The tiny village of Millstreet in County Cork was chosen to host the 1993 contest. 3 new nations were welcomed to the contest after a qualification round containing 7 countries who had wanted to join the contest. The 3 new countries were Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia. Slovakia, Estonia, Romania and Hungary all had to wait another year. It was also announced that the countries finishing in the bottom 7 would miss the following years contest to make way for all the new countries from the former Eastern Bloc who wanted to take part. As it happened only the bottom 6 were relegated along with Italy who withdrew after the 1993 contest. Luxembourg, having finished in the bottom 6, have never returned to the contest. There were 3 returning artists, Finland's Katri-Helena returning 14 years after her debut, Tony Wegas returning for Austria and Tommy Seebach returning for a 3rd and final time for Denmark. The voting was made closer than it should have been. For some reason they were unable to contact the Maltese spokesperson straight away so their votes were held back until last. Ireland had held the lead pretty much since the beginning but with only the delayed Maltese votes to come they held an 11 point lead over the United Kingdom. The votes proceeded with neither country receiving anything. With only their 12 points to reveal neither country had received any points. Malta proceeded to give 12 to Ireland and a 23 point victory was theirs. Ireland became the 4th country after Spain, Luxembourg and Israel to successfully defend the title.
Results
1.(14) 187 points - Ireland - In Your Eyes - Niamh Kavanagh
2.(19) 164 points - United Kingdom - Better The Devil You Know - Sonia
3.(4) 148 points - Switzerland - Moi, tout simplement - Annie Cotton
4.(12) 121 points - France - Mama Corsica - Patrick Fiori
5.(25) 120 points - Norway - Alle mine tankar - Silje Vige
6.(20) 92 points - Netherlands - Vrede - Ruth Jacott
7.(13) 89 points - Sweden - Eloise - Arvingarna
8.(8 ) 69 points - Malta - This Time - William Magnion
9.(6) 64 points - Greece - Elhada hora tu fotos - Keti Garbi
10.(11) 60 points - Portugal - A cidade (até ser dia) - Anabela
11.(22) 58 points - Spain - Hombres - Eva Santamaria
12.(1) 45 points - Italy - Sole d'Europa - Enrico Ruggieri
13.(9) 43 points - Iceland - Pa veistu svario - Inga
14.(10) 32 points - Austria - Maria Magdalena - Tony Wegas
15.(21) 31 points - Croatia - Don't Ever Cry - PUT
16.(18 ) 27 points - Bosnia & Herzegovina - Sva bol svijeta - Fazla
17.(17) 20 points - Finland - Tule luo - Katri Helena
18.(3) 18 points - Germany - Viel zu weit - Münchener Freiheit
19.(23) 17 points - Cyprus - Mi stamatas - Zymboulaikis & van Beke
20.(15) 11 points - Luxembourg - Donne-moi une chance - Modern Times
21.(2) 10 points - Turkey - Esmer yarim - Burak Aydos
22.(5) 9 points - Denmark - Under stjernerne på himlen - Tommy Seebach Band
(16) 9 points - Slovenia - Tih deževen dan - 1X Band
24.(24) 4 points - Israel - Shiru - Shiru
25.(7) 3 points - Belgium - Iemand als jij - Barbara