Eurovision Song Contest 1994#Participating countries

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The 1994 contest took place in Dublin, Ireland, following the country's victory at the {{escyr|1993||1993 edition}} with the song "In Your Eyes", performed by Niamh Kavanagh. It was the fifth time that Ireland had hosted the contest, following the {{escyr|1971}}, {{escyr|1981}} and {{escyr|1988}} events also held in Dublin, and the previous year's event held in Millstreet.{{cite web |title=Ireland – Participation history |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/ireland |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621202349/https://eurovision.tv/country/ireland |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-status=live}} Ireland thus became the first country to host two successive contests.{{cite web |title=18 years ago today - Ireland makes it three in a row |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/18-years-ago-today-ireland-makes-it-three-in-a-row |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229233416/https://eurovision.tv/story/18-years-ago-today-ireland-makes-it-three-in-a-row |archive-date=29 December 2017 |date=30 April 2012 |url-status=live}}{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=168–170}}

The selected venue was the Point Theatre, a concert and events venue located among the Dublin Docklands and originally built as a train depot and warehouse to serve the nearby port. Opened as a music venue in 1988, it was closed for redevelopment and expansion in 2008 and is now known as the 3Arena.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=168–170}}{{cite web |title=3Arena Dublin – About, History & Hotels Near |url=https://www.ocallaghancollection.com/cities/things-to-do-in-dublin/three-arena/ |publisher=O'Callaghan Collection |access-date=2 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724010616/https://www.ocallaghancollection.com/cities/things-to-do-in-dublin/three-arena/ |archive-date=24 July 2021 |url-status=live}} At the time of the contest, the arena could seat around 3,200 audience members.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=168–170}}

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Twenty-five countries were permitted to participate in the contest. As the number of countries interested in participating in the contest grew, and following the use of a qualifying round in the previous year's event, a relegation system was introduced to the contest for the first time, which would prevent the lowest-scoring countries from the previous year's event from participating in the subsequent contest.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=168–170}}{{cite web |last1=Jordan |first1=Paul |title=Milestone Moments: 1993/4 - The Eurovision Family expands |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/milestone-moments-1993-4-the-eurovision-family-expands |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513105657/https://eurovision.tv/story/milestone-moments-1993-4-the-eurovision-family-expands |archive-date=13 May 2018 |date=18 September 2016 |url-status=live}} In the summer of 1993 the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) confirmed that the seven lowest-scoring countries in the 1993 event would be barred from entering the 1994 contest, to make way for seven countries which would participate for the first time.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=168–170}} As a result, {{esccnty|Belgium}}, {{esccnty|Cyprus}}, {{esccnty|Denmark}}, {{esccnty|Israel}}, {{esccnty|Luxembourg}}, {{esccnty|Slovenia}}, and {{esccnty|Turkey}} were unable to enter the contest, and in the contest's largest single expansion of new participating countries since the first edition in {{escyr|1956}}, {{esccnty|Estonia}}, {{esccnty|Hungary}}, {{esccnty|Lithuania}}, {{esccnty|Poland}}, {{esccnty|Romania}}, {{esccnty|Russia}}, and {{esccnty|Slovakia}} made their début appearances.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=168–170}}{{cite web |title=Dublin 1994 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1994 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102092740/https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1994 |archive-date=2 November 2022 |url-status=live}} Estonia, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia had all previously participated in the 1993 qualifying round {{lang|sl|Kvalifikacija za Millstreet}}.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=131–135}} Belgium thus failed to participate in the contest for the first time, leaving {{esccnty|Germany}} and {{esccnty|Switzerland}} as the only countries to have competed in every edition of the contest so far.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=168–170}} Later in 1993 {{esccnty|Italy}}'s broadcaster RAI subsequently announced that it would not participate in the event, likely due to a lack of interest in the event among the Italian public and concerns within the broadcaster at the costs of staging the contest in the event that Italy won;{{cite news |last1=Castagneri |first1=Lorenzo |title=Tutto quello che c'è da sapere sull'Eurovision Song Contest 2016 |trans-title=Everything you need to know about the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 |url=https://www.lastampa.it/spettacoli/2016/05/10/news/tutto-quello-che-c-e-da-sapere-sull-eurovision-song-contest-2016-1.35000958/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |work=La Stampa |date=10 May 2016 |language=it}}{{cite news |last1=Visentin |first1=Barbara |title=L'Eurovision e l'Italia: tre vittorie, un ultimo posto, polemiche e curiosità |trans-title=Eurovision and Italy: three victories, one last place, controversies and curiosities |url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/eurovision-song-contest-2022/cards/eurovision-l-italia/gli-anni-assenza-dell-italia.shtml |access-date=30 December 2024 |work=Corriere della Sera |date=5 September 2022 |language=it}} this led to Cyprus being readmitted as the relegated country with the best result at the 1993 contest.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=168–170}}

Four performers who had competed in previous editions of contests featured among the participating artists at this year's event: Marie Bergman, representing {{esccnty|Sweden}} with Roger Pontare, had been a member of the group Family Four that had represented the country in the {{escyr|1971}} and {{escyr|1972||1972 contests}}; Cyprus's Evridiki made a second appearance in the contest, following her entry at the {{escyr|1992||1992 event}}; Sigga returned to the contest for {{esccnty|Iceland}} for a third time, having previously competed as part of Stjórnin in {{escyr|1990}} and Heart 2 Heart in 1992; and Elisabeth Andreasson, competing in this event with Jan Werner Danielsen for {{esccnty|Norway}}, also participated for the third time, having been a member of the group Chips, which represented Sweden in {{escyr|1982}}, and Bobbysocks!, which had represented Norway and were the winners of the {{escyr|1985||1985 contest}}.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=170–178}} A number of artists which had previously competed in the contest also returned as backing performers: Rhonda Heath, who was a member of the group Silver Convention that had represented Germany in the {{escyr|1977||1977 contest}}, performed as a backing singer for the German entry Mekado;{{cite web |last1=Escudero |first1=Victor M. |title=Eurovision continues to unite states |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-and-america |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=25 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511193843/https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-and-america |archive-date=11 May 2017 |date=11 May 2017 |url-status=live}} and {{ill|Eyjólfur Kristjánsson|is}}, who represented Iceland at the {{escyr|1991||1991 contest}} alongside {{ill|Stefán Hilmarsson|is}}, returned as a backing singer for Sigga.{{cite web |last1=Egan |first1=John |title=Upcycling At The Eurovision Song Contest: How To Get The Most Out Of Your Local Music Industry |url=https://escinsight.com/2017/10/18/upcycling-at-the-eurovision-song-contest-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-local-music-industry/ |publisher=ESC Insight |access-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030111108/http://escinsight.com/2017/10/18/upcycling-at-the-eurovision-song-contest-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-local-music-industry/ |archive-date=30 October 2017 |date=18 October 2017 |url-status=live}} Additionally, having supported {{esccnty|Malta}}'s William Mangion as backing performers in the previous year's event, Moira Stafrace and Christopher Scicluna returned to the Eurovision stage as the country's entrants at this year's contest.{{cite news |last1=Agius |first1=Monique |title=Musician and singer, Chris Scicluna, passes away aged 62 |url=https://newsbook.com.mt/en/musician-and-singer-chris-scicluna-passes-away-aged-62/ |access-date=28 October 2023 |work=Newsbook Malta |date=18 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219143553/https://newsbook.com.mt/en/musician-and-singer-chris-scicluna-passes-away-aged-62/ |archive-date=19 February 2022 |url-status=live}}

