The Eurovision Song Contest 1997 was the 42nd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 3, 1997 in Dublin. The presenters were Ronan Keating and Carrie Crowley . Katrina & the Waves was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, Love Shine A Light, which was awarded maximum points by ten countries, achieving the highest score yet seen.

After the controversy over the pre-selection in 1996, the European Broadcasting Union introduced a new system for 1997: the countries with the lowest average scores over the previous five years would be excluded from each year's contest, with so many countries being omitted as would reduce the number of participants each year to 25.

Results

Country	Artist(s)	Song	Place	Points
Austria	Bettina Soriat	One Step	21	12
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Alma Čardžić	Goodbye	18	22
Croatia	E.N.I.	Probudi me	17	24
Cyprus	Hara & Andreas Constantinou	Mana Mou	5	98
Denmark	Thomas Lægård	Stemmen I Mit Liv	16	25
Estonia	Maarja-Liis Ilus	Keelatud Maa	8	82
France	Fanny	Sentiments, Songes	7	95
Germany	Bianca Shomburg	Zeit	18	22
Greece	Marianna Zorba	Horepse	12	39
Hungary	V.I.P.	Miért Kell, Hogy Elmenj?	12	39
Iceland	Paul Oscar	Minn Hinsti Dans	20	18
Ireland	Marc Roberts	Mysterious Woman	2	157
Italy	Jalisse	Fiumi di parole	4	114
Malta	Debbie Scerri	Let Me Fly	9	66
Netherlands	Mrs Einstein	Niemand Heeft Nog Tijd	22	5
Norway	Tor Endresen	San Francisco	24	0
Poland	Anna Maria Jopek	Ale Jestem	11	54
Portugal	Célia Lawson	Antes Do Adeus	24	0
Russia	Alla Pugacheva	Primadonna	15	33
Slovenia	Tanja Ribič	Zbudi se	10	60
Spain	Marcos Llunas	Sin Rencor	6	96
Sweden	Blond	Bara Hon Älskar Mej	14	36
Switzerland	Barbara Berta	Dentro Di Me	22	5
Turkey	Sebnem Paker & Grup Etnik	Dinle	3	121
United Kingdom	Katrina & the Waves	Love Shine A Light	1	227
Venue: Point Theatre - Dublin, Ireland
The table is ordered by the countries names.

Voting Structure

Each Country had a Jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs. Or a televote, where the top ten most voted for songs were awarded the 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points.

Score Sheet

Voting procedure used: Red: Televote. Blue: Jury.		Voters
	Cyprus		0	2	0	3	4	4	10	4	10	5	0	1	0	3	0	12	7	0	1	7	4	4	5	12
	Turkey	0		0	7	2	0	6	2	7	12	12	0	6	12	5	6	7	10	6	4	0	6	0	4	7
	Norway	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Austria	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0
	Ireland	8	6	3	10		1	7	4	10	6	8	7	8	8	10	10	0	0	8	5	10	10	6	12	0
	Slovenia	2	10	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	4	0	3	5	0	10	0	7	3	0	3
	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Netherlands	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Italy	6	5	0	1	1	10	10	7		8	4	8	0	6	12	3	5	0	3	7	4	0	10	3	1
	Spain	10	4	0	0	6	5	8	6	3		2	4	0	0	8	0	6	12	10	8	2	2	0	0	0
	Germany	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	0	5	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
	Poland	0	0	4	8	0	7	0	1	1	2	6		3	4	2	0	1	0	7	0	5	3	0	0	0
	Estonia	1	0	0	6	8	3	0	0	12	4	7	6		1	1	1	0	0	4	0	8	8	0	10	2
	Bosnia-Herz	0	8	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Sweden	0	0	8	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	6	0	0	7	4
	Greece	12	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	2	0	0	7	0	0
	Malta	5	12	10	0	7	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	8		0	0	3	1	8	0	0
	Hungary	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	5	2	8	5
	Russia	0	0	1	5	0	12	0	8	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
	Denmark	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0		0	0	2	6
	France	3	2	12	0	10	2	3	5	0	0	0	12	12	3	6	2	4	0	2	6	1		0	0	10
	Croatia	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	5	0	8	0	0	0	0		1	0
	United Kingdom	7	7	6	12	12	8	12	12	8	5	10	10	10	10	7	12	10	1	12	12	12	12	12		8
	Iceland	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
The table is ordered by appearance.