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Available in 48 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-48" aria-hidden="true" > 48 languages </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9_1999" title="مسابقة الأغنية الأوروبية 1999 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مسابقة الأغنية الأوروبية 1999" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Avroviziya_Mahn%C4%B1_M%C3%BCsabiq%C9%99si" title="1999 Avroviziya Mahnı Müsabiqəsi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="1999 Avroviziya Mahnı Müsabiqəsi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%95%D1%9E%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5_1999" title="Конкурс песні Еўрабачанне 1999 – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Конкурс песні Еўрабачанне 1999" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F_1999" title="Евровизия 1999 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Евровизия 1999" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurosong_1999." title="Eurosong 1999. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Eurosong 1999." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_de_la_Can%C3%A7%C3%B3_d%27Eurovisi%C3%B3_1999" title="Festival de la Cançó d'Eurovisió 1999 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Festival de la Cançó d'Eurovisió 1999" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1999 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Eurovision Song Contest 1999" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1999 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Eurovision Song Contest 1999" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_l%C3%A1vllagilvvohallan_1999" title="Eurovision lávllagilvvohallan 1999 – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Eurovision lávllagilvvohallan 1999" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target">Davvisámegiella</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1999 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Eurovision Song Contest 1999" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999._aasta_Eurovisiooni_lauluv%C3%B5istlus" title="1999. aasta Eurovisiooni lauluvõistlus – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="1999. aasta Eurovisiooni lauluvõistlus" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%A4%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D_Eurovision_1999" title="Διαγωνισμός Τραγουδιού Eurovision 1999 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Διαγωνισμός Τραγουδιού Eurovision 1999" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_de_la_Canci%C3%B3n_de_Eurovisi%C3%B3n_1999" title="Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión 1999 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión 1999" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%C5%ADrovido-Kantokonkurso_1999" title="Eŭrovido-Kantokonkurso 1999 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Eŭrovido-Kantokonkurso 1999" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999ko_Eurovision_Abesti_Lehiaketa" title="1999ko Eurovision Abesti Lehiaketa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="1999ko Eurovision Abesti Lehiaketa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%87_%D8%A2%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2_%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%98%D9%86_%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B9%DB%B9" title="مسابقه آواز یوروویژن ۱۹۹۹ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مسابقه آواز یوروویژن ۱۹۹۹" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concours_Eurovision_de_la_chanson_1999" title="Concours Eurovision de la chanson 1999 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Concours Eurovision de la chanson 1999" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%A0%EB%A1%9C%EB%B9%84%EC%A0%84_%EC%86%A1_%EC%BD%98%ED%85%8C%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8_1999" title="유로비전 송 콘테스트 1999 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="유로비전 송 콘테스트 1999" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B5%D5%BE%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%AC_1999_%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%AB_%D5%B4%D6%80%D6%81%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B5%D5%A9" title="Եվրատեսիլ 1999 երգի մրցույթ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Եվրատեսիլ 1999 երգի մրցույթ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pjesma_Eurovizije_1999." title="Pjesma Eurovizije 1999. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Pjesma Eurovizije 1999." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontes_Lagu_Eurovision_1999" title="Kontes Lagu Eurovision 1999 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kontes Lagu Eurovision 1999" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6ngvakeppni_evr%C3%B3pskra_sj%C3%B3nvarpsst%C3%B6%C3%B0va_1999" title="Söngvakeppni evrópskra sjónvarpsstöðva 1999 – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Söngvakeppni evrópskra sjónvarpsstöðva 1999" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1999 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Eurovision Song Contest 1999" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%96%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F_1999" title="אירוויזיון 1999 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אירוויזיון 1999" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%96%E1%83%98%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A6%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98_1999" title="ევროვიზიის სიმღერის კონკურსი 1999 – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ევროვიზიის სიმღერის კონკურსი 1999" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999._gada_Eirov%C4%ABzijas_dziesmu_konkurss" title="1999. gada Eirovīzijas dziesmu konkurss – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="1999. gada Eirovīzijas dziesmu konkurss" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1999 – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Eurovision Song Contest 1999" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovizijos_dain%C5%B3_konkursas_1999" title="Eurovizijos dainų konkursas 1999 – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Eurovizijos dainų konkursas 1999" 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width:312px"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background:#BFDFFF;">Eurovision Song Contest 1999</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:ESC_1999_logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1e/ESC_1999_logo.jpg/250px-ESC_1999_logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/ESC_1999_logo.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="323" data-file-height="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#BFDFFF;">Dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Final</th><td class="infobox-data">29 May 1999 (1999-05-29)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#BFDFFF;">Host</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Venue</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/International_Convention_Center_(Jerusalem)" title="International Convention Center (Jerusalem)">International Convention Centre</a> Jerusalem, Israel</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Presenter(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><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><a href="/wiki/Dafna_Dekel" title="Dafna Dekel">Dafna Dekel</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Yigal_Ravid" title="Yigal Ravid">Yigal Ravid</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sigal_Shachmon" title="Sigal Shachmon">Sigal Shachmon</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data">Hagai Mautner</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Executive supervisor</th><td class="infobox-data">Christine Marchal-Ortiz</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Executive producer</th><td class="infobox-data">Amnon Barkai</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Host broadcaster</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Israel_Broadcasting_Authority" title="Israel Broadcasting Authority">Israel Broadcasting Authority</a> (IBA)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eurovision.tv/event/jerusalem-1999">eurovision.tv/event/jerusalem-1999</a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11117#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style>Returning countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest">Austria</a></li><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li><li><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, 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Sweden</a></li><li>"<a href="/wiki/Take_Me_to_Your_Heaven_(song)" title="Take Me to Your Heaven (song)">Take Me to Your Heaven</a>"</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; padding-top: 3px;"><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998">1998</a> ← <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Eurovision Song Contest">Eurovision Song Contest</a> → <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2000" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2000">2000</a></td></tr></tbody></table> The Eurovision Song Contest 1999 was the 44th edition of the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Eurovision Song Contest">Eurovision Song Contest</a>, held on 29 May 1999 at the <a href="/wiki/International_Convention_Center_(Jerusalem)" title="International Convention Center (Jerusalem)">International Convention Centre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, Israel. Organised by the <a href="/wiki/European_Broadcasting_Union" title="European Broadcasting Union">European Broadcasting Union</a> (EBU) and host broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Israel_Broadcasting_Authority" title="Israel Broadcasting Authority">Israel Broadcasting Authority</a> (IBA), the contest was held in the country following its victory at the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998">1998 contest</a> with the song "<a href="/wiki/Diva_(Dana_International_song)" title="Diva (Dana International song)">Diva</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Dana_International" title="Dana International">Dana International</a>, and was presented by <a href="/wiki/Dafna_Dekel" title="Dafna Dekel">Dafna Dekel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yigal_Ravid" title="Yigal Ravid">Yigal Ravid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sigal_Shachmon" title="Sigal Shachmon">Sigal Shachmon</a>. Twenty-three countries participated in the contest. <a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Finland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest">Greece</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Macedonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Romania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Slovakia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Switzerland</a>, having participated in the 1998 contest, were absent due to being <a href="/wiki/Relegation_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="Relegation in the Eurovision Song Contest">relegated</a> after achieving the lowest average points totals over the past five contests, while <a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest">Hungary</a> actively chose not to return. Meanwhile <a href="/wiki/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest">Austria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest">Denmark</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Iceland</a> returned to the contest, having last participated in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1997">1997</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Lithuania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Lithuania</a> made its first contest appearance since <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1994" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1994">1994</a>. The winner was <a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest">Sweden</a> with the song "<a href="/wiki/Take_Me_to_Your_Heaven_(song)" title="Take Me to Your Heaven (song)">Take Me to Your Heaven</a>", composed by <a href="/wiki/Lars_Diedricson" title="Lars Diedricson">Lars Diedricson</a>, written by Gert Lengstrand and performed by <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Perrelli" title="Charlotte Perrelli">Charlotte Nilsson</a>. <a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Iceland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Croatia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest">Israel</a> rounded out the top five, with Iceland achieving its best ever result and Croatia equalling its previous best. It was the first contest since <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1976" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1976">1976</a> that countries were allowed to perform in the language of their choice, and not necessarily the language of their country. It was also the first ever contest not to feature an orchestra or live music accompanying the competing entries. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Location">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Binyanei-HaUmah.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Binyanei-HaUmah.JPG/200px-Binyanei-HaUmah.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Binyanei-HaUmah.JPG/300px-Binyanei-HaUmah.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Binyanei-HaUmah.JPG/400px-Binyanei-HaUmah.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2608" data-file-height="1952" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/International_Convention_Center_(Jerusalem)" title="International Convention Center (Jerusalem)">International Convention Centre</a>, Jerusalem – host venue of the 1999 contest</figcaption></figure> The 1999 contest took place in <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, Israel, following the country's victory at the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998">1998 edition</a> with the song "<a href="/wiki/Diva_(Dana_International_song)" title="Diva (Dana International song)">Diva</a>", performed by <a href="/wiki/Dana_International" title="Dana International">Dana International</a>. It was the second time that Israel had staged the contest, following the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1979" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1979">1979 contest</a> also held in Jerusalem.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> The selected venue was the Ussishkin Auditorium of the <a href="/wiki/International_Convention_Center_(Jerusalem)" title="International Convention Center (Jerusalem)">International Convention Centre</a>, commonly known in Hebrew as Binyenei HaUma (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: בנייני האומה), which also served as the host venue for Israel's previous staging of the event.<a href="#cite_note-ESC1999-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_background-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> The prospect of Israel staging the contest resulted in protest by members of the <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox Jewish community</a> in the country, including opposition by the deputy mayor of Jerusalem Haim Miller to the contest being staged in the city.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-6">[6]</a> Additional concerns over funding for the event also contributed to speculation that the contest could be moved to <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> or the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, the nations which had finished in the top three alongside Israel the previous year.<a href="#cite_note-O'Connor_99-7">[7]</a> Financial guarantees by the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-seventh_government_of_Israel" title="Twenty-seventh government of Israel">Israeli government</a> however helped to ensure that the contest would take place in Israel. The possibility of holding the event in an <a href="/wiki/Amphitheatre" title="Amphitheatre">open air venue</a> was discussed, however concerns over security led to the choice of an indoor venue for the event.<a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_background-3">[3]</a> A tight security presence was felt during the rehearsal week as a precaution against potential disruption from <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_political_violence" title="Palestinian political violence">Palestinian militant groups</a>.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Participating_countries">Participating countries</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Participating countries">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote 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dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Austria</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Belgium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Croatia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Cyprus</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Denmark</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Estonia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">France</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Germany</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Iceland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Ireland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Israel</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lithuania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Lithuania</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Malta</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Netherlands</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Norway</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Poland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Portugal</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Slovenia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Spain</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Sweden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Turkey</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">United Kingdom</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> Per the rules of the contest, twenty-three countries were allowed to participate in the event, a reduction from the twenty-five which took part in the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1997">1997</a> and 1998 contests.<a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_background-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a> <a href="/wiki/Lithuania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Lithuania</a> made its first appearance since <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1994" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1994">1994</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest">Austria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest">Denmark</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Iceland</a> returned after being relegated from the previous year's event.