winner, 1996
Eimear Quinn
Eimear Quinn represented Ireland at Eurovision 1996 in Oslo with “The Voice”, and won.
- who
- Irish singer
- born
- 18 December 1972, Dublin, Ireland
- contest
- 1996
- win
- 1996
- music
- pop
- voice
- soprano
- active
- since 1992
- record labels
- Decca
- studied at
- Maynooth University
- sang for
- Ireland
Biography
Eimear Quinn is an Irish singer and composer, best known for winning the 1996 contest in Oslo with “The Voice”. It was Ireland’s seventh win, and its fourth in five years. Quinn has since toured widely and released four albums, the latest of them Ériu, recorded with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and released in 2020.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Eimear Quinn”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1996 Oslo
“The Voice”
Winner Won the contest with 162 points, ahead of 22 other songs.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Brendan Graham
- Conductor
- Noel Kelehan
- Running order
- 17th of 23
- Age on the night
- 23
Play: Eimear Quinn — “The Voice”, the winning performance at Eurovision 1996 hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 1996: Germany misses the cut, and Holland becomes Poland
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Eimear Quinn, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1996 The result
Eimear Quinn's "The Voice" finished on 162 points, 48 ahead of Norway. Its writer, Brendan Graham, had also written the winner of 1994.
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