
    • 7 Greece
    • 6 United Kingdom
    • 5 Italy
    • 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 3 Austria
    • 2 Malta
    • 1 Israel
  12. Sweden

    read out by Gösta Hanson

    • 12 Ireland
    • 10 United Kingdom
    • 8 France
    • 7 Iceland
    • 6 Switzerland
    • 5 Netherlands
    • 4 Malta
    • 3 Slovenia
    • 2 Portugal
    • 1 Denmark
  13. Ireland

    read out by Eileen Dunne

    • 12 Netherlands
    • 10 France
    • 8 United Kingdom
    • 7 Switzerland
    • 6 Austria
    • 5 Norway
    • 4 Germany
    • 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 2 Malta
    • 1 Iceland
  14. Luxembourg

    read out by Maurice Molitor

    • 12 Switzerland
    • 10 Italy
    • 8 United Kingdom
    • 7 Ireland
    • 6 France
    • 5 Sweden
    • 4 Portugal
    • 3 Denmark
    • 2 Finland
    • 1 Norway
  15. Slovenia

    • 12 Ireland
    • 10 United Kingdom
    • 8 Switzerland
    • 7 Netherlands
    • 6 Sweden
    • 5 Iceland
    • 4 France
    • 3 Norway
    • 2 Spain
    • 1 Luxembourg
  16. Finland

    read out by Solveig Herlin

    • 12 Norway
    • 10 Spain
    • 8 Italy
    • 7 Sweden
    • 6 Greece
    • 5 United Kingdom
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 Ireland
    • 2 Portugal
    • 1 France
  17. Bosnia and Herzegovina

    • 12 Austria
    • 10 Netherlands
    • 8 Ireland
    • 7 Norway
    • 6 Spain
    • 5 Denmark
    • 4 Malta
    • 3 United Kingdom
    • 2 Turkey
    • 1 Slovenia
  18. United Kingdom

    read out by Colin Berry

    • 12 Ireland
    • 10 Switzerland
    • 8 Croatia
    • 7 Sweden
    • 6 Malta
    • 5 Cyprus
    • 4 France
    • 3 Austria
    • 2 Iceland
    • 1 Portugal
  19. Netherlands

    read out by Joop van Os

    • 12 Portugal
    • 10 Ireland
    • 8 Switzerland
    • 7 Iceland
    • 6 Norway
    • 5 Greece
    • 4 United Kingdom
    • 3 France
    • 2 Italy
    • 1 Germany
  20. Croatia

    • 12 Norway
    • 10 United Kingdom
    • 8 France
    • 7 Spain
    • 6 Ireland
    • 5 Iceland
    • 4 Malta
    • 3 Netherlands
    • 2 Switzerland
    • 1 Turkey
  21. Spain

    • 12 Portugal
    • 10 Ireland
    • 8 Greece
    • 7 Netherlands
    • 6 Turkey
    • 5 United Kingdom
    • 4 Malta
    • 3 Switzerland
    • 2 Italy
    • 1 Croatia
  22. Cyprus

    • 12 Greece
    • 10 France
    • 8 Norway
    • 7 Ireland
    • 6 Switzerland
    • 5 Spain
    • 4 United Kingdom
    • 3 Portugal
    • 2 Iceland
    • 1 Malta
  23. Israel

    • 12 United Kingdom
    • 10 Sweden
    • 8 France
    • 7 Greece
    • 6 Croatia
    • 5 Ireland
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 Malta
    • 2 Iceland
    • 1 Spain
  24. Norway

    • 12 Ireland
    • 10 Netherlands
    • 8 United Kingdom
    • 7 Greece
    • 6 France
    • 5 Portugal
    • 4 Croatia
    • 3 Switzerland
    • 2 Iceland
    • 1 Spain
  25. Malta

    read out by Kevin Drake

    • 12 Ireland
    • 10 Luxembourg
    • 8 Spain
    • 7 Italy
    • 6 Greece
    • 5 Switzerland
    • 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 3 Netherlands
    • 2 Finland
    • 1 Slovenia

The full scoreboard

Songs down the side, voters across the top in the order they were called. A voter’s highest mark is highlighted.

The grid is 25 columns wide, so it is shown on wider screens. Every number in it is in the lists above.

Song Total Italy Turkey Germany Switzerland Denmark Greece Belgium Iceland Austria Portugal France Sweden Ireland Luxembourg Slovenia Finland Bosnia and Herzegovina United Kingdom Netherlands Croatia Spain Cyprus Israel Norway Malta
Italy 45 1 10 5 10 8 2 2 7
Turkey 10 1 2 1 6
Germany 18 8 2 3 4 1
Switzerland 148 10 12 10 7 8 4 6 1 12 6 7 12 8 4 10 8 2 3 6 4 3 5
Denmark 9 1 3 5
Greece 64 2 2 2 7 6 5 8 12 7 7 6
Belgium 3 3
Malta 69 7 5 4 7 5 5 4 2 2 4 2 4 6 4 4 1 3
Iceland 42 4 4 1 7 1 5 2 7 5 2 2 2
Austria 32 4 1 3 3 6 12 3
Portugal 60 1 1 2 2 5 8 2 4 2 1 12 12 3 5
France 121 7 4 12 3 8 7 12 8 10 6 4 1 4 3 8 10 8 6
Sweden 89 8 8 7 10 7 10 4 5 6 7 7 10
Ireland 187 12 1 5 12 6 6 2 3 8 6 10 12 7 12 3 8 12 10 6 10 7 5 12 12
Luxembourg 11 1 10
Slovenia 9 4 3 1 1
Finland 20 3 8 5 2 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 27 3 12 1 4 3 4
United Kingdom 164 1 8 6 5 8 12 12 12 7 6 10 8 8 10 5 3 4 10 5 4 12 8
Netherlands 92 6 6 7 7 6 3 5 12 7 10 3 7 10 3
Croatia 31 3 4 5 8 1 6 4
Spain 58 5 6 5 2 2 10 6 7 5 1 1 8
Cyprus 17 2 10 5
Israel 4 3 1
Norway 120 10 10 10 12 6 10 8 5 1 3 12 7 6 12 8

On the night

What opened the show, and what filled the interval while the votes came in.

opened by
  • An animated film by Gary Keenan, drawn from Celtic myth, with the uilleann piper Davy Spillane
in the interval
  • Linda Martin and Johnny Logan Martin reprised the winning song “Why Me?”; Logan sang “Voices (Are Calling)” with choirs from the Cork School of Music and children from Millstreet

Results and votes as published by the European Broadcasting Union and recorded on the contest’s Wikipedia article. Every row here has been checked to add up to its total. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.