Eurovision Song Contest 1989

34th Eurovision Song Contest
date	May 6, 1989
Host country	Switzerland
venue	Palais de Beaulieu , Lausanne
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Jacques Deschenaux and Lolita Morena
Pause filler	Guy Tell and assistant with a Wilhelm Tell apple circus act
participating countries	22nd
winner	Yugoslavia
Returning participants	Cyprus
Voting rule	In each country a jury awards 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to the ten best songs.
◄ ESC 1988 • ESC 1990 ►

The 34th Eurovision Song Contest , officially the Concours Eurovision de la Chanson that year , took place on May 6, 1989 in the Palais de Beaulieu in halls six and seven in Lausanne , after Celine Dion won for Switzerland a year earlier. This time Yugoslavia won with the song Rock Me by the group Riva .

particularities

For Germany, the singer Nino de Angelo took part with the title Flieger , who landed in 14th place. With Viver senza tei of the group Furbaz , the first and to this day only song in Romansh at the ESC, the host was one position better in 13th place. Austria came in fifth with Nur ein Lied by Thomas Forstner . Both the German and the Austrian contribution were composed by Dieter Bohlen . Thomas Gottschalk spoke the German commentary for ARD .

In the supporting film, a little girl, playing the children's book character Heidi, toured the sights of Switzerland. With a length of 7 minutes, this supporting film is the longest in ESC history. Little Heidi's journey ended at the hand of Celine Dion at the entrance of the Palais des Beaulieu and with the start of the show, which opened with last year's winning song Ne partez pas sans moi .

A breakdown happened in the break program at the Wilhelm Tell show part. The arrow of the crossbow chain reaction just missed the apple on the assistant's head, so that the artist Guy Tell turned away briefly and stuck the arrow concealed in the apple. The successful attempt from the dress rehearsal was then recorded in slow motion.

This year there were once again zero points, this time for the contribution from Iceland.

At the 1989 Grand Prix, two countries sent children to compete. France sent an eleven-year-old girl, Israel a twelve-year-old boy. Due to the public criticism, the EBU raised the minimum age of the performers to 16 in the following year (the 16th birthday must be in the year of the contest).

Attendees

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC, but not in 1989

This time Cyprus was able to participate again after a year of “forced break”, so that 22 countries were at the start. No interpreter returned to the competition. Only the Greek Marianna Efstratiou was in the choir of the group Bang for Greece in 1987.

Voting procedure

In each country there was an eleven-member jury, which initially determined the ten best songs internally. Then the individual juries awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to these ten best songs.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Title (M = music; T = text)	language	translation	Points
01.	22nd	Yugoslavia	Riva	Rock Me M: Rajko Dujmić; T: Stevo Cvikić	Croatian a.	Rock me	137
02.	07th	United Kingdom	Live report	Why Do I Always Get It Wrong? M: John Beeby; T: Brian Hodgson	English	Why do I always get it wrong?	130
03.	12	Denmark	Birthe Kjær	Vi painter byen rød M: Søren Bundgaard; T: Keld Heick	Danish	We're painting the city red	111
04th	10	Sweden	Tommy Nilsson	En dag M: Alexander Bard, Ola Håkansson , Tim Norell; T: Tim Norell, Ola Håkansson	Swedish	Someday	110
05.	13	Austria	Thomas Forstner	Just a song M: Dieter Bohlen ; T: Joachim Horn-Bernges	German	-	097
06th	16	Spain	Nina	Nacida para amar M / T: Juan Carlos Calderón	Spanish	Born to love	088
07th	14th	Finland	Anneli Saaristo	La dolce vita M: Matti Puurtinen; T: Turkka Mali	Finnish b.	The sweet life	076
08th.	15th	France	Nathalie Pâque	J'ai volé la vie M: Guy Mattéoni, GG Candy; T: Sylvain Lebel	French	I stole my life	060
09.	01	Italy	Anna Oxa e Fausto Leali	Avrei voluto M: Franco Fasano; T: Franco Ciani, Fabrizio Berlincioni	Italian	I would have wanted	056
10.	19th	Greece	Mariana Μαριάννα	To dhiko su asteri (Το δικό σου αστέρι) M: Yannis Kyris, Marianna Efstratiou; T: Villy Sanianu	Greek	Your own star	056
11.	17th	Cyprus	Fani Polymeri ke Giannis Savvidakis Φανή Πολυμέρη και Γιάννης Σαββιδάκης	Apopse as vrethume (Απόψε ας βρεθούμε) M: Marios Meletiou; T: Efi Meletiou	Greek	Let's meet tonight	051
12.	02	Israel	Gili & Galit גילי וגלית	Derech hamelech (דרך המלך) M / T: Shaike Paikov	Hebrew	The royal road	050
13.	18th	Switzerland	Furbaz	Viver senza tei M / T: Marie Louise Werth	Romansh	Live without you	047
14th	21st	BR Germany	Nino de Angelo	Aviator M: Dieter Bohlen ; T: Joachim Horn-Bernges	German	-	046
15th	04th	Netherlands	Justine Pelmelay	Blijf zoals je bent M: Jan Kisjes; T: Cees Bergman, Geertjan Hessing, Aart Mol, Erwin van Prehn, Elmer Veerhoff	Dutch	Stay the way you are	045
16.	09	Portugal	Da Vinci	Conquistador M: Ricardo; T: Pedro Luis	Portuguese	Conquistador (conqueror)	039
17th	08th	Norway	Britt Synnøve Johansen	Venners nærhet M: Inge Enoksen; T: Leiv N. Grøtte	Norwegian	Being close to friends	030th
18th	03	Ireland	Kiev Connolly and The Missing Passengers	The Real Me M / T: Kiev Connolly	English	The true me	021st
19th	06th	Belgium	Ingeborg	Door de wind M / T: Stef Bos	Dutch	Through the wind	013
20th	11	Luxembourg	Park cafe	Monsieur M: Maggie Parke, guest Waltzing; T: Bernard Loncheval, Yves Lacomblez, Maggie Parke	French	(Sir	008th
21st	05	Turkey	Pan	Bana bana M / T: Timur Selçuk	Turkish	Me me	005
22nd	20th	Iceland	Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson	Það sem enginn sér M / T: Valgeir Guðjónsson	Icelandic	What nobody sees	000

