Eurovision Song Contest 1989

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Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Image:ESC 1989 logo.png
Final 6 May 1989
Presenter(s) Jacques Deshenaux
Lolita Morena
Conductor Benoit Kaufman
Director Pal Veiglum
Host broadcaster Flag of Switzerland SSR
Venue Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland
Winning song Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
"Rock Me"
Voting system
Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of entries 22
Debuting countries None
Returning countries Flag of Cyprus Cyprus
Withdrawing countries None
Nul points Flag of Iceland Iceland
Interval act Guy Tell
Opening act Celine Dion
Eurovision Song Contest
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 was the 34th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 6, 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Switzerland gained the hosting rights after Celine Dion's victory in Dublin the previous year. The presenters were Lolita Morena and Jacques Deshenaux. Riva was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, Rock Me, representing Yugoslavia. This was the first, and only, victory for Yugoslavia as a unified state.

United Kingdom's Ray Caruana, lead singer with Live Report was outspoken about coming second to what he considered a much less worthy song. They had been beaten by 7 points.

Two of the performers, Nathalie Pâque and Gili Natanael were respectively 11 and 12 years old at their time of competing. Due to bad publicity surrounding their participation, the European Broadcasting Union introduced the rule stating no performer is allowed to take part before the year of their 16th birthday.

The previous year's winner, Celine Dion, opened the show with a live performance of her winning song and a mimed performance of her first English-language single, "Where Does My Heart Beat Now". The song went on to become a top ten hit in the US a year later - effectively launching her into international success.

Contents

[edit] Results

Draw Country Language Artist Song English Translation Place Points
1 Flag of Italy Italy Italian Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali Avrei Voluto I Would've Wanted 9 56
2 Flag of Israel Israel Hebrew Galit & Gili Derekh Hamelekh
(דרך המלך)		 The King's Road 12 50
3 Flag of Ireland Ireland English Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers The Real Me - 18 21
4 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Dutch Justine Palmelay Blijf Zoals Je Bent Stay The Way You Are 15 45
5 Flag of Turkey Turkey Turkish Pan Bana Bana To Me, To Me 21 5
6 Flag of Belgium Belgium Dutch Ingeborg Sergeant Door De Wind Through The Wind 19 13
7 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom English Live Report Why Do I Always Get It Wrong? - 2 130
8 Flag of Norway Norway Norwegian Britt Synnøve Venners Nærhet The Closeness Of Friends 17 30
9 Flag of Portugal Portugal Portuguese Da Vinci Conquistador Conqueror 16 39
10 Flag of Sweden Sweden Swedish Tommy Nilsson En Dag One Day 4 110
11 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg French Park Café Monsieur Mister 20 8
12 Flag of Denmark Denmark Danish Birthe Kjær Vi Maler Byen Rød We're Painting The Town Red 3 111
13 Flag of Austria Austria German Thomas Forstner Nur Ein Lied Only A Song 5 97
14 Flag of Finland Finland Finnish Anneli Saaristo La Dolce Vita The Sweet Life 7 76
15 Flag of France France French Nathalie Pâque J'Ai Volé La Vie I Stole Life 8 60
16 Flag of Spain Spain Spanish Nina Nacida Para Amar Born To Love 6 88
17 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Greek Fani Polymeri & Giannis Savvidakis Apopse As Vrethume (Απόψε ας βρεθούμε) Let's Meet Tonight 11 51
18 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Romansh Furbaz Viver Senza Tei To Live Without You 13 47
19 Flag of Greece Greece Greek Mariana Efstratiou To Dhiko Su Asteri (Το δικό σου αστέρι) Your Own Star 9 56
20 Flag of Iceland Iceland Icelandic Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson Það Sem Enginn Sér What No One Sees 22 0
21 Flag of Germany Germany German Nino de Angelo Flieger Flyers 14 46
22 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Serbo-Croatian Riva Rock Me Rock Me 1 137

[edit] Voting structure

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs.

[edit] Score sheet

  Results
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Contestants Italy   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 10 0 12 6 2 4 0 7 8
Israel 1   7 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 7 0 5 3 7
Ireland 0 0   0 7 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Netherlands 10 0 3   0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 7 6 0 0 1 0 6 0
Turkey 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Belgium 0 0 5 5 0   0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
United Kingdom 6 7 4 7 1 0   12 12 10 12 1 8 6 12 10 2 0 2 0 12 6
Norway 0 2 0 2 5 8 0   0 2 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Portugal 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1   3 7 0 6 2 0 8 0 0 6 0 0 0
Sweden 0 6 0 0 0 6 4 8 8   6 12 12 0 2 5 8 3 8 2 8 12
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark 5 1 10 12 6 4 10 10 2 12 3   7 12 6 0 0 0 0 10 0 1
Austria 12 8 0 0 3 12 0 0 0 7 0 4   1 0 2 10 8 12 8 5 5
Finland 0 10 8 0 10 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 3   10 7 3 0 0 0 0 10
France 3 5 6 4 0 0 0 5 0 1 8 3 5 3   0 7 0 5 0 2 3
Spain 8 0 0 0 2 7 7 4 0 0 10 0 0 8 8   4 10 10 0 10 0
Cyprus 2 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 8 2 0 0 0   4 7 12 0 0
Switzerland 4 4 0 10 8 0 8 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0   0 7 0 0
Greece 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12 12   4 0 0
Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0
Germany 7 0 2 0 0 5 1 0 5 6 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 3   0
Yugoslavia 0 12 12 8 12 10 12 7 4 8 5 10 10 7 3 0 5 5 0 6 1  
THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

[edit] Spokespersons

  • Italy - TBD
  • Israel - Daniel Pe'er
  • Ireland - Eileen Dunne
  • The Netherlands - Joop van Os
  • Turkey - Canan Kumbasar
  • Belgium - TBD
  • United Kingdom - Colin Berry
  • Norway - Sverre
  • Portugal - TBD
  • Sweden - Agneta Bolme-Börjefors
  • Luxembourg - TBD
  • Denmark - Bent
  • Austria - Tilia Herold
  • Finland - Solveig Mattsson
  • France - Marie Myriam
  • Spain - Matilde Jarrín
  • Cyprus - Anna
  • Switzerland - TBD
  • Greece - Fotini Yiannoulatou
  • Iceland - TBD
  • Germany - TBD
  • Yugoslavia - TBD

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