The winner was the United Kingdom with the song "Love Shine a Light", written by Kimberley Rew and performed by Katrina and the Waves. Ireland, Turkey, Italy and Cyprus rounded out the top five, with Ireland earning their fifth placing in the top two within six years and Turkey and Cyprus achieving their best results to date. The first Eurovision Song Contest was not won on points, but by votes (two per country), and only the winner was announced. [2] There have been 67 contests, with one winner each year except the tied 1969 contest , which had four. 27 countries have won the contest, with Switzerland winning the first contest in 1956. Dec 22, 2022 · Erma Mici – “Kozmosi i dashurisë” (The cosmos of love) Established Artists Prize. Rovena Dilo – “Motit” (Weather) However, for the first time in history, the winner of the festival did not automatically receive the opportunity to compete at Eurovision. The Albanian representative for Eurovision 2023 was decided on by a public vote. "Love Shine a Light" was the United Kingdom's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 in Dublin, performed by American-British band Katrina and the Waves. It won the Contest with 227 points, giving the nation its fifth win as well as its first in 16 years and setting a new record for the largest winning margin in the Contest with a 50-point difference, which was later overtaken twelve years
May 13, 2022 · The singer, 62, won the international contest as part of the band Katrina and the Waves in 1997 with their song Love Shine a Light topping the leaderboard that year.
May 23, 2015 · "Love Shine A Light" - Katrina and the Waves This feel-good number triumphed in Dublin in 1997 with a record score of 227 points, giving the pop group their biggest hit since "Walking On Sunshine". zuY5l.