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The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was produced by the Irish public broadcaster {{lang|ga|Radio Telefís Éireann|i=unset}} (RTÉ). Moya Doherty served as executive producer, Patrick Cowap served as director, Paula Farrell served as designer, and Noel Kelehan served as musical director, leading the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|p=181}}{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|p=217}} A separate musical director could be nominated by each country to lead the orchestra during their performance, with the host musical director also available to conduct for those countries which did not nominate their own conductor.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=170–178}} On behalf of the contest organisers, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the event was overseen by Christian Clausen as scrutineer.{{cite web |title=The Organisers behind the Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/organisers |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=31 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925231140/https://eurovision.tv/about/organisers |archive-date=25 September 2024 |url-status=live}}{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|p=210}}

Each participating broadcaster submitted one song, which was required to be no longer than three minutes in duration and performed in the language, or one of the languages, of the country which it represented.{{cite web |title=How it works |date=18 May 2019 |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/how-it-works |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=2 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531032850/https://eurovision.tv/about/how-it-works |archive-date=31 May 2022 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Jerusalem 1999 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/jerusalem-1999 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=29 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621202249/https://eurovision.tv/event/jerusalem-1999 |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-status=live}} A maximum of six performers were allowed on stage during each country's performance, and all participants were required to have reached the age of 16 in the year of the contest.{{cite web |title=The Rules of the Contest |date=31 October 2018 |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004011300/https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |archive-date=4 October 2022 |url-status=live}} Each entry could utilise all or part of the live orchestra and could use instrumental-only backing tracks; however, any backing tracks used could only include the sound of instruments featured on stage being mimed by the performers.{{cite web |last1=Escudero |first1=Victor M. |title=#EurovisionAgain travels back to Dublin 1997 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovisionagain-dublin-1997 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523190024/https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovisionagain-dublin-1997 |archive-date=23 May 2022 |date=18 April 2020 |url-status=live}}

Following the confirmation of the twenty-five competing countries, the draw to determine the running order was held on 16 November 1993 at the Point Theatre and was conducted by Niamh Kavanagh and Fionnuala Sweeney.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=168–170}}{{cite AV media |last=Harding |first=Peter |date=November 1993 |title=The Point Depot, Dublin city (1993) |type=Photograph |url=https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2343/016.html |access-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030212947/https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2343/016.html |archive-date=30 October 2023 |location=Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland |via=RTÉ Libraries and Archives |url-status=live}}{{cite AV media |last=Harding |first=Peter |date=April 1994 |title=Eurovision Song Contest draw (1993) |type=Photograph |url=https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2152/011.html |access-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030212949/https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2152/011.html |archive-date=30 October 2023 |location=Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland |via=RTÉ Libraries and Archives |url-status=live}}

The results of the 1994 contest were determined through the same scoring system as had first been introduced in {{escyr|1975}}: each country awarded twelve points to its favourite entry, followed by ten points to its second favourite, and then awarded points in decreasing value from eight to one for the remaining songs which featured in the country's top ten, with countries unable to vote for their own entry.{{cite web |title=In a Nutshell |url=https://eurovision.tv/history/in-a-nutshell |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626052301/https://eurovision.tv/history/in-a-nutshell |archive-date=26 June 2022 |date=31 March 2017 |url-status=dead}} The points awarded by each country were determined by an assembled jury of sixteen individuals, which was required to be split evenly between members of the public and music professionals, between men and women, and by age. Each jury member voted in secret and awarded between one and ten votes to each participating song, excluding that from their own country and with no abstentions permitted. The votes of each member were collected following the country's performance and then tallied by the non-voting jury chairperson to determine the points to be awarded. In any cases where two or more songs in the top ten received the same number of votes, a show of hands by all jury members was used to determine the final placing.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=178–180}}{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|p=73}}

With the Point Theatre situated on the banks of the River Liffey, rivers were an integral part of the overall creative vision for the show and were a key theme of the opening and interval acts as well as the stage design.{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Ben |title=Riverdance at 25: How Eurovision gave birth to an Irish cultural phenomenon |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/riverdance-eurovision-1994-video-ireland-irish-dancing-michael-flatley-butler-a8888841.html |access-date=26 October 2023 |work=The Independent |date=29 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430223314/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/riverdance-eurovision-1994-video-ireland-irish-dancing-michael-flatley-butler-a8888841.html |archive-date=30 April 2019 |url-status=live}} Paula Farrell's design, which was four times the size of the stage constructed for the Millstreet contest, provided a scene of a futuristic Dublin at night, featuring representations of skyscrapers which incorporated video screens and lighting effects and underfloor lighting representing the Liffey and Dublin Bay. On either side of the stage podium-lined platforms were used by the presenters in-between songs and during the voting segment.{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=136–139}}{{sfn|Knox|2015|pp=141–154|loc=Chapter 16. The Interval Act}}{{cite AV media |last=Harding |first=Peter |date=April 1994 |title=Eurovision Song Contest set (1994) |type=Photograph |url=https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2034/058.html |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026220150/https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2034/058.html |archive-date=26 October 2023 |location=Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland |via=RTÉ Libraries and Archives |url-status=live}}{{cite AV media |last=Harding |first=Peter |date=April 1994 |title=Wide shot of Eurovision set (1994) |type=Photograph |url=https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2034/072.html |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026220711/https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2034/072.html |archive-date=26 October 2023 |location=Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland |via=RTÉ Libraries and Archives |url-status=live}}

Rehearsals at the contest venue began on 25 April 1994. Each participating delegation took part in two technical rehearsals in the week approaching the contest, with countries rehearsing in the order in which they would perform. In each country's first rehearsal, held on 25 and 26 April, the delegations were provided with a 15-minute stage-call to prepare the stage and to brief the orchestra, followed by a 25-minute rehearsal. This was then followed by an opportunity to review footage of the rehearsal on video screens and to conduct a 20-minute press conference. The second rehearsals on 27 and 28 April consisted of a 10-minute stage-call and a 20-minute rehearsal. Three dress rehearsals were held with all artists, two in the afternoon and evening of 29 April and one final rehearsal in the afternoon of 30 April, with an audience present at the evening rehearsal on 29 April. The competing delegations were additionally invited to a welcome reception during the week of the event, held on the evening of 25 April in the Dining Hall of Trinity College Dublin.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=168–170}}

During the final dress rehearsal on 30 April, the Polish entrant Edyta Górniak performed the second half of her song "To nie ja!" in English. As this rehearsal was also heard by the juries this constituted a break of the contest rules. Although discussions were held on whether to sanction or disqualify the country, Poland was ultimately allowed to compete.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=170–178}}{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=136–139}}

File:Edyta Górniak in 2009.jpg (pictured in 2009), the first artist to represent {{esccnty|Poland}} in Eurovision, finished in second place, Poland's highest position to date.]]

