1996

A list of people who took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1996.

The Contest was hosted by Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway.

See national final entries for 1996.

Artists who had performed at Eurovision before 1996

Name	Previous appearances
Fernanda Lopes	4
Per Øystein Sørensen	4
Jody Pijper	3
Elisabeth Andreassen	3
Marianna Efstratiou	2
Dian Senders	2
Jari Nieminen	2
Hilde Kjeldsen	2
Stella Jones	1
Slavko Pintarić Pišta	1
Marian Lisland	1
Jacqueline Patricio da Luz	1
Georgina Abela	1

Writers who had written Eurovisions songs before 1996

Name	Previous songs
Brendan J. Graham	3
Zrinko Tutić	2
Piet Souer	1
Mischa Krausz	1
Sinan Alimanović	1
Paul Abela	1
Pedro Osório	1
Peter van Asten	1
Rodoula Papalambrianou	1
Alfred C. Sant	1
Costas Bigalis	1

Artists who performed in 1996

Named artists	Backing artists
Austria	Weil's Dr Guat Got
George Nussbaumer	Bettina Soriat Cedric Lee Bradley Jacqueline Patricio da Luz Rufina Kleptiz Stella Jones
George Nussbaumer, Mischa Krausz
Martina Rupp	Mischa Krausz
Belgium	Liefde Is Een Kaartspel
Lisa del Bo	John Terra Lieve Verbeeck Nadia Mampaey Pascale Michiels
John Terra, Siirak Brogden, Daniel Ditmar
An Ploegaerts	Bob Porter
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Za Našu Ljubav
Amila Glamočak	Željka Katavić-Pilj
Adnan Bajramović, Aida Frljak, Sinan Alimanović
Segmedina Srna-Bajramovic	Sinan Alimanović
Croatia	Sveta Ljubav
Maja Blagdan	Nikša Bratoš Slavko Pintarić Pišta
Zrinko Tutić
Daniela Trbović	Alan Bjelinski
Cyprus	Mόno Gia Más
Constantinos Christoforou
Andreas Giorgallis, Rodoula Papalambrianou
Marios Skordis	Stavros Lantsias
Estonia	Kaelakee Hääl
Ivo Linna Maarja-Liis Ilus	Anne Värvimann Glen Pilvre Roland Puusepp Taavo Remmel
Priit Pajusaar, Kaari Sillamaa
Annika Talvik	Tarmo Leinatamm
Finland	Niin Kaunis On Taivas
Jasmine	Erkki Salmi Hanna-Riikka Siitonen Jari Nieminen Pekka Kuorikoski Riikka Timonen
Timo Niemi
Solveig Herlin	Olli Ahvenlahti
France	Diwanit Bugale
Dan Ar Braz Donald Shaw (L'Héritage des Celtes) Elaine Morgan (L'Héritage des Celtes) Jean-Louis Henaff (L'Héritage des Celtes) Karen Matheson (L'Héritage des Celtes) Ronan Le Bars (L'Héritage des Celtes)
Dan Ar Braz
Laurent Broomhead	Fiachra Trench
Greece	Emis Forame To Himona Anixiatika
Marianna Efstratiou	Haris Tsirekas Haris Zacharos Michalis Themelis Thanasis Giannakopoulos
Costas Bigalis, Iro Trigoni
Niki Venega	Michael Rozakis
Iceland	Sjúbídú
Anna Mjöll	Daniel O'Brien Michael Maher Rick Palombi Ross Bolton
Anna Mjöll, Ólafur Gaukur
Svanhildur Konráðsdóttir	Ólafur Gaukur
Ireland	The Voice[Winning song]
Eimear Quinn	Aimée Leonard Conor Byrne Cora Smyth Niall Ó Callanáin Ronan Kennedy
Brendan J. Graham
Eileen Dunne	Noel Kelehan
Malta	In A Woman's Heart
Miriam Christine Borg	Annelise Ringsby Georgina Abela Kristina Ringsby
Paul Abela, Alfred C. Sant
Ruth Amaira	Paul Abela
Netherlands	De Eerste Keer
Franklin Brown Maxine	Dian Senders Dwight Muskita Ingrid Simons Jody Pijper
Peter van Asten, Piet Souer
Marcha	Dick Bakker
Norway	I Evighet
Elisabeth Andreassen	Hilde Kjeldsen Marian Lisland Per Øystein Sørensen Roar Engelberg Rolf Graf
Torhild Nigar
Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft	Frode Thingnæs
Poland	Chce Znac Swój Grzech
Kasia Kowalska	Adam Cegielski Anna Serafińska Bogdan Hołownia Dorota Miśkiewicz
Robert Amirian, Kasia Kowalska
Jan Chojnacki	Wiesław Pieregorólka
Portugal	O Meu Coração Não Tem Cor
Lúcia Moniz	Fernanda Lopes Laura Ferreira Manuel Lourenço Telmo Miranda
Pedro Osório, José Fanha
Cristina Rocha	Pedro Osório
Slovakia	Kým Nás Máš
Marcel Palonder	Lucia Lužinská
Juraj Burian, Jozef Urban
Alena Heribanová	Juraj Burian
Slovenia	Dan najlepših sanj
Regina	Majda Arh
Aleksander Kogoj
Mario Galunič	Jože Privšek
Spain	Ay, qué deseo
Antonio Carbonell	Consuelo Delgado Irene Delgado Javier Catalá Jesús Fernández Julio Jiménez
Antonio Carmona, Josemi Carmona, Juan Carmona
Belén Fernández de Henestrosa	Eduardo Leiva
Sweden	Den Vilda
Maria Rådsten (One More Time) Nanne Grönvall (One More Time) Peter Grönvall (One More Time)	Joachim Dominique Magnus Bengtsson Thomas Bergqvist
Peter Grönvall, Nanne Grönvall
Ulla Rundqvist	Anders Berglund
Switzerland	Mon cœur l'aime
Kathy Leander	Régis Mounir
Régis Mounir
Yves Ménestrier	Rui dos Reis
Turkey	Besinçi Mevsim
Şebnem Paker	Emel Akçay Handan Özkan Nezih Yeşilnil Yavuz Alkan
Levent Çoker, Selma Çuhacı
Ömer Önder	Levent Çoker
United Kingdom	Ooh...Aah...Just A Little Bit
Gina G	Chloë Treend Karen Boddington Miranda Cooper Simon Tauber Steve Rodway
Steve Rodway, Simon Tauber
Colin Berry	Ernie Dunstall

Latest from the blog

Which of this year’s acts have been involved before?

The class of 2024 have been selected and their songs confirmed with the EBU – but not all of them are newcomers to the Eurovision Song Contest.

Buy me a coffee

This site is a labour of love (and compulsiveness) so I'm happy to put in the hours for free. But if you find it useful and want to say thanks, feel free to email me corrections or suggestions or get me a coffee (or send me a tweet!).

Buy me a coffee