<a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_background-3">[3]</a> <a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Russia</a> was unable to return from relegation due to failing to broadcast the 1998 contest, as specified in the rules for that edition.<a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_background-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> 1998 participants <a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Finland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest">Greece</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest">Hungary</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest">North Macedonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Romania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Slovakia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Switzerland</a> were absent from this edition.<a href="#cite_note-ESC1999-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_background-3">[3]</a> Several of the performers taking part in the contest had previously competed as lead artists in past editions. Two artists returned as lead artists in this year's event, with <a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Croatia</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Doris_Dragovi%C4%87" title="Doris Dragović">Doris Dragović</a> having taken part in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1986" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1986">1986</a> representing <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Yugoslavia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Slovenia</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Darja_%C5%A0vajger" title="Darja Švajger">Darja Švajger</a> making a second appearance for her country following the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1995" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1995">1995 contest</a>.<a href="#cite_note-13_years-12">[12]</a> A number of former competitors also returned to perform as <a href="/wiki/Backing_vocalist" title="Backing vocalist">backing vocalists</a> for some of the competing entries: <a href="/wiki/Stef%C3%A1n_Hilmarsson" class="mw-redirect" title="Stefán Hilmarsson">Stefán Hilmarsson</a>, who represented <a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Iceland</a> twice in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1988" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1988">1988</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1991" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1991">1991</a>, provided backing vocals for <a href="/wiki/Selma_Bj%C3%B6rnsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Selma Björnsdóttir">Selma</a>;<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> Kenny Lübcke, who represented <a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest">Denmark</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1992" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1992">1992</a>, returned to provide backing for <a href="/wiki/Trine_Jepsen" title="Trine Jepsen">Trine Jepsen</a> and Michael Teschl;<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> <a href="/wiki/Chris_and_Moira" title="Chris and Moira">Christopher Scicluna and Moira Stafrace</a>, who represented <a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest">Malta</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1994" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1994">1994</a>, provided backing for <a href="/wiki/Times_Three" class="mw-redirect" title="Times Three">Times Three</a>;<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> Gabriel Forss, who represented <a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest">Sweden</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1997">1997</a> as a member of the group <a href="/wiki/Blond_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blond (band)">Blond</a>, was among <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Perrelli" title="Charlotte Perrelli">Charlotte Nilsson</a>'s backing vocalists;<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Linda_Williams_(singer)" title="Linda Williams (singer)">Linda Williams</a>, who represented the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest">Netherlands</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1981" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1981">1981</a>, returned as a backing vocalist for <a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest">Belgium</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Chinitor" title="Vanessa Chinitor">Vanessa Chinitor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> Additionally, <a href="/wiki/Evelin_Samuel" title="Evelin Samuel">Evelin Samuel</a> competed for <a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Estonia</a> in this year's contest, having previously served as backing vocalist for <a href="/wiki/Maarja-Liis_Ilus" title="Maarja-Liis Ilus">Maarja-Liis Ilus</a> in 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.sticky-header-multi.wikitable{background-color:#101418}}</style> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header"> <caption>Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1999<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-participants-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_contest-22">[22]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Country </th> <th scope="col">Broadcaster </th> <th scope="col">Artist </th> <th scope="col">Song </th> <th scope="col">Language </th> <th scope="col">Songwriter(s) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest">Austria</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/ORF_(broadcaster)" title="ORF (broadcaster)">ORF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobbie_Singer" title="Bobbie Singer">Bobbie Singer</a> </td> <td>"Reflection" </td> <td>English </td> <td>Dave Moskin </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest">Belgium</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/VRT_(broadcaster)" title="VRT (broadcaster)">VRT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Chinitor" title="Vanessa Chinitor">Vanessa Chinitor</a> </td> <td>"Like the Wind" </td> <td>English </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Ilia Beyers</li><li><a href="/wiki/Wim_Claes" title="Wim Claes">Wim Claes</a></li><li>Emma Philippa Hjälmås</li><li><a href="/wiki/John_Terra" title="John Terra">John Terra</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Radio_and_Television_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina">RTVBiH</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dino_Merlin" title="Dino Merlin">Dino</a> and Béatrice </td> <td>"Putnici" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bosnian_language" title="Bosnian language">Bosnian</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dino_Merlin" title="Dino Merlin">Dino Dervišhalidović</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Croatia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Radiotelevision" title="Croatian Radiotelevision">HRT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doris_Dragovi%C4%87" title="Doris Dragović">Doris</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Marija_Magdalena_(song)" title="Marija Magdalena (song)">Marija Magdalena</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Croatian_language" title="Croatian language">Croatian</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ton%C4%8Di_Hulji%C4%87" title="Tonči Huljić">Tonči Huljić</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Vjekoslava_Hulji%C4%87" title="Vjekoslava Huljić">Vjekoslava Huljić</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest">Cyprus</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation">CyBC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marlain_Angelides" title="Marlain Angelides">Marlain</a> </td> <td>"Tha'ne erotas" (Θα'ναι έρωτας) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>George Kallis</li><li>Andreas Karanicolas</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest">Denmark</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/DR_(broadcaster)" title="DR (broadcaster)">DR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trine_Jepsen" title="Trine Jepsen">Trine Jepsen</a> and Michael Teschl </td> <td>"This Time I Mean It" </td> <td>English </td> <td>Ebbe Ravn </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Estonia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Eesti_Televisioon" title="Eesti Televisioon">ETV</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Evelin_Samuel" title="Evelin Samuel">Evelin Samuel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Camille_(violinist)" title="Camille (violinist)">Camille</a> </td> <td>"Diamond of Night" </td> <td>English </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maian_K%C3%A4rmas" title="Maian Kärmas">Maian-Anna Kärmas</a></li><li>Priit Pajusaar</li><li>Glen Pilvre</li><li>Kaari Sillamaa</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest">France</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/France_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9visions" title="France Télévisions">France Télévision</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nayah" title="Nayah">Nayah</a> </td> <td>"Je veux donner ma voix" </td> <td>French </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Gilles Arcens</li><li>René Colombies</li><li>Pascal Graczyk</li><li>Luigi Rutigliano</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest">Germany</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Norddeutscher_Rundfunk" title="Norddeutscher Rundfunk">NDR</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[a]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCrpriz" title="Sürpriz">Sürpriz</a> </td> <td>"Journey to Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>, English </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bernd_Meinunger" title="Bernd Meinunger">Bernd Meinunger</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Siegel" title="Ralph Siegel">Ralph Siegel</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Iceland</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/R%C3%9AV" title="RÚV">RÚV</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Selma_Bj%C3%B6rnsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Selma Björnsdóttir">Selma</a> </td> <td>"All Out of Luck" </td> <td>English </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Selma_Bj%C3%B6rnsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Selma Björnsdóttir">Selma Björnsdóttir</a></li><li>Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson</li><li>Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Ireland</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89" title="RTÉ">RTÉ</a> </td> <td>The Mullans </td> <td>"When You Need Me" </td> <td>English </td> <td>Bronagh Mullan </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest">Israel</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Israel_Broadcasting_Authority" title="Israel Broadcasting Authority">IBA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eden_(Israeli_band)" title="Eden (Israeli band)">Eden</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Yom_Huledet" title="Yom Huledet">Happy Birthday</a>" </td> <td>English, <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Gabriel Butler</li><li><a href="/wiki/Moshe_Datz" title="Moshe Datz">Moshe Datz</a></li><li>Ya'akov Lamai</li><li>Jacky Oved</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Lithuania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Lithuania</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_National_Radio_and_Television" title="Lithuanian National Radio and Television">LRT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aist%C4%97_Smilgevi%C4%8Di%C5%ABt%C4%97" title="Aistė Smilgevičiūtė">Aistė</a> </td> <td>"Strazdas" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samogitian_language" title="Samogitian language">Samogitian</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sigitas_Geda" title="Sigitas Geda">Sigitas Geda</a></li><li>Linas Rimša</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest">Malta</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Services" title="Public Broadcasting Services">PBS</a> </td> <td>Times Three </td> <td>"Believe 'n Peace" </td> <td>English </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Christopher Scicluna</li><li>Moira Stafrace</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest">Netherlands</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nederlandse_Omroep_Stichting" title="Nederlandse Omroep Stichting">NOS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marlayne" title="Marlayne">Marlayne</a> </td> <td>"One Good Reason" </td> <td>English </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Michael_(musician)" title="Alan Michael (musician)">Alan Michael</a></li><li>Tjeerd van Zanen</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest">Norway</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/NRK" title="NRK">NRK</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stig_van_Eijk" title="Stig van Eijk">Van Eijk</a> </td> <td>"Living My Life Without You" </td> <td>English </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stig_van_Eijk" title="Stig van Eijk">Stig André van Eijk</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Poland</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Telewizja_Polska" title="Telewizja Polska">TVP</a> </td> <td>Mietek Szcześniak </td> <td>"Przytul mnie mocno" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seweryn_Krajewski" title="Seweryn Krajewski">Seweryn Krajewski</a></li><li>Wojciech Ziembicki</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest">Portugal</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A1dio_e_Televis%C3%A3o_de_Portugal" title="Rádio e Televisão de Portugal">RTP</a> </td> <td>Rui Bandeira </td> <td>"Como tudo começou" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Tó Andrade</li><li>Jorge do Carmo</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Slovenia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Radiotelevizija_Slovenija" title="Radiotelevizija Slovenija">RTVSLO</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darja_%C5%A0vajger" title="Darja Švajger">Darja Švajger</a> </td> <td>"For a Thousand Years" </td> <td>English </td> <td>Primož Peterca </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest">Spain</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Televisi%C3%B3n_Espa%C3%B1ola" title="Televisión Española">TVE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lydia_(singer)" title="Lydia (singer)">Lydia</a> </td> <td>"No quiero escuchar" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Adolfo Carmona Zamarreno</li><li>Carlos López González</li><li>Alejandro Piqueras Ramírez</li><li>Fernando Rodríguez Fernández</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest">Sweden</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sveriges_Television" title="Sveriges Television">SVT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Perrelli" title="Charlotte Perrelli">Charlotte Nilsson</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Take_Me_to_Your_Heaven_(song)" title="Take Me to Your Heaven (song)">Take Me to Your Heaven</a>" </td> <td>English </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lars_Diedricson" title="Lars Diedricson">Lars Diedricson</a></li><li>Gert Lengstrand</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest">Turkey</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Radio_and_Television_Corporation" title="Turkish Radio and Television Corporation">TRT</a> </td> <td>Tuba Önal and Grup Mistik </td> <td>"Dön Artık" </td> <td>Turkish </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Canan Tunç</li><li>Erdinç Tunç</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest">United Kingdom</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Precious_(group)" title="Precious (group)">Precious</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Say_It_Again_(Precious_song)" title="Say It Again (Precious song)">Say It Again</a>" </td> <td>English </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Varney" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Varney">Paul Varney</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qualification">Qualification</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Qualification">edit</a>]</div> Due to the high number of countries wishing to enter the contest, a <a href="/wiki/Relegation_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="Relegation in the Eurovision Song Contest">relegation system</a> was introduced in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1993" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1993">1993</a> in order to reduce the number of countries which could compete in each year's contest. Any relegated countries would be able to return the following year, thus allowing all countries the opportunity to compete in at least one in every two editions.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[24]</a> The relegation rules introduced for the 1997 contest were again utilised ahead of the 1999 contest, based on each country's average points total in previous contests. The twenty-three participants were made up of the previous year's winning country and host nation, the seventeen countries other than the host which had obtained the highest average points total over the preceding five contests, and any eligible countries which had not competed in the 1998 contest. In cases where the average was identical between two or more countries, the total number of points scored in the most recent contest determined the final order.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a> A new addition to the relegation rules specified that for the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2000" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2000">2000 contest</a> and future editions, the four largest financial contributors to the contest – <a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest">Spain</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest">United Kingdom</a> – would automatically qualify for each year's event and be exempt from relegation.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a> This new "<a href="/wiki/Big_Four_(Eurovision)" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Four (Eurovision)">Big Four</a>" group of countries was created to ensure the financial viability of the event, and was prompted by a number of poor placements in previous years for some of these countries, which if repeated in 1999 could have resulted in those countries being eliminated.