1996 PRE-SELECTION

The pre-selection was held on March 20th-21st. There were 29 countries competing to join Norway at the ESC and the top 22 qualified. The qualifiers were chosen by the votes of 30 juries (one in each of the participating countries plus one in Norway), with 8 members on each jury. The jurors listened to an audio cassette of the 29 songs at least 3 times (over 2 days).

1 Austria Weil's dr guat got 'Cause you feel good George Nussbaumer

80

6th

Q
2 Belgium Liefde is een kaartspel Love is like a cardgame Lisa del Bo

45

12th=

Q
3 Bosnia Za našu ljubav For our love Amila Glamocak

29

21st

Q
4 Croatia Sveta ljubav Holy love Maja Blagdan

30

19th=

Q
5 Cyprus Mono gia mas Only for us Constantinos

42

15th=

Q
6 Denmark Kun med dig Only with you Dorthe Andersen &  Martin Loft

22

25th

-

7 Estonia Kaelakee hääl Sound of necklace Maarja-Liis Ilus & Ivo Linna

106

5th

Q
8 Finland Niin kaunis on taivas The sky is so beautiful Jasmine

26

22nd=

Q
9 France Diwanit bugale Let the children be born Dan Ar Braz & L'héritage des Celtes

55

11th

Q
10 Germany Planet of blue Planet of blue Leon

24

24th

-

11 Greece Emis forame to himona anixiatika We turn winter into spring Marianna Efstratiou

45

12th=

Q
12 Hungary Fortuna Fortuna Gjon Delhusa

26

22nd=

-

13 Iceland Sjúbídú Shoobedoo Anna Mjöll

59

10th

Q
14 Ireland The voice The voice Eimear Quinn

198

2nd

Q
15 Israel Shalom olam Hello world Galit Bell

12

28th

-

16 Macedonia Samo ti Only you Kaliopi Gril

14

26th=

-

17 Malta In a woman's heart In a woman's heart Miriam Christine

138

4th

Q
18 Netherlands De eerste keer The first time Maxine & Franklin Brown

63

9th

Q
19 Poland Chce znac swój grzech I want to know my sin Kasia Kowalska

42

15th=

Q
20 Portugal O meu coração não tem cor My heart has no colour Lúcia Moniz

32

18th

Q
21 Romania Ruga pentru pacea lumii Peaceful prayer for people Monica Anghel & Sincron

11

29th

-

22 Russia Ja, eto ja Me, it's me Andrej Kosinskij

14

26th=

-

23 Slovakia Kým nás máš 'Till you have us Marcel Palonder

38

17th

Q
24 Slovenia Dan najlepših sanj Day of the most beautiful dreams Regina

30

19th=

Q
25 Spain Ay, qué deseo Oh, what a desire Antonio Carbonell

43

14th

Q
26 Sweden Den vilda The wild one One More Time

227

1st

Q
27 Switzerland Mon coeur l'aime My heart love him Kathy Leander

67

8th

Q
28 Turkey Besinci mevsim The 5th season Sebnem Paker

69

7th

Q
29 UK Just a little bit Just a little bit Gina G

153

3rd

Q

Although Finland & Hungary scored the same number of points, Finland qualified for the ESC as they had a higher top vote.

1996 NATIONAL FINALS