Eurovision Song Contest 1990
The Eurovision Song Contest 1990 was the 35th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia,[lower-alpha 1] following the country's victory at the 1989 contest with the song "Rock Me" by Riva. It was the only time Yugoslavia hosted the contest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcasters Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT) and Radiotelevizija Zagreb (RTZ), the contest was held at Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall on 5 May 1990 and was hosted by Croatian television presenters Helga Vlahović and Oliver Mlakar.[1] It was the first Eurovision Song Contest held in the Balkans as well as the first and only contest held in a communist or socialist state.
Eurovision Song Contest 1990 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 5 May 1990 |
Host | |
Venue | Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Presenter(s) | Helga Vlahović Oliver Mlakar |
Musical director | Igor Kuljerić Stanko Selak (assistant) |
Directed by | Nenad Puhovski |
Executive supervisor | Frank Naef |
Executive producer | Goran Radman |
Host broadcaster | Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT) Radiotelevizija Zagreb (RTZ) |
Website | eurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 22 |
Debuting countries | None |
Returning countries | None |
Non-returning countries | None |
Participation map
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
Winning song | Italy "Insieme: 1992" |
Twenty-two countries took part in the contest, the same countries that had participated the previous year.
The winner was Italy with the song "Insieme: 1992" by Toto Cutugno. Cutugno was aged 46 years and 302 days at the time of his victory, making him the oldest winner of the contest to date, the first to be aged in their forties since 1958. He held the record until 2000.[2] The 1990 contest also notably remains the last time that the five countries that would later become known as the "Big Five" – Italy, France, Spain, the United Kingdom and Germany – all placed in the top 10 (Italy won, France tied for second, Spain came fifth, the UK came sixth and Germany came ninth).
Location
Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, was the second largest city in Yugoslavia. Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall was chosen to host the contest. The concert hall and convention center is named after Vatroslav Lisinski, a 19th-century Croatian composer.[3] The building has a big hall with 1,841 seats and a small hall with 305 seats.[3]
In order to host the 1990 contest, the venue underwent its first major renovation in 1989.[4] In 1992, the hall's copper roof cover was completely replaced.[4] Further reconstruction and redecoration work was done in 1999 and 2009.[5][6]
Participating countries
Malta had originally planned on competing in this edition of the contest, but the rules stated that a maximum of 22 countries were allowed to compete.[7] Since no countries withdrew, there wasn't an opening for Malta.
Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Conductor |
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Austria | ORF | Simone | "Keine Mauern mehr" | German[lower-alpha 2] |
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Richard Oesterreicher |
Belgium | RTBF | Philippe Lafontaine | "Macédomienne" | French | Philippe Lafontaine | Rony Brack |
Cyprus | CyBC | Anastasiou | "Milas poli" (Μιλάς πολύ) | Greek |
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Stanko Selak |
Denmark | DR | Lonnie Devantier | "Hallo Hallo" | Danish |
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Henrik Krogsgaard |
Finland | YLE | Beat | "Fri?" | Swedish |
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Olli Ahvenlahti |
France | Antenne 2 | Joëlle Ursull | "White and Black Blues" | French |
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Régis Dupré |
Germany | BR[lower-alpha 3] | Chris Kempers and Daniel Kovac | "Frei zu leben" | German | Rainer Pietsch | |
Greece | ERT | Christos Callow | "Horis skopo" (Χωρίς σκοπό) | Greek |
