| Country |
Artist |
Song |
My place
(after final) |
Place
in contest |
 Austria |
Bettina Soriat |
"One Step" |
23 |
21 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Alma Čardžić |
"Goodbye" |
16 |
18 |
 Croatia |
E.N.I. |
"Probudi me" |
10 |
17 |
 Cyprus |
Hara & Andreas Konstantinou |
"Mana mou" |
03 |
05 |
 Denmark |
Kølig Kaj |
"Stemmen i mit liv" |
21 |
16 |
 Estonia |
Maarja-Liis Ilus |
"Keelatud maa" |
05 |
08 |
 France |
Fanny |
"Sentiments songes" |
13 |
07 |
 Germany |
Bianca Shomburg |
"Zeit" |
22 |
19 |
 Greece |
Marianna Zorba |
"Horepse" |
17 |
13 |
 Hungary |
V.I.P. |
"Miért kell, hogy elmenj?" |
12 |
12 |
 Iceland |
Paul Oscar |
"Minn hinsti dans" |
11 |
20 |
 Ireland |
Marc Roberts |
"Mysterious Woman" |
09 |
02 |
 Italy |
Jalisse |
"Fiumi di parole" |
01 |
04 |
 Malta |
Debbie Scerri |
"Let Me Fly" |
18 |
09 |
 Netherlands |
Mrs. Einstein |
"Niemand heeft nog tijd" |
24 |
23 |
 Norway |
Tor Endresen |
"San Francisco" |
25 |
24 |
 Poland |
Anna Maria Jopek |
"Ale jestem" |
08 |
11 |
 Portugal |
Célia Lawson |
"Antes do adeus" |
06 |
25 |
 Russia |
Alla Pugacheva |
"Primadonna" |
15 |
15 |
 Slovenia |
Tanja Ribič |
"Zbudi se" |
07 |
10 |
 Spain |
Marcos Llunas |
"Sin rencor" |
14 |
06 |
 Sweden |
Blond |
"Bara hon älskar mig" |
20 |
14 |
 Switzerland |
Barbara Berta |
"Dentro di me" |
19 |
22 |
 Turkey |
Şebnem Paker |
"Dinle" |
02 |
03 |
 United Kingdom |
Katrina and the Waves |
"Love Shine a Light" |
04 |
01 |
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Belgium (latest participation in 1996, returned 1998)
Finland (latest participation in 1996, returned 1998)
Israel (latest participation in 1995, returned 1998)
Lithuania (latest participation in 1994, returned 1999)
Luxembourg (latest participation in 1993)
Monaco (latest participation in 1979, returned 2004)
Morocco (latest participation in 1980)
Romania (latest participation in 1994, returned 1998)
Slovakia (latest participation in 1996, returned 1998)
