Eurovision 1994: The actual result
This is your spoiler warning for 1994. If you don't know now, well I'm going to tell you who won Eurovision.
And of course, even if Ireland had tried to tank their chances, it just wasn't going to work. They won for the third time in a row, the only country to do so before or since. Besides Ireland, other English language entries finished fifth and tenth - not quite as well as was expected. On the other hand, the new countries fared outstandingly. Poland, Hungary and Russia all finished in the top 10, with Poland second. Germany had a good year (and a party) and finished third.
The countries unluckily finishing at the bottom were Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland all of whom would have to take a year off in 1995. Lithuania scored the first nil points since Austria managed in in 1991.
Here then is the full result of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest
Ireland - Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan - "Rock 'n' Roll Kids"
Poland - Edyta Górniak - "To Nie Ja!"
Germany - MeKaDo - "Wir Geben 'ne Party"
Hungary - Friderika Bayer - "Kinek Mondjam El Vétkeimet"
Malta - Moira Stafrace & Christopher Scicluna - "More Than Love"
Norway - Elisabeth Andreasson & Jan Werner Danielsen - "Duett"
France - Nina Morato - "Je Suis Un Vrai Garçon"
Portugal - Sara Tavares - "Chamar A Música"
Russia - Youddiph - "Vechni Stranik"
United Kingdom - Frances Ruffelle - "We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)"
Cyprus - Evridiki - "Ime Anthropos Ke Ego"
Iceland - Sigga - "Nætur"
Sweden - Marie Bergman & Roger Pontare - "Stjärnorna"
Greece - Costas Bigalis and the Sea Lovers - "To Trehantiri"
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Alma & Dejan - "Ostani Kraj Mene"
Croatia - Tony Cetinski - "Nek'ti Bude Ljubav Sva"
Austria - Petra Frey - "Für Den Frieden Der Welt"
Spain - Alejandro Abad - "Ella No Es Ella"
Switzerland - Duilio - "Sto Pregando"
Slovakia - Martin Ďurinda & Tublatanka - "Nekonečná pieseň"
Romania - Dan Bittman - "Dincolo De Nori"
Finland - CatCat - "Bye Bye Baby"
Netherlands - Willeke Alberti - "Waar Is De Zon"
Estonia - Silvi Vrait - "Nagu Merelaine"
Lithuania - Ovidijus Vyšniauskas - "Lopšinė mylimai"