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Mihalis Rozakis |
Iceland | RÚV | Stjórnin | "Eitt lag enn" | Icelandic |
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Jon Kjell Seljeseth |
Ireland | RTÉ | Liam Reilly | "Somewhere in Europe" | English | Liam Reilly | Noel Kelehan |
Israel | IBA | Rita | "Shara Barkhovot" (שרה ברחובות) | Hebrew | Rami Levin | |
Italy | RAI | Toto Cutugno | "Insieme: 1992" | Italian | Toto Cutugno | Gianni Madonini |
Luxembourg | CLT | Céline Carzo | "Quand je te rêve" | French |
|
Thierry Durbet |
Netherlands | NOS | Maywood | "Ik wil alles met je delen" | Dutch | Alice May | Harry van Hoof |
Norway | NRK | Ketil Stokkan | "Brandenburger Tor" | Norwegian | Ketil Stokkan | Pete Knutsen |
Portugal | RTP | Nucha | "Há sempre alguém" | Portuguese |
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Carlos Alberto Moniz |
Spain | TVE | Azúcar Moreno | "Bandido" | Spanish |
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Eduardo Leiva |
Sweden | SVT | Edin-Ådahl | "Som en vind" | Swedish | Mikael Wendt | Curt-Eric Holmquist |
Switzerland | SRG SSR | Egon Egemann | "Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus" | German | Cornelia Lackner | Bela Balint |
Turkey | TRT | Kayahan | "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" | Turkish | Kayahan Açar | Ümit Eroğlu |
United Kingdom | BBC | Emma | "Give a Little Love Back to the World" | English | Paul Curtis | Alyn Ainsworth |
Yugoslavia | JRT | Tajči | "Hajde da ludujemo" (Хајде да лудујемо) | Serbo-Croatian |
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Stjepan Mihaljinec |
Returning artists
Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
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Ketil Stokkan | Norway | 1986 |
Pepel in kri (backing vocalists) | Italy | 1975 (for Yugoslavia) |
Kari Kuivalainen (backing vocalist)[13] | Finland | 1986 |
Production and format
The Eurovision Song Contest 1990 was the first to implement an age rule. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) were forced to bring in a restriction rule after criticism arose over the ages of two performers at 1989 contest, being just 11 and 12 years old. From 1990, no artist under the age of 16 on the day of the contest could perform on stage. This rule meant that the record for the youngest ever winner at Eurovision could never be broken, as Sandra Kim, who won for Belgium at the 1986 competition, was 13 years old.[7]
There was a slightly uncomfortable beginning to the rehearsal week when, offended by press comments concerning their ages (Vlahović being 45 at the time and Mlakar being 54), the two presenters quit the show. They were briefly replaced by Rene Medvešek and Dubravka Marković, who were much younger, but the misunderstandings were eventually allayed and Vlahović and Mlakar returned to the contest.[7]
The lyrics of several entries celebrated the revolution and democratisation that had occurred in central and eastern Europe in the preceding months, focusing especially on the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989,[7] such as in the Norwegian and Austrian entries. However, the winning song was an even more sweeping evocation of European unity, in anticipation of the completion of the European single market, due at the end of 1992.
From a musical perspective both Spain's "Bandido" and France's "White and Black Blues" can be said to be the first entries to signal a new trend at Eurovision, with both songs fusing contemporary dance music with ethnic influences, from flamenco and calypso respectively.[7]
In contrast to previous editions, cameras moved from and to the stage during the performances, and showed angles that could not be seen by spectators in the hall, a feature that marked a change in the visual esthetics of the contest.[14]
The 1990 contest was the first year to feature an official mascot, Eurocat,[7] created by Joško Marušić. This mischievous purple cat popped up during the 'postcards' of each of the 22 entries, which also included travelogues of the country about to perform, in conjunction with the European Year of Tourism 1990.
