Nineties Jeux Sans Frontières was constantly in a state of change, with numbers and line-up of countries involved varying from year to year. 1995 saw the numbers drop from nine to seven, with Slovenia and Wales backing out. The competition was just as tight however, with the Czech Republic enjoying an excellent year, marking up three wins in the heats and top spot in the International Final.

The editions of JSF 1995 each comprised 10 games, plus a fil rouge and a special game played by the presenters (which was not played for points). The fifth game of every heat was a 'jeu d'amitié' (friendship or co-operation game). Each country fielded two players on these games and each would be associated with another from a rival team. To get the total time of any given country, the times achieved by its two competitors would be added together. JSF 1996 also featured a co-operation game - 'The Dragons'.

Meanwhile, European Intervilles domestics returned, along with festive Interglace competitions, and TVE in Spain began their own domestic competition, starting as Cuando Calienta el Sol (When the Sun Heats Up). This would be renamed the Grand Prix del Verano (Summer Grand Prix) from 1996 and this series would continue until 2009, missing just one year (2006). The 1995 season, while going by a different name, is now accepted as being part of the same series and therefore, for the sake of simplicity, we at JSFnetGB have applied the Grand Prix del Verano title to all these series.

JSFnetGB Series Guide pages researched by
Neil Storer and Alan Hayes
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