Eurovision Song Contest 1989

The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 was the 34th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Lausanne, Switzerland, following Céline Dion's victory at the 1988 contest with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi". Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), the contest was held at Palais de Beaulieu on 6 May 1989 and was hosted by Swiss model Lolita Morena and journalist Jacques Deschenaux.

Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Dates
Final6 May 1989
Host
VenuePalais de Beaulieu
Lausanne, Switzerland
Presenter(s)
Musical directorBenoit Kaufman
Directed byAlain Bloch
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producerRaymond Zumsteg
Host broadcasterSwiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/lausanne-1989
Participants
Number of entries22
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries Cyprus
Non-returning countriesNone
Participation map
  • A coloured map of the countries of Europe
         Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1989
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song Yugoslavia
"Rock Me"

Twenty-two countries took part in the contest with Cyprus returning after having been disqualified the year before.

The winner was Yugoslavia with the song "Rock Me" by Croatian band Riva. This was the only victory for Yugoslavia before its breakup.[1] As of 2023 they are still the last act to win the contest performing last.

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.

Participating countries
Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 a rule stating that no performer would be allowed to take part before the year of their 16th birthday. This rule remains in place to the present day.[3]

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.

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1989[4][5][6][7]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Conductor
 Austria ORF Thomas Forstner "Nur ein Lied" German
No conductor
 Belgium BRT Ingeborg "Door de wind" Dutch Stef Bos Freddy Sunder
 Cyprus CyBC Fanny Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis "Apopse as vrethoume" (Απόψε ας βρεθούμε) Greek
  • Efi Meletiou
  • Marios Meletiou
 Haris Andreadis
 Denmark DR Birthe Kjær "Vi maler byen rød" Danish
Henrik Krogsgaard[lower-alpha 1]
 Finland YLE Anneli Saaristo "La dolce vita" Finnish
  • Turkka Mali
  • Matti Puurtinen
 Ossi Runne
 France Antenne 2 Nathalie Pâque "J'ai volé la vie" French
  • G.G. Candy
  • Sylvain Lebel
  • Guy Mattéoni
 Guy Mattéoni
 Germany BR[lower-alpha 2] Nino de Angelo "Flieger" German
  • Dieter Bohlen
  • Joachim Horn-Bernges
 No conductor
 Greece ERT Marianna "To diko sou asteri" (Το δικό σου αστέρι) Greek
Giorgos Niarchos
 Iceland RÚV Daníel "Það sem enginn sér" Icelandic Valgeir Guðjónsson No conductor
 Ireland RTÉ Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers "The Real Me" English Kiev Connolly Noel Kelehan
 Israel IBA Gili and Galit "Derekh Hamelekh" (דרך המלך) Hebrew Shaike Paikov Shaike Paikov
 Italy RAI Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali "Avrei voluto" Italian
Mario Natale
 Luxembourg CLT Park Café "Monsieur" French
Benoît Kaufman
 Netherlands NOS Justine Pelmelay "Blijf zoals je bent" Dutch
Harry van Hoof
 Norway NRK Britt Synnøve Johansen "Venners nærhet" Norwegian
  • Inge Enoksen
  • Leiv N. Grøtte
 Pete Knutsen
 Portugal RTP Da Vinci "Conquistador" Portuguese
Luís Duarte
 Spain TVE Nina "Nacida para amar" Spanish Juan Carlos Calderón Juan Carlos Calderón
 Sweden SVT Tommy Nilsson "En dag" Swedish
Anders Berglund
  Switzerland SRG SSR Furbaz "Viver senza tei" Romansh Marie Louise Werth Benoît Kaufman
 Turkey TRT Pan "Bana Bana" Turkish Timur Selçuk Timur Selçuk
 United Kingdom BBC Live Report "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong" English
  • John Beeby
  • Brian Hodgson
 Ronnie Hazlehurst
 Yugoslavia JRT Riva "Rock Me" Serbo-Croatian
Nikica Kalogjera

Returning artists
Artist Country Previous year(s)
Marianna Efstratiou  Greece 1987 (as a backing vocalist for Bang)
Søren Bundgaard (Backing vocal)  Denmark 1984, 1985, 1988 (as a part of Hot Eyes)

Contest overview

The previous year's winner, Céline 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]

The United Kingdom's Ray Caruana, lead singer of Live Report was outspoken about coming second to what he considered a much less worthy song.[9] They had been defeated by 7 points.

At the end of the show, Riva performed their winning song "Rock Me" in English, rather than Serbo-Croatian.

