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Date: 9 May 1992 - Host Venue: Malmö Isstadion, Malmö, Sweden
Presenters: Lydia Cappolicchio, Harald Treutiger
Conductor: Anders Berglund - Directed by Kåge Gimtell
Executive supervisor: Frank Naef - Host broadcaster: Sveriges Television (SVT)
Opening act: Carola performing "All the Reasons to Live"
Interval act: A Century of Dance
Number of entries: 23 - Debuting countries: None - Returning countries: Netherlands
Withdrawing countries: None

The Eurovision Song Contest 1992 was the 37th Eurovision Song Contest
and was held on 9 May 1992 in Malmö, Sweden. The presenters were Lydia
Cappolicchio and Harald Treutiger. Linda Martin, representing Ireland,
was the winner of this Eurovision with the song Why Me?. The song was
written by Johnny Logan, who had won the 1980 contest as singer and the
1987 contest as singer/songwriter. At 41 years and 22 days of age, Linda
Martin became (and remains) the oldest woman ever to win Eurovision.

The contest took place at Malmö Isstadion, where the stage set was in
the shape of a Viking ship's bow with a dragon in the centre and stars
on each side. The opening sequence included women dressed in the Swedish
colours of yellow and blue, twirling ribbons. The filmic postcard
tradition was continued with clips based on each country. Last year's
winner, Carola, appeared on stage in a white dress with sheer sleeves, a
rhinestone collar and cuffs and sang “All The Reasons To Live”.

This contest marked the last participation of Yugoslavia, although it
was not the same country that had participated from 1961 to 1991, but
actually, Serbia and Montenegro, formally known as the "Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia". That was the country's last entry until 2004, as it was
banned from the contest, following the sanctions on the United Nations
Security Council Resolution 757, following the Bosnian War and Croatian
War of Independence.

After scoring second place consecutively (1988, 1989) and scoring some
disappointing results (1990, 1991), the United Kingdom sent Michael Ball
with a contemporary pop song "One Step Out Of Time", which was the hot
favourite to win the contest. However, the Irish sent Linda Martin, who
had the past experience of coming in 2nd place in the 1984 contest, but
also paired up once again with Johnny Logan, who won the contest twice
before. In the end, Ireland won the contest with a 16-point lead over
the United Kingdom, starting the chain of Irish wins in the 1990s. Malta
with "Little Child", performed by Mary Spiteri, also scored very well
coming in 3rd place with 123 points. This was the first time that the
three highest-placed songs had all been in English. Sweden, the host
country, finished 2nd last.

Switzerland had to replace its original choice of entry, "Soleil,
soleil" which was to have been performed by Géraldine Olivier. The song
did not comply with some of the rules of the national selection contest
and so, despite having won, it did not go to Malmö.

Starter List:

Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
01 Spain Serafín "Todo esto es la música" Spanish 14 37
02 Belgium Morgane "Nous, on veut des violons" French 20 11
03 Israel Dafna Dekel "Ze Rak Sport" (זה רק ספורט) Hebrew 6 85
04 Turkey Aylin Vatankoş "Yaz Bitti" Turkish 19 17
05 Greece Cleopatra "Olou tou kosmou i Elpida" (Όλου του κόσμου η
Ελπίδα) Greek 5 94
06 France Kali "Monté la riviè" French, Antillean Creole 8 73
07 Sweden Christer Björkman "I morgon är en annan dag" Swedish 22
9
08 Portugal Dina "Amor d'água fresca" Portuguese 17 26
09 Cyprus Evridiki "Teriazoume" (Ταιριάζουμε) Greek 11 57
10 Malta Mary Spiteri "Little Child" English 3 123
11 Iceland Heart 2 Heart "Nei eða já" Icelandic 7 80
12 Finland Pave Maijanen "Yamma, yamma" Finnish 23 4
13 Switzerland Daisy Auvray "Mister Music Man" French 15 32
14 Luxembourg Marion Welter & Kontinent "Sou fräi"
Luxembourgish 21 10
15 Austria Tony Wegas "Zusammen geh'n" German 10 63
16 United Kingdom Michael Ball "One Step Out of Time" English 2
139
17 Ireland Linda Martin "Why Me?" English 1 155
18 Denmark Kenny Lübcke & Lotte Nilsson "Alt det som ingen ser"
Danish 12 47
19 Italy Mia Martini "Rapsodia" Italian 4 111
20 Yugoslavia Extra Nena "Ljubim te pesmama" (Љубим те песмама)
Serbian 13 44
21 Norway Merethe Trøan "Visjoner" Norwegian 18 23
22 Germany Wind "Träume sind für alle da" German 16 27
23 Netherlands Humphrey Campbell "Wijs me de weg" Dutch 9 67