<a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_background-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-O'Connor_99-7">[7]</a> Finland, Greece, Hungary, North Macedonia, <a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest">Portugal</a>, Romania, Slovakia, and Switzerland were therefore excluded from participating in the 1999 contest, to make way for the return of Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Iceland, and Lithuania, and new debuting country <a href="/wiki/Latvia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Latvia</a>. However Latvia's <a href="/wiki/Latvijas_Telev%C4%ABzija" class="mw-redirect" title="Latvijas Televīzija">Latvijas Televīzija</a> subsequently withdrew its participation at a late stage, and their place in the contest was subsequently offered to Hungary as the excluded country with the highest average points total. Hungarian broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Magyar_Telev%C3%ADzi%C3%B3" title="Magyar Televízió">Magyar Televízió</a> declined and the offer was then passed to Portugal's <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A1dio_e_Televis%C3%A3o_de_Portugal" title="Rádio e Televisão de Portugal">Rádio e Televisão de Portugal</a> as the next country in line, which accepted.<a href="#cite_note-ESC1999-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_background-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-O'Connor_99-7">[7]</a> The calculations used to determine the countries relegated for the 1999 contest are outlined in the table below. Table key <dl><dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style>  Qualifier</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"> ‡  Automatic qualifier</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"> †  Returning countries which did not compete in 1998</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1253789634"> <table class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header-multi" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Calculation of average points to determine qualification for the 1999 contest<a href="#cite_note-26">[b]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number">Rank </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Country </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number">Average </th> <th scope="colgroup" colspan="5">Yearly Point Totals<a href="#cite_note-27">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-1996_results-29">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-1997_results-30">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[29]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1994" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1994">1994</a> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1995" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1995">1995</a> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1996">1996</a> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1997">1997</a> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998">1998</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">1 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Ireland</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">130.60 </td> <td>226</td> <td>44</td> <td>162</td> <td>157</td> <td>64 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#CEDFF2; text-align:center; font-style:italic;">2 </th> <td style="background:#CEDFF2; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest">Israel</a> ‡ </td> <td style="background:#CEDFF2;">126.50 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>81</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td bgcolor="#AAA"></td> <td>172 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">3 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest">United Kingdom</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">121.80 </td> <td>63</td> <td>76</td> <td>77</td> <td>227</td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">4 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest">Malta</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">94.40 </td> <td>97</td> <td>76</td> <td>68</td> <td>66</td> <td>165 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">5 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest">Norway</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">83.40 </td> <td>76</td> <td>148</td> <td>114</td> <td>0</td> <td>79 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">6 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Croatia</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">74.20 </td> <td>27</td> <td>91</td> <td>98</td> <td>24</td> <td>131 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">7<a href="#cite_note-SE_CY-32">[c]</a> </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest">Sweden</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">67.40 </td> <td>48</td> <td>100</td> <td>100</td> <td>36</td> <td>53 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">8<a href="#cite_note-SE_CY-32">[c]</a> </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest">Cyprus</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">67.40 </td> <td>51</td> <td>79</td> <td>72</td> <td>98</td> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">9<a href="#cite_note-NL_DE-33">[d]</a> </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest">Netherlands</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">59.25 </td> <td>4</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>78</td> <td>5</td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">10<a href="#cite_note-NL_DE-33">[d]</a> </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest">Germany</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">59.25 </td> <td>128</td> <td>1</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td>22</td> <td>86 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:center;">11 </th> <td style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest">Denmark</a> † </td> <td style="background:#E6F8D1;">58.50 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>92</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td>25</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">12 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Poland</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">57.00 </td> <td>166</td> <td>15</td> <td>31</td> <td>54</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">13 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest">France</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">56.80 </td> <td>74</td> <td>94</td> <td>18</td> <td>95</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">14 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest">Turkey</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">56.00 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>21</td> <td>57</td> <td>121</td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">15 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest">Spain</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">54.00 </td> <td>17</td> <td>119</td> <td>17</td> <td>96</td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">16 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Estonia</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">53.50 </td> <td>2</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>94</td> <td>82</td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">17 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest">Belgium</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">50.67 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>8</td> <td>22</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>122 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">18 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Slovenia</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">44.25 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>84</td> <td>16</td> <td>60</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">19 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest">Hungary</a><a href="#cite_note-LV_HU_PT-34">[e]</a> </td> <td>42.00 </td> <td>122</td> <td>3</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td>39</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:center;">20 </th> <td style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest">Austria</a> † </td> <td style="background:#E6F8D1;">41.50 </td> <td>19</td> <td>67</td> <td>68</td> <td>12</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">21 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest">Portugal</a><a href="#cite_note-LV_HU_PT-34">[e]</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">41.20 </td> <td>73</td> <td>5</td> <td>92</td> <td>0</td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">22 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest">Greece</a> </td> <td>39.80 </td> <td>44</td> <td>68</td> <td>36</td> <td>39</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:center;">23 </th> <td style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Iceland</a> † </td> <td style="background:#E6F8D1;">37.25 </td> <td>49</td> <td>31</td> <td>51</td> <td>18</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:center;">24 </th> <td style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> † </td> <td style="background:#E6F8D1;">22.00 </td> <td>39</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>22</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">25 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Macedonia</a> </td> <td>16.00 </td> <td bgcolor="#AAAAAA"></td> <td bgcolor="#AAAAAA"></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">26<a href="#cite_note-FI_SK-35">[f]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Finland</a> </td> <td>14.00 </td> <td>11</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>9</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">27<a href="#cite_note-FI_SK-35">[f]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Slovakia</a> </td> <td>14.00 </td> <td>15</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>19</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">28 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><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" />  <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Switzerland</a> </td> <td>10.50 </td> <td>15</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>22</td> <td>5</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">29 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Romania</a> </td> <td>10.00 </td> <td>14</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:center;">30 </th> <td style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Lithuania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Lithuania</a> † </td> <td style="background:#E6F8D1;">0.00 </td> <td>0</td> <td bgcolor="#AAAAAA"></td> <td bgcolor="#AAAAAA"></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td bgcolor="#AAAAAA"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Production">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sigal_Shachmon_and_Dafna_Dekel_D941-056.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Sigal_Shachmon_and_Dafna_Dekel_D941-056.jpg/200px-Sigal_Shachmon_and_Dafna_Dekel_D941-056.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Sigal_Shachmon_and_Dafna_Dekel_D941-056.jpg/300px-Sigal_Shachmon_and_Dafna_Dekel_D941-056.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Sigal_Shachmon_and_Dafna_Dekel_D941-056.jpg/400px-Sigal_Shachmon_and_Dafna_Dekel_D941-056.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Two of the contest's presenters, <a href="/wiki/Dafna_Dekel" title="Dafna Dekel">Dafna Dekel</a> (left) and <a href="/wiki/Sigal_Shachmon" title="Sigal Shachmon">Sigal Shachmon</a>, during the contest</figcaption></figure> The Eurovision Song Contest 1999 was produced by the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Broadcasting_Authority" title="Israel Broadcasting Authority">Israel Broadcasting Authority</a> (IBA). Amnon Barkai served as <a href="/wiki/Executive_producer" title="Executive producer">executive producer</a>, Aharon Goldfinger-Eldar served as <a href="/wiki/Television_producer" title="Television producer">producer</a>, Hagai Mautner served as <a href="/wiki/Television_director" title="Television director">director</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Maya_Hanoch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maya Hanoch (page does not exist)">Maya Hanoch</a> [<a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9A" class="extiw" title="he:מאיה חנוך">he</a>], Mia Raveh and Ronen Levin served as <a href="/wiki/Scenic_design" title="Scenic design">designers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ESC1999-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-36">[30]</a> On behalf of the contest organisers, the <a href="/wiki/European_Broadcasting_Union" title="European Broadcasting Union">European Broadcasting Union</a> (EBU), the event was overseen by Christine Marchal-Ortiz as <a href="/wiki/Executive_supervisors_of_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive supervisors of the Eurovision Song Contest">executive supervisor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-37">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Connor2010210-39">[33]</a> Usually able to hold a maximum of 3,000 people, modifications made to the Ussishkin Auditorium reduced the capacity to around 2,000 for the contest, with rows of seats removed from the floor to make room for the stage and from the balcony to allow for the construction of boxes for use by various commentators.<a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_background-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[34]</a> Rehearsals in the venue for the competing acts began on 24 May 1999. Each country had two technical rehearsals in the week approaching the contest: the first rehearsals took place on 24 and 25 May, with each country allowed 40 minutes total on stage followed by a 20 minute press conference; the second rehearsals subsequently took place on 26 and 27 May, with each country allocated 30 minutes on stage.<a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_background-3">[3]</a> Each country took to the stage in the order in which they would perform, however the Lithuanian delegation was permitted to arrive in Israel one day later than the other delegations due to budget concerns.<a href="#cite_note-41">[35]</a> Subsequently the first day's rehearsals began with Belgium as the second country to perform in the contest, with Lithuania being the last country to complete their first rehearsal on the second day; the order of rehearsals was corrected for the second rehearsals, with Lithuania scheduled as the first delegation on stage. Additional rehearsals took place on 26 May for the contest's concluding performance with all artists, and on 27 May for the contest's presenters and to test the voting <a href="/wiki/Scoreboard" title="Scoreboard">scoreboard</a>'s computer graphics. Two dress rehearsals held on 28 May were held with an audience, the second of which was also recorded as a production stand-by in case of problems during the live contest. A further dress rehearsal took place on the afternoon of 29 May ahead of the live contest, followed by security and technical checks.<a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_background-3">[3]</a> The singer <a href="/wiki/Dafna_Dekel" title="Dafna Dekel">Dafna Dekel</a>, the radio and television presenter <a href="/wiki/Yigal_Ravid" title="Yigal Ravid">Yigal Ravid</a> and the model and television presenter <a href="/wiki/Sigal_Shachmon" title="Sigal Shachmon">Sigal Shachmon</a> were the presenters of the 1999 contest, the first edition to feature three presenters in a single show.<a href="#cite_note-13_years-12">[12]</a> Dekel had previously <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1992" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992">represented Israel</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1992" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1992">1992 contest</a> and placed sixth with the song "Ze Rak Sport".<a href="#cite_note-42">[36]</a> The writers of the winning song were awarded with a trophy designed by <a href="/wiki/Yaacov_Agam" title="Yaacov Agam">Yaacov Agam</a>, which was presented by the previous year's winning artist Dana International.<a href="#cite_note-contestAV-43">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Connor2010216-45">[39]</a> A <a href="/wiki/Compilation_album" title="Compilation album">compilation album</a> featuring many of the competing entries was released in Israel following the contest, commissioned by IBA and released through the Israeli record label IMP Records. The release contained nineteen of the twenty-three competing acts on <a href="/wiki/Compact_Disc_Digital_Audio" title="Compact Disc Digital Audio">CD</a> and an additional <a href="/wiki/Video_CD" title="Video CD">video CD</a> with clips from the televised broadcast and footage from backstage.<a href="#cite_note-46">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-47">[41]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Format">Format</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Format">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Entries">Entries</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Entries">edit</a>]</div> Each participating broadcaster was represented in the contest by one song, no longer than three minutes in duration. A maximum of six performers were allowed on stage during each country's performance, and all performers were required to be at least 16 years old in the year of the contest. Selected entries were not permitted to be released commercially before 1 January 1999, and were then only allowed to be released in the country they represented until after the contest was held. Entries were required to be selected by each country's participating broadcaster by 15 March, and the final submission date for all selected entries to be received by the contest organisers was set for 29 March. This submission was required to include a sound recording of the entry and backing track for use during the contest, a video presentation of the song on stage being performed by the artists, and the text of the song lyrics in its original language and translations in French and English for distribution to the participating broadcasters, their commentators and juries.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a> For the first time since the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1976" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1976">1976 contest</a> the participants had full freedom to perform in any language, and not simply that of the country they represented.<a href="#cite_note-13_years-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-1977_throwback-48">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[g]</a> This led to a marked increase in the number of entries which were performed in English.<a href="#cite_note-13_years-12">[12]</a> Additionally, the rules were modified to make the orchestra a non-obligatory feature of the contest of which organising broadcasters were free to opt out.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a> IBA chose not to provide an orchestra, with all entries subsequently being performed with <a href="/wiki/Backing_track" title="Backing track">backing tracks</a>, and no orchestra has been included as part of the competition since.