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<p>Created page with &#039;Maltese hopes for further improvement on the result and building on the excellent third place the previous year were dashed with a respectable 8th place by William Mangion. It wa…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Maltese hopes for further improvement on the result and building on the excellent third place the previous year were dashed with a respectable 8th place by William Mangion. It wasn&#039;t to be this time.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Facts==<br /> <br /> Venue : Millstreet, Republic of Ireland<br /> <br /> Date : Saturday, 15 May 1993<br /> <br /> Number of Contestants: 25<br /> <br /> Singer : William Mangion<br /> <br /> Song : This Time<br /> <br /> Composer : William Mangion<br /> <br /> Lyricist : William Mangion<br /> <br /> Final Place : 8th<br /> <br /> Points : 69<br /> <br /> <br /> ==ESC winner for this year==<br /> <br /> Republic of Ireland: In Your Eyes performed by Niamh Kavanagh<br /> <br /> Composer : Jimmy Walsh<br /> <br /> Lyricist : Jimmy Walsh<br /> <br /> Points : 187<br /> <br /> ==Trivia==<br /> <br /> RTE, the public broadcaster of Ireland, could ill-afford another Irish win at the Eurovision as this meant dishing out more money for the organisation of the event the following year.<br /> <br /> William Mangion is better known as a rock singer in Malta and many felt that he was a misfit at the Eurovision Song Contest, which is usually a showcase for pop singers and middle of the road music.<br /> <br /> This was the first time that Malta&#039;s entry was written by the singer.<br /> <br /> Chris &amp; Moira, who wrote and sang the Maltese entry at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest appeared with William Mangion during this year&#039;s final show. Debbie Scerri, who sang Malta&#039;s entry in 1997, was also a backing singer for William Mangion.<br /> <br /> Several countries that emerged after the fall of the Berlin Wall or were formerly Communist countries took part this year, including Estonia, Latvia, Romania, Russia, Hungary and Slovakia. This created a various logisitic complications as it was felt that there were too many participants. Eventually some countries decided to take a break from the contest. Some, like Italy, don&#039;t return for many years.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1993 Eurovision Song Contest 1993] - Wikipedia<br /> * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1993 Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993] - Wikipedia<br /> <br /> [[Category:Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest]]<br /> [[Category:1993 in Malta]]</div>

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