The contest took place on 30 April 1994 at 20:00 (IST) and lasted 3 hours and 3 minutes. The show was presented by the Irish journalist and television presenter Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and the Irish radio and television presenter Gerry Ryan.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=170–178}} Ní Mhurchú and Ryan had been considered as hosts for the 1993 event before the eventual choice of Fionnuala Sweeney.{{sfn|Knox|2015|pp=129–140 |loc=Chapter 15. The Cowshed in Cork}}

The contest was opened with a segment by the Galway-based arts and theatre company Macnas, featuring a mixture of pre-recorded and live footage of a replica Viking longship on the river Liffey, and dancers, flag-bearers and performers in caricature masks of notable Irish personalities in various locations in central Dublin and in the Point Theatre.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=168–170}}{{cite AV media |date=30 April 1994 |title=Eurovision Song Contest 1994 |type=Television programme |location=Dublin, Ireland |publisher={{lang|ga|Radio Telefís Éireann|i=unset}} (RTÉ) |language=en, fr, ga}}{{cite AV media |last=Gaffney |first=Des |date=December 1992 |title=Macnas on stage at Eurovision (1994) |type=Photograph |url=https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2256/057.html |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026181000/https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2256/057.html |archive-date=26 October 2023 |location=Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland |via=RTÉ Libraries and Archives |url-status=live}}{{cite AV media |last=Harding |first=Peter |date=December 1992 |title=Macnas perform at Eurovision (1994) |type=Photograph |url=https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2034/071.html |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920214115/https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2034/071.html |archive-date=20 September 2012 |location=Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland |via=RTÉ Libraries and Archives |url-status=live}} The interval act, "Riverdance", was a seven-minute composition by the Irish composer Bill Whelan, and took inspiration from "Timedance", the interval act from the {{escyr|1981||1981 contest}} also held in Dublin.{{cite web |title=Riverdance: an Irish success story |url=https://www.claddaghdesign.com/en-gb/blogs/irish-interest/riverdance-irish-success-story |website=Claddagh Design |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026182744/https://www.claddaghdesign.com/blogs/irish-interest/riverdance-irish-success-story |archive-date=26 October 2023 |date=19 May 2015 |url-status=live}} "Riverdance" featured a mix of traditional Irish and modern music by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, choral singing from the Celtic ensemble Anúna, and Irish dancing led by the Irish-American dancers Jean Butler and Michael Flatley.{{cite AV media |last1=Connolly |first1=Colm |date=30 April 1994 |title=Riverdance Debut at Eurovision in Dublin |type=News report |url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2014/0430/613568-riverdance-and-third-irish-win-in-a-row-at-eurovision-1994/ |access-date=26 October 2023 |location=Dublin, Ireland |publisher=RTÉ News |via=RTÉ Libraries and Archives |archive-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026191919/https://www.rte.ie/archives/2014/0430/613568-riverdance-and-third-irish-win-in-a-row-at-eurovision-1994/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Riverdance First Performance |url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2019/0430/1046499-riverdance-thrills-eurovision-audience/ |access-date=26 October 2023 |location=Dublin, Ireland |publisher=RTÉ |via=RTÉ Libraries and Archives |archive-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026191920/https://www.rte.ie/archives/2019/0430/1046499-riverdance-thrills-eurovision-audience/ |url-status=live }} The trophy awarded to the winners, entitled "Wavelength", was designed by the Irish sculptor Grace Weir of the Temple Bar Gallery, and was presented by the previous year's winning artist Niamh Kavanagh.{{cite AV media |last=Harding |first=Peter |date=1994 |title=Eurovision Song Contest trophy (1994) |type=Photograph |url=https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/4261/084.html |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026193649/https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/4261/084.html |archive-date=26 October 2023 |via=RTÉ Libraries and Archives |url-status=live}}{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|p=216}}

The winner was {{esccnty|Ireland|y=1994}} represented by the song "Rock 'n' Roll Kids", written by Brendan Graham and performed by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan.{{cite web |title=Dublin 1994 – Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan |url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/paul-harrington-and-charlie-mcgettigan |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=16 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523070936/https://eurovision.tv/participant/paul-harrington-and-charlie-mcgettigan |archive-date=23 May 2023 |url-status=live}} This marked Ireland's sixth contest win{{snd}}a new contest record{{snd}}and also gave the country its third win in a row{{snd}}the first time a country had won three successive contests.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=178–180}} "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" became the highest scoring winner in Eurovision history to date with 226 points, and was the first song to receive over 200 points. It was also the first time that a song had won without using the orchestra. Harrington and McGettigan additionally became the oldest winning performers and the first winning male duo.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=178–180}}{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=136–139}} First-time participating countries Poland, Hungary and Russia all finished in the top ten, placing second, fourth and ninth respectively, while conversely the four other débuting countries all placed within the bottom seven entries, with Lithuania scoring nul points with its first ever entry.{{cite web |title=Lithuania – Participation history |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/lithuania |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621202330/https://eurovision.tv/country/lithuania |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-status=live}} Poland achieved the most successful début performance of any country in the contest's history at the time, and its second-place finish in this event remains {{as of|2024|lc=y}} the country's best ever Eurovision placing.{{cite web |title=Poland – Participation history |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/poland |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=20 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523185954/https://eurovision.tv/country/poland |archive-date=23 May 2022 |url-status=live}}

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for its respective country. For the first time, the spokespersons were connected to the venue via satellite rather than through telephone lines, allowing them to appear in vision during the broadcast.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=178–180}} Spokespersons at the 1994 contest are listed below.

