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Eurovision Song Contest 1992

The Eurovision Song Contest 1992 was the 37th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 9 May 1992 at the Malmö Isstadion in Malmö, Sweden, and presented by Lydia Capolicchio and Harald Treutiger. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), who staged the event after winning the 1991 contest for Sweden with the song "Fångad av en stormvind" by Carola. Broadcasters from twenty-three countries participated in the contest – a new record number of participants – with the Netherlands returning to the contest following a one-year break to join the twenty-two countries which had participated in the previous year's event. This edition marked Yugoslavia's final appearance in the contest. The winner was Ireland with the song "Why Me", written by Johnny Logan and performed by Linda Martin. This marked Ireland's fourth win, and brought songwriter Logan his third win overall, having previously won the contest in 1980 as singer and in 1987 as both singer and songwriter.The United Kingdom, Malta, Italy, and Greece rounded out the top five, with the United Kingdom achieving its thirteenth second-place finish, while Malta and Greece achieved their best ever results up to this point. For the first time in the contest's history, the top three songs were all performed in English.

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• ▸Eurovision Song Contest 1974
• ▸Burned house horizon
• ▸Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts

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