Eurovision Song Contest 1992 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 9 May 1992 |
Host | |
Venue | Malmö Isstadion Malmö, Sweden |
Presenter(s) | Lydia Capolicchio Harald Treutiger |
Musical director | Anders Berglund |
Directed by | Kåge Gimtell |
Executive supervisor | Frank Naef |
Host broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) |
Website | eurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 23 |
Debuting countries | None |
Returning countries | Netherlands |
Non-returning countries | None |
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
Winning song | Ireland "Why Me" |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1992 was the 37th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 9 May 1992 at the Malmö Isstadion in Malmö, Sweden. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), and presented by Lydia Capolicchio and Harald Treutiger, the contest was held in Sweden following the country's victory at the 1991 contest with the song "Fångad av en stormvind" by Carola.
Twenty-three countries participated in the contest – a new record number of participating countries – with the Netherlands returning to the contest following a one-year break to join the twenty-two countries which had participated in the previous year's event.
The winner was Ireland with the song "Why Me", written by Johnny Logan and performed by Linda Martin. This marked Ireland's fourth contest win, and brought songwriter Logan his third win overall, having previously won the contest in 1980 as singer and in 1987 as both singer and songwriter. The United Kingdom, Malta, Italy, and Greece also placed in the top five, with the United Kingdom recording its thirteenth second-place position and Malta and Greece achieving their best ever results in the contest.