<a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_background-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-13_years-12">[12]</a> Following the confirmation of the twenty-three competing countries, the draw to determine the running order was held on 17 November 1998.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-participants-21">[21]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voting_procedure">Voting procedure</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Voting procedure">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Voting_at_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest">Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest</a></div> The results of the 1999 contest were determined using the scoring system introduced in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1975" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1975">1975</a>: each country awarded twelve points to its favourite entry, followed by ten points to its second favourite, and then awarded points in decreasing value from eight to one for the remaining songs which featured in the country's top ten, with countries unable to vote for their own entry.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-nutshell-50">[43]</a> Each participating country was required to use <a href="/wiki/Televoting" title="Televoting">televoting</a> to determine their points, with viewers able to register their vote by telephone for a total of five minutes following the performance of the last competing entry.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_voting-51">[44]</a> Viewers could vote by calling one of twenty-two different telephone numbers to represent the twenty-three competing entries except that which represented their own country.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-contestAV-43">[37]</a> Once phone lines were opened a video recap containing short clips of each competing entry with the accompanying phone number for voting was shown in order to aid viewers during the voting window.<a href="#cite_note-contestAV-43">[37]</a> Systems were also put in place to prevent <a href="/wiki/Advocacy_group" title="Advocacy group">lobby groups</a> from one country voting for their entry by travelling to other countries.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a> Countries which were unable to hold a televote due to technological limitations were granted an exception, and their points were determined by an assembled jury of eight individuals, which was required to be split evenly between members of the public and music professionals, comprised additionally of an equal number of men and women, and below and above 30 years of age. Countries using televoting were also required to appoint a back-up jury of the same composition which would be called into action upon technical failure preventing the televote results from being used. Each jury member voted in secret and awarded between one and ten votes to each participating song, excluding that from their own country and with no abstentions permitted. The votes of each member were collected following the country's performance and then tallied by the non-voting jury chairperson to determine the points to be awarded. In any cases where two or more songs in the top ten received the same number of votes, a show of hands by all jury members was used to determine the final placing; if a tie still remained, the youngest jury member would have the deciding vote.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postcards">Postcards</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Postcards">edit</a>]</div> Each entry was preceded by a video postcard which served as an introduction to each country, as well as providing an opportunity to showcase the running artistic theme of the event and to create a transition between entries to allow stage crew to make changes on stage.<a href="#cite_note-52">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-53">[46]</a> The postcards for the 1999 contest featured animations of paintings of <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">biblical stories</a> which transitioned into footage of modern locations in Israel or clips representing specific themes related to contemporary Israeli culture and industries. The various locations or themes for each postcard are listed below by order of performance:<a href="#cite_note-contestAV-43">[37]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> Lithuania – <a href="/wiki/Jacob%27s_Ladder" title="Jacob's Ladder">Jacob's Ladder</a>; <a href="/wiki/Israel_Museum" title="Israel Museum">Israel Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><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" /> Belgium – <a href="/wiki/Crossing_the_Red_Sea" title="Crossing the Red Sea">Pharaoh and his Army</a>; <a href="/wiki/Eilat" title="Eilat">Eilat</a></li> <li><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" /> Spain – <a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark" title="Noah's Ark">Noah's Ark</a>; landscapes of <a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a></li> <li><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" /> Croatia – <a href="/wiki/Ruth_(biblical_figure)" title="Ruth (biblical figure)">Ruth</a>; <a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Israel" title="Agriculture in Israel">Israeli agriculture</a></li> <li><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" /> United Kingdom – <a href="/wiki/Jonah" title="Jonah">Jonah and the Whale</a>; <a href="/wiki/Jaffa" title="Jaffa">Jaffa</a></li> <li><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" /> Slovenia – <a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve" title="Adam and Eve">Adam and Eve</a>; <a href="/wiki/Israeli_fashion" title="Israeli fashion">Israeli fashion</a></li> <li><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" /> Turkey – The <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee" title="Sea of Galilee">Sea of Galilee</a>; <a href="/wiki/Tiberias" title="Tiberias">Tiberias</a> and surroundings</li> <li><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" /> Norway – Workers of the <a href="/wiki/Tabernacle" title="Tabernacle">Tabernacle</a>; <a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Israel" title="Science and technology in Israel">Israeli tech</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virtual_reality" title="Virtual reality">virtual reality</a></li> <li><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" /> Denmark – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_(Genesis)" title="Joseph (Genesis)">Joseph</a> and His Brothers; <a href="/wiki/Haifa" title="Haifa">Haifa</a></li> <li><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" /> France – The <a href="/wiki/Golden_calf" title="Golden calf">Golden Calf</a>; Israeli jewellery industry</li> <li><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" /> Netherlands – <a href="/wiki/Prophet_Jeremiah_(Michelangelo)" title="Prophet Jeremiah (Michelangelo)">The Prophet</a>; <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a> nightlife</li> <li><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" /> Poland – <a href="/wiki/David" title="David">David</a> and <a href="/wiki/Goliath" title="Goliath">Goliath</a>; <a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Israel" title="Sport in Israel">Israeli sports</a></li> <li><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" /> Iceland – <a href="/wiki/Manna" title="Manna">The Manna from Heaven</a>; <a href="/wiki/Israeli_cuisine" title="Israeli cuisine">Israeli culinary</a></li> <li><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" /> Cyprus – <a href="/wiki/Finding_of_Moses" title="Finding of Moses">The Basket of Moses</a>; <a href="/wiki/Rafting" title="Rafting">rafting</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a></li> <li><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" /> Sweden – <a href="/wiki/Bathsheba" title="Bathsheba">David and Bathsheba</a>; music and art on the roofs of <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a></li> <li><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" /> Portugal – <a href="/wiki/Daniel_in_the_lions%27_den" title="Daniel in the lions' den">Daniel and the Lions</a>; <a href="/wiki/Acre,_Israel" title="Acre, Israel">Acre</a></li> <li><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" /> Ireland – <a href="/wiki/Cain_and_Abel" title="Cain and Abel">Cain and Abel</a>; <a href="/wiki/Judaean_Desert" title="Judaean Desert">Judaean Desert</a></li> <li><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" /> Austria – The <a href="/wiki/Judgement_of_Solomon" title="Judgement of Solomon">Judgement of Solomon</a>; Jerusalem</li> <li><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" /> Israel – <a href="/wiki/The_Twelve_Spies" title="The Twelve Spies">The Promised Land</a>; <a href="/wiki/Jezreel_Valley" title="Jezreel Valley">Jezreel Valley</a></li> <li><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" /> Malta – <a href="/wiki/Michal" title="Michal">David and Michal</a>; <a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Dellal_Centre_for_Dance_and_Theatre" title="Suzanne Dellal Centre for Dance and Theatre">Suzanne Dellal Centre for Dance and Theatre</a>, Tel Aviv</li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> Germany – The <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_Babel" title="Tower of Babel">Tower of Babel</a>; <a href="/wiki/List_of_beaches_in_Israel" title="List of beaches in Israel">Israeli beaches</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /> Bosnia and Herzegovina – <a href="/wiki/Samson" title="Samson">Samson</a>; <a href="/wiki/Caesarea_Maritima" title="Caesarea Maritima">Caesarea National Park</a></li> <li><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" /> Estonia – The <a href="/wiki/Beth_Alpha#Central_panel—zodiac_wheel" title="Beth Alpha">Zodiac mosaic</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Beth_Alpha" title="Beth Alpha">Old Beth Alfa Synagogue</a>; love at the <a href="/wiki/Dead_Sea" title="Dead Sea">Dead Sea</a></li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contest_overview">Contest overview</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Contest overview">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charlotte_Perrelli_2012-06-04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Charlotte_Perrelli_2012-06-04.jpg/200px-Charlotte_Perrelli_2012-06-04.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Charlotte_Perrelli_2012-06-04.jpg/300px-Charlotte_Perrelli_2012-06-04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Charlotte_Perrelli_2012-06-04.jpg/400px-Charlotte_Perrelli_2012-06-04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3744" data-file-height="5616" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Perrelli" title="Charlotte Perrelli">Charlotte Nilsson</a> (pictured in 2012) brought Sweden its fourth Eurovision Song Contest victory.</figcaption></figure> The contest took place on 29 May 1999 at 22:00 (<a href="/wiki/Israel_Summer_Time" title="Israel Summer Time">IST</a>) and lasted 3 hours and 13 minutes.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_contest-22">[22]</a> The show began with a <a href="/wiki/Computer_animation" title="Computer animation">computer animation</a> entitled "From <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> to Jerusalem", highlighting the contest's journey from last year's host country the United Kingdom to Israel, and containing notable landmarks and features of the competing countries; the animation then transitioned into recorded footage of Jerusalem including dancers and hosts Dekel and Shachmon.<a href="#cite_note-contestAV-43">[37]</a> The contest's opening segment also featured <a href="/wiki/Izhar_Cohen" title="Izhar Cohen">Izhar Cohen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gali_Atari" title="Gali Atari">Gali Atari</a>, Israel's previous winning artists from the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1978" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1978">1978</a> and 1979 contests attending as special guests, and the previous year's co-presenter <a href="/wiki/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a> in attendance as the United Kingdom's television commentator.<a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_contest-22">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-contestAV-43">[37]</a> A pause between entries was included for the first time to allow broadcasters to provide <a href="/wiki/Television_advertisement" title="Television advertisement">advertisements</a> during the show;<a href="#cite_note-13_years-12">[12]</a> placed between the Polish and Icelandic entries, a performance of the song "<a href="/wiki/To_Life_(song)" title="To Life (song)">To Life</a>" from the musical <a href="/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof" title="Fiddler on the Roof">Fiddler on the Roof</a> featuring co-presenters Dekel and Shachmon was provided for the benefit of the audience in the arena and for <a href="/wiki/Public_broadcasting" title="Public broadcasting">non-commercial broadcasters</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_contest-22">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-contestAV-43">[37]</a> The contest's pre-recorded interval act entitled "Freedom Calls", shown following the final competing entry and during the voting window, was staged outside the <a href="/wiki/Walls_of_Jerusalem" title="Walls of Jerusalem">Walls of Jerusalem</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_David" title="Tower of David">Tower of David</a> and featured performances by a troupe of dancers, a chorus and Dana International singing the <a href="/wiki/D%27ror_Yikra" title="D'ror Yikra">D'ror Yikra</a> and a cover of "Free", originally recorded by <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Guardian-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-contestAV-43">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Connor2010216-45">[39]</a> Following the traditional <a href="/wiki/Reprise#Winner_reprise" title="Reprise">reprise performance of the winning song</a>, the show finished with a performance of the English version of Israel's 1979 contest winning song "<a href="/wiki/Hallelujah_(Milk_and_Honey_song)" title="Hallelujah (Milk and Honey song)">Hallelujah</a>", which included all the competing artists and was featured as a tribute to the victims of the then-ongoing <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a> and to the people of the <a href="/wiki/Balkans" title="Balkans">Balkans</a> who were unable to watch the contest following the <a href="/wiki/NATO_bombing_of_the_Radio_Television_of_Serbia_headquarters" title="NATO bombing of the Radio Television of Serbia headquarters">bombing of television services</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ESC1999-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-13_years-12">[12]</a> The winner was <a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Sweden</a> represented by the song "<a href="/wiki/Take_Me_to_Your_Heaven_(song)" title="Take Me to Your Heaven (song)">Take Me to Your Heaven</a>", composed by <a href="/wiki/Lars_Diedricson" title="Lars Diedricson">Lars Diedricson</a>, written by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gert_Lengstrand&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gert Lengstrand (page does not exist)">Gert Lengstrand</a> [<a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Lengstrand" class="extiw" title="sv:Gert Lengstrand">sv</a>] and performed by <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Perrelli" title="Charlotte Perrelli">Charlotte Nilsson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Sweden-54">[47]</a> This marked Sweden's fourth victory in the contest, following wins in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1974" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1974">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1984" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1984">1984</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1991" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1991">1991</a>, and occurred 25 years after <a href="/wiki/ABBA" title="ABBA">ABBA</a> brought Sweden its first victory.<a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_voting-51">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-55">[48]</a> Iceland, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina also achieved their best results to date, placing second, fourth and seventh respectively.<a href="#cite_note-56">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-58">[51]</a> During the presentation of the trophy to the contest winners, Dana International caused a security alert in the auditorium as while lifting the trophy she lost her balance and fell to the stage along with the winning songwriters before being helped up by security agents.<a href="#cite_note-ESC1999-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-O'Connor_99-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[52]</a> The Norwegian delegation raised an objection to the use of simulated male vocals during the performance of Croatian entry "<a href="/wiki/Marija_Magdalena_(song)" title="Marija Magdalena (song)">Marija Magdalena</a>".<a href="#cite_note-O'Connor_99-7">[7]</a> Following the contest this was found to have contravened the contest rules regarding the use of vocals on the backing tracks, and Croatia were sanctioned by the EBU with the loss of 33% of their points for the purpose of calculating their average points total for qualification in following contests.<a href="#cite_note-ESC1999-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[53]</a> The country's position and points at this contest however remain unchanged.