| 1997 EUROVISION
SONG CONTEST Dublin, Irland, May 18 |
| VENUE: | The Point |
| PRESENTER(S): | Ronan Keating & Carrie Crowley |
| COMPETING COUNTRIES: | 25 |
| VOTING STRUCTURE: | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8, 7-1 points for their top ten songs. |
| WINNING COUNTRY: | United Kingdom |
| WINNING SONG: | Love Shine A Light |
NOTES: |
The United Kingdom have won - with the highest score ever! Turkey scores an amazing 121 points to reach top five for the very first time |
| Country | Artist(s) | Songs | P | Pts |
| Cyprus | Hara & Andreas Constantinou |
Mana mou | 5 | 98 |
| Turkey | Sebnem Paker | Dinle | 3 | 121 |
| Norway | Tor Endresen | San Francisco | 24 | 0 |
| Austria | Bettina Soriat | One Step | 21 | 12 |
| Ireland | Marc Roberts | Mysterious Woman | 2 | 157 |
| Slovenia | Tanja Ribic | Zbudi se | 10 | 60 |
| Switzerland | Barbara Berta | Dentro di me | 22 | 5 |
| Netherlands | Mrs Einstein | Niemand heeft nog nij |
22 | 5 |
| Italy | Jalisse | Fiumi di parole | 4 | 114 |
| Spain | Marcos Llunas | Sin rencor | 6 | 96 |
| Germany | Bianca Shomburg | Zeit | 18 | 22 |
| Poland | Anna-Maria Jopek | Ale jestem | 11 | 54 |
| Estonia | Maarja-Liis Ilus | Keelatud Maa | 8 | 82 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | Alma Cardzic | Goodbye | 18 | 22 |
| Portugal | Celia Lawson | Antes do adeus | 24 | 0 |
| Sweden | Blond | Bara hon älskar mej | 14 | 36 |
| Greece | Marianna Zorba | Horepse | 12 | 39 |
| Malta | Debbie Scerri | Let Me Fly | 9 | 66 |
| Hungary | V.I.P. | Miért kell... | 12 | 39 |
| Russia | Alla Pugacheva | Prima Donna | 15 | 33 |
| Denmark | Thomas Lægård | Stemmen i mit liv | 16 | 25 |
| France | Fanny | Sentiments songes | 7 | 95 |
| Croatia | E.N.I. | Probudi me | 17 | 24 |
| Iceland | Paul Oscar | Minn hinsti dans | 20 | 18 |
| United Kingdom | Katrina and the Waves |
Love Shine A Light | 1 | 227 |