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The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 was the 34th edition of the annual
Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
. It took place in
Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...
,
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, following Céline Dion's victory at the with the song "
Ne partez pas sans moi "Ne partez pas sans moi" (; "Don't Leave Without Me") is a song recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion. The song was written by Atilla Şereftuğ and Nella Martinetti. It is best known as the Swiss winning entry at the Eurovision Song Conte ...
". Organised by the
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(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
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and journalist Jacques Deschenaux. Twenty-two countries took part in the contest with returning after having been disqualified the year before. The winner was with the song " Rock Me" by Croatian band
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. This was the only victory for
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as a unified state. As of 2022 they are still the last act to win the contest performing last.


Location

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...
is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and the capital and biggest city of the
canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ente ...
of
Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms ...
. The city is situated on the shores of
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(french: Lac Léman, or simply ''Le Léman''). It faces the French town of
Évian-les-Bains Évian-les-Bains (), or simply Évian ( frp, Èvian, , or ), is a commune in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 9,100. A high-market holida ...
, with the
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to its north-west. Lausanne is located northeast of
Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situa ...
. 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 Palais de Beaulieu is the historical and emblematic building of the Lausanne convention and exhibition center, located in Lausanne, in the Vaud Canton, Switzerland. The Palais is a convention centre that welcomes mainly conventions and even ...
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

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's Ray Caruana, lead singer of Live Report was outspoken about coming second to what he considered a much less worthy song. 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
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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. 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.


Participating countries


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. * Mario Natale * * Noel Kelehan * Harry van Hoof * Timur Selçuk * * Ronnie Hazlehurst * * Luís Duarte *
Anders Berglund Anders Olof Berglund (born 21 July 1948) is a Swedish arranger, composer, conductor, pianist and musician. Career Born in Stockholm, Berglund is best known as conductor of Melodifestivalen, the Swedish final of the Eurovision Song Contest. ...
* Benoît Kaufman * and Benoît Kaufman * ''no conductor'' * Ossi Runne * Guy Mattéoni * Juan Carlos Calderón * Haris Andreadis * Benoît Kaufman * Giorgos Niarchos * ''no conductor'' * ''no conductor'' *


Returning artists


Participants and results


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. 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.


12 points

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


Spokespersons

Each country announced their votes in the order of performance. The following is a list of spokespersons who announced the votes for their respective country. * * Yitzhak Shim'oni *
Eileen Dunne Eileen Dunne (born 28 April 1958) is a retired Irish journalist, newsreader and presenter with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), Ireland's national radio and television station, where she presented the main television news programmes '' Six On ...
* Joop van Os * Canan Kumbasar * An Ploegaerts *
Colin Berry Colin Derrick Berry (born 29 January 1946) is a British radio disc jockey, presenter and newsreader, best known for his many years at BBC Radio 2. Career Early years Berry began his radio career reading news on Radio Caroline in 1965. Befo ...
* * Margarida Mercês de Melo *
Agneta Bolme Börjefors Agneta Bolme Börjefors (26 April 1941 – 11 August 2008) was a Swedish television presenter, television producer and royal reporter for Sveriges Television. Agneta Bolme was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her brother, Tomas Bolme, is a Swedish acto ...
* * * * Solveig Herlin * Marie-Ange Nardi * Matilde Jarrín * Anna Partelidou * Michel Stocker * Fotini Giannoulatou * Erla Björk Skúladóttir * Gabi Schnelle * Dijana Čulić


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. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.


See also

*
Eurovision Young Dancers 1989 The Eurovision Young Dancers 1989 was the third edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers held at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, France on 28 June 1989. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster France Régions ...


Notes


References


External links

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