| Eurovision Song Contest 1989 |
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| Dates | |
| Final date | 6 May 1989 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Palais de Beaulieu Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Presenter(s) | Jacques Deschenaux Lolita Morena |
| Conductor | Benoit Kaufman |
| Director | Alain Bloch Charles-André Grivet |
| Host broadcaster | SSR |
| Opening act | Celine Dion singing "Ne partez pas sans moi" and "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" |
| Interval act | Guy Tell |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 22 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries | Cyprus |
| Withdrawing countries | None |
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Participation map
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs |
| Nul points | Iceland |
| Winning song | Yugoslavia "Rock Me" |
| Eurovision Song Contest | |
| ◄1988 1990► | |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 was the 34th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 6 May 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 Deschenaux. Riva was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, Rock Me, representing Yugoslavia. This was the 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.
This was the first year since 1970 in which no returning artist were present at the contest.
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Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs.
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| Italy | 56 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Israel | 50 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Ireland | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 45 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Turkey | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 130 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | |||||
| Norway | 30 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 39 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 110 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 12 | |||||||
| Luxembourg | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 111 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 1 | |||||||
| Austria | 97 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Finland | 76 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |||||||||||
| France | 60 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Spain | 88 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Cyprus | 51 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 47 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Greece | 56 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Iceland | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 46 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 137 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |||||
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
| N. | Recipient nation | Voting nation |
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| 5 | United Kingdom | France, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | Ireland, Israel, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| 3 | Austria | Belgium, Greece, Italy |
| Denmark | Finland, Netherlands, Sweden | |
| Sweden | Austria, Denmark, Yugoslavia | |
| 2 | Greece | Cyprus, Switzerland |
| 1 | Cyprus | Iceland |
| Italy | Spain |
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