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1. {{flagu|Sweden}}{{snd}}{{ill|Marianne Anderberg|sv}}{{sfn|Thorsson|Verhage|2006|pp=242–243}}
2. {{flagu|Finland}}{{snd}}Solveig Herlin{{sfn|Murtomäki|2007|pp=174–177}}
3. {{flagu|Ireland}}{{snd}}Eileen Dunne{{cite web |last1=O'Loughlin |first1=Mikie |title=RTE Eileen Dunne's marriage to soap star Macdara O'Fatharta, their wedding day and grown up son Cormac |url=https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/celebs/rte-eileen-dunnes-marriage-soap-24277308 |work=RSVP Live |access-date=25 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608223329/https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/celebs/rte-eileen-dunnes-marriage-soap-24277308 |archive-date=8 June 2021 |date=8 June 2021 |url-status=live}}
4. {{flagu|Cyprus|1960}}{{snd}}Anna Partelidou{{cite news |title=Απόψε ο διαγωνισμός της Γιουροβίζιον |trans-title=Tonight's Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/918175 |access-date=16 March 2025 |work={{lang|el-latn|Haravgi|i=unset}} |date=30 April 1994 |location=Nicosia, Cyprus |page=23 |language=el |via={{ill|Press and Information Office|el|Γραφείο Τύπου και Πληροφοριών}}}}
5. {{flagu|Iceland}}{{snd}}Sigríður Arnardóttir
6. {{flagu|United Kingdom}}{{snd}}Colin Berry{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=178–180}}
7. {{flagu|Croatia}}{{snd}}Helga Vlahović{{cite web |title=Helga Vlahović: 1990 presenter has died |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/helga-vlahovic-1990-presenter-has-died |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012044446/https://eurovision.tv/story/helga-vlahovic-1990-presenter-has-died |archive-date=12 October 2022 |date=27 February 2012 |url-status=live}}
8. {{flagu|Portugal}}{{snd}}Isabel Bahia
9. {{flagu|Switzerland}}{{snd}}Sandra Studer
10. {{flagu|Estonia}}{{snd}}Urve Tiidus{{cite web |title=Eesti žürii punktid edastab Eurovisioonil Tanel Padar |trans-title=The points of the Estonian jury at Eurovision will be announced by Tanel Padar |url=https://muusikaplaneet.ee/2022/05/14/eurovisioon22-20/ |publisher=Muusika Planeet |access-date=25 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519134430/https://muusikaplaneet.ee/2022/05/14/eurovisioon22-20/ |archive-date=19 May 2022 |language=et |date=14 May 2022 |url-status=live}}
11. {{flagu|Romania}}{{snd}}{{ill|Cristina Țopescu|ro}}
12. {{flagu|Malta}}{{snd}}John Demanuele{{cite news |title=Malta fifth in Euro contest |work=Times of Malta |location=Birkirkara, Malta |date=1 May 1994 |page=1}}
13. {{flagu|Netherlands}}{{snd}}{{ill|Joop van Os|nl}}{{cite news |last=Beerekamp |first=Hans |title=Willeke laat Litouwen en Estland achter zich |trans-title=Willeke leaves Lithuania and Estonia behind |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBNRC01:000031207:mpeg21:p023 |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=NRC Handelsblad |date=2 May 1994 |page=23 |location=Amsterdam, Netherlands |language=nl |via=Delpher}}
14. {{flagu|Germany}}{{snd}}Carmen Nebel
15. {{flagu|Slovakia}}{{snd}}Juraj Čurný
16. {{flagu|Lithuania|1988}}{{snd}}Gitana Lapinskaitė{{cite web |last1=Juršėnaitė |first1=Eimantė |title=Pirmojoje nacionalinėje "Eurovizijos" atrankoje dalyvavo ir šiandien pažįstami veidai |trans-title=The first Eurovision national selection was attended by familiar faces of today |url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/veidai/14/1060051/pirmojoje-nacionalineje-eurovizijos-atrankoje-dalyvavo-ir-siandien-pazistami-veidai |publisher=Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) |access-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519204452/https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/veidai/14/1060051/pirmojoje-nacionalineje-eurovizijos-atrankoje-dalyvavo-ir-siandien-pazistami-veidai |archive-date=19 May 2019 |language=lt |date=18 May 2019 |url-status=live}}
17. {{flagu|Norway}}{{snd}}{{ill|Sverre Christophersen|no}}
18. {{flagu|Bosnia and Herzegovina|1992}}{{snd}}Diana Grković-Foretić
19. {{flagu|Greece}}{{snd}}Fotini Giannoulatou
20. {{flagu|Austria}}{{snd}}{{ill|Tilia Herold|de}}
21. {{flagu|Spain}}{{snd}}María Ángeles Balañac
22. {{flagu|Hungary}}{{snd}}{{ill|Iván Bradányi|hu|Bradányi Iván}}
23. {{flagu|Russia}}{{snd}}Irina Klenskaya
24. {{flagu|Poland}}{{snd}}Jan Chojnacki
25. {{flagu|France}}{{snd}}Laurent Romejko

{{div col end}}

Jury voting was used to determine the points awarded by all countries.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=178–180}} The announcement of the results from each country was conducted in the order in which they performed, with the spokespersons announcing their country's points in English or French in ascending order.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=178–180}} The detailed breakdown of the points awarded by each country is listed in the tables below.

The below table summarises how the maximum 12 points were awarded from one country to another. The winning country is shown in bold. Ireland received the maximum score of 12 points from eight of the voting countries, with Poland receiving five sets of 12 points, Hungary receiving four sets, Germany two sets, and Croatia, Cyprus, Malta, Portugal and Slovakia each receiving one maximum score.

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers. These commentators were typically sent to the venue to report on the event, and were able to provide commentary from small booths constructed at the back of the venue.{{cite web |title=Commentator's guide to the commentators |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/commentator-s-guide-to-the-commentators |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=2 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112181824/https://eurovision.tv/story/commentator-s-guide-to-the-commentators |archive-date=12 November 2018 |date=15 May 2011 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Escudero |first1=Victor M. |title=Commentators: The national hosts of Eurovision |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/commentators-sweden-mans-zelmerlow-edward-af-sillen |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=2 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516182452/https://eurovision.tv/story/commentators-sweden-mans-zelmerlow-edward-af-sillen |archive-date=16 May 2017 |date=14 May 2017 |url-status=live}} Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

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| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Ραδιοτηλεοραση |trans-title=Radio-Television |url=https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/911120 |access-date=5 March 2024 |work={{lang|el-latn|I Simerini|i=unset}} |date=30 April 1994 |location=Nicosia, Cyprus |page=6 |language=el |via={{ill|Press and Information Office|el|Γραφείο Τύπου και Πληροφοριών}} |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525223952/https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/911120#?c=&m=&s=&cv= |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Ραδιοφωνο |trans-title=Radio |url=https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/595197 |access-date=5 March 2024 |work={{lang|el-latn|O Phileleftheros|i=unset}} |date=9 May 1992 |location=Nicosia, Cyprus |page=22 |language=el |via=Press and Information Office |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525225015/https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/595197#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-4318%2C-376%2C13339%2C7507 |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="row" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Estonia}}

