1997

A list of people who took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1997.

The Contest was hosted by Carrie Crowley and Ronan Keating at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland.

See national final entries for 1997.

Artists who had performed at Eurovision before 1997

Name	Previous appearances
Miriam Stockley	3
Ines Reiger	2
Marian Lisland	2
Lise Dandanell	2
Tor Endresen	1
Bettina Soriat	1
Maarja-Liis Ilus	1
Wolly Emperhoff	1
Debbie Scerri	1
Mico Pereira	1
Şebnem Paker	1
Alma Čardžić	1
Željka Katavić-Pilj	1
Dorota Miśkiewicz	1
Susanne Dähn-Leach	1
Marlene Britt Hansen	1

Writers who had written Eurovisions songs before 1997

Name	Previous songs
Ralph Siegel	13
Bernd Meinunger	10
Rosa Lobato de Faria	3
Sinan Alimanović	2
Levent Çoker	1
Stephan Berg	1
Kaari Sillamaa	1
Wolfgang Berry	1
Ray Agius	1

Artists who performed in 1997

Named artists	Backing artists
Austria	One Step
Bettina Soriat	Diana Jirkuff Ines Reiger Karen Henry-Peterson Monika Ballwein
Wolfgang Berry, Martina Siber
Adriana Zartl
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Goodbye
Alma Čardžić	Admir Dulančić Lejla Patević Milić Vukašinović Narcus Lalić Željka Katavić-Pilj
Milić Vukašinović, Sinan Alimanović
Segmedina Srna-Bajramovic	Sinan Alimanović
Croatia	Probudi Me
Elena Tomeček (E.N.I.) Iva Močibob (E.N.I.) Ivona Maričić (E.N.I.) Nikolina Tomljanović (E.N.I.)
Davor Tolja, Alida Šarar
Davor Meštrović
Cyprus	Mana Mou
Andreas Konstantinou Hara Konstantinou	Andreas Leoudis Charalambos Brountzos Lena Kassios Lina Kawar
Konstandina Konstantinou
Marios Skordis	Stavros Lantsias
Denmark	Stemmen I Mit Liv
Kølig Kaj	Christina Juul Hansen Lise Dandanell Marlene Britt Hansen Mikala Matzau Susanne Dähn-Leach
Chief 1, Kølig Kaj
Bent Henius	Jan Glæsel
Estonia	Keelatud Maa
Maarja-Liis Ilus	Airi Allvee Evelin Samuel
Harmo Kallaste, Kaari Sillamaa
Helene Tedre	Tarmo Leinatamm
France	Sentiments Songes
Fanny Biascamano
Jean-Paul Dréau
Frédéric Ferrer Marie Myriam	Régis Dupré
Germany	Zeit
Bianca Shomburg	Klaus Scharffenorth Pepe Solera Uwe Adams Wolly Emperhoff
Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger
Christina Mänz
Greece	Horepse
Marianna Zorba	Dimitris Margiolas Nikos Katsikis Petros Kourtis Vladimir Pettas
Manolis Manusselis
Niki Venega	Anacreon Papageorgiou
Hungary	Miert Kell, Hogy Elmenj?
Alex Józsa (V.I.P.) Gergő Rácz (V.I.P.) Imre Rakonczai (V.I.P.) Viktor Rakonczai (V.I.P.)
Viktor Rakonczai, Krisztina Bokor Fekete
Györgyi Albert	Péter Wolf
Iceland	Minn Hinsti Dans
Paul Oscar	Guðrún Kaldal Helena Jónsdóttir Hlíf Þorgeirsdóttir Ingibjörg Agnes Jónsdóttir
Paul Oscar, Trausti Haraldsson
Svanhildur Konráðsdóttir	Szymon Kuran
Ireland	Mysterious Woman
Marc Roberts	Larry Keogh Mick Slattery Paul Gurney Philomena Smith
John Farry
Eileen Dunne
Italy	Fiumi Di Parole
Alessandra Drusian (Jalisse) Fabio Ricci (Jalisse)	Carmen Di Domenico Lilla Costarelli Pasquale Somma Stefano Ruffini
Fabio Ricci, Alessandra Drusian, Carmen Di Domenico
Peppi Franzelin	Lucio Fabbri
Malta	Let Me Fly
Debbie Scerri	Donata Mattei Philip Vella Renzo Spiteri
Ray Agius
Anna Bonanno	Ray Agius
Netherlands	Niemand Heeft Nog Tijd
Linda Snoeij (Mrs. Einstein) Marjolein Spijkers (Mrs. Einstein) Paulette Willemse (Mrs. Einstein) Saskia van Zutphen (Mrs. Einstein) Suzanne Venneker (Mrs. Einstein)
Ed Hooijmans
Corry Brokken	Dick Bakker
Norway	San Francisco
Tor Endresen	Harald Frostad Marian Lisland Preben Olram Stig Gjendem Svein Tore Hindenes
Arne Myksvoll, Tor Endresen
Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft	Geir Langslet
Poland	Ale Jestem
Anna Maria Jopek	Agnieszka Piotrowska Dorota Miśkiewicz Krzysztof Przybyłowicz Robert Amirian Wojciech Pilichowski
Tomasz Lewandowski, Magda Czapinska
Jan Chojnacki	Krzesimir Dębski
Portugal	Antes Do Adeus
Célia Lawson	José Bacelar Mico Pereira Pedro Reis Vicky Paes Martins
Thilo Krasmann, Rosa Lobato de Faria
Cristina Rocha	Thilo Krasmann
Russia	Primadonna
Alla Pugacheva
Alla Pugacheva
Arina Sharapova	Rutger Gunnarsson
Slovenia	Zbudi Se
Tanja Ribič	Blaž Črnivec Hanna Toša Slak Irena Vrčkovnik Mateja Starič Rok Ferengja
Saša Lošić, Zoran Predin
Mojca Mavec	Mojmir Sepe
Spain	Sin Rencor
Marcos Llunas	David Simó Eva Gris Jordi Bonell Jordi Portaz Mosa García
Marcos Llunas
Belén Fernández de Henestrosa	Toni Xuclà
Sweden	Bara Hon älskar Mig
Gabriel Forss (Blond) Jonas Karlhager (Blond) Patrik Lundström (Blond)	Peter Hallström
Stephan Berg
Gösta Hanson	Curt-Eric Holmquist
Switzerland	Dentro Di Me
Barbara Berta	Fabio Ciboldi
Barbara Berta
Sandy Altermatt	Pietro Damiani
Turkey	Dinle
Ahmet Koç (Grup Ethnic) Ali Koç (Grup Ethnic) Ercan Irmak (Grup Ethnic) Eylem Pelit (Grup Ethnic) Şebnem Paker Süleyman Alnitemiz (Grup Ethnic)
Levent Çoker, Mehtap Alnıtemiz
Ömer Önder	Levent Çoker
United Kingdom	Love Shine A Light[Winning song]
Alex Cooper (Katrina and the Waves) Katrina Leskanich (Katrina and the Waves) Vince de la Cruz (Katrina and the Waves)	Beverley Skeete Miriam Stockley Phil Nichol
Kimberley Rew
Colin Berry	Don Airey

Latest from the blog

The spokes with the most

A rundown of this year's spokespeople, how most of them have been involved before and who the current most frequent spokespeople are.

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