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1989[10]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Italy Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali "Avrei voluto" 56 9
2  Israel Gili and Galit "Derekh Hamelekh" 50 12
3  Ireland Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers "The Real Me" 21 18
4  Netherlands Justine Pelmelay "Blijf zoals je bent" 45 15
5  Turkey Pan "Bana Bana" 5 21
6  Belgium Ingeborg "Door de wind" 13 19
7  United Kingdom Live Report "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong" 130 2
8  Norway Britt Synnøve Johansen "Venners nærhet" 30 17
9  Portugal Da Vinci "Conquistador" 39 16
10  Sweden Tommy Nilsson "En dag" 110 4
11  Luxembourg Park Café "Monsieur" 8 20
12  Denmark Birthe Kjær "Vi maler byen rød" 111 3
13  Austria Thomas Forstner "Nur ein Lied" 97 5
14  Finland Anneli Saaristo "La dolce vita" 76 7
15  France Nathalie Pâque "J'ai volé la vie" 60 8
16  Spain Nina "Nacida para amar" 88 6
17  Cyprus Fanny Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis "Apopse as vrethoume" 51 11
18   Switzerland Furbaz "Viver senza tei" 47 13
19  Greece Marianna "To diko sou asteri" 56 9
20  Iceland Daníel "Það sem enginn sér" 0 22
21  Germany Nino de Angelo "Flieger" 46 14
22  Yugoslavia Riva "Rock Me" 137 1

Spokespersons

Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1989 contest are listed below.

Detailed voting results

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; this never happened. 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.

Detailed voting results[14][15]
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 567101262478
Israel 5017325557537
Ireland 21733242
Netherlands 4510331447616
Turkey 514
Belgium 135521
United Kingdom 1306747112121012186121022126
Norway 3022582641
Portugal 39421376286
Sweden 1106648861212258382812
Luxembourg 853
Denmark 11151101264101021237126101
Austria 97128312741210812855
Finland 761086101443107310
France 6035645183537523
Spain 888277410884101010
Cyprus 5123166824712
Switzerland 474410883217
Greece 561156101412124
Iceland 0
Germany 4672515671633
Yugoslavia 1371212812101274851010735561

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
3  Austria Belgium,  Greece,  Italy
 Denmark Finland,  Netherlands,  Sweden
 Sweden Austria,  Denmark,  Yugoslavia
2  Greece Cyprus,   Switzerland
1  Cyprus Iceland
 Italy Spain

Broadcasts

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.[16] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF FS1 Ernst Grissemann [17][18]
 Belgium BRT TV1 Luc Appermont [19]
BRT 2 Ann Lepère
RTBF RTBF1 Jacques Mercier [19][20]
 Cyprus CyBC RIK Neophytos Taliotis [21]
 Denmark DR DR TV Jørgen de Mylius [22]
DR P3 Kurt Helge Andersen
 Finland YLE TV1, 2-verkko Heikki Harma [23][24]
 France Antenne 2 Lionel Cassan [25]
 Germany ARD Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen Thomas Gottschalk [17][19]
 Greece ERT ET1 Dafni Bokota [26][27]
 Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið, Rás 1 Arthúr Björgvin Bollason [28][11]
 Ireland RTÉ RTÉ 1 Ronan Collins and Michelle Rocca [29]
RTÉ Radio 1 Larry Gogan [30]
 Israel IBA Israeli Television Unknown [31]
Reshet Gimel Unknown
 Italy RAI Rai Uno[lower-alpha 3] Gabriella Carlucci [32]
 Luxembourg CLT Unknown Unknown [33]
 Netherlands NOS Nederland 3 Willem van Beusekom [19]
 Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet, NRK P2 John Andreassen [34][35]
 Portugal RTP RTP Canal 1 Unknown [36]
 Spain TVE TVE 2 Tomás Fernando Flores [37]
 Sweden SVT Kanal 1 Jacob Dahlin [13][23][34]
RR SR P3 Kent Finell and Janeric Sundquist [13]
  Switzerland SRG SSR TV DRS Bernard Thurnheer [17][25][38]
TSR Thierry Masselot
TSI[lower-alpha 4] Giovanni Bertini
 Turkey TRT TV1 Unknown [39]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC1 Terry Wogan [5][40][41]
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce
 Yugoslavia JRT TV Ljubljana 1 Unknown [42][43][44]
TV Zagreb 1 Oliver Mlakar
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Australia SBS SBS TV[lower-alpha 5] Unknown [45]
 Canada Unknown Unknown Unknown [46]
 Poland TP TP1[lower-alpha 6] Unknown [47]
 South Korea Unknown Unknown Unknown [46]
 Soviet Union
( Estonian SSR)		 ETV Unknown [23][48]
CT USSR Programme One Unknown

See also

Notes
  1. Partway through the performance Krogsgaard joined as a backing singer, with the orchestra for the remainder of the performance conducted by musical director Benoît Kaufman.[5][7]
  2. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[8]
  3. Deferred broadcast at 23:10 CEST (21:10 UTC)[32]
  4. Broadcast through a second audio programme on TSR[17]
  5. Deferred broadcast on 7 May at 20:30 AEST (10:30 UTC)[45]
  6. Delayed broadcast on 20 May 1989 at 20:05 CEST (18:05 UTC)[47]

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