| colspan="2" | ETV

| Vello Rand

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Televisioon |trans-title=Television |url=https://dea.digar.ee/?a=d&d=postrahvatoelinehaal19940430.1.4 |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=Post |date=30 April 1994 |location=Tallinn, Estonia |page=4 |language=et |via={{ill|DIGAR|et}}}}{{cite news |title=Vello Rand: väga raske on ennustada, milline laul Dublinis võidab |trans-title=Vello Rand: It's very difficult to predict which song will win in Dublin |url=https://dea.digar.ee/?a=d&d=postrahvatoelinehaal19940428 |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=Post |date=28 April 1994 |location=Tallinn, Estonia |page=1 |language=et |via=DIGAR |archive-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104140358/https://dea.digar.ee/?a=d&d=postrahvatoelinehaal19940428 |url-status=live}}

|-

| STV

| STV1

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" |

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Finland}}

| rowspan="2" | YLE

| TV1

| Erkki Pohjanheimo and Kirsi-Maria Niemi

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Televisio & Radio |trans-title=Television & Radio |url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/54822c5e-a702-4008-b8d5-359c830ff348/48 |access-date=23 December 2022 |work=Helsingin Sanomat |location=Helsinki, Finland |date=30 April 1994 |pages=D11–D12 |language=fi |url-access=subscription |archive-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104162225/https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/54822c5e-a702-4008-b8d5-359c830ff348/48 |url-status=live}}

|-

| {{lang|sv|Riksradion|i=unset}}

| {{N/A|}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|France}}

| {{lang|fr|France Télévision|i=unset}}

| France 2

| Patrice Laffont

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=les programmes TV |trans-title=TV programmes |url=https://archives-aube.fr/ark:42751/1eddddac047763469ea60050568bc001.fiche=arko_fiche_61d6ad660ac4e.moteur=arko_default_63d288b4cdd38 |access-date=22 September 2024 |work={{ill|L'Est éclair|fr}} |date=30 April 1994 |location=Saint-André-les-Vergers, France |page=23 |language=fr |via=Aube en Champagne}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Germany}}

| ARD

| {{lang|de|Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen|i=unset}}

| Jan Hofer

| style="text-align:center" |

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Hungary}}

| MTV

| MTV2

| István Vágó

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=TV szombat {{!}} április 30. |trans-title=TV Saturday {{!}} 30 April |url=https://nemzetiarchivum.hu/news_archive/item/NEWS-dEpqUlJvbGg3UmRLMkxybldVNHZ5d1Zla2UrWFVDT0hEYnc2MlRtVk9Dcz0 |access-date=23 July 2022 |magazine=Rádió– és Televízióújság |location=Budapest, Hungary |volume=40 |issue=19 |date=25 April 1994 |pages=46–47 |language=hu |via=Nemzeti Archívum}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Iceland}}

| RÚV

| {{lang|is|Sjónvarpið|i=unset}}, {{lang|is|Rás 2|i=unset}}

| Jakob Frímann Magnússon

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Laugurdagur 30. apríl |trans-title=Saturday 30 April |url=https://timarit.is/page/2625841#page/n45/mode/2up |access-date=28 May 2024 |work=DV |date=30 April 1994 |location=Reykjavík, Iceland |language=is |page=54 |via=Timarit.is}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Ireland}}

| rowspan="2" | RTÉ

| RTÉ 1

| Pat Kenny

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Saturday: Television and Radio |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1994/0430/Pg034.html |access-date=19 December 2022 |work=The Irish Times Weekend |location=Dublin, Ireland |date=30 April 1994 |page=6 |url-access=subscription}}{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Niamh |title=Pat Kenny: 'As Long As People Still Want Me I'll Keep Coming To Work' |url=https://evoke.ie/2017/09/03/entertainment/celebrity/pat-kenny |website=evoke.ie |access-date=2 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702142708/https://evoke.ie/2017/09/03/entertainment/celebrity/pat-kenny |archive-date=2 July 2022 |date=3 September 2017 |url-status=live}}

|-

| RTÉ Radio 1

| Larry Gogan

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Lithuania|1988}}

| LRT

| LTV

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=TV |trans-title=TV |url=http://www.pbc.uw.edu.pl/15372/1/84%20%2812362%29%20Kurier%20Wile%C5%84ski%20sobota%2030%20kwietnia%201994.pdf |access-date=28 October 2022 |work=Kurier Wileński |location=Vilnius, Lithuania |date=30 April 1994 |page=11 |language=pl |via=Polonijna Biblioteka Cyfrowa |archive-date=28 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028160255/http://www.pbc.uw.edu.pl/15372/1/84%20(12362)%20Kurier%20Wile%C5%84ski%20sobota%2030%20kwietnia%201994.pdf |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Malta}}

| PBS

| TVM

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Television |work=Times of Malta |location=Birkirkara, Malta |date=30 April 1994 |page=28}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Netherlands}}

| NOS

| {{lang|nl|Nederland 3|i=unset}}

| Willem van Beusekom

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Programma's RTV Zaterdag |trans-title=RTV programmes on Saturday |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/1994-04-30/edition/0/page/8 |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=Leidsch Dagblad |location=Leiden, Netherlands |language=nl |date=30 April 1994 |page=8 |archive-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104104103/https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/1994-04-30/edition/0/page/8 |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Norway}}

| NRK

| {{lang|no|NRK Fjernsynet|i=unset}}, NRK P1

| Jostein Pedersen

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=TV – Lørdag 30. april |trans-title=TV – Saturday 30 April |url=https://www.nb.no/items/22aac88a22ea41725fbd7b9205e0e624?page=35 |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=Moss Dagblad |date=30 April 1994 |location=Moss, Norway |page=36 |language=no |via=National Library of Norway |archive-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104104055/https://www.nb.no/items/22aac88a22ea41725fbd7b9205e0e624?page=35 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Norgeskanalen P1 – Kjøreplan lørdag 30. april 1994 |trans-title=The Norwegian channel P1 – Schedule Saturday 30 April 1994 |url=https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/acda0325219d74e63f16237eb998ab25?index=2#16 |publisher=NRK |access-date=4 November 2022 |page=17 |language=no |date=30 April 1994 |via=National Library of Norway |archive-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104104100/https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/acda0325219d74e63f16237eb998ab25?index=2#16 |url-status=live}} {{subscription or libraries}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Poland}}

| TVP

| TVP1

| Artur Orzech

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=TeleDziennik – Sobota |trans-title=TeleJournal – Saturday |url=http://bibliotekacyfrowa.eu/dlibra/show-content/publication/58384/edition/62697 |access-date=17 February 2025 |work=Dziennik Bałtycki |date=30 April – 3 May 1994 |location=Gdańsk, Poland |page=7 |language=pl |via={{ill|Baltic Digital Library|pl|Bałtycka Biblioteka Cyfrowa}}}}{{cite web |title=Artur Orzech – Eurowizja, żona, dzieci, wiek, wzrost, komentarze |trans-title=Artur Orzech – Eurovision, wife, children, age, height, comments |url=https://www.eska.pl/news/artur-orzech-eurowizja-zona-dzieci-wiek-wzrost-komentarze-aa-ZTAx-o4SH-yU1E.html |publisher=Radio Eska |access-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617194356/https://www.eska.pl/news/artur-orzech-eurowizja-zona-dzieci-wiek-wzrost-komentarze-aa-ZTAx-o4SH-yU1E.html |archive-date=17 June 2021 |language=pl |date=18 May 2021 |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Portugal}}

