The Eurovision Song Contest (1997) (TV)

Release Date:

3 May 1997 (Ireland)

Genre:

Music

Plot Keywords:

Competition | Multinational | Song Contest | TV Special | Song

Cast

Ronan Keating	...	Host
Carrie Crowley	...	Host
Alex Cooper	...	United Kingdom entry (1st place) (as Katrina and the Waves)
Marc Roberts	...	Irish entry (2nd place)
Sebnem Paker	...	Turkish entry (3rd place)
Alessandra Drusian	...	Italian entry (4th place)
Fabio Ricci	...	Italian entry (4th place)
Andreas Konstantinou	...	Cyprian entry (5th place)
Hara Konstantinou	...	Cyprian entry (5th place)
Marcos Llunas	...	Spanish entry (6th place)
Maarja-Liis Ilus	...	Estonian entry (8th place)
Debbie Scerri	...	Maltese entry (9th place)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Györgyi Albert	...	Hungarian vote presenter
Sandy Altermatt	...	Swiss vote presenter
Benny Andersson
Cheryl Baker	...	Herself
Colin Berry	...	United Kingdom vote presenter
Barbara Berta	...	Swiss entry (22nd place)
Corry Brokken	...	Dutch vote presenter
Alma Cardzic	...	Bosnia-Herzegovinan entry (18th place)
Jan Chojnacki	...	Polish vote presenter
Céline Dion	...	Herself
Eileen Dunne	...	Irish vote presenter
Tor Endresen	...	Norwegian entry (24th place)
Fanny	...	French entry (7th place)
Belén Fernández de Henestrosa	...	Spanish vote presenter
Gabriel Forss	...	Swedish entry (14th place) (as Blond)
Josephine Franzelin	...	Italian vote presenter (as Peppi Franzelin)
Paul Harrington	...	Himself
Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson	...	Icelandic entry (20th place) (as Paul Oscar)
Julio Iglesias	...	Himself
Anna-Maria Jopek	...	Polish entry (11th place)
Alex Josza	...	Hungarian entry (12th place)
Jonas Karlhager	...	Swedish entry (14th place) (as Blond)
Niamh Kavanagh	...	Herself
Sandra Kim	...	Herself
Hanne Krogh	...	Herself
Thomas Lægård	...	Danish entry (16th place)
Celia Lawson	...	Portuguese entry (24th place)
Rolf Løvland
Patrick Lundström	...	Swedish entry (14th place) (as Blond)
Ivona Maricic	...	Croatian entry (17th place)
Linda Martin	...	Herself
Mojca Mavec	...	Slovenian vote presenter
Charlie McGettigan	...	Himself
Davor Mestrovic	...	Croatian vote presenter
Iva Mocibob	...	Croatian entry (17th place)
Marie Myriam	...	French vote presenter
Mike Nolan
Ömer Önder	...	Turkish vote presenter
Alla Pugacheva	...	Russian entry (15th place)
Gergo Racz	...	Hungarian entry (12th place)
Imre Rakonczai	...	Hungarian entry (12th place)
Viktor Rakonczai	...	Hungarian entry (12th place)
Tanja Ribic	...	Slovenian entry (10th place)
Cliff Richard	...	Himself
Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft	...	Norwegian vote presenter
Evelin Samuel	...	Estonian backing vocal
Fionnuala Sherry	...	Herself
Bianca Shomburg	...	German entry (18th place)
Marios Skordis	...	Cyprian vote presenter
Linda Snoeij	...	Dutch entry (22nd place) (as Mrs. Einstein)
Bettina Soriat	...	Herself
Marjolein Spijkers	...	Dutch entry (22nd place) (as Mrs. Einstein)
Segmedina Srna	...	Bosnia-Herzegovinan vote presenter
Elena Tomecek	...	Croatian entry (17th place)
Nikolina Tomljanovic	...	Croatian entry (17th place)
Björn Ulvaeus	...	Himself
José Luis Uribarri	...	Spanish commentator (voice)
Saskia van Zuthpen	...	Dutch entry (22nd place) (as Mrs. Einstein)
Suzanne Venneker	...	Dutch entry (22nd place) (as Mrs. Einstein)
Irena Vrckovnik	...	Slovenian backing vocal
Paulette Willemse	...	Dutch entry (22nd place) (as Mrs. Einstein)
Adriana Zartl	...	Austrian vote presenter
Marianna Zorba	...	Greek entry (12th place)

Country:

Ireland

Language:

Danish | Dutch | English | Estonian | French | German | Greek | Hungarian | Icelandic | Italian | Norwegian | Polish | Portuguese | Russian | Serbo-Croatian | Slovenian | Spanish | Swedish | Turkish

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

The Point Theatre, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Company:

European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

Trivia:

The Contest returned to Ireland for the 4th time in five years and made its third trip to the Point Theatre. This time round children's television presenter Carrie Crowley was chosen to present the show alongside popular singer Ronan Keating from Boyzone (who also performed in the interval act).

Movie Connections:

Featured in Boom Bang-a-Bang! 50 Years of Eurovision (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Love Shine A Light