Eurovision Song Contest 1991

36th Eurovision Song Contest
date	May 4th 1991
Host country	Italy
venue	Studio 15 de Cinecittà , Rome
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Gigliola Cinquetti and Toto Cutugno
Pause filler	Arturo Brachetti does magic
participating countries	22nd
winner	Sweden
Returning participants	Malta
Withdrawn participants	Netherlands
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 1990 • ESC 1992 ►

The 36 ° Concorso Eurovisione della Canzone , the official title for this year, took place on May 4th 1991 in Cinecittà Studio 15 in Rome . Sweden won with Fångad av en stormvind just ahead of C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison from France.

particularities

The two first-placed participants France and Sweden both received 146 points. According to the rules valid until 2003, the winner in the event of a tie was decided according to the number of 12-point scores. Since both representatives got 12 points four times each, the number of 10-point evaluations decided, of which Sweden got five and France two. Carola from Sweden was the winner.

For Germany, the group Atlantis 2000 took part with the title This dream must never die , which landed in 18th place. Austria's contribution Venice in the Rain, presented by Thomas Forstner , who took part in the competition for the second time in 1989 , achieved last place with zero points and could not repeat his success of 5th place two years earlier. Switzerland achieved a higher result: Sandra Studer , who competed as Sandra Simó, came in 5th place with Canzone per te .

After Amina from Israel, who started for France, had received 12 points, she went to the Israeli duo Datz and thanked them. This was seen as a kind of sign of reconciliation since Amina is of Muslim faith.

Dragana Šarić, who performed for Yugoslavia under the stage name Bebi Dol , presented herself completely dressed in turquoise with tights and balloon skirts. In addition, she wore a headband adorned with rhinestones, glittering silver pumps and was supported by three background dancers. For Norway, the group sang Just 4 Fun by Hanne Krogh the title Mrs. Thompson.

Originally, RAI wanted to host the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 in Sanremo , home of the traditional Festival di Sanremo . For security reasons - instability in the Balkans as well as in Iraq - the contest was moved to the studio in Rome at short notice, which resulted in some organizational complications for the participating countries.

Attendees

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC, but not in 1991

Malta had last participated in 1975 and was returning after a hiatus of fifteen years. The Netherlands did not participate for the second time after 1985 because the day of the event crossed again with the Dutch National Doden Herdenking. 22 countries took part again.

The following performers returned to the competition:

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Iceland	Stefán Hilmarsson	1988 (as a member of Beathoven )
Norway	Eiríkur Hauksson	1986 (as a member of ICY for Iceland )
	Hanne Krogh (member of Just 4 Fun )	1971 , 1985 (Winner as a member of the Bobbysocks )
Austria	Thomas Forstner	1989
Sweden	Carola	1983

Voting procedure

In each country there was a jury that 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	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01. 1	08th	Sweden	Carola	Fångad av en stormvind M / T: Stephan Berg	Swedish	Caught in a storm wind	146
02.	09	France	Amina	C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison M: Wasis Diop; T: Amina Annabi	French	Whoever has the last word is right	146
03.	15th	Israel	Duo Datz אורנה ומשה דץ	Kan (כאן) M / T: Uzi Chitman	Hebrew	Here	139
04th	19th	Spain	Sergio Dalma	Bailar pegados M: Julio Seijas; T: Luis Gomez Escolar	Spanish	Dancing closely	119
05.	05	Switzerland	Sandra Simó	Canzone per te M / T: Renato Mascetti	Italian	Song for you	118
06. 2	03	Malta	Paul Giordimaina and Georgina	Could It Be M: Paul Abela ; T: Raymond Mahoney	English	Could it be	106
07th	22nd	Italy	Peppino di Capri	Comme è ddoce 'o mare M: Marcello Marocchi; T: Giampiero Artegiani	Neapolitan	How sweet is the sea	089
08th.	12	Portugal	Dulce	Lusitana paixão M: Jorge Quintela, José Da Ponte; T: Fred Micaelo, José Da Ponte	Portuguese	Lusitanian passion	062
09.	21st	Cyprus	Elena Patroklou Ελενα Πατρόκλου	SOS M: Kypros charalambus; T: Andreas Christou	Greek	-	060
10.	20th	United Kingdom	Samantha Janus	A Message to Your Heart M / T: Paul Curtis	English	A message to your heart	047
11.	11	Ireland	Kim Jackson	Could It Be that I'm in Love? M / T: Liam O'Reilly	English	Could it be that I'm in love?	047
12.	10	Turkey	İzel Çeliköz , Reyhan Karaca ve Can Uğurluer	İki dakika M: Şevket Uğurluer; T: Aysel Gürel	Turkish	Two minutes	044
13.	04th	Greece	Sophia Vossou Σοφία Βόσσου	I Anixi (Η άνοιξη) M / T: Andreas Mikroutsikos	Greek	spring	036
14th	07th	Luxembourg	Sarah Bray	Un baiser volé M: Patrick Hippert; T: Mick Wersant, Linda Lecomte	French	A stolen kiss	029
15th	02	Iceland	Stefán & Eyfi	Nína M / T: Eyjólfur Kristjánsson	Icelandic	Nina	026th
16.	18th	Belgium	Clouseau	Geef het op M / T: Kris Wauters, Jan Leyers, Koen Wauters, Bob Savenberg	Dutch	Give it up	023
17th	14th	Norway	Just 4 fun	Mrs. Thompson M: PG Roness, Kaare Skevik Jr .; T: Dag Kolsrud	Norwegian a.	Ms. Thompson	014th
18th	17th	Germany	Atlantis 2000	This dream must never die M: Alfons Weindorf ; T: Helmut Frey	German	-	010
19th	13	Denmark	Not so Frandsen	League of the hvor hjetzt slår M / T: Michael Elo	Danish	Right where the heart beats	008th
20th	16	Finland	Kaija	Hullu yö M: Ile Kallio; T: Jukka Välimaa	Finnish	Crazy night	006th
21st	01	Yugoslavia	Bebi Dol Беби Дол	Brazil (Бразил) M: Zoran Vračević; T: Dragana Šarić	Serbian	Brazil	001
22nd	06th	Austria	Thomas Forstner	Venice in the rain M / T: Robby Musenbichler , Hubert Moser, Wolfgang Eltner	German	-	000

