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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Participating broadcaster</th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Irish-language text"><span lang="ga" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89" title="RTÉ">Radio Telefís Éireann</a></span></span> (RTÉ)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Ireland</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#BFDFFF;">National selection</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Selection process</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Eurosong</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Selection date(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">3 March 1996</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Selected artist(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eimear_Quinn" title="Eimear Quinn">Eimear Quinn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Selected song</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/The_Voice_(Eimear_Quinn_song)" title="The Voice (Eimear Quinn song)">The Voice</a>"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Selected songwriter(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Graham" title="Brendan Graham">Brendan Graham</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#BFDFFF;">Finals performance</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Final result</th><td class="infobox-data">1st, 162 points</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#BFDFFF;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest"><span style="color:#000000;">Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest</span></a></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"> <table align="center" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:right; width:44%"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1995" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995">◄1995</a> •</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>1996</b> </td> <td style="text-align:left; width:44%"><span class="nowrap">• <a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997">1997►</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Ireland was represented at the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Eurovision Song Contest 1996</a> with the song "<a href="/wiki/The_Voice_(Eimear_Quinn_song)" title="The Voice (Eimear Quinn song)">The Voice</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Graham" title="Brendan Graham">Brendan Graham</a>, and performed by <a href="/wiki/Eimear_Quinn" title="Eimear Quinn">Eimear Quinn</a>. The Irish participating broadcaster, <span title="Irish-language text"><span lang="ga" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89" title="RTÉ">Radio Telefís Éireann</a></span></span> (RTÉ), selected its entry through a national final, which eventually won the contest. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Before_Eurovision">Before Eurovision</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Before Eurovision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Final">National Final</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: National Final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Réalta_'96"><span id="R.C3.A9alta_.2796"></span><i>Réalta '96</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Réalta '96"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Réalta</i> was a radio song contest started in 1995 by <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_Raidi%C3%B3_na_Gaeltachta" title="RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta">RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltacht</a> exclusively for Irish songs.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first edition of the contest was not related to <i>Eurosong</i>, but from 1996 until 1999, the recent winner of <i>Réalta</i> would qualify to <i>Eurosong</i>. The 2nd edition of <i>Réalta</i> took place on 22 December 1995 and the results were decided by a panel of 3 judges.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The running order and results of <i>Réalta '96</i> are unknown. </p> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Artist </th> <th>Song </th> <th>Place </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Art Ó Dufaigh </td> <td align="left">"Leathshúil ar do chroí" </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Cathal Ó Catháin </td> <td align="left">"Camán, camán" </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Colm Mac Séalaigh </td> <td align="left">"Cé hé?" </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Damien Mac Gabhann </td> <td align="left">"Róisín" </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Declan Masterson </td> <td align="left">"Goirm í" </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Gearóid Ó Murchú </td> <td align="left">"Siúlach scéalach" </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Helen Uí Dhunaird </td> <td align="left">"Amárach" </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Mary Gallagher </td> <td align="left">"Go fóill beag, slán" </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"> <td align="left">Seán Monaghan </td> <td align="left">"An ronnach" </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Seosamh Ó Flatharta & Mómó Uí Churraoin </td> <td align="left">"Lámh an bhádóra" </td> <td>- </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Eurosong"><i>Eurosong</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Eurosong"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>RTÉ held the national final on 3 March 1996 at the <a href="/wiki/Point_Theatre" title="Point Theatre">Point Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, hosted by <a href="/wiki/Pat_Kenny" title="Pat Kenny">Pat Kenny</a>. Eight entries competed in the final and the winner, "<a href="/wiki/The_Voice_(Eimear_Quinn_song)" title="The Voice (Eimear Quinn song)">The Voice</a>" performed by <a href="/wiki/Eimear_Quinn" title="Eimear Quinn">Eimear Quinn</a>, was determined by the votes of ten regional juries.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center"> <caption>Final – 3 March 1996 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Draw </th> <th>Artist </th> <th>Song </th> <th>Songwriter(s) </th> <th>Points </th> <th>Place </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td align="left">Rob Burke Band </td> <td align="left">"Gotta Know Right Now" </td> <td align="left">Rob Burke, Tony Burke </td> <td>76 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td align="left">Dav McNamara </td> <td align="left">"Missing You" </td> <td align="left">Raymond Smyth </td> <td>84 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td align="left">William Byrne and Lorraine Nolan </td> <td align="left">"Once Again" </td> <td align="left">Peter Becket </td> <td>61 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td><b>4</b> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Eimear_Quinn" title="Eimear Quinn">Eimear Quinn</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><b>"<a href="/wiki/The_Voice_(Eimear_Quinn_song)" title="The Voice (Eimear Quinn song)">The Voice</a>"</b> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Graham" title="Brendan Graham">Brendan Graham</a></b> </td> <td><b>105</b> </td> <td><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td align="left">Marion Fossett </td> <td align="left">"This Time" </td> <td align="left">Marion Fossett </td> <td>40 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td align="left">Yvonne Holmes </td> <td align="left">"Find My Way" </td> <td align="left">Richard Speedie </td> <td>73 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td align="left">Seán Monaghan </td> <td align="left">"Amhrán an ronnach" </td> <td align="left">Seán Monaghan </td> <td>61 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td align="left">Maura Donaghy </td> <td align="left">"Worlds Apart" </td> <td align="left">Stephen Nimmon </td> <td>50 </td> <td>7 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center;"> <caption>Detailed Regional Jury Votes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Draw </th> <th scope="col">Song </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1221560606">@supports(writing-mode:vertical-rl){.mw-parser-output .ts-vertical-header{line-height:1;max-width:1em;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:bottom;width:1em}html.client-js .mw-parser-output .sortable:not(.jquery-tablesorter) .ts-vertical-header:not(.unsortable),html.client-js .mw-parser-output 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Waterford</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Westport</div> </th> <th scope="col">Total </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td align="left">"Gotta Know Right Now"</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>10</td> <td>76 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td align="left">"Missing You"</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>5</td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>6</td> <td>84 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td align="left">"Once Again"</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>61 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td align="left">"The Voice"</td> <td><b>12</b> </td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>8</td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>7</td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>10</td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td><b>105</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td align="left">"This Time"</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td align="left">"Find My Way"</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>73 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td align="left">"Amhrán an Ronnach"</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>61 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td align="left">"Worlds Apart"</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>50 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="At_Eurovision">At Eurovision</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: At Eurovision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of the <a href="/wiki/European_Broadcasting_Union" title="European Broadcasting Union">European Broadcasting Union</a>'s (EBU) scheme to limit the growing number of countries wishing to participate, audio recordings of the entries were sent to juries in each participating country some weeks before the contest. The juries listened to the songs, and awarded points to their ten favorites. Of the 29 countries wishing to participate (host country <a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Norway</a> was exempt from the process), only the 22 highest-scorers were allowed to perform in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996. In this qualifying round, "The Voice" came in 2nd place with 187 points, and confirmed an Irish presence in <a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a> that year.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Quinn performed 17th in the running order on the night of the contest. "The Voice" went on to win with 162 points, giving Ireland its seventh overall victory, and its fourth in five years.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voting">Voting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Voting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Qualifying_round">Qualifying round</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Qualifying round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="20%">Score </th> <th scope="col">Country </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">12 points </th> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Austria</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Iceland</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">United Kingdom</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">10 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Estonia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Finland</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Greece</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Israel</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Poland</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Slovakia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Slovenia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Sweden</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Turkey</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">8 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Belgium</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Cyprus</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">France</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Russia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Switzerland</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">6 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Macedonia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Netherlands</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5 points </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">4 points </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Denmark</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Portugal</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Hungary</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Spain</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 point </th> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Points awarded by Ireland (qualifying round)<sup id="cite_ref-1996qualifying_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1996qualifying-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="20%">Score </th> <th scope="col">Country </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:gold">12 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Sweden</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:silver">10 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Slovenia</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#CC9966">8 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">United Kingdom</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Switzerland</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">6 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Malta</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">France</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">4 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Belgium</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Netherlands</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Denmark</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 point </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Romania</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Final">Final</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Points awarded to Ireland (final)<sup id="cite_ref-1996final_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1996final-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="20%">Score </th> <th scope="col">Country </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">12 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_%281992%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Estonia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Netherlands</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Poland</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Slovenia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Switzerland</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Turkey</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">10 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Finland</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Greece</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Norway</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">8 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Portugal</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Austria</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Slovakia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Sweden</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">6 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Cyprus</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">France</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5 points </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">4 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Malta</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Belgium</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 points </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 point </th> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Points awarded by Ireland (final)<sup