Oh that smugness when we won, OLE OLE OLE OLE, can't believe it. Imagine if we won again. We will see you all again Ireland again next year.

This couldn't have been scripted better. The most exciting moment in Eurovision Song Contest history

I have seen all of the finals, and one thing is for certain. 01:33 is the single most awesome moment ever in the ESC. Period.

What a final! What a finish! A well deserved Winner.

All of Ireland cheered, but RTE must have thought shit they have to find the money to host next year's ESC.

01:26 A historic moment, the last time that Luxembourg receives points in the history.

omg there was more reactions and a better mood in the arena back then, then it is today.

I was only 8 when I saw this and fell in love with Ireland and the Irish.A truly great people and this is reflected time and again in their music.Go raibh maith agat!

its wonderful to see people of all the countries to celebrate the winning song ;;with so much love ---cause now eurovision is more politic than a song contest ,,even that the 2012 was so much better than the editions of last decade 2000-2011

Sonja rushing over to congratulate Niamh confirms what I thought of her, being a lovely person.

Jaysus, brings me back. Wasnt in the stadium but was in Millstreet in my gran and grandads place for it. Back when the Eurovision went to the wire and actually had serious music. Gripping finish!! The Premier League Man City 2 goal finish this season had nothing on the finish in that years Eurovision!! :-)

wonderful, wonderful, wonderful

This song is marvellous

That was one of classic Eurovision moments ever!!

I mean just what I said; the audience's reaction, not the song per se (though I do think it was a worthier winner than the UK). Really, such cheering never fails to make me smile. Then they break into a chant of 'olé-olé-olé'!

"Who knows. We may be seeing you all again in Ireland next year" Brilliant!

Most amazing moment of eurovision history! Remember it like it was yesterday.

What a beautiful song! Speaks to the heart of every woman

this is the best moment in any eurovision competition after 12 points were announced.

I think this was one of the best wins at home ^^ I love the big cheers!

Can you even imagine winning Eurovision in your home country?

I really loved this part! thank you for sharing, and a lot of thanks to setheurovision!

I'm Maltese and I'm so proud of the way Malta voted here! And to people from the UK who are complaining, eventually Malta became one of the very few friends UK has in the Eurovision Song Contest (remember the classic 12 points to Scooch in 2007?) Unfortunately the UK did not reciprocate this year, giving us no points in this year's semifinal :(

The absolute greatest finish

One of the proud Irish moments, well done Niamh!

it was neck and neck between ireland and the uk all night the most tense final ever

Great singer don't know why she did not go far tops💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

Even though this happened so many years ago, watching it again now gives me goosebumps!

That reaction though when Ireland gets the 12 & wins... Holy fuck!!

Fantastic last vote - it couldn't have been scripted any better - even down to UK not getting any points, which would have spoilt it if they got a 3 or something. Will Eurovision ever see a final vote this exciting again?

Over time, I’ve grown to appreciate what an amazing song the Irish entry is (given that I had initially despised it). While I’d have still preferred it if Malta gave their 12 to the United Kingdom (the United Kingdom are my 2nd and Ireland my 3rd), Better the Devil you Know is the song that introduced me to the Eurovision, so I’ll forever be grateful. My personal winner of 1993 is Switzerland.

Haha, whole Ireland was turned upside down when Malta declared its 12 points. :-D

@ 2:44 Millstreet will never be the same again

I don't think the quality of the contest dissipating has anything to do with anyone's sexuality, but the introduction of televote and the loss of the orchestra. Those two factors changed it beyond recognition. It's just a reflection of how our world has got more shallow.

I can't but help thinking how similar the reaction my fellow pupils at 10th grade had when we did know the draw for our exam was to the audience's reaction to the Maltese 12 points. Really, the whole ending to this contest was truly fabulous!

I love the crowds in Millstreet!

Viki Gabor's Junior Eurovision victory is the greatest since this one. Ah, the good old days...

La plus belle chanson de L eurovision et pourtant y en a mais on your eyes reste ma préférée Et le timbre de la voix de niamh kavanagh ressemble à la voix de gloria estefan que j adore En 93 quand niamh à gagner je sauté de joie C est mon plus beau souvenir télévisuelle En entendant sa voix à niamh si j avais eu le dos tourné je le serai retourner C est plus que sûr Elle a la voix et elle et vraiment jolie et cette chanson me donne des frissons

gotta love the Love Boat music @ 4:50

I love that scene

Hey, you're right! I can't believe I never noticed that. Being a redhead myself, I'm quite honoured.

Bloody Malta!

this is the day when you should be proud of being Irish.

She was clearly overwhelmed! She didn't know where to look, what to do. I'm sure used to work with one of the backing singers. The dark haired girl. If it is her she's a genuinely beautiful person as I recall!

i have heard in an interview that sonja thought she had won when malta had its 12 points to reveal... she was 100% sure that she would win.

How about BAD LOSER!!!!! Thankfully the best song & 1 of the all time greats of ESC won. Eireann Go h-Iontach!!

I can remember watching this 18 years ago - Meine Gute! I always thought it was dodgy that they couldn't contact Malta - I mean come on - it's Malta not Mongolia. They managed to contact Bosnia which was in the middle of a war!! Malta historically had never really voted for the United Kingdom and I think the organising body knew the final result beforehand - which shouldn't have happened in 1993. No jury, at that time should have known others' results and neither should the organising body.

