Eurovision Song Contest 1990

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**Eurovision Song Contest 1990**

Date	5 May 1990
Presenter(s)	Oliver Mlakar & Helga Vlahović
Host Conductor	?
Host Broadcaster	JRT / RTZ Radio Televizija Zagreb
Venue	Koncertna Dvorana Vatroslav Lisinski, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Winning Song	Insieme: 1992 (Italy)
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of Songs	22
Countries Making Debut	None
Nul points	None
Interval Act	Yugoslav Changes – a film about tourism in the country.

The Eurovision Song Contest 1990 was the 35th Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on May 5, 1990 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia). The awards presenters were Helga Vlahović and Oliver Mlakar. Toto Cutugno was the winner of this Eurovision with the song "Insieme: 1992". This was the second and last victory for Italy, The first one being Non ho l'etá, performed by Gigliola Cinquetti in the 1964 contest.

The lyrics of several entries celebrated the whirlwind of democratisation that had engulfed central and eastern Europe with bewildering speed in the preceding months, focusing especially on the iconic moment of the Berlin Wall being breached in November 1989. However, the winning song was an even more sweeping evocation of European unity, in anticipation of the completion of the European single market, due at the end of 1992.

There was a slightly uncomfortable beginning to the rehearsal week when, offended about press comments concerning their ages, the two presenters resigned. They were replaced by Rene Medvešek and Dubravka Marković. Thankfully the misunderstandings were quickly sorted and Helga and Oliver returned to the contest.

A notorious mishap occurred at the start of the first song, when a mysteriously long delay caused by problems with the backing track was followed by the Spanish singers missing their cue as the song didn't start from the very beginning. They walked off the stage in barely concealed annoyance and the audience was left in confusion for a moment, but the song was then restarted without any further problems.

1 Results
2 Voting structure
3 Score sheet
4 Map

Toto Cutugno performing Insieme: 1992 for Italy at Eurovision 1990.

Helga Vlahović and Oliver Mlakar, the presenters.

[edit] Results

**1990 Eurovision Song Contest**
Country	Artist(s)	Song	Place	Points
Austria	Simone	Keine Mauern Mehr	10	58
Belgium	Philippe Lafontaine	Macédomienne	12	46
Cyprus	Anastazio	Milas Poli	14	36
Denmark	Lonnie Devantier	Hallo Hallo	8	64
Finland	Beat	Fri?	21	8
France	Joëlle Ursull	White and Black Blues	2	132
Germany	Chris Kempers & Daniel Kovac	Frei Zu Leben	9	60
Greece	Christos Callow & Wave	Horis Skopo	19	11
Iceland	Stjórnin	Eitt lag enn	4	124
Ireland	Liam Reilly	Somewhere In Europe	2	132
Israel	Rita	Shara Barechovot	18	16
Italy	Toto Cutugno	Insieme: 1992	1	149
Luxembourg	Celine Carzo	Quand Je Te Rêve	13	38
Netherlands	Maywood	Ik Wil Alles Met Je Delen	15	25
Norway	Ketil Stokkan	Brandenburger Tor	21	8
Portugal	Nucha	Há Sempre Alguém	20	9
Spain	Azúcar Moreno	Bandido	5	96
Sweden	Edin-Ådahl	Som En Vind	16	24
Switzerland	Egon Egemann	Musik Klingt In Die Welt Hinaus	11	51
Turkey	Kayahan	Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim	17	21
United Kingdom	Emma	Give A Little Love Back To The World	6	87
Yugoslavia	Tajči	Hajde Da Ludujemo	7	81
Venue: Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall - Zagreb, Yugoslavia
The table is ordered alphabetically by the countries' names.

[edit] Voting structure

Each country represented in the contest had a jury. Each jury awarded from one to twelve points for each song. The top 10 songs were determined from these scores.

[edit] Score sheet

	ES	GR	BE	TR	NL	LU	UK	IS	NO	IL	DK	CH	DE	FR	YU	PT	IE	SE	IT	AT	CY	FI

Spain		8	1	10	2	0	1	4	5	0	0	6	12	5	3	5	0	0	8	8	8	10
Greece	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Belgium	0	0		0	7	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	8	8	0	2	1	7	0	4	0	0
Turkey	0	0	0		3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	5	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	0	1	0	3		1	4	0	0	2	0	3	0	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0
Luxembourg	0	4	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	2	3	0	0	1	5	5	0
United Kingdom	7	5	12	0	0	3		0	0	10	3	10	1	10	10	0	6	0	6	1	3	0
Iceland	4	3	10	1	0	8	12		10	8	10	7	0	0	4	12	7	8	3	10	0	7
Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Israel	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0		0	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Denmark	6	0	3	2	0	0	0	7	7	7		1	0	0	0	7	4	3	7	6	4	0
Switzerland	1	12	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	12		0	1	5	8	0	0	0	0	1	3
Germany	8	0	6	0	0	12	7	1	0	0	4	0		0	0	0	10	4	5	3	0	0
France	5	0	4	4	12	0	0	12	12	6	5	12	10		12	4	8	5	0	2	7	12
Yugoslavia	3	0	0	12	0	0	5	10	3	12	7	0	0	2		0	5	1	10	0	10	1
Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
Ireland	10	7	7	5	10	6	10	8	8	0	8	5	7	7	0	6		12	0	12	0	4
Sweden	2	2	0	0	6	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Italy	12	10	8	8	8	10	0	3	0	1	6	8	6	4	6	10	12	10		7	12	8
Austria	0	0	2	7	1	5	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0	2	2	12		0	2
Cyprus	0	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0		6
Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nations are sorted by ordered of appearance.