| RTP

| {{lang|pt|RTP Canal 1|i=unset}}

| Eládio Clímaco

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Programa da televisão |trans-title=Television schedule |url=https://www.acomarcadearganil.cm-arganil.pt/a-comarca-de-arganil-10116/ |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=A Comarca de Arganil |date=28 April 1994 |location=Arganil, Portugal |page=8 |language=pt |archive-date=29 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629153016/https://www.acomarcadearganil.cm-arganil.pt/a-comarca-de-arganil-10116/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Firmino |first1=Tiago |title=O número do dia. Quantos festivais comentou Eládio Clímaco na televisão portuguesa? |trans-title=Number of the day. How many festivals did Eládio Clímaco comment on on Portuguese television? |url=https://www.n-tv.pt/eurovisao/o-numero-do-dia-quantos-festivais-comentou-eladio-climaco-na-televisao-portuguesa/269763/ |publisher=N-TV |access-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104125852/https://www.n-tv.pt/eurovisao/o-numero-do-dia-quantos-festivais-comentou-eladio-climaco-na-televisao-portuguesa/269763/ |archive-date=4 November 2022 |language=pt |date=7 April 2018 |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Romania}}

| TVR

| TVR 1{{efn|The broadcast was temporarily moved to TVR 2 due to a live broadcast celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus at 23:50 (EEST); it was later restored to TVR 1 at 01:00 (EEST).}}

| Gabriela Cristea

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Programe TV |trans-title=TV schedule |url=https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Libertatea_1994_04/?pg=241&layout=s |access-date=14 March 2025 |work=Libertatea |date=30 April 1994 |location=Bucharest, Romania |page=8 |language=ro |url-access=subscription |via={{ill|Arcanum Newspapers|hu|Arcanum Újságok}}}}{{cite news|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/monden/abia-o-recunosti-cum-arata-gabi-cristea-in-urma-cu-20-de-ani-la-debutul-in-televiziune-e-singura-poza-6453|title=Abia o recunoşti! Cum arăta Gabi Cristea în urmă cu 20 de ani, la debutul în televiziune|trans-title=You can barely recognize her! How did Gabi Cristea look 20 years ago when she made her television debut|newspaper=Libertatea|language=Romanian|date=2 October 2015|access-date=15 April 2015|author=Vacaru, Clara|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319163056/http://www.libertatea.ro/monden/abia-o-recunosti-cum-arata-gabi-cristea-in-urma-cu-20-de-ani-la-debutul-in-televiziune-e-singura-poza-6453|archive-date=19 March 2016}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Russia}}

| RTR

| RTR

| {{ill|Sergei Antipov (TV presenter)|ru|Антипов, Сергей Арьевич|lt=Sergey Antipov}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Неделя телевизионного экрана |trans-title=Weekly television screen |url=http://tvp.netcollect.ru/tvps/ckmourchtjai.pdf |access-date=27 October 2022 |work=Rossiyskaya Gazeta |location=Moscow, Russia |date=22 April 1994 |page=6 |language=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523155516/http://tvp.netcollect.ru/tvps/ckmourchtjai.pdf |archive-date=23 May 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Лучшие певцы Европы |trans-title=The best singers in Europe |url=http://tvp.netcollect.ru/tvps/ckmourchtjai.pdf |access-date=27 October 2022 |work=Rossiyskaya Gazeta |location=Moscow, Russia |date=22 April 1994 |page=7 |language=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523155516/http://tvp.netcollect.ru/tvps/ckmourchtjai.pdf |archive-date=23 May 2021 |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Slovakia}}

| STV

| STV2

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Mi? Hol? Mikor? – szombat |trans-title=What? Where? When? – Saturday |url=https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/UjSzo_1994_04/?pg=251 |access-date=21 September 2024 |work=Új Szó |location=Bratislava, Slovakia |date=30 April 1994 |page=8 |language=hu |via={{ill|Hungaricana|hu}}}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Spain}}

| TVE

| {{lang|es|La Primera|i=unset}}

| José Luis Uribarri

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Ràdio i televisió |trans-title=Radio and television |url=https://pandora.girona.cat/viewer.vm?id=0001107118&page=52 |access-date=17 February 2025 |work=Avui |date=30 April 1994 |page=52 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=es |via={{ill|Ayuntamiento de Gerona|es}}}}{{cite web |last=HerGar |first=Paula |title=Todos los comentaristas de la historia de España en Eurovisión (y una única mujer en solitario) |trans-title=All the commentators in the history of Spain in Eurovision (and only a single woman) |url=https://los40.com/los40/2018/03/27/album/1522166894_094380.html |publisher=Los 40 |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926203750/https://los40.com/los40/2018/03/27/album/1522166894_094380.html |archive-date=26 September 2021 |language=es |date=28 March 2018 |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Sweden}}

| SVT

| {{lang|sv|Kanal 1|i=unset}}

| Pekka Heino

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=TV program valborgsmässoafton |trans-title=TV schedule Walpurgis Night |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=30 April 1994 |location=Stockholm, Sweden |page=32 |language=sv}}

|-

| SR

| SR P3, SR P4

| Claes-Johan Larsson and Lisa Syrén

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Radio • valborgsmässoafton |trans-title=Radio • Walpurgis Night |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=30 April 1994 |location=Stockholm, Sweden |page=31 |language=sv}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|Switzerland}}

| rowspan="3" | SRG SSR

| SF DRS

| {{ill|Bernard Thurnheer|de}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=TV + Radio · Samstag |trans-title=TV + Radio · Saturday |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=BTB19940430-01.1.22 |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=Bieler Tagblatt |page=22 |date=30 April 1994 |location=Biel, Switzerland |language=de |via=E-newspaperarchives.ch}}

|-

| {{lang|fr|TSR Chaîne nationale|i=unset}}

| Jean-Marc Richard

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Samedi 30 avril |trans-title=Saturday 30 April |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/321713/view?page=6&p=verso&tool=info |access-date=21 October 2024 |magazine=TV8 |volume=72 |issue=17 |date=28 April 1994 |location=Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland |pages=10–15 |language=fr |via=Scriptorium}}

|-

| {{lang|it|TSI Canale nazionale|i=unset}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" |

