1997

For the 5th time in 6 years a song sung in English claimed the prize, and the Grand Prix travelled across the Irish sea to the United Kingdom for the first time in 17 years. For the second year running, the perfomer was not British, as Katrina is Canadian by birth. The points that the song reaped (227) is the largest points total to date, and represented 78.8% of the voting, leaving it's nearest rival Ireland behind by 70 points. 1997 also saw the introduction of tele-voting, as 5 nations awarded their points from a national poll. This was expanded in 1998, when nearly all points were awarded by the general public.