Eurovision Song Contest 1991

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Eurovision Song Contest 1991
Image:ESC 1991 logo.png
Final 4 May 1991
Presenter(s) Gigliola Cinquetti
Toto Cutugno
Conductor Bruno Canfora
Host broadcaster Flag of Italy RAI
Venue Studio 15 di Cinecittà, Rome, Italy
Winning song Flag of Sweden Sweden
"Fångad av en stormvind"
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 Malta Malta
Withdrawing countries Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Nul points Flag of Austria Austria
Interval act Arturo Brachetti
Opening act Sarah Carlson singing amongst the ruins of ancient Rome; Toto Cutugno singing "Insieme: 1992" and Gigliola Cinquetti singing "Non ho l'età"
Eurovision Song Contest
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was the 36th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 4, 1991 in Rome. Due to the Gulf War and mounting tensions in Yugoslavia, RAI decided to move the contest from Sanremo to Rome, which felt a bit more secure.

The presenters were Gigliola Cinquetti and Toto Cutugno, the latter having some difficulty with the pronunciation of the song titles and names of the artists and conductors. Despite this, in Italy almost seven million people watched the show. In addition to tallying the vote numbers in English and French, Cinquetti and Cutugno gave each of the jury allotments in Italian as well.

Carola was the winner of this Contest with the song Fångad av en stormvind. This was the third victory for Sweden, the last one being in 1984. There was a tie between Carola and France's Amina, as both had received 146 points. This necessitated a 'count-back', a tie-breaking measure introduced after the infamous four-way tie in 1969's Contest. Both Sweden and France had both received four lots of 12 points, but Sweden had received five lots of 10 points to France's two, so Carola was declared the winner.

The Netherlands did not participate in this contest as it was to be held on the day of remembrance for those who died in World War II, and so Malta was allowed to participate in the Contest for the first time in 16 years (unable to before due to entry restrictions).

Contents

[edit] Results

Draw Country Language Artist Song English Translation Place Points
8 Flag of Sweden Sweden Swedish Carola Fångad Av En Stormvind Captured By A Stormwind 1 146
9 Flag of France France French Amina C'Est Le Dernier Qui A Parlé A Raison It Is The Last One Who Spoke Who Is Right 2 146
15 Flag of Israel Israel Hebrew Duo Datz Kan Here 3 139
19 Flag of Spain Spain Spanish Sergio Dalma Bailar Pegados Dance Together 4 119
5 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Italian Sandra Simó Canzone Per Te A Song For You 5 118
3 Flag of Malta Malta English Georgina & Paul Giordimaina Could It Be - 6 106
22 Flag of Italy Italy Neapolitan Peppino di Capri Comme È Ddoce 'O Mare How Sweet Is The Sea 7 89
12 Flag of Portugal Portugal Portuguese Dulce Pontes Lusitana Paixão Lusitanian Passion 8 62
21 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Greek Elena Patroklou SOS (SOS) SOS 9 60
11 Flag of Ireland Ireland English Kim Jackson Could It Be That I'm In Love - 10 47
20 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom English Samantha Janus A Message To Your Heart - 10 47
10 Flag of Turkey Turkey Turkish İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca & Can Uğurluer İki Dakika Two Minutes 12 44
4 Flag of Greece Greece Greek Sophia Vossou I Anixi (Η άνοιξη) Spring 13 36
7 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg French Sarah Bray Un Baiser Volé A Stolen Kiss 14 29
2 Flag of Iceland Iceland Icelandic Stefán & Eyfi Draumur Um Nínu The Dream About Nina 15 26
18 Flag of Belgium Belgium Dutch Clouseau Geef Het Op Give It Up 16 23
14 Flag of Norway Norway Norwegian Just 4 Fun Mrs. Thompson Mrs. Thompson 17 14
17 Flag of Germany Germany German Atlantis 2000 Dieser Traum Darf Niemals Sterben This Dream Must Never Die 18 10
13 Flag of Denmark Denmark Danish Anders Frandsen Lige Der Hvor Hjertet Slår Just Where The Heart Beats 19 8
6 Flag of Austria Austria German Thomas Forstner Venedig Im Regen Venice In The Rain 22 0
16 Flag of Finland Finland Finnish Kaija Kärkinen Hullu Yö Crazy Night 20 6
1 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Serbo-Croatian Bebi Dol Brazil Brazil 21 1

[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.

During the final vote none of the top three contenders - Sweden, Israel and France - had gotten any points up until the last 12-point vote. This vote went to France and for the first time in twenty-two years, there was a tie for first place, with France overcoming a large deficit to catch up with Sweden. However, since the four-way tie of 1969, the rules had been altered to ensure a single outright winner. The first step in the procedure was to check the number of 12-point votes awarded to each country. Sweden and France were still tied. But when counting the number of 10-point votes, Sweden had more and was finally declared winner. If the tie occurred today, France would have won because it was voted by more countries than Sweden.

