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| rdfs:label | - Eurovision Song Contest 1996
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| rdfs:comment | - The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st edition held at the Spektrum in Oslo, Norway on 18 May 1996 thanks to Secret Garden's win in Dublin the previous year. It was co-presented by New York-based news correspondent Ingvild Bryn and the frontman of the popular band A-ha, Morten Harket. A pre-qualifier was held among 29 nations who wished to compete where juries listened to audio recordings of all the songs (Norway, as the host nation, was exempt), and 22 advanced. Germany, who was the last of the founding seven nations with an unbroken streak of participations, was eliminated.
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| Opening | - Morten Harket performing "Heaven's Not For Saints"
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| presenters | - Ingvild Bryn & Morten Harket
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| Venue | - Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
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| vote | - Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
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| abstract | - The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st edition held at the Spektrum in Oslo, Norway on 18 May 1996 thanks to Secret Garden's win in Dublin the previous year. It was co-presented by New York-based news correspondent Ingvild Bryn and the frontman of the popular band A-ha, Morten Harket. A pre-qualifier was held among 29 nations who wished to compete where juries listened to audio recordings of all the songs (Norway, as the host nation, was exempt), and 22 advanced. Germany, who was the last of the founding seven nations with an unbroken streak of participations, was eliminated. This contest also marked the first and only use of "virtual reality" during the voting sequence. It was also the last contest to make use of 100% jury voting with the introduction of televoting the following year. Ireland won for a record-breaking seventh time with the song The Voice performed by Eimear Quinn and written by Brendan Graham, who had also written the 1994 winner. Finishing second for Norway was Elisabeth Andreassen, who became the fourth person to finish first one year and second another year (she had won previously in 1985 as part of Bobbysocks). Gina G's eighth-place finisher for the United Kingdom would go on to become a worldwide hit, earning her a Grammy nomination in the United States.
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