<a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_contest-22">[22]</a> The table below outlines the participating countries, the order in which they performed, the competing artists and songs, and the results of the voting. <table class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1999<a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_contest-22">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[54]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Running order">R/O</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Country </th> <th scope="col">Artist </th> <th scope="col">Song </th> <th scope="col">Points </th> <th scope="col">Place </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">1 </th> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" 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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" /> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Belgium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Chinitor" title="Vanessa Chinitor">Vanessa Chinitor</a> </td> <td>"Like the Wind" </td> <td>38 </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">3 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Spain</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lydia_(singer)" title="Lydia (singer)">Lydia</a> </td> <td>"No quiero escuchar" </td> <td>1 </td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">4 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Croatia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doris_Dragovi%C4%87" title="Doris Dragović">Doris</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Marija_Magdalena_(song)" title="Marija Magdalena (song)">Marija Magdalena</a>" </td> <td>118 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">5 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">United Kingdom</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Precious_(group)" title="Precious (group)">Precious</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Say_It_Again_(Precious_song)" title="Say It Again (Precious song)">Say It Again</a>" </td> <td>38 </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">6 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Slovenia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darja_%C5%A0vajger" title="Darja Švajger">Darja Švajger</a> </td> <td>"For a Thousand Years" </td> <td>50 </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">7 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Turkey</a> </td> <td>Tuba Önal and Grup Mistik </td> <td>"Dön Artık" </td> <td>21 </td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">8 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Norway</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stig_van_Eijk" title="Stig van Eijk">Van Eijk</a> </td> <td>"Living My Life Without You" </td> <td>35 </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">9 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Denmark</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trine_Jepsen" title="Trine Jepsen">Trine Jepsen</a> and Michael Teschl </td> <td>"This Time I Mean It" </td> <td>71 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">10 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">France</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nayah" title="Nayah">Nayah</a> </td> <td>"Je veux donner ma voix" </td> <td>14 </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">11 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Netherlands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marlayne" title="Marlayne">Marlayne</a> </td> <td>"One Good Reason" </td> <td>71 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">12 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Poland</a> </td> <td>Mietek Szcześniak </td> <td>"Przytul mnie mocno" </td> <td>17 </td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">13 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Iceland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Selma_Bj%C3%B6rnsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Selma Björnsdóttir">Selma</a> </td> <td>"All Out of Luck" </td> <td>146 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">14 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Cyprus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marlain_Angelides" title="Marlain Angelides">Marlain</a> </td> <td>"Tha'ne erotas" </td> <td>2 </td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:gold;">15 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Sweden</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Perrelli" title="Charlotte Perrelli">Charlotte Nilsson</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Take_Me_to_Your_Heaven_(song)" title="Take Me to Your Heaven (song)">Take Me to Your Heaven</a>" </td> <td>163 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">16 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Portugal</a> </td> <td>Rui Bandeira </td> <td>"Como tudo começou" </td> <td>12 </td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">17 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Ireland</a> </td> <td>The Mullans </td> <td>"When You Need Me" </td> <td>18 </td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">18 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Austria</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobbie_Singer" title="Bobbie Singer">Bobbie Singer</a> </td> <td>"Reflection" </td> <td>65 </td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">19 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Israel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eden_(Israeli_band)" title="Eden (Israeli band)">Eden</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Yom_Huledet" title="Yom Huledet">Happy Birthday</a>" </td> <td>93 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">20 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Malta</a> </td> <td>Times Three </td> <td>"Believe 'n Peace" </td> <td>32 </td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">21 </th> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Germany</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCrpriz" title="Sürpriz">Sürpriz</a> </td> <td>"Journey to Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat" </td> <td>140 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">22 </th> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dino_Merlin" title="Dino Merlin">Dino</a> and Béatrice </td> <td>"Putnici" </td> <td>86 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">23 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Estonia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Evelin_Samuel" title="Evelin Samuel">Evelin Samuel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Camille_(violinist)" title="Camille (violinist)">Camille</a> </td> <td>"Diamond of Night" </td> <td>90 </td> <td>6 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spokespersons">Spokespersons</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Spokespersons">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kirsten.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Kirsten.jpg/150px-Kirsten.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Kirsten.jpg/225px-Kirsten.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Kirsten.jpg/300px-Kirsten.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1770" data-file-height="2552" /></a><figcaption>Three-time Eurovision participant <a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Siggaard" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirsten Siggaard">Kirsten Siggaard</a> announced the points from Denmark.<a href="#cite_note-contestAV-43">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[55]</a></figcaption></figure> Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for their respective country.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a> As had been the case since the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1994" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1994">1994 contest</a>, the spokespersons were connected via <a href="/wiki/Communications_satellite" title="Communications satellite">satellite</a> and appeared in vision during the broadcast; spokespersons at the 1999 contest are listed below.<a href="#cite_note-contestAV-43">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-63">[56]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ol><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> Lithuania – <a href="/wiki/Andrius_Tapinas" title="Andrius Tapinas">Andrius Tapinas</a></li> <li><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" /> Belgium – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabine_De_Vos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sabine De Vos (page does not exist)">Sabine De Vos</a> [<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabine_De_Vos" class="extiw" title="nl:Sabine De Vos">nl</a>]</li> <li><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" /> Spain – Hugo de Campos</li> <li><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" /> Croatia – Marko Rašica</li> <li><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" /> United Kingdom – <a href="/wiki/Colin_Berry" title="Colin Berry">Colin Berry</a><a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_voting-51">[44]</a></li> <li><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" /> Slovenia – Mira Berginc</li> <li><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" /> Turkey – Osman Erkan</li> <li><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" /> Norway – <a href="/wiki/Ragnhild_S%C3%A6lthun_Fj%C3%B8rtoft" title="Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft">Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft</a></li> <li><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" /> Denmark – <a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Siggaard" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirsten Siggaard">Kirsten Siggaard</a></li> <li><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" /> France – <a href="/wiki/Marie_Myriam" title="Marie Myriam">Marie Myriam</a></li> <li><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" /> Netherlands – <a href="/wiki/Edsilia_Rombley" title="Edsilia Rombley">Edsilia Rombley</a></li> <li><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" /> Poland – Jan Chojnacki</li> <li><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" /> Iceland – Áslaug Dóra Eyjólfsdóttir</li> <li><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" /> Cyprus – Marina Maleni</li> <li><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" /> Sweden – <a href="/wiki/Pontus_G%C3%A5rdinger" title="Pontus Gårdinger">Pontus Gårdinger</a><a href="#cite_note-Melfest-64">[57]</a></li> <li><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" /> Portugal – <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Lu%C3%ADs_Goucha" title="Manuel Luís Goucha">Manuel Luís Goucha</a></li> <li><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" /> Ireland – Clare McNamara</li> <li><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" /> Austria – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dodo_Roscic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dodo Roscic (page does not exist)">Dodo Roscic</a> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo_Roscic" class="extiw" title="de:Dodo Roscic">de</a>]</li> <li><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" /> Israel – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yoav_Ginai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yoav Ginai (page does not exist)">Yoav Ginai</a> [<a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%90%D7%91_%D7%92%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%99" class="extiw" title="he:יואב גינאי">he</a>]</li> <li><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" /> Malta – Nirvana Azzopardi</li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> Germany – <a href="/wiki/Renan_Demirkan" title="Renan Demirkan">Renan Demirkan</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /> Bosnia and Herzegovina – Segmedina Srna</li> <li><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" /> Estonia – <a href="/wiki/Mart_Sander" title="Mart Sander">Mart Sander</a><a href="#cite_note-65">[58]</a></li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Detailed_voting_results">Detailed voting results</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Detailed voting results">edit</a>]</div> Televoting was used to determine the points awarded by all countries, except Lithuania, Turkey, Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina.<a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_voting-51">[44]</a> Ireland had intended to use televoting, however technical failures at <a href="/wiki/Telecom_%C3%89ireann" title="Telecom Éireann">Telecom Éireann</a> ahead of the voting window meant that the majority of calls were not registered and the country's back-up jury was utilised to determine its points.<a href="#cite_note-66">[59]</a> The announcement of the results from each country was conducted in the order in which they performed, with the spokespersons announcing their country's points in English or French in ascending order.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-contestAV-43">[37]</a> The detailed breakdown of the points awarded by each country is listed in the tables below. <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1999<a href="#cite_note-Roxburgh_99_voting-51">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-results-67">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-scoreboard-68">[61]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left; background:#F2F2F2">Voting procedure used: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  100% televoting</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  100% jury vote</div> </td> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;"><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 .ts-vertical-header.headerSort{background-position:50%.4em;padding-right:0.4em;padding-top:21px}.mw-parser-output .ts-vertical-header.is-valign-top{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .ts-vertical-header.is-valign-middle{vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Croatia</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">United Kingdom</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">Slovenia</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">Turkey</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">Norway</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">Denmark</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">France</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">Netherlands</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">Poland</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">Iceland</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">Cyprus</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">Sweden</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">Portugal</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">Ireland</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">Austria</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">Israel</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">Malta</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">Germany</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">Bosnia and Herzegovina</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">Estonia</div> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="height:2px; border-top:1px solid transparent;"> </th> <td style="background:#A4D1EF;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#A4D1EF;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#A4D1EF;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#A4D1EF;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="23" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-valign-middle" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Contestants</div> </th> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Lithuania </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">13</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Belgium </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">38</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>10</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Spain </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Croatia </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">118</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>12</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td>12</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">United Kingdom </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">38</td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Slovenia </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">50</td> <td>10</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Turkey </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">21</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Norway </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">35</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Denmark </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">71</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>12</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">France </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">14</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Netherlands </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">71</td> <td>4</td> <td>12</td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Poland </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">17</td> <td>7</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Iceland </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">146</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Cyprus </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:gold;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:gold;">Sweden </th> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;">163</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td>12</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>12</td> <td>2</td> <td>12</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Portugal </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">12</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Ireland </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">18</td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Austria </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">65</td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Israel </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">93</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>10</td> <td>4</td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Malta </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">32</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Germany </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">140</td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>12</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td>12</td> <td>3</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>10</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Bosnia and Herzegovina </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">86</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>8</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Estonia </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">90</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="12_points">12 points</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 12 points">edit</a>]</div> The below table summarises how the maximum 12 points were awarded from one country to another. The winning country is shown in bold. Germany and Sweden each received the maximum score of 12 points from five countries, with Iceland receiving three sets of 12 points, Croatia and Slovenia receiving two sets each, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal and Turkey each receiving one maximum score.