Eurovision 1996 featured a pre-qualifying round in which audio tapes of each nation 's Eurovision 1996 entrant were sent to juries in each of the twenty-nine nations who had submitted Eurovision 1996 entrants : from these tapes , each jury deemed ten songs worthy of competing in Eurovision 1996 and the resultant tally allowed only twenty-two of the prospective entrants to advance to the Eurovision 1996 final to compete with the Norwegian entrant for Eurovision 1996 : " I evighet " by Elisabeth Andreassen ( fast-tracked to the Eurovision 1996 final by virtue of Norway having won Eurovision 1995 with " Nocturne " by Secret Garden . ) " The Voice " was the second highest vote getter in this pre-qualifying round its 198-point tally being bested only by Sweden 's " Den vilda " by One More Time whose point tally was 227 . The specific placings in the pre-qualifying round were confidential and only leaked some time after the Eurovision 1996 final : however " The Voice " was viewed as a strong contender going into the final for Eurovision 1996 with a Top 5 placing predicted
Eurovision 1995
Eurovision Song Contest 1995
The Voice (Eimear Quinn song)