id="cite_ref-1996final_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1996final-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="20%">Score </th> <th scope="col">Country </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:gold">12 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Sweden</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:silver">10 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Iceland</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#CC9966">8 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Austria</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Norway</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">6 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Croatia</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Netherlands</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">4 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Switzerland</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">United Kingdom</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Estonia</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 point </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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Contest 1968">1968</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1969" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969">1969</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1970" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970">1970</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1974" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974">1974</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1975" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975">1975</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1976" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976">1976</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1977" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977">1977</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1978" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978">1978</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1979" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979">1979</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1980" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980">1980</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1981" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981">1981</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1982" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982">1982</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1984" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984">1984</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1985" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985">1985</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1986" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986">1986</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1987" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987">1987</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1988" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988">1988</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1989" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989">1989</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1990" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990">1990</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1991" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991">1991</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1992" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992">1992</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1993" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993">1993</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1994" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994">1994</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1995" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995">1995</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1996</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997">1997</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">1998</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">1999</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2000" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000">2000</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2001" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001">2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2003" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2004" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2005" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2006" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2007" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2009" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2010" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2011" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2012" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2013" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2014" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2015" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2016" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2017" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2018" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2019" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2020" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020">2020</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2021" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021">2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2022" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022">2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2023" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2024" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024">2024</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Artists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bambie_Thug" title="Bambie Thug">Bambie Thug</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Black_Daisy" title="Black Daisy">Black Daisy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brooke_Scullion" title="Brooke Scullion">Brooke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Byrne" title="Nicky Byrne">Nicky Byrne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Can-linn" title="Can-linn">Can-linn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maria_Doyle-Cuche" title="Maria Doyle-Cuche">Maria Christian</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kiev_Connolly" title="Kiev Connolly">Kiev Connolly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dana_Rosemary_Scallon" title="Dana Rosemary Scallon">Dana</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Muriel_Day" title="Muriel Day">Muriel Day</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dervish_(band)" title="Dervish (band)">Dervish</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Dolan" title="Ryan Dolan">Ryan Dolan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donna_and_Joseph_McCaul" title="Donna and Joseph McCaul">Donna and Joe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Doran" title="Chris Doran">Chris Doran</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cathal_Dunne" title="Cathal Dunne">Cathal Dunne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sean_Dunphy" title="Sean Dunphy">Sean Dunphy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Duskeys" title="The Duskeys">The Duskeys</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dustin_the_Turkey" title="Dustin the Turkey">Dustin the Turkey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Farrell" title="Angela Farrell">Angela Farrell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Friel" title="Eddie Friel">Eddie Friel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Harrington_(musician)" title="Paul Harrington (musician)">Paul Harrington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Joe_Harte" title="Mickey Joe Harte">Mickey Harte</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Red_Hurley" title="Red Hurley">Red Hurley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kim_Jackson" title="Kim Jackson">Kim Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jedward" title="Jedward">Jedward</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sandie_Jones" title="Sandie