<a href="#cite_note-results-67">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-scoreboard-68">[61]</a> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Distribution of 12 points awarded at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999<a href="#cite_note-results-67">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-scoreboard-68">[61]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">N. </th> <th scope="col">Contestant </th> <th scope="col">Nation(s) giving 12 points </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2">5 </th> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Germany</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Israel</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Netherlands</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Poland</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Portugal</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Turkey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Sweden</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Estonia</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Malta</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Norway</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">United Kingdom</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Iceland</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Cyprus</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Denmark</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Sweden</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2">2 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Croatia</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Slovenia</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Spain</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Slovenia</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Croatia</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Ireland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="6">1 </th> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Austria</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Denmark</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Iceland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Ireland</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Lithuania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Lithuania</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Netherlands</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Belgium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Portugal</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">France</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Turkey</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Germany</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasts">Broadcasts</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Broadcasts">edit</a>]</div> Each participating broadcaster was required to relay live and in full the contest via television. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants"; any passive countries wishing to participate in the following year's event were also required to provide a live broadcast of the contest or a deferred broadcast within 24 hours.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a> Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their viewers. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators, are shown in the tables below. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1253789634"> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header"> <caption>Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Country </th> <th scope="col">Broadcaster<a href="#cite_note-participants-21">[21]</a> </th> <th scope="col">Channel(s) </th> <th scope="col">Commentator(s) </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="References">Ref(s)</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> Austria </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/ORF_(broadcaster)" title="ORF (broadcaster)">ORF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ORF_1" title="ORF 1">ORF 1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andi_Knoll" title="Andi Knoll">Andi Knoll</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Schweiz-69">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[63]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FM4" title="FM4">FM4</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stermann_%26_Grissemann" title="Stermann & Grissemann">Stermann & Grissemann</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-71">[64]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> Belgium </th> <td><a href="/wiki/VRT_(broadcaster)" title="VRT (broadcaster)">VRT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/E%C3%A9n" class="mw-redirect" title="Eén">TV1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Vermeulen" title="André Vermeulen">André Vermeulen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bart_Peeters" title="Bart Peeters">Bart Peeters</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-PZC-72">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[66]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RTBF" title="RTBF">RTBF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Une" title="La Une">RTBF La 1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Hautier" title="Jean-Pierre Hautier">Jean-Pierre Hautier</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Revue-74">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Croatia </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Radiotelevision" title="Croatian Radiotelevision">HRT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HRT_1" title="HRT 1">HRT 1</a> </td> <td>Aleksandar Kostadinov </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-75">[68]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Cyprus </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation">CyBC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RIK_1" title="RIK 1">RIK 1</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-76">[69]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Denmark </th> <td><a href="/wiki/DR_(broadcaster)" title="DR (broadcaster)">DR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DR1" title="DR1">DR1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keld_Heick" title="Keld Heick">Keld Heick</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-77">[70]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> Estonia </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Eesti_Televisioon" title="Eesti Televisioon">ETV</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Marko_Reikop" title="Marko Reikop">Marko Reikop</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="#cite_note-Eesti-78">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[72]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eesti_Raadio" title="Eesti Raadio">ER</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raadio_2" title="Raadio 2">Raadio 2</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> France </th> <td><a href="/wiki/France_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9visions" title="France Télévisions">France Télévision</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/France_3" title="France 3">France 3</a><a href="#cite_note-81">[h]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Julien_Lepers" title="Julien Lepers">Julien Lepers</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-82">[74]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> Germany </th> <td><a href="/wiki/ARD_(broadcaster)" title="ARD (broadcaster)">ARD</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Das_Erste" title="Das Erste">Das Erste</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Urban_(presenter)" title="Peter Urban (presenter)">Peter Urban</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Revue-74">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Iceland </th> <td><a href="/wiki/R%C3%9AV" title="RÚV">RÚV</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R%C3%9AV_(TV_channel)" title="RÚV (TV channel)">Sjónvarpið</a>, <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A1s_2" title="Rás 2">Rás 2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/G%C3%ADsli_Marteinn_Baldursson" title="Gísli Marteinn Baldursson">Gísli Marteinn Baldursson</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-83">[75]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> Ireland </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89" title="RTÉ">RTÉ</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_One" title="RTÉ One">RTÉ One</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Kenny" title="Pat Kenny">Pat Kenny</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-84">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[77]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_Radio_1" title="RTÉ Radio 1">RTÉ Radio 1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Gogan" title="Larry Gogan">Larry Gogan</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-86">[78]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Israel </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Israel_Broadcasting_Authority" title="Israel Broadcasting Authority">IBA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_1_(Israel)" title="Channel 1 (Israel)">Channel 1</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-87">[79]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> Lithuania </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_National_Radio_and_Television" title="Lithuanian National Radio and Television">LRT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LRT_televizija" title="LRT televizija">LRT</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darius_U%C5%BEkuraitis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Darius Užkuraitis (page does not exist)">Darius Užkuraitis</a> [<a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_U%C5%BEkuraitis" class="extiw" title="lt:Darius Užkuraitis">lt</a>] </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Wilenski-88">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-89">[81]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Malta </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Services" title="Public Broadcasting Services">PBS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Television_Malta" title="Television Malta">TVM</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-90">[82]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Netherlands </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nederlandse_Omroep_Stichting" title="Nederlandse Omroep Stichting">NOS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NPO_2" title="NPO 2">TV2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willem_van_Beusekom" title="Willem van Beusekom">Willem van Beusekom</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-PZC-72">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[83]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> Norway </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/NRK" title="NRK">NRK</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NRK1" title="NRK1">NRK1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jostein_Pedersen" title="Jostein Pedersen">Jostein Pedersen</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Scandi-92">[84]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NRK_P1" title="NRK P1">NRK P1</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jon_Bran%C3%A6s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jon Branæs (page does not exist)">Jon Branæs</a> [<a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Bran%C3%A6s" class="extiw" title="no:Jon Branæs">no</a>] </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Scandi-92">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-93">[85]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Poland </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Telewizja_Polska" title="Telewizja Polska">TVP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TVP1" title="TVP1">TVP1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Artur_Orzech" title="Artur Orzech">Artur Orzech</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-94">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[87]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Portugal </th> <td><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A1dio_e_Televis%C3%A3o_de_Portugal" title="Rádio e Televisão de Portugal">RTP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RTP1" title="RTP1">RTP1</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[i]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rui_Unas" title="Rui Unas">Rui Unas</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-98">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-99">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="2"><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" /> Slovenia </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Radiotelevizija_Slovenija" title="Radiotelevizija Slovenija">RTVSLO</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=TV_SLO_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TV SLO 1 (page does not exist)">SLO 1</a> [<a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_SLO_1" class="extiw" title="sl:TV SLO 1">sl</a>] </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="#cite_note-100">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Radio_Val_202" title="Radio Val 202">Val 202</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrej_Karoli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andrej Karoli (page does not exist)">Andrej Karoli</a> [<a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrej_Karoli" class="extiw" title="sl:Andrej Karoli">sl</a>] </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Spain </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Televisi%C3%B3n_Espa%C3%B1ola" title="Televisión Española">TVE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/La_1_(Spanish_TV_channel)" title="La 1 (Spanish TV channel)">La Primera</a><a href="#cite_note-101">[j]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Uribarri" title="José Luis Uribarri">José Luis Uribarri</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-102">[92]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> Sweden </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sveriges_Television" title="Sveriges Television">SVT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SVT2" title="SVT2">SVT2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Heino_(television_presenter)" title="Pekka Heino (television presenter)">Pekka Heino</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anders_Berglund" title="Anders Berglund">Anders Berglund</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="#cite_note-103">[93]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sveriges_Radio" title="Sveriges Radio">SR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sveriges_Radio_P3" title="Sveriges Radio P3">SR P3</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Nor%C3%A9n" title="Carolina Norén">Carolina Norén</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Turkey </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Radio_and_Television_Corporation" title="Turkish Radio and Television Corporation">TRT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TRT_1" title="TRT 1">TRT 1</a><a href="#cite_note-105">[k]</a> </td> <td>Gülşah Banda </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Cumhuriyet-104">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-106">[95]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> United Kingdom </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a><a href="#cite_note-107">[l]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-108">[96]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ken_Bruce" title="Ken Bruce">Ken Bruce</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-109">[97]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1253789634"> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header"> <caption>Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Country </th> <th scope="col">Broadcaster </th> <th scope="col">Channel(s) </th> <th scope="col">Commentator(s) </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="References">Ref(s)</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> Australia </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service" title="Special Broadcasting Service">SBS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SBS_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="SBS (Australian TV channel)">SBS TV</a><a href="#cite_note-111">[m]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Australia-110">[98]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> Falkland Islands </th> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Broadcasting_Service" title="British Forces Broadcasting Service">BFBS</a> </td> <td>BFBS Television<a href="#cite_note-113">[n]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Falklands-112">[99]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/21px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/41px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /> Faroe Islands </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sj%C3%B3nvarp_F%C3%B8roya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sjónvarp Føroya">SvF</a> </td> <td>Keld Heick </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-114">[100]</a><a href="#cite_note-115">[101]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3"><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" /> Finland </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Yle" title="Yle">YLE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yle_TV1" title="Yle TV1">TV1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jani_Juntunen" title="Jani Juntunen">Jani Juntunen</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-116">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-117">[103]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yle_Radio_Suomi" title="Yle Radio Suomi">Radio Suomi</a> </td> <td>Sanna Kojo </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-118">[104]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yle_Vega" title="Yle Vega">Radio Vega</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-119">[105]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> Greenland </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalaallit_Nunaata_Radioa" title="Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa">KNR</a> </td> <td>KNR </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-120">[106]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> Latvia </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvijas_Telev%C4%ABzija" class="mw-redirect" title="Latvijas Televīzija">LTV</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K%C4%81rlis_Streips&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kārlis Streips (page does not exist)">Kārlis Streips</a> [<a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Streips" class="extiw" title="lv:Kārlis Streips">lv</a>] </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-121">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[108]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> Romania </th> <td><a href="/wiki/TVR_(TV_network)" title="TVR (TV network)">TVR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TVR_1" title="TVR 1">TVR 1</a> </td> <td>Doina Caramzulescu and Costin Grigore </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-123">[109]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Radio_Broadcasting_Company" title="Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company">ROR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Radio_Rom%C3%A2nia_Actualit%C4%83%C8%9Bi" title="Radio România Actualități">Radio România Actualități</a> </td> <td>Ana Maria Zaharescu </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-124">[110]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> Russia </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Channel_One_Russia" title="Channel One Russia">ORT</a> </td> <td>Olga Maksimova and Kolya MacCleod </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-125">[111]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Jewish Channel<a href="#cite_note-127">[o]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Sovetskaya-126">[112]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="4"><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" />  Switzerland </th> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Swiss Broadcasting Corporation">SRG SSR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SRF_zwei" title="SRF zwei">SF 2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Studer" title="Sandra Studer">Sandra Studer</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Schweiz-69">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-128">[113]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RTS_1_(Swiss_TV_channel)" title="RTS 1 (Swiss TV channel)">TSR 1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean-Marc_Richard_(TV_and_radio_presenter)" title="Jean-Marc Richard (TV and radio presenter)">Jean-Marc Richard</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-TV8-96">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-Suisse-80">[73]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RSI_La_2" title="RSI La 2">TSI 2</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-TV8-96">[88]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Radio_SRF_1" title="Radio SRF 1">DRS 1</a><a href="#cite_note-130">[p]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-NZZ-129">[114]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_awards">Other awards</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Other awards">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Barbara_Dex_Award">Barbara Dex Award</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Barbara Dex Award">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Dex_Award" title="Barbara Dex Award">Barbara Dex Award</a>, created in 1997 by fansite House of Eurovision, was awarded to the performer deemed to have been the "worst dressed" among the participants.