The best song won, Sonia handled it beautifully at the end there. What makes me laugh is Niamh being understandably cheesed off with the over the top pawing she gets from the Maltese singers, she has to fight them off & loses an ear-ring

I love at about 2:20 she like pushes that girl away.

when people used to wear jackets, ties & long dresses to esc finals!

Bloody Malta...but well done to our neighbours!

Ireland is THE QUEEN Of Eurovision.

If you noticed, 7 female singers were in Top 10 (4 female singers in Top 5)

@setheurovision94 some urban legends says that they knew that Malta will break all the tension if they would have voted in their original time slot therefore being saved for last as a "techinical problem"

@ESCfanNo1 If you had watched the other videos of this voting, you would know that because of technical difficulties, they had to delay the votes from Malta until the end.

you have to be kidding me... he seriouslly said luxembourg 10 points?? what a thriller...:))

Whenever it gets serious again, you know, when people take it more seriously :)

5:49 - 6:00 Is that the Irish language??

Not a single point went to the Uk. Surely it was worthy of something other than a slap in the face

@ 1:34 millstreet has gone nuts.

what's with malta not giving us votes back then but being our friends now?(a)

Well, who could blame them? They're holding their breath, waiting for a vote to either Ireland or the UK. These 10 points to Luxemburg threw it all wide open, meaning that if the UK had got the 12, they would have won with a single point to the death.

the malta judge was having a joke but you cut him of:)he wanted to give the 12 points uk,but you hung the phone up:)

Shame the UK didn't win there but, oh well. In a way I'm glad Malta didn't give any pints to the UK as it shows that Eurovision wasn't that political in the 90's, wish I could say the same nowadays with the Eastern European nations.

@ 1:35 millstreet has gone completely crazy.

I myself find the stage design anything but spectacular; it's all over the place and has no clear idea. 1994's was a spectacular stage design if ever I saw one!

Remember this as well as a 13 year old. We were at a party where the parents had won tickets to go see it live in millstreet. There was a huge gang of us who were all metallers/grungers getting drunk and not really giving a shit until we watched the results. That last vote was such craic, a huge bunch of young lads in leather jackets etc jumping around the place when ireland won just to stick it it to the english...ah memories.

i think switzerland was the best but ireland was also a very deserved winner!

The maltese voting is so strange... 10 points to Luxembourg!!! This points make history because whitout this points for Lux, Barbara Dex wasn´t the last in this ESC. And the audience´s reacion is so funny!!!

Believe what you will. For a song to get 12 points it needs the overwhelming support of the entire jury, remember. And besides, I preferred Switzerland. :P

@setheurovision94 Yes, and it was a redhead who won the previous year!

fittingly because Ireland are getting closer to usa 94 world cup.

Once again Ireland gets one over on the Brits :)

The Maltese singers obviously felt she owes them the victory therefore treated her as if she was theirs...

France was far away the best ... but there was a trio that didn't deserved (IMO) ...look to my favourites : 1st France (4th) 2nd Norway (5th) 3rd The Netherlands (6th) 4th Sweden (7th)

she sounds like a country singer! LOL

So by saying that the audience's reaction always makes your day you mean that you liked the Irish entry and wanted to winn?

Who is the aul one in the green top beside Albert Reynolds lol

@rochenic the chants must've felt like the old wembley stadium

@AndrewUK1987 yes ..... no chance for that ever to occur today

Bad man, don't tempt me to press the 'remove' button.

Don't you have the full contest, without commentary?

Fricking Malta did it on purpose. Luxembourg 10 points? Who were they kidding? They had 1 point up until then.

@vigerfa its a shame the 'legend' didnt do that well 2010 in eurovision :( aww

it is a soccer chant!!

I always laugh when I see the "old" chap giving a punch in someone's backs at 1:48.

it was funny that it was two redheads in the lead!! hehe

I fail to see how 2012 was a better contest than the ones from 2009-2011, all of which were great in terms of voting diversity (and, in the case of '09 and '11, song quality). 2012 just annoyed me with its one-sidedness and nationalism - but it's still miles away from how ridiculous the voting had got until 2009. And it was great to see so many people cheer the winner - I saw a great solidarity regarding Sweden's win in 2012, so maybe there's hope for the future.

She REALLY didn't want to be kissed and cheered did she, just look at that shoving of the hand to the lovely women wiping saliva off her cheek, anyone would have thought she would have been happy with the attention, thats what winning is about, i always thought Niamh a bit standoffish and snooty---Great voice, but sadly you need to be able to handle a bit of hard petting in order to make it, Maybe thats why we didn't hear from her again.

looks like a soccer chant.

luxembourg? the fuck?! D:

What makes you think I'm taking you seriously? ;)

Humm, the Malta commentator has a perfect english pronouncioation...! Maybe some Irish guy replace it!! XD Just kiding, it trully was a memorable end ;b

Pity

How Niehq dont look as happy as her backinq sinqers....??????

Don't know y she does that at 2:20

If Malta have given 12 points to UK insteed Ireland then UK would have won xD

Clearly Sonia had the better song that night, maybe I am biased becaise im from the UK but in my opion the Irish sng wasnt as good as ours, the UK should have won this year! Davidx

@ESCfanNo1 anyway norway should have won