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}

| rowspan="2" | BBC

| BBC1{{efn|Additional live broadcast on BBC World Service Television}}

| Terry Wogan

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Eurovision Song Contest – BBC One |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/24454d7645b04e50999c7e261e2285c8 |access-date=4 November 2022 |magazine=Radio Times |location=London, United Kingdom |date=30 April 1994 |via=BBC Genome Project |archive-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104104103/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/24454d7645b04e50999c7e261e2285c8 |url-status=live}}

|-

| BBC Radio 2

| Ken Bruce

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Eurovision Song Contest – BBC Radio 2 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c34838ab58f4488da58a4413e8b059db |access-date=4 November 2022 |magazine=Radio Times |location=London, United Kingdom |date=30 April 1994 |via=BBC Genome Project |archive-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104104105/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c34838ab58f4488da58a4413e8b059db |url-status=live}}

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| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Today's television |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/13354862 |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=The Canberra Times |date=1 May 1994 |location=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |page=32 |via=Trove |archive-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104104103/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/13354862 |url-status=live}}

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! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|Belgium}}

| rowspan="2" | BRTN

| TV2

| André Vermeulen

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Zaterdag 30 april |trans-title=Saturday 30 April |url=https://erfgoedbrugge.be/collectie/brugsch-handelsblad-1060206465-57 |access-date=4 July 2024 |work={{ill|Brugsch Handelsblad|nl}} |date=29 April 1994 |location=Bruges, Belgium |page=66 |language=nl |via={{ill|Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge|nl}}}}

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| Radio 2

| {{ill|Marc Brillouet|nl}} and {{ill|Julien Put|nl}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Televisie en radio zaterdag |trans-title=Television and radio Saturday |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010637811:mpeg21:p043 |access-date=24 October 2024 |work=Limburgs Dagblad |date=30 April 1994 |page=43 |location=Heerlen, Netherlands |language=nl |via=Delpher}}

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| RTBF

| RTBF1

| Jean-Pierre Hautier

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Heute abend im Fernsehen |trans-title=Tonight on TV |url=https://archiv.grenzecho.net/epaper/grenzecho-vom-30-04-1994/?viewer=true |access-date=4 November 2024 |work=Grenz-Echo |date=30 April 1994 |location=Eupen, Belgium |page=27 |language=de}}

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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Denmark}}

| DR

| DR TV

| Jørgen de Mylius

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web |title=Alle tiders programoversigter – Lørdag den 30. april 1994 |trans-title=All-time programme overviews – Saturday 30 April 1994 |url=https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=1994-04-30 |publisher=DR |access-date=9 April 2024 |archive-date=9 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409191825/https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=1994-04-30 |url-status=live}}

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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Faroe Islands}}

| colspan="2" | SvF

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Sjónvarp |trans-title=Television |url=https://epaper.infomedia.dk/wxn/19940429?s=1&p=12 |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=Oyggjatíðindi |date=29 April 1994 |location=Hoyvík, Faroe Islands |language=fo, da |pages=12–13 |via={{ill|Infomedia|dk}}}}

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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Greenland}}

| KNR

| KNR{{efn|Deferred broadcast at 21:20 (WGST)}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=KNR Aallakaatitassat/Programmer |trans-title=KNR Schedule |url=https://timarit.is/page/3838196#page/n12/mode/2up |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=Atuagagdliutit |date=28 April 1994 |location=Nuuk, Greenland |language=kl, da |page=13 |via=Timarit.is}}

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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Israel}}

| IBA

| Channel 1

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |date=29 April 1994 |title=على الشاشة الصغيرة |trans-title=On the small screen |url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/?a=d&d=alittihad19940429-01.1.6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103104137/https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/?a=d&d=alittihad19940429-01.1.6 |archive-date=3 November 2023 |access-date=22 May 2023 |work=Al-Ittihad |location=Haifa, Israel |page=6 |language=ar |via=National Library of Israel}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Jordan}}

| JRTV

| JTV2

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Jordan Times Daily Guide and Calendar |url=https://archive.org/details/JordanTimes1994JordanEnglish/Apr%2030%201994%2C%20Jordan%20Times%2C%20%235600%2C%20Jordan%20%28en%29/page/n1/mode/2up |access-date=5 November 2024 |work=The Jordan Times |date=30 April 1994 |location=Amman, Jordan |page=2 |via=Internet Archive}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Slovenia}}

| rowspan="2" | RTVSLO

| SLO 1

| {{ill|Damjana Golavšek|sl}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Sobota 30. april 1994 |trans-title=Saturday 30 April 1994 |url=https://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_DOC-JZVL4ZGM/4/index.html |access-date=4 June 2024 |work=Vikend magazin |publisher=Delo |date=30 April – 6 May 1994 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |page=20 |language=sl |via=Digital Library of Slovenia}}

|-

| Val 202

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Spored za soboto |trans-title=Schedule for Saturday |url=https://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_DOC-0SOW450J/18/index.html |access-date=30 December 2024 |work=Delo |date=30 April 1994 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |page=14 |language=sl |via=Digital Library of Slovenia}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|South Korea|1984}}

| KBS

| KBS2{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 28 May 1994 at 15:15 (KST)}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=러시아·동구권 첫 참가 |trans-title=First participation from Russia and Eastern Europe |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1994052800289116007 |access-date=3 December 2024 |work=The Hankyoreh |date=28 May 1994 |location=Seoul, South Korea |page=16 |language=ko |via=Naver}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Turkey}}

| TRT

| TRT 1

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=TV Programları |trans-title=TV Programmes |url=https://egazete.cumhuriyet.com.tr/Archive/CUMHURIYET/GAZETE_ARSIVI/1994/4/30/88944DF8-AA56-4851-84CB-AEF613BCA91A_3213427_22.jpeg |access-date=12 December 2022 |work=Cumhuriyet 2 |location=Istanbul, Turkey |date=30 April 1994 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212141406/https://egazete.cumhuriyet.com.tr/Archive/CUMHURIYET/GAZETE_ARSIVI/1994/4/30/88944DF8-AA56-4851-84CB-AEF613BCA91A_3213427_22.jpeg |archive-date=12 December 2022 |page=4 |language=tr |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{flagdeco|FR Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia

| RTS

| RTS 3K

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=TV Subota |trans-title=TV Saturday |url=https://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#panel:pp{{!}}issue:UB_00064_19940430{{!}}page:46 |access-date=25 May 2024 |work=Borba |date=30 April 1994 |location=Belgrade, Yugoslavia |page=18 |language=sr |via=Belgrade University Library |archive-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324152716/https://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#panel:pp{{!}}issue:UB_00064_19940430{{!}}page:46 |url-status=live}}

|}

File:Flatley alone cropped.jpg featured as part of the contest's interval act "Riverdance", which was subsequently developed into a worldwide hit stage show.]]