<a href="#cite_note-131">[115]</a> The winner in 1999 was Spain's representative <a href="/wiki/Lydia_(singer)" title="Lydia (singer)">Lydia</a>, as determined by visitors to the House of Eurovision website. This was the first edition of the award to be determined by site visitors, as the winners in 1997 and 1998 had been chosen by the founders of the House of Eurovision site Edwin van Thillo and Rob Paardekam.<a href="#cite_note-132">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-133">[117]</a><a href="#cite_note-134">[118]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_and_references">Notes and references</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notes and references">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-24"><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a> On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium <a href="/wiki/ARD_(broadcaster)" title="ARD (broadcaster)">ARD</a><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a> Determined by totalling all points awarded in the past five contests and dividing by the number of times that country had participated.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a> 1996 did not count as a participation for countries that didn't qualify from the qualification round. </li> <li id="cite_note-SE_CY-32">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SE_CY_32-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-SE_CY_32-1">b</a> Despite having the same average score, Sweden ranked higher than Cyprus by virtue of achieving a higher score in the most recent contest.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-NL_DE-33">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NL_DE_33-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-NL_DE_33-1">b</a> Despite having the same average score, the Netherlands ranked higher than Germany by virtue of achieving a higher score in the most recent contest.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-LV_HU_PT-34">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LV_HU_PT_34-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LV_HU_PT_34-1">b</a> As Latvia withdrew their participation at a late stage the eliminated country with the highest average points total, Hungary, was offered their place. After declining the offer, the place subsequently passed to Portugal as the country with the next highest average points total.<a href="#cite_note-ESC1999-2">[2]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-FI_SK-35">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FI_SK_35-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FI_SK_35-1">b</a> Despite having the same average score, Finland ranked higher than Slovakia by virtue of achieving a higher score in the most recent contest.<a href="#cite_note-1999_rules-10">[10]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a> Although at the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1977" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1977">1977 contest</a> each participant was required to perform in the language of the country they represented, <a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1977" class="mw-redirect" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977">Germany</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1977" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977">Belgium</a> were granted exceptions as their entries had already been chosen when the rule was reintroduced.<a href="#cite_note-1977_throwback-48">[42]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a> Additional deferred broadcast on <a href="/wiki/TV5Monde_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="TV5Monde Europe">TV5 Europe</a> at 00:05 (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)<a href="#cite_note-Suisse-80">[73]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-97"><a href="#cite_ref-97">^</a> Additional live broadcast on <a href="/wiki/RTP_Internacional" title="RTP Internacional">RTP Internacional</a><a href="#cite_note-TV8-96">[88]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-101"><a href="#cite_ref-101">^</a> Additional live broadcast on <a href="/wiki/TVE_Internacional" title="TVE Internacional">TVE Internacional</a><a href="#cite_note-TV8-96">[88]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-105"><a href="#cite_ref-105">^</a> Additional live broadcast on <a href="/wiki/TRT_International" title="TRT International">TRT Int</a><a href="#cite_note-Cumhuriyet-104">[94]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-107"><a href="#cite_ref-107">^</a> Additional live broadcast on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Prime" title="BBC Prime">BBC Prime</a><a href="#cite_note-TV8-96">[88]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-111"><a href="#cite_ref-111">^</a> Deferred broadcast on 30 May 1999 at 20:30 (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Eastern_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Eastern Standard Time">AEST</a>)<a href="#cite_note-Australia-110">[98]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-113"><a href="#cite_ref-113">^</a> Deferred broadcast at 21:00 (<a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Falkland Islands Time">FKT</a>)<a href="#cite_note-Falklands-112">[99]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-127"><a href="#cite_ref-127">^</a> Delayed broadcast on 5 December 1999 at 16:00 (<a href="/wiki/Novosibirsk_Time" title="Novosibirsk Time">NOVT</a>)<a href="#cite_note-Sovetskaya-126">[112]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-130"><a href="#cite_ref-130">^</a> Deferred broadcast at 22:00 (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)<a href="#cite_note-NZZ-129">[114]</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free 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Van Canzonissima tot Eurosong: 65 jaar belgische preselecties voor het Eurovisiesongfestival [From Canzonissima to Eurosong: 65 years of Belgian preselections for the Eurovision Song Contest] (in Dutch) (2nd ed.). <a href="/wiki/Leuven" title="Leuven">Leuven</a>, Belgium: Kritak. p. 269. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-94-0147-609-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-94-0147-609-6"><bdi>978-94-0147-609-6</bdi></a>. <q>Vanessa krijgt vocale steun van vier Nederlandse koorzangeressen onder wie Henriëtte Willems die als Linda Williams in 1981 Nederland op het songfestival vertegenwoordigde met 'Het is een wonder'.</q> [Vanessa received vocal support from four Dutch choir singers, including Henriëtte Willems, who represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981 as Linda Williams with 'Het is een wonder'.]</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Van+Canzonissima+tot+Eurosong%3A+65+jaar+belgische+preselecties+voor+het+Eurovisiesongfestival&rft.place=Leuven%2C+Belgium&rft.pages=269&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Kritak&rft.date=2021&rft.isbn=978-94-0147-609-6&rft.aulast=Vermeulen&rft.aufirst=Andr%C3%A9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEurovision+Song+Contest+1999" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eurovision/entries/1dd85d23-911d-37ee-bbd6-5d22df0cda9b">"Spot the Backing Singer"</a>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ebu.ch:80/tv-cec_participants_99.html">the original</a> on 7 March 2001. 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ARD. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230612084259/https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html">Archived</a> from the original on 12 June 2023. 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European Broadcasting Union. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180513105657/https://eurovision.tv/story/milestone-moments-1993-4-the-eurovision-family-expands">Archived</a> from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Milestone+Moments%3A+1993%2F4+%E2%80%93+The+Eurovision+Family+expands&rft.pub=European+Broadcasting+Union&rft.date=2016-09-18&rft.aulast=Jordan&rft.aufirst=Paul&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feurovision.tv%2Fstory%2Fmilestone-moments-1993-4-the-eurovision-family-expands&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEurovision+Song+Contest+1999" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1994/final">"Final of Dublin 1994 – Eurovision Song Contest"</a>. European Broadcasting Union. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220416215231/https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1994/final">Archived</a> from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Final+of+Dublin+1994+%E2%80%93+Eurovision+Song+Contest&rft.pub=European+Broadcasting+Union&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feurovision.tv%2Fevent%2Fdublin-1994%2Ffinal&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEurovision+Song+Contest+1999" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1995/final">"Final of Dublin 1995 – Eurovision Song Contest"</a>. 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European Broadcasting Union. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211022132528/https://eurovision.tv/event/oslo-1996/final">Archived</a> from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Final+of+Oslo+1996+%E2%80%93+Eurovision+Song+Contest&rft.pub=European+Broadcasting+Union&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feurovision.tv%2Fevent%2Foslo-1996%2Ffinal&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEurovision+Song+Contest+1999" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-1997_results-30"><a href="#cite_ref-1997_results_30-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1997/final">"Final of Dublin 1997 – Eurovision Song Contest"</a>. European Broadcasting Union. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529181750/https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1997/final">Archived</a> from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Final+of+Dublin+1997+%E2%80%93+Eurovision+Song+Contest&rft.pub=European+Broadcasting+Union&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feurovision.tv%2Fevent%2Fdublin-1997%2Ffinal&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEurovision+Song+Contest+1999" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eurovision.tv/event/birmingham-1998/final">"Final of Birmingham 1998 – Eurovision Song Contest"</a>. European Broadcasting Union. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220411180356/https://eurovision.tv/event/birmingham-1998/final">Archived</a> from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Final+of+Birmingham+1998+%E2%80%93+Eurovision+Song+Contest&rft.pub=European+Broadcasting+Union&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feurovision.tv%2Fevent%2Fbirmingham-1998%2Ffinal&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEurovision+Song+Contest+1999" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoxburgh2020" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Roxburgh, Gordon (2020). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. Four: The 1990s. 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Song Contest 1999">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a 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Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">United Kingdom</a></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 hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aist%C4%97_Smilgevi%C4%8Di%C5%ABt%C4%97" title="Aistė Smilgevičiūtė">Aistė</a></li> <li>Rui Bandeira</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Chinitor" title="Vanessa Chinitor">Vanessa Chinitor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Merlin" title="Dino Merlin">Dino</a> and Béatrice</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Dragovi%C4%87" title="Doris Dragović">Doris Dragović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden_(Israeli_band)" title="Eden (Israeli band)">Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trine_Jepsen" title="Trine Jepsen">Trine Jepsen</a> and Michael Teschl</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lydia_(singer)" title="Lydia (singer)">Lydia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlain_Angelides" title="Marlain Angelides">Marlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlayne" title="Marlayne">Marlayne</a></li> <li>The Mullans</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayah" title="Nayah">Nayah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Perrelli" title="Charlotte Perrelli">Charlotte Nilsson</a></li> <li>Tuba Önal and Grup Mistik</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Precious_(group)" title="Precious (group)">Precious</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evelin_Samuel" title="Evelin Samuel">Evelin Samuel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Camille_(violinist)" title="Camille (violinist)">Camille</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selma_Bj%C3%B6rnsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Selma Björnsdóttir">Selma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobbie_Singer" title="Bobbie Singer">Bobbie Singer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCrpriz" title="Sürpriz">Sürpriz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darja_%C5%A0vajger" title="Darja Švajger">Darja Švajger</a></li> <li>Mietek Szcześniak</li> <li>Times Three</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stig_van_Eijk" title="Stig van Eijk">Van Eijk</a></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 hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"All Out of Luck"</li> <li>"Believe 'n Peace"</li> <li>"Como tudo começou"</li> <li>"Diamond of Night"</li> <li>"Dön Artık"</li> <li>"For a Thousand Years"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Yom_Huledet" title="Yom Huledet">Happy Birthday</a>"</li> <li>"Je veux donner ma voix"</li> <li>"Journey to Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat"</li> <li>"Like the Wind"</li> <li>"Living My Life Without You"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Marija_Magdalena_(song)" title="Marija Magdalena (song)">Marija Magdalena</a>"</li> <li>"No quiero escuchar"</li> <li>"One Good Reason"</li> <li>"Przytul mnie mocno"</li> <li>"Putnici"</li> <li>"Reflection"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Say_It_Again_(Precious_song)" title="Say It Again (Precious song)">Say It Again</a>"</li> <li>"Strazdas"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Take_Me_to_Your_Heaven_(song)" title="Take Me to Your Heaven (song)">Take Me to Your Heaven</a>"</li> <li>"Tha'nai erotas"</li> <li>"This Time I Mean It"</li> <li>"When You Need Me"</li></ul> </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" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed 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 rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Template:Eurovision Song 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(1956–2003)">1956–2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Eurovision_Song_Contest_entries_(2004%E2%80%93present)" title="List of Eurovision Song Contest entries (2004–present)">2004–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="History of the Eurovision Song Contest">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Eurovision_Song_Contest_host_cities" title="List of Eurovision Song Contest host cities">Host cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_languages_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="List of languages in the Eurovision Song Contest">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_visibility_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="LGBT visibility in the Eurovision Song Contest">LGBT visibility</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_LGBT_participants_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="List of LGBT participants in the Eurovision Song Contest">LGBT participants</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_controversies_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="Political controversies in the Eurovision Song Contest">Political controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Eurovision_Song_Contest_presenters" title="List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters">Presenters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rules_of_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest">Rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voting_at_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest">Voting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Eurovision_Song_Contest_winners" title="List