42nd contest
Eurovision 1997
The 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, the 42nd edition, was held in Dublin, Ireland and was won by United Kingdom — Katrina and the Waves with “Love Shine a Light”.
Televoting was trialled in five countries here, and has decided the contest ever since.
The facts
- Host country
- Ireland
- Host city
- Dublin
- Winner
- United Kingdom
- Artist
- Katrina and the Waves
- Song
- “Love Shine a Light”
This was United Kingdom’s 5th Eurovision win. Their full record
Compiled from the public record of the contest. Years, hosts, winners, songs and performers are stated; participant counts and pre-2000 venues are left blank rather than estimated, and will be filled in as each is checked against a primary source. This is a different standard from the two-independent-sources bar that a 2027 confirmation has to clear, and it is held to a lower one — spotted an error? It is worth telling us about.
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