Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Pre-qualifying round
Countries listed below submitted entries for the audio-only pre-qualification round, which was never televised, and was used by the EBU in order to shortlist the number of participating nations that would compete in the televised final.

Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Section Title: Pre-qualifying round
Table Section Text: Countries listed below submitted entries for the audio-only pre-qualification round, which was never televised, and was used by the EBU in order to shortlist the number of participating nations that would compete in the televised final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points

01	Austria	George Nussbaumer	"Weil's dr guat got"	Vorarlbergish	6	80

02	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Amila Glamočak	"Za našu ljubav"	Bosnian	21	29

03	Belgium	Lisa del Bo	"Liefde is een kaartspel"	Dutch	12	45

04	Switzerland	Kathy Leander	"Mon cœur l'aime"	French	8	67

05	Cyprus	Constantinos	"Mono gia mas" (Μόνο για μας)	Greek	15	42

06	Germany	Leon	"Planet of Blue"	German	24	24

07	Denmark	Dorthe Andersen & Martin Loft	"Kun med dig"	Danish	25	22

08	Estonia	Maarja-Liis Ilus & Ivo Linna	"Kaelakee hääl"	Estonian	5	106

09	Spain	Antonio Carbonell	"¡Ay, qué deseo!"	Spanish	14	43

10	Finland	Jasmine	"Niin kaunis on taivas"	Finnish	22	26

11	France	Dan Ar Braz & l'Héritage des Celtes	"Diwanit Bugale"	Breton	11	55

12	United Kingdom	Gina G	"Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"	English	3	153

13	Greece	Marianna Efstratiou	"Emis forame to himona anixiatika" (Εμείς φοράμε το χειμώνα ανοιξιάτικα)	Greek	12	45

14	Croatia	Maja Blagdan	"Sveta ljubav"	Croatian	19	30

15	Hungary	Gjon Delhusa	"Fortuna"	Hungarian	23	26

16	Ireland	Eimear Quinn	"The Voice"	English	2	198

17	Israel	Galit Bell	"Shalom Olam" (שלום עולם)	Hebrew	28	12

18	Iceland	Anna Mjöll	"Sjúbídú"	Icelandic	10	59

19	Macedonia	Kaliopi	"Samo ti" (Само ти)	Macedonian	26	14

20	Malta	Miriam Christine	"In a Woman's Heart"	English	4	138

21	Netherlands	Maxine & Franklin Brown	"De eerste keer"	Dutch	9	63

22	Poland	Kasia Kowalska	"Chcę znać swój grzech..."	Polish	15	42

23	Portugal	Lúcia Moniz	"O meu coração não tem cor"	Portuguese	18	32

24	Romania	Monica Anghel & Sincron	"Rugă pentru pacea lumii"	Romanian	29	11

25	Russia	Andrey Kosinskiy	"Ya eto ya" (Я это я)	Russian	26	14

26	Sweden	One More Time	"Den vilda"	Swedish	1	227

27	Slovenia	Regina	"Dan najlepših sanj"	Slovene	19	30

28	Slovakia	Marcel Palonder	"Kým nás máš"	Slovak	17	38

29	Turkey	Şebnem Paker	"Beşinci Mevsim"	Turkish	7	69

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The song "Planet of Blue" performed by Leon, was Germany's entry for Eurovision Song Contest 1996.

final_sentence: The song "Planet of Blue" performed by Leon, was Germany's entry for Eurovision Song Contest 1996.