Back مسابقة الأغنية الأوروبية 1995 Arabic 1995 Avroviziya Mahnı Müsabiqəsi Azerbaijani Конкурс песні Еўрабачанне 1995 Byelorussian Евровизия 1995 Bulgarian Eurosong 1995. BS Festival de la Cançó d'Eurovisió 1995 Catalan Eurovision Song Contest 1995 Czech Eurovision Song Contest 1995 Danish Eurovision Song Contest 1995 German Διαγωνισμός Τραγουδιού Eurovision 1995 Greek
| Eurovision Song Contest 1995 | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | |
| Final | 13 May 1995 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland |
| Presenter(s) | Mary Kennedy |
| Musical director | Noel Kelehan |
| Directed by | John Comiskey |
| Executive supervisor | Christian Clausen |
| Executive producer | John McHugh |
| Host broadcaster | Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) |
| Website | eurovision |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 23 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries | |
| Non-returning countries | |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
| Winning song | |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1995 was the 40th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 13 May 1995 at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), and presented by Mary Kennedy, the contest was held in Ireland following the country's victory at the 1994 contest with the song "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan. It was the third consecutive contest to be held in Ireland – the first and only time in the history of the event that a country has hosted three editions in a row – and the second consecutive edition to be held in the Point Theatre in Dublin.
Twenty-three countries participated in the contest; Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, and Switzerland were relegated as the lowest-scoring countries in the previous edition, getting replaced by Belgium, Denmark, Israel, Slovenia, and Turkey, returning after being relegated following the 1993 edition.
The winner was Norway with the song "Nocturne", composed by Rolf Løvland, written by Petter Skavlan and performed by Secret Garden. Spain, Sweden, France, and Denmark rounded out the top five, with Spain achieving their best result since 1979. Croatia and Slovenia also achieved their best results so far, placing sixth and seventh respectively, while Germany finished in last place for the fourth time.