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Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Eurovision Song Contest 1989
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Dates
Grand final6 May 1989
Host
VenuePalais de Beaulieu
Lausanne, Switzerland
Presenter(s)
  • Jacques Deschenaux
  • Lolita Morena
Musical directorBenoit Kaufman
Directed byAlain Bloch
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producerRaymond Zumsteg
Host broadcasterSwiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Opening act"Ne partez pas sans moi" and "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" performed by Celine Dion
Interval actGuy Tell
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/lausanne-1989 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries22
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries Cyprus
Non-returning countriesNone
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Nul points Iceland
Winning song Yugoslavia
"Rock Me"

The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 was the 34th annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 6 May 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, after Celine Dion's victory in Dublin the previous year. The program was presented by Lolita Morena and Jacques Deschenaux. Riva, representing Yugoslavia, won with the song "Rock Me". This was the only victory for Yugoslavia as a unified state.[1] Furthermore, this was the first victory for one of the Balkan countries and this was the first winning song to be performed in one of the Slavic languages.

Location

Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne – host venue of the 1989 contest.

Lausanne is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and the capital and biggest city of the canton of Vaud. The city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, or simply Le Léman).[2] It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura Mountains to its north-west. Lausanne is located 62 kilometres (38.5 miles) northeast of Geneva.

Palais de Beaulieu, a convention and exhibition centre, was chosen to host the 1989 contest. The centre includes the 1,844 seat Théâtre de Beaulieu concert, dance and theatre hall. Inaugurated in 1954, the Théâtre de Beaulieu is the biggest theatre in Switzerland. The Eurovision Song Contest took place in the Hall 6 + 7 of the Palais, to the right from the main hall and the theatre.

Contest overview

The United Kingdom's Ray Caruana, lead singer with Live Report was outspoken about coming second to what he considered a much less worthy song.[3] They had been defeated 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.[4]

The previous year's winner, Celine Dion, opened the show with a mimed performance of her winning song and a mimed performance of her first English-language single, "Where Does My Heart Beat Now". The song became a top ten hit in the US a year later - effectively launching her into international success.[1]

Returning artists

Only one artist returned this year to represent their country for a second time. Marianna Efstratiou of Greece was a backing vocalist of the Greek band "Bang" in 1987.

Conductors

Each performance (except Austria, Iceland and Germany) had a conductor who led the orchestra. Unlike in most years and like in 1988, the conductors took their bows after each song, not before.

Results

Draw Country Artist Song Language[5][6] Place Points
01 Italy Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali "Avrei voluto" Italian 9 56
02 Israel Gili Netanel & Galit Burg-Michael "Derekh Hamelekh" (דרך המלך) Hebrew 12 50
03 Ireland Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers "The Real Me" English 18 21
04 Netherlands Justine Pelmelay "Blijf zoals je bent" Dutch 15 45
05 Turkey Pan "Bana Bana" Turkish 21 5
06 Belgium Ingeborg "Door de wind" Dutch 19 13
07 United Kingdom Live Report "Why Do I Always Get it Wrong?" English 2 130
08 Norway Britt Synnøve Johansen "Venners nærhet" Norwegian 17 30
09 Portugal Da Vinci "Conquistador" Portuguese 16 39
10 Sweden Tommy Nilsson "En dag" Swedish 4 110
11 Luxembourg Park Café "Monsieur" French 20 8
12 Denmark Birthe Kjær "Vi maler byen rød" Danish 3 111
13 Austria Thomas Forstner "Nur ein Lied" German 5 97
14 Finland Anneli Saaristo "La dolce vita" Finnish 7 76
15 France Nathalie Pâque "J'ai volé la vie" French 8 60
16 Spain Nina "Nacida para amar" Spanish 6 88
17 Cyprus Fani Polymeri & Yiannis Savvidakis "Apopse as vrethume" (Απόψε ας βρεθούμε) Greek 11 51
18 Switzerland Furbaz "Viver senza tei" Romansh 13 47
19 Greece Marianna Efstratiou "To diko sou asteri" (Το δικό σου αστέρι) Greek 9 56
20 Iceland Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson "Það sem enginn sér" Icelandic 22 0
21 Germany Nino de Angelo "Flieger" German 14 46
22 Yugoslavia Riva "Rock Me" Serbo-Croatian 1 137

Voting structure

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top ten songs. There was also a change of rule in case of a tie; prior to 1989, both countries would perform their songs again until a final decision was made. However from 1989 onwards, if there was a tie at the end of the voting, the country that scored the most twelves would be declared the winner. If there was still a tie, the winner was the country that scored the most tens. And if there still was a tie after that, both countries would be declared joint winners.

Score sheet

Juries
Total score
Italy
Israel
Ireland
Netherlands
Turkey
Belgium
United Kingdom
Norway
Portugal
Sweden
Luxembourg
Denmark
Austria
Finland
France
Spain
Cyprus
Switzerland
Greece
Iceland
Germany
Yugoslavia
Contestants
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

12 points

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

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
5 United Kingdom France
Germany
Luxembourg
Norway
Portugal
4 Yugoslavia Ireland
Israel
Turkey
United Kingdom
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
3 Austria Belgium
Greece
Italy
Denmark Finland
Netherlands
Sweden
Sweden Austria
Denmark
Yugoslavia
2 Greece Cyprus
Switzerland
1 Cyprus Iceland
Italy Spain

Commentators

Television

Participating countries

Non-participating countries

Radio

Some participating countries did not provide radio broadcasts for the event; the ones who did are listed below.

Spokespersons

National jury members

  • Ireland – Geraldine Cooper
  • Belgium – Jan Demulder
  • United Kingdom – Carol Kelly
  • Portugal – Vasco da Camara Pereira
  • Spain – Luis Merino (student, Eurovision fan and AEV president), Blanca Andreu (poet), Javier Tomeo (playwright), Ángeles Fernández (student), Antonio Banderas (actor), Isabel Mestres (actress), Luis Miguel Calvo (bullfighter), Emma Penella (actress), Antonio Ozores (actor), Pitita Ridruejo (writer), Javier Clemente (football coach), Dolly Fontana (public relations), Carlos Ferrando (journalist), Tatiana Magdalena García (hairdresser), Félix Cábez (scriptwriter), Charo Pascual (physicist and weatherwoman)[31]
  • Switzerland – Chantal Oes, Pierre Gumy

See also

  • Eurovision Young Dancers 1989

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