This was the most profitable Eurovision up until that point.[15]
Contest overview
A notorious mishap occurred at the start of the first song, when a noticeably long delay caused by problems with the backing track (the sound engineer having forgotten to switch on the sound on the headphones of Spain's conductor Eduardo Leiva, who had to count in the orchestra playing the strings and brass along to the backing track) was followed by the Spanish singers Azúcar Moreno missing their cue. They walked off the stage in barely concealed annoyance and the audience was left in confusion for a moment, but the song was then restarted without any further problems.[7]
R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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1 | Spain | Azúcar Moreno | "Bandido" | 96 | 5 |
2 | Greece | Christos Callow | "Horis skopo" | 11 | 19 |
3 | Belgium | Philippe Lafontaine | "Macédomienne" | 46 | 12 |
4 | Turkey | Kayahan | "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" | 21 | 17 |
5 | Netherlands | Maywood | "Ik wil alles met je delen" | 25 | 15 |
6 | Luxembourg | Céline Carzo | "Quand je te rêve" | 38 | 13 |
7 | United Kingdom | Emma | "Give a Little Love Back to the World" | 87 | 6 |
8 | Iceland | Stjórnin | "Eitt lag enn" | 124 | 4 |
9 | Norway | Ketil Stokkan | "Brandenburger Tor" | 8 | 21 |
10 | Israel | Rita | "Shara Barkhovot" | 16 | 18 |
11 | Denmark | Lonnie Devantier | "Hallo Hallo" | 64 | 8 |
12 | Switzerland | Egon Egemann | "Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus" | 51 | 11 |
13 | Germany | Chris Kempers and Daniel Kovac | "Frei zu leben" | 60 | 9 |
14 | France | Joëlle Ursull | "White and Black Blues" | 132 | 2 |
15 | Yugoslavia | Tajči | "Hajde da ludujemo" | 81 | 7 |
16 | Portugal | Nucha | "Há sempre alguém" | 9 | 20 |
17 | Ireland | Liam Reilly | "Somewhere in Europe" | 132 | 2 |
18 | Sweden | Edin-Ådahl | "Som en vind" | 24 | 16 |
19 | Italy | Toto Cutugno | "Insieme: 1992" | 149 | 1 |
20 | Austria | Simone | "Keine Mauern mehr" | 58 | 10 |
21 | Cyprus | Anastasiou | "Milas poli" | 36 | 14 |
22 | Finland | Beat | "Fri?" | 8 | 21 |
Spokespersons
Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1990 contest are listed below.
- Ireland – Eileen Dunne[17]
- Sweden – Jan Ellerås[18]
- United Kingdom – Colin Berry[9]
Detailed voting results
Spain | 96 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | ||||||
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Greece | 11 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Belgium | 46 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Turkey | 21 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Luxembourg | 38 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
United Kingdom | 87 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Iceland | 124 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 7 | |||||
Norway | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Israel | 16 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Denmark | 64 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||
Switzerland | 51 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Germany | 60 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
France | 132 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | |||||
Yugoslavia | 81 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||
Portugal | 9 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ireland | 132 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 4 | |||||
Sweden | 24 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Italy | 149 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 8 | |||
Austria | 58 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||||
Cyprus | 36 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Finland | 8 | 5 | 3 |
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
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6 | France | Finland, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Yugoslavia |
3 | Italy | Cyprus, Ireland, Spain |
2 | Iceland | Portugal, United Kingdom |
Ireland | Austria, Sweden | |
Switzerland | Denmark, Greece | |
Yugoslavia | Israel, Turkey | |
1 | Austria | Italy |
Germany | Luxembourg | |
Luxembourg | France | |
Spain | Germany | |
United Kingdom | Belgium |
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.[21] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below. In addition to the participating countries, host Helga Vlahović mentioned several countries as among the non-participants broadcasting the contest (Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Japan, Poland, Romania, South Korea and the Soviet Union);[22] however, for most of these countries, no information is known about which broadcasters showed the contest and who, if anyone, provided commentary for each.
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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Australia | SBS | SBS TV[lower-alpha 5] | Unknown | [56] |
Bulgaria | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | [22] |
Canada | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | [22] |
China | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | [22] |
Czechoslovakia | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | [22] |
Hungary | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | [22] |
Japan | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | [22] |
Poland | TVP | TVP1[lower-alpha 6] | Unknown | [57] |
Romania | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | [22] |
Soviet Union | CT USSR | Programme One | Unknown | [31][33] |
Estonian SSR | ETV | Unknown | ||
South Korea | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | [22] |
Notes and references
Notes
- Located in present-day Croatia.
- Contains phrases in English, French and Serbo-Croatian
- On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[12]
- Deferred broadcast at 23:20 CEST (21:20 UTC)[43]
- Deferred broadcast on 6 May at 19:30 AEST (09:30 UTC)[56]
- Delayed broadcast on 19 May 1990 at 21:05 CEST (19:05 UTC)[57]
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