The Eurovision Song Contest 1992 was the 37th annual contest held 9 May 1992 in Malmö, Sweden and hosted by Lydia Capolicchio and Harald Treutiger. This marked the first time Malmö would host the contest, they would do so again in 2013 and 2024. It was also the last time Yugoslavia would compete as a full member with their regions forming independent countries, as well as the last contest to have direct qualification for all nations.
The inter-song postcards took the form of a scrapbook, in which an animated character known as Eurobird (the 1992 contest's mascot) turned each page to reveal the participating country's flag as well as song information and a video featuring the artist.
After 15 years and 16 contests, Executive Supervisor Frank Naef announced that the 1992 contest would be his last. Before the voting started, he was given a send-off by Carola and massive applause from the audience.
The winner was Linda Martin for Ireland with the song Why Me?, which was written by Johnny Logan, making him the only person to win Eurovision singing someone else's song, singing his own song, and writing a song for another artist.
Christer Björkman, who represented the host country, would go on to become a figurehead in the Eurovision community, most notably as the Swedish head of delegation, producer of the 2013 and 2016 contests, and head of Melodifestivalen.
Participants[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Spain
|
Serafín Zubiri | Todo esto es la música | Spanish | All that is music | 14 | 37 |
| 02 |  Belgium
|
Morgane | Nous, on veut des violons | French | We want violins | 20 | 11 |
| 03 |  Israel
|
Dafna Dekel | Ze Rak Sport | Hebrew | It's just sport | 6 | 85 |
| 04 |  Türkiye
|
Aylin Vatankoş | Yaz Bitti | Turkish | Summer is over | 19 | 17 |
| 05 |  Greece
|
Cleopatra | Olou Tou Kosmou I Elpida | Greek | All the hope in the world | 5 | 94 |
| 06 |  France
|
Kali | Monté la riviè | French Creole | Up the river | 8 | 73 |
| 07 |  Sweden
|
Christer Björkman | I morgon är en annan dag | Swedish | Tomorrow is another day | 22 | 9 |
| 08 |  Portugal
|
Dina | Amor d'água fresca | Portuguese | Fresh water love | 17 | 26 |
| 09 |  Cyprus
|
Evridiki | Teriazoume | Greek | We're alike | 11 | 57 |
| 10 |  Malta
|
Mary Spiteri | Little Child | English | -- | 3 | 123 |
| 11 |  Iceland
|
Heart 2 Heart | Nei eða já | Icelandic | No or Yes | 7 | 80 |
| 12 |  Finland
|
Pave Maijanen | Yamma Yamma | Finnish | -- | 23 | 4 |
| 13 |  Switzerland
|
Daisy Auvray | Mister Music Man | French | 15 | 32 | |
| 14 |  Luxembourg
|
Marion Welter & Kontinent | Sou fräi | Luxembourgish | As free | 21 | 10 |
| 15 |  Austria
|
Tony Wegas | Zusammen geh'n | German | Go together | 10 | 63 |
| 16 |  United Kingdom
|
Michael Ball | One Step Out Of Time | English | -- | 2 | 139 |
| 17 |  Ireland
|
Linda Martin | Why Me? | 1 | 155 | ||
| 18 |  Denmark
|
Kenny Lübcke & Lotte Nilsson | Alt det som ingen ser | Danish | All the things that nobody sees | 12 | 47 |
| 19 |  Italy
|
Mia Martini | Rapsodia | Italian | Rhapsody | 4 | 111 |
| 20 |  Yugoslavia
|
Extra Nena | Ljubim te pesmama | Serbian | Love you poems | 13 | 44 |
| 21 |  Norway
|
Merethe Trøan | Visjoner | Norwegian | Visions | 18 | 23 |
| 22 |  Germany
|
Wind | Träume sind für alle da | German | Dreams are there for everyone | 16 | 27 |
| 23 |  The Netherlands
|
Humphrey Campbell | Wijs me de weg | Dutch | Show me the way | 9 | 67 |
Trivia[]
- 1992 featured the first Anglophonic top three in Ireland, the UK, and Malta. Since then, the only top threes without any English songs came in 1995 and 2021.
- During the voting, Carola was seen falling off her chair.
- Host conductor Anders Berglund played accordion during the Yugoslavian entry due to there being no accordionist in the orchestra.
- Among the vote spokespersons were Daniel Pe'er (co-host of 1979) for Israel and Korhan Abay (who would co-host in 2004) for Turkey. French spokesperson Olivier Minne served as French commentator from 1995 to 1997 and is best known presently as the host of the game show Fort Boyard. He was selected to co-present the 2021 and 2023 editions of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
- The scoreboard graphics used for the August 2021 edition of Eurovision Again came from The Reorder Board YouTube channel.
- Luxembourg's entry featured the first usage of Luxembourgish in the contest since 1960.
- This was the last contest where Kobi Oshrat conducted for Israel.
- It would be the last time Portugal competed in Sweden until 2024 (which was also held in Malmö), as they were relegated in 2000 and elected to sit out in 2013 and 2016.
- Lydia Capolicchio hosted the programs at the Eurovision Village during the 2024 contest.