Although the winning song had modest success, peaking in the Irish Singles Chart at number 2 and also entering the Dutch and Flemish charts following the contest,{{cite web |title=Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan – Rock 'n' Roll Kids |url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&search_type=title&placement=Rock+%27n%27+Roll+Kids |publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) |access-date=30 December 2024}}{{cite web |title=Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan – Rock 'n' Roll Kids |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Paul+Harrington+%26+Charlie+McGettigan&titel=Rock+%27n%27+Roll+Kids&cat=s |publisher=Dutch Charts |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525225023/https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Paul+Harrington+%26+Charlie+McGettigan&titel=Rock+%27n%27+Roll+Kids&cat=s |url-status=live }} it was largely overshadowed by the contest's interval act. The music to "Riverdance" was subsequently released as a single shortly after the contest and shot straight to number 1 on the Irish charts where it remained for 18 weeks.{{cite web |title=Bill Whelan – Riverdance |url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&search_type=title&placement=Riverdance |publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027000427/http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&search_type=title&placement=Riverdance |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=River Dance Facts |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/enniscorthy-news/river-dance-facts/27236074.html |access-date=26 October 2023 |work=Irish Independent |date=31 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026231840/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/enniscorthy-news/river-dance-facts/27236074.html |archive-date=26 October 2023 |url-status=live}} {{as of|2023}} "Riverdance" remains the second best selling single in Ireland ever, behind Elton John's "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle in the Wind 1997".{{cite web |title=The Irish Charts – Top 20 of all time |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/top_twenty/toptwenty.htm |publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-date=2 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602203810/http://irishcharts.ie/top_twenty/toptwenty.htm |url-status=live }} An invite was subsequently given to feature the original seven-minute performance at the Royal Variety Performance in November 1994 at the Dominion Theatre in London in the presence of Prince Charles.{{cite web |title=Riverdance at Royal Variety Performance 28 November 1994 |url=https://riverdance.com/blog/2014/11/20/riverdance-royal-variety-performance-28-november-1994/ |website=Riverdance |date=20 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316212939/http://riverdance.com/blog/2014/11/20/riverdance-royal-variety-performance-28-november-1994/ |archive-date=16 March 2015 |url-status=live}} At the same time preparations were underway to develop the seven-minute performance into a stage show, preparations led by Moya Doherty, who had been the executive producer of Eurovision 1994, and her husband John McColgan.{{cite news |last1=Egan |first1=Barry |title=Riverdance: The couple behind seven minutes that shook the world |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/weekend/riverdance-the-couple-behind-seven-minutes-that-shook-the-world/38889417.html |access-date=26 October 2023 |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=25 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026233938/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/weekend/riverdance-the-couple-behind-seven-minutes-that-shook-the-world/38889417.html |archive-date=26 October 2023 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Meet The Team of Creatives |url=https://riverdance.com/the-show/creatives/ |website=Riverdance |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805174717/http://riverdance.com/the-show/creatives/ |archive-date=5 August 2013 |url-status=live}} Opening in February 1995 at the Point Theatre and featuring original lead dancers Michael Flatley and Jean Butler, the full-length show ran for an initial run of five weeks, with tickets selling out within three days of going on sale, followed by another sold-out run at the Hammersmith Apollo in London and in March 1996 its first performance in the United States, at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.{{cite news |title=MR riverdance steps up a gear |url=https://www.independent.ie/life/mr-riverdance-steps-up-a-gear/29150321.html |access-date=26 October 2023 |work=Irish Independent |date=25 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026234659/https://www.independent.ie/life/mr-riverdance-steps-up-a-gear/29150321.html |archive-date=26 October 2023 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Riverdance: 25th anniversary show coming to Hull |url=https://www.thehullstory.com/allarticles/riverdance-bonus-arena |access-date=26 October 2023 |work=The Hull Story |date=8 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008160919/https://www.thehullstory.com/allarticles/riverdance-bonus-arena |archive-date=8 October 2021 |url-status=live}} It is estimated that Riverdance has now been seen live by over 27.5 million people at performances worldwide, and that over 10 million home videos of Riverdance performances have been sold.

The relegation system introduced to the contest in this edition continued to be used in various forms for the next ten years and allowed even more new countries to join the event, with {{esccnty|North Macedonia|t=Macedonia}}, {{esccnty|Latvia}} and {{esccnty|Ukraine}} competing for the first time in {{escyr|1998}}, {{escyr|2000}} and {{escyr|2003}} respectively.{{cite web |title=North Macedonia – Participation history |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/fyr-macedonia |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621202230/https://eurovision.tv/country/fyr-macedonia |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Latvia – Participation history |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/latvia |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605123840/https://eurovision.tv/country/latvia |archive-date=5 June 2022 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Ukraine – Participation history |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/ukraine |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601010216/https://eurovision.tv/country/ukraine |archive-date=1 June 2022 |url-status=live}} However, as the contest continued to develop, and as even more countries began to express an interest in competing, the relegation system proved unable to meet the needs required to allow for an equitable solution for all countries. Ultimately this led to the introduction of a semi-final to the contest format in {{escyr|2004}}, allowing all interested countries to participate once again, which was eventually expanded to two semi-finals from {{escyr|2008}}.{{cite press release |date=23 May 2003 |title=Eurovision Song Contest – New format |url=http://www.ebu.ch/news/press_archive/press_breves_2003_120_esc1.php |url-status=dead |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031011162558/http://www.ebu.ch/news/press_archive/press_breves_2003_120_esc1.php |archive-date=11 October 2003 |access-date=23 October 2023}}{{cite press release |date=1 October 2007 |title=Eurovision Song Contest: Two Semi-Finals in 2008 |url=http://ebu.ch/en/union/news/2007/tcm_6-54152.php |url-status=dead |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011091101/http://ebu.ch/en/union/news/2007/tcm_6-54152.php |archive-date=11 October 2007 |access-date=23 October 2023}}

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• {{cite book |last1=Knox |first1=David Blake |title=Ireland and the Eurovision: The Winners, the Losers and the Turkey |date=2015 |publisher=New Island Books |location=Stillorgan, Dublin, Ireland |isbn=978-1-84840-429-8}}
• {{cite book |last=Murtomäki |first=Asko |title=Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut |date=2007 |publisher=Teos |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-851-106-3 |language=fi}}
• {{cite book |last=O'Connor |first=John Kennedy |author-link=John Kennedy O'Connor |title=The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History |date=2010 |publisher=Carlton Books |location=London, United Kingdom |isbn=978-1-84732-521-1 |edition=2nd}}
• {{cite book |last=Roxburgh |first=Gordon |title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |date=2020 |publisher=Telos Publishing |location=Prestatyn, United Kingdom |isbn=978-1-84583-163-9 |volume=Four: The 1990s}}
• {{cite book |last1=Thorsson |first1=Leif |last2=Verhage |first2=Martin |title=Melodifestivalen genom tiderna : de svenska uttagningarna och internationella finalerna |trans-title=Melodifestivalen through the ages: the Swedish selections and international finals |date=2006 |publisher=Premium Publishing |location=Stockholm, Sweden |isbn=91-89136-29-2 |language=sv}}

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