¹The rules said that if there was a tie, the title with the highest score would win the most. Since both Sweden and France had each received 12 points four times, the more frequent 10-point evaluations were decisive for Carola's victory. According to the regulations, in the event of a tie between two or more countries, the number of the highest scores must decide whether to win or lose in a direct comparison.

² English is the official language of Malta alongside Maltese, which is why Malta was able to compete with English-language songs when songs were sung in their own national language.

^a. with English title

Scoring

country	Points	YU	IS	MT	GR	CH	AT	LU	SE	FR	TK	IE	PT	DK	NO	IL	FI	DE	BE	IT	UK	CY	IT	Voting
Yugoslavia	001		-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	01
Iceland	026th	-		-	-	4th	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	7th	04th
Malta	106	1	-		2	6th	4th	10	12	2	7th	12	7th	-	6th	-	-	10	4th	6th	7th	-	10	16
Greece	036	4th	-	5		-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	4th	1	-	1	5	-	10	2	11
Switzerland	118	5	5	-	7th		8th	12	8th	4th	2	2	6th	5	3	8th	5	6th	12	-	8th	8th	4th	19th
Austria	000	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	00
Luxembourg	029	-	4th	-	-	-	5		1	-	3	-	2	4th	-	-	-	3	2	-	3	2	-	10
Sweden	146	6th	12	-	-	10	10	7th		-	6th	3	10	12	8th	10	8th	12	10	4th	12	6th	-	17th
France	146	10	7th	3	8th	7th	12	-	5		-	7th	5	-	12	12	10	8th	7th	8th	6th	7th	12	18th
Turkey	044	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	7th		-	-	8th	-	7th	-	-	-	2	5	-	8th	07th
Ireland	047	3	-	4th	-	3	1	8th	-	-	4th		-	7th	-	1	2	2	5	-	4th	-	3	13
Portugal	062	-	8th	-	4th	1	-	2	7th	10	5	-		1	2	-	7th	-	-	10	-	4th	1	13
Denmark	008th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-		5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	02
Norway	014th	-	6th	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	2		-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	05
Israel	139	12	10	8th	5	8th	-	5	6th	3	12	8th	4th	10	7th		6th	-	8th	12	10	5	-	18th
Finland	006th	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	03
Germany	010	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-		-	1	-	3	-	03
Belgium	023	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-		3	2	-	5	07th
Spain	119	8th	2	6th	10	12	7th	6th	4th	6th	8th	6th	8th	-	4th	2	4th	7th	6th		1	12	-	19th
United Kingdom	047	-	-	10	3	5	6th	3	-	1	-	-	1	3	-	5	-	-	3	-		1	6th	12
Cyprus	060	2	3	12	12	-	-	4th	-	12	-	5	3	-	-	6th	-	1	-	-	-		-	11
Italy	089	7th	-	2	6th	2	-	-	-	8th	10	10	12	-	10	3	12	-	-	7th	-	-		12

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

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jan Feddersen: A song can be a bridge . 1st edition. Hoffmann and Campe Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-455-09350-7 . P. 261.
2. ^ When Opening Up became hard. May 13, 2020, accessed on July 20, 2020 .