Jones">Sandie Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jump_the_Gun_(band)" title="Jump the Gun (band)">Jump the Gun</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Niamh_Kavanagh" title="Niamh Kavanagh">Niamh Kavanagh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Kennedy_(singer)" title="Brian Kennedy (singer)">Brian Kennedy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">The Lindsays</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Logan_(singer)" title="Johnny Logan (singer)">Johnny Logan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luv_Bug" title="Luv Bug">Luv Bug</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Martin" title="Dawn Martin">Dawn Martin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Linda_Martin" title="Linda Martin">Linda Martin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maxi_(singer)" title="Maxi (singer)">Maxi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pat_McGuigan" title="Pat McGuigan">Pat McGeegan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_McGettigan" title="Charlie McGettigan">Charlie McGettigan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sarah_McTernan" title="Sarah McTernan">Sarah McTernan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">The Missing Passengers</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Butch_Moore" title="Butch Moore">Butch Moore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">The Mullans</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_Mulvey" title="Sinéad Mulvey">Sinéad Mulvey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Murray" title="Brendan Murray">Brendan Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gary_O%27Shaughnessy" title="Gary O'Shaughnessy">Gary O'Shaughnessy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_O%27Shaughnessy" title="Ryan O'Shaughnessy">Ryan O'Shaughnessy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eimear_Quinn" title="Eimear Quinn">Eimear Quinn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liam_Reilly" title="Liam Reilly">Liam Reilly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tina_Reynolds" title="Tina Reynolds">Tina Reynolds</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marc_Roberts_(singer)" title="Marc Roberts (singer)">Marc Roberts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dickie_Rock" title="Dickie Rock">Dickie Rock</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lesley_Roy" title="Lesley Roy">Lesley Roy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sheeba" title="Sheeba">Sheeba</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kasey_Smith_(singer)" title="Kasey Smith (singer)">Kasey Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Molly_Sterling" title="Molly Sterling">Molly Sterling</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Swarbriggs" title="The Swarbriggs">The Swarbriggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eamonn_Toal" title="Eamonn Toal">Eamonn Toal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wild_Youth_(band)" title="Wild Youth (band)">Wild Youth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Colm_Wilkinson" title="Colm Wilkinson">Colm C.T. Wilkinson</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/22_(Sarah_McTernan_song)" title="22 (Sarah McTernan song)">22</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/All_Kinds_of_Everything" title="All Kinds of Everything">All Kinds of Everything</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Born to Sing"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Irish-language text"><span lang="ga">Ceol an Ghrá</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Chance of a Lifetime"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Come Back to Stay"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Could It Be That I'm in Love"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Cross Your Heart"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Do I Dream"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Doomsday_Blue" title="Doomsday Blue">Doomsday Blue</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Dreamin'"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Dying to Try"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Et Cetera"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Every_Song_Is_a_Cry_for_Love" title="Every Song Is a Cry for Love">Every Song Is a Cry for Love</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Happy Man"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Heartbeat"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Here Today Gone Tomorrow"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Hold_Me_Now_(Johnny_Logan_song)" title="Hold Me Now (Johnny Logan song)">Hold Me Now</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Horoscopes"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"If I Could Choose"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"If My World Stopped Turning"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/In_Your_Eyes_(Niamh_Kavanagh_song)" title="In Your Eyes (Niamh Kavanagh song)">In Your Eyes</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Irelande_Douze_Pointe" title="Irelande Douze Pointe">Irelande Douze Pointe</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Is Always Over Now?"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"It's for You"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"It's Nice to Be in Love Again"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Lipstick_(Jedward_song)" title="Lipstick (Jedward song)">Lipstick</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Love?"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Maps_(Lesley_Roy_song)" title="Maps (Lesley Roy song)">Maps</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Millennium of Love"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Mysterious Woman"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"One Day Love"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Only_Love_Survives" title="Only Love Survives">Only Love Survives</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Playing_with_Numbers" title="Playing with Numbers">Playing with Numbers</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"The Real Me"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Kids" title="Rock 'n' Roll Kids">Rock 'n' Roll Kids</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Somewhere in Europe"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s>"<a href="/wiki/Story_of_My_Life_(Lesley_Roy_song)" title="Story of My Life (Lesley Roy song)">Story of My Life</a>"</s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Sunlight_(Nicky_Byrne_song)" title="Sunlight (Nicky Byrne song)">Sunlight</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Take Him Home"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Terminal_3_(song)" title="Terminal 3 (song)">Terminal 3</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_Rich" title="That's Rich">That's Rich</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"That's What Friends Are For"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"They Can't Stop the Spring"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Together_(Ryan_O%27Shaughnessy_song)" title="Together (Ryan O'Shaughnessy song)">Together</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/The_Voice_(Eimear_Quinn_song)" title="The Voice (Eimear Quinn song)">The Voice</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"The Wages of Love"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Wait Until the Weekend Comes"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Walking the Streets in the Rain"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Waterline_(song)" title="Waterline (song)">Waterline</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/We_Are_One_(Wild_Youth_song)" title="We Are One (Wild Youth song)">We Are One</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"We've Got the World"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/What%27s_Another_Year" title="What's Another Year">What's Another Year</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"When"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"When You Need Me"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Why_Me%3F_(Linda_Martin_song)" title="Why Me? (Linda Martin song)">Why Me?