of Eurovision Song Contest winners">Winners</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_winners_discography" title="Eurovision Song Contest winners discography">Discography</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Contests</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1956" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1956">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1957" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1957">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1958" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1958">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1959" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1959">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1960" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1960">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1961" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1961">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1962" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1962">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1963" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1963">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1964" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1964">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1965" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1965">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1966" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1966">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1967" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1967">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1968" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1968">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1969" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1969">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1970" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1970">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1971" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1971">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1972" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1972">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1973" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1973">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1974" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1974">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1975" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1975">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1976" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1976">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1977" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1977">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1978" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1978">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1979" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1979">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1980" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1980">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1981" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1981">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1982" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1982">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1983" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1983">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1984" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1984">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1985" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1985">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1986" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1986">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1987" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1987">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1988" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1988">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1989" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1989">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1990" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1990">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1991" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1991">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1992" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1992">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1993" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1993">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1994" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1994">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1995" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1995">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1996">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1997">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998">1998</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2000" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2000">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2001" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2001">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2002" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2002">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2003" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2003">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2004" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2004">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2005" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2005">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2006" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2006">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2007" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2007">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2008">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2009" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2009">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2010" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2010">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2011" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2011">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2012" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2012">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2013" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2013">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2014" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2014">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2015" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2015">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2016" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2016">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2017" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2017">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2018" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2018">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2019" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2019">2019</a></li> <li><s><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2020" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2020">2020</a></s></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2021" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2021">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2022" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2022">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2023" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2023">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2024" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2024">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2025" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2025">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest">Countries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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%">Active</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Armenia</a></li> <li><a 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Contest">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italy_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldova_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegro_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Marino_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukraine_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Inactive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andorra_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monaco_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morocco_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Morocco in the Eurovision Song Contest">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest">Turkey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ineligible</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belarus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Russia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest">Serbia and Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Debut attempts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Lebanon in the Eurovision Song Contest">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="Liechtenstein in the Eurovision Song Contest">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Tunisia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Relations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Azerbaijan_relations_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Armenia–Azerbaijan relations in the Eurovision Song Contest">Armenia–Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_relations_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Russia–Ukraine relations in the Eurovision Song Contest">Russia–Ukraine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National selections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Festivali_i_K%C3%ABng%C3%ABs" title="Festivali i Këngës">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dansk_Melodi_Grand_Prix" title="Dansk Melodi Grand Prix">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eesti_Laul" title="Eesti Laul">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uuden_Musiikin_Kilpailu" title="Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Voice_Georgia" title="The Voice Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%B6ngvakeppnin" title="Söngvakeppnin">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Late_Late_Show_(Irish_talk_show)" title="The Late Late Show (Irish talk show)">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rising_Star_(Israeli_TV_series)" title="Rising Star (Israeli TV series)">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanremo_Music_Festival" title="Sanremo Music Festival">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supernova_(Latvian_TV_series)" title="Supernova (Latvian TV series)">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melodi_Grand_Prix" title="Melodi Grand Prix">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Festival_da_Can%C3%A7%C3%A3o" title="Festival da Canção">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pesma_za_Evroviziju" title="Pesma za Evroviziju">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benidorm_Fest" title="Benidorm Fest">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melodifestivalen" title="Melodifestivalen">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidbir" title="Vidbir">Ukraine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Depi_Evratesil" title="Depi Evratesil">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_%E2%80%93_Australia_Decides" title="Eurovision – Australia Decides">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geostar" title="Geostar">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellinik%C3%B3s_Telik%C3%B3s" title="Ellinikós Telikós">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Dal" title="A Dal">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/You%27re_a_Star" title="You're a Star">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canzonissima" title="Canzonissima">Italy</a></li> <li>Israel <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Israel_Song_Festival" title="Israel Song Festival">Israel Song Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kdam_Eurovision" title="Kdam Eurovision">Kdam Eurovision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_Israel" title="The X Factor Israel">The X Factor Israel</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X_Factor_Malta" title="X Factor Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationaal_Songfestival" title="Nationaal Songfestival">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skopje_Fest" title="Skopje Fest">North Macedonia</a></li> <li>Poland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Krajowe_Eliminacje" title="Krajowe Eliminacje">Krajowe Eliminacje</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Szansa_na_Sukces" title="Szansa na Sukces">Szansa na Sukces</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evrovidenie" title="Evrovidenie">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evropesma" title="Evropesma">Serbia and Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beovizija" title="Beovizija">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bratislavsk%C3%A1_l%C3%BDra" title="Bratislavská lýra">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operaci%C3%B3n_Triunfo_(Spanish_TV_series)" title="Operación Triunfo (Spanish TV series)">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_national_selection_for_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jugovizija" title="Jugovizija">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Bezen%C3%A7on_Awards" title="Marcel Bezençon Awards">Marcel Bezençon Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OGAE" title="OGAE">OGAE</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/OGAE_Second_Chance_Contest" title="OGAE Second Chance Contest">OGAE Second Chance Contest</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Dex_Award" title="Barbara Dex Award">Barbara Dex Award</a> (1997–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/You%27re_a_Vision_Award" title="You're a Vision Award">You're a Vision Award</a> (2022–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special shows</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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%">EBU</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_Previews" title="Eurovision Song Contest Previews">Eurovision Song Contest Previews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Songs_of_Europe_(1981_concert)" title="Songs of Europe (1981 concert)">Songs of Europe</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kvalifikacija_za_Millstreet" title="Kvalifikacija za Millstreet">Kvalifikacija za Millstreet</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congratulations:_50_Years_of_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest">Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest%27s_Greatest_Hits" title="Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits">Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/EurovisionAgain" title="EurovisionAgain">EurovisionAgain</a> (2020–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision:_Europe_Shine_a_Light" title="Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light">Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light</a> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Die_Grand_Prix_Hitliste" title="Die Grand Prix Hitliste">Die Grand Prix Hitliste</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Het_Grote_Songfestivalfeest" title="Het Grote Songfestivalfeest">Het Grote Songfestivalfeest</a> (2019, 2022–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Der_kleine_Song_Contest" title="Der kleine Song Contest">Der kleine Song Contest</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2020_%E2%80%93_das_deutsche_Finale" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2020 – das deutsche Finale">ESC 2020 – das deutsche Finale</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision:_Come_Together" title="Eurovision: Come Together">Eurovision: Come Together</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sveriges_12:a" title="Sveriges 12:a">Sveriges 12:a</a> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" 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href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1968" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1968">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1969" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1969">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1973" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1973">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1976" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1976">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1980" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1980">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1982" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1982">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1984" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1984">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1985" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1985">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1987" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1987">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1992" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1992">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2000" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2000">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2001" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2001">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2002" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2002">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2006" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2006">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2008">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2012" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2012">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2013" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2013">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2014" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2014">2014</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Represented_countries" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Represented countries</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Alphabetical_order" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Alphabetical order</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Denmark in the 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