[edit] Score sheet

  Results
Image:ESCYugoslaviaJ.svg Image:ESCIcelandJ.svg Image:ESCMaltaJ.svg Image:ESCGreeceJ.svg Image:ESCSwitzerlandJ.svg Image:ESCAustriaJ.svg Image:ESCLuxembourgJ.svg Image:ESCSwedenJ.svg Image:ESCFranceJ.svg Image:ESCTurkeyJ.svg Image:ESCIrelandJ.svg Image:ESCPortugalJ.svg Image:ESCDenmarkJ.svg Image:ESCNorwayJ.svg Image:ESCIsraelJ.svg Image:ESCFinlandJ.svg Image:ESCGermanyJ.svg Image:ESCBelgiumJ.svg Image:ESCSpainJ.svg Image:ESCUnitedKingdomJ.svg Image:ESCCyprusJ.svg Image:ESCItalyJ.svg
Contestants Yugoslavia   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iceland 0   0 0 4 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 7
Malta 1 0   2 6 4 10 12 2 7 12 7 0 6 0 0 10 4 6 7 0 10
Greece 4 0 5   0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 5 0 10 2
Switzerland 5 5 0 7   8 12 8 4 2 2 6 5 3 8 5 6 12 0 8 8 4
Austria 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luxembourg 0 4 0 0 0 5   1 0 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 2 0
Sweden 6 12 0 0 10 10 7   0 6 3 10 12 8 10 8 12 10 4 12 6 0
France 10 7 3 8 7 12 0 5   0 7 5 0 12 12 10 8 7 8 6 7 12
Turkey 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 7   0 0 8 0 7 0 0 0 2 5 0 8
Ireland 3 0 4 0 3 1 8 0 0 4   0 7 0 1 2 2 5 0 4 0 3
Portugal 0 8 0 4 1 0 2 7 10 5 0   1 2 0 7 0 0 10 0 4 1
Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2   0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
Israel 12 10 8 5 8 0 5 6 3 12 8 4 10 7   6 0 8 12 10 5 0
Finland 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0
Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0   0 1 0 3 0
Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0   3 2 0 5
Spain 8 2 6 10 12 7 6 4 6 8 6 8 0 4 2 4 7 6   1 12 0
United Kingdom 0 0 10 3 5 6 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 0 3 0   1 6
Cyprus 2 3 12 12 0 0 4 0 12 0 5 3 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0   0
Italy 7 0 2 6 2 0 0 0 8 10 10 12 0 10 3 12 0 0 7 0 0  
THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

[edit] 12 Points

Below is a summary of all 12 point in the final:

N. To From
4 Sweden Iceland, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom
4 France Austria, Norway, Israel, Italy
3 Israel Yugoslavia, Turkey, Spain
3 Cyprus Malta, Greece, France
2 Spain Switzerland, Cyprus,
2 Switzerland Luxembourg, Belgium
2 Malta Sweden, Ireland
2 Italy Portugal, Finland

[edit] Commentators

  • Yugoslavia - TBD
  • Iceland - TBD
  • Malta - TBD
  • Greece - Dafni Mpokota
  • Switzerland - TBD
  • Austria - TBD
  • Luxembourg - TBD
  • Sweden - Harald Treutiger
  • France - Léon Zitrone
  • Turkey - TBD
  • Ireland - Marty Whelan
  • Portugal - Ana do Carmo
  • Denmark - TBD
  • Norway - TBD
  • Israel - TBD
  • Finland - TBD
  • Germany - TBD
  • Belgium - TBD
  • Spain - Tomás Fernando Flores
  • United Kingdom - Terry Wogan (BBC TV), Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2)
  • Cyprus - Evi Papamichail
  • Italy - TBD

[edit] Spokespersons

  • Yugoslavia - TBD
  • Iceland - TBD
  • Malta - John Demanuele
  • Greece - Fotini Yiannoulatou
  • Switzerland - TBD
  • Austria - TBD
  • Luxembourg - TBD
  • Sweden - Bo Hagström
  • France - Marie Myriam
  • Turkey - Canan Kumbasar
  • Ireland - Eileen Dunne
  • Portugal - TBD
  • Denmark - Bent
  • Norway - Sverre
  • Israel - Daniel Pe'er
  • Finland - Solveig Mattsson
  • Germany - Christian Eckhardt
  • Belgium - TBD
  • Spain - María Ángeles Balañac
  • United Kingdom - Colin Berry
  • Cyprus - Anna
  • Italy - TBD

[edit] Controversy

  • This Contest is regarded as one of the more controversial in history, with the hosts frequently confusing the voting system in their announcements, despite the fact that it had not changed since 1975.
  • During Carola's performance, the sound system in the venue broke down and the audience could not hear her sing. However, the song was broadcast without problems. That said the transmission on the BBC did break up during the song
  • The show also over-ran, something which subsequent contests have been careful to prevent.

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