Kross European Song Contest of 1994

This was the 69th edition and was held in May 1994. Preparations began in May 1993 following Norway's tight victory at 1993 contest. Kross Company collaborated again with RecZa Studios and EmbeX Studios, the Norwegian broadcasters, and Kross European Broadcasting Union (KEBU) would also partially fund the programme. Katelyn Ratz returned as executive producer alongside Chloe Webber as assistant.

One nation withdrew: Israel; Stating they had been given bad results in the years of 1992 and 1993 and were taking a year break to try and come up with a better song selecting method. Three nations debuted: Bosnia and Herzegovina who had previously tried applying to join the 1991, 1992 and 1993 contests, all being blocked due to the want of Yugoslavia to rejoin the contest. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (consisting of just Serbia and Montenegro) debuted, allowing for Bosnia to join completely. Czech Republic joined after Czechoslovakia ceased to exist as of 1993. Slovakia applied to join in 1994 but their request was rejected due to broadcaster issues. the KEBU would become more strict in rules to join the contest. Monaco withdrew after previously saying they were going to take place. This was a last ditch effort but the Monegasque broadcaster had to withdraw due to poor funding.

Hosting
Norway won the 1993 contest and the rights to host the contest. Bergen was considered, considering Oslo hosted the contest less than a decade ago, but Oslo had better infrastructure, and was chosen.

The top 3 of the previous year automatically qualified to the final. (These are Norway, the United Kingdom and Croatia). Semi Finals were usually 18-20 participants big with 11 qualifiers creating a final of 25 participants.

Song Information
Returning artists:



Awards and Inspirations

 * Dua Lipa's "Break My Heart" inspired the United Kingdom song.
 * Astrid S's "Emotion" inspired the Norwegian song.

Other countries

 * Albania.png Albania stated they wanted to focus on more internal projects after years of bad results.
 * Algeria.png Algeria had no comment on participation. They did not appear on the list of finalists.
 * Andorra.png Andorra had no comment on participation. They did not appear on the list of finalists.
 * Canada.png Canada stated they withdrew because of bad results. They stated they may return in 1994.
 * Egypt.png Egypt had no comment on participation. They did not appear on the list of finalists.
 * Lebanon.png Lebanon had no comment on participation. They did not appear on the list of finalists.
 * Libya.png Libya had no comment on participation. They did not appear on the list of finalists.
 * Israel.png Israel stated they withdrew because of bad results. They stated they may return in 1995.
 * SanMarino.png San Marino's broadcaster had declared bankruptcy. They did not appear on the list of finalists.