^a. with English title

^b. with Italian title

Scoring

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	ITA	ISR	IRL	NLD	DOOR	BEL	GBR	NOR	POR	SWE	LUX	THE	AUT	FIN	FRA	ESP	CYP	SUI	GRC	ISL	GER	YUG
Italy	056	-								7th					10		12	6th	2	4th		7th	8th
Israel	050	1	-	7th	3			2			5		5		5				7th		5	3	7th
Ireland	021st			-		7th	3		3			2										4th	2
Netherlands	045	10		3	-			3				1		4th	4th	7th	6th			1		6th
Turkey	005					-											1						4th
Belgium	013			5	5		-		2												1
United Kingdom	130	6th	7th	4th	7th	1		-	12	12	10	12	1	8th	6th	12	10	2		2		12	6th
Norway	030th		2		2	5	8th		-		2		6th			4th			1
Portugal	039					4th	2		1	-	3	7th		6th	2		8th			6th
Sweden	110		6th				6th	4th	8th	8th	-	6th	12	12		2	5	8th	3	8th	2	8th	12
Luxembourg	008th											-				5	3
Denmark	111	5	1	10	12	6th	4th	10	10	2	12	3	-	7th	12	6th					10		1
Austria	097	12	8th			3	12				7th		4th	-	1		2	10	8th	12	8th	5	5
Finland	076		10	8th	6th	10				1	4th	4th		3	-	10	7th	3					10
France	060	3	5	6th	4th				5		1	8th	3	5	3	-		7th		5		2	3
Spain	088	8th				2	7th	7th	4th			10			8th	8th	-	4th	10	10		10
Cyprus	051	2	3	1				6th		6th			8th	2				-	4th	7th	12
Switzerland	047	4th	4th		10	8th		8th		3			2	1					-		7th
Greece	056				1		1	5	6th	10						1	4th	12	12	-	4th
Iceland	000																				-
BR Germany	046	7th		2			5	1		5	6th		7th					1	6th	3	3	-
Yugoslavia	137		12	12	8th	12	10	12	7th	4th	8th	5	10	10	7th	3		5	5		6th	1	-

* The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance, horizontally according to the chronological scoring.

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation

number	country	received from
5	United Kingdom	Germany, France, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal
4th	Yugoslavia	Ireland, Israel, Turkey, United Kingdom
3	Denmark	Finland, Netherlands, Sweden
	Austria	Belgium, Greece, Italy
	Sweden	Denmark, Yugoslavia, Austria
2	Greece	Switzerland, Cyprus
1	Italy	Spain
	Cyprus	Iceland

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

• Eurovision.tv
• Eurovision.de
• diggiloo.net

Individual evidence

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