</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Without Your Love"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"You Can Count On Me"</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="font-size:88%;"><div><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Note: Entries scored out signify where Ireland did not compete</li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Final</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">Austria</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Belgium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Croatia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Cyprus</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Estonia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Finland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">France</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Greece</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Iceland</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ireland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Malta</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Netherlands</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Norway</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Poland</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Portugal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Slovakia</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Slovenia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Spain</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Sweden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Switzerland</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Turkey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">United Kingdom</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Qualification</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Denmark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Germany</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Hungary</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Israel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Macedonia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Romania</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">Russia</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Artists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Final</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_Andreassen" title="Elisabeth Andreassen">Elisabeth Andreassen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maja_Blagdan" title="Maja Blagdan">Maja Blagdan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Ar_Braz" title="Dan Ar Braz">Dan Ar Braz</a> and l'<a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ritage_des_Celtes" title="Héritage des Celtes">Héritage des Celtes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Carbonell" title="Antonio Carbonell">Antonio Carbonell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Constantinos_Christoforou" title="Constantinos Christoforou">Constantinos</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lisa_del_Bo" title="Lisa del Bo">Lisa del Bo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marianna_Efstratiou" title="Marianna Efstratiou">Marianna Efstratiou</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gina_G" title="Gina G">Gina G</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Amila_Glamo%C4%8Dak" title="Amila Glamočak">Amila Glamočak</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maarja-Liis_Ilus" title="Maarja-Liis Ilus">Maarja-Liis Ilus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ivo_Linna" title="Ivo Linna">Ivo Linna</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jasmine_(Finnish_singer)" title="Jasmine (Finnish singer)">Jasmine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kasia_Kowalska" title="Kasia Kowalska">Kasia Kowalska</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Leander" title="Kathy Leander">Kathy Leander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maxine_(singer)" title="Maxine (singer)">Maxine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Brown" title="Franklin Brown">Franklin Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Miriam_Christine" title="Miriam Christine">Miriam Christine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anna_Mj%C3%B6ll" title="Anna Mjöll">Anna Mjöll</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/L%C3%BAcia_Moniz" title="Lúcia Moniz">Lúcia Moniz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">George Nussbaumer</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/One_More_Time_(band)" title="One More Time (band)">One More Time</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eebnem_Paker" title="Şebnem Paker">Şebnem Paker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Palonder" title="Marcel Palonder">Marcel Palonder</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eimear_Quinn" title="Eimear Quinn">Eimear Quinn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Regina_(Slovenian_singer)" title="Regina (Slovenian singer)">Regina</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Qualification</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">Dorthe Andersen and Martin Loft</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Monica_Anghel" title="Monica Anghel">Monica Anghel</a> and Sincron</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Galit Bell</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gjon_Delhusa" title="Gjon Delhusa">Gjon Delhusa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kaliopi" title="Kaliopi">Kaliopi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Andrey Kosinsky</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leon_(German_singer)" title="Leon (German singer)">Leon</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Final</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es">¡Ay, qué deseo!</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Turkish-language text"><span lang="tr">Beşinci Mevsim</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl">Chcę znać swój grzech...</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Slovene-language text"><span lang="sl">Dan najlepših sanj</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Breton-language text"><span lang="br">Diwanit bugale</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl">De eerste keer</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el-Latn">Emis forame to himona anixiatika</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Norwegian-language text"><span lang="no"><a href="/wiki/I_evighet" title="I evighet">I evighet</a></span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"In a Woman's Heart"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Estonian-language text"><span lang="et"><a href="/wiki/Kaelakee_h%C3%A4%C3%A4l" title="Kaelakee hääl">Kaelakee hääl</a></span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Slovak-language text"><span lang="sk">Kým nás máš</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Liefde_is_een_kaartspel" title="Liefde is een kaartspel">Liefde is een kaartspel</a></span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt">O meu coração não tem cor</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr">Mon cœur l'aime</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el-Latn">Mono gia mas</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Finnish-language text"><span lang="fi">Niin kaunis on taivas</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Ooh_Aah..._Just_a_Little_Bit" title="Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit">Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Icelandic-language text"><span lang="is">Sjúbídú</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Croatian-language text"><span lang="hr">Sveta ljubav</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Swedish-language text"><span lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/Den_vilda" title="Den vilda">Den vilda</a></span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/The_Voice_(Eimear_Quinn_song)" title="The Voice (Eimear Quinn song)">The Voice</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Alemannic German-language text"><span lang="gsw">Weil's dr guat got</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Bosnian-language text"><span lang="bs">Za našu ljubav</span></span>"</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Qualification</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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