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

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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

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's victory at the with the song "

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". Organised by the

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(EBU) and host broadcaster

Swiss Broadcasting Corporation The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (german: Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft; french: Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision; it, Società svizzera di radiotelevisione; rm, Societad Svizra da Radio e Televisiun; SRG ...

(SRG SSR), the contest was held at

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on 6 May 1989 and was hosted by Swiss model

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and journalist

Jacques Deschenaux Jacques Deschenaux (born 9 December 1945 in Fribourg) is a Swiss journalist and television personality. He has worked for many years with the sports programming at the French branch of Swiss television. Among his journalistic works is a biography ...

. 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

is a city in the

French-speaking part of Switzerland Romandy (french: Romandie or )Before World War I, the term French Switzerland (french: Suisse française) waalso used german: Romandie or , it, Romandia, rm, Romanda) is the Swiss French, French-speaking part of western Switzerland. In 2020, ...

, and the capital and biggest city of the canton of

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. 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

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, with the

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to its north-west. Lausanne is located northeast of

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, 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 events ...

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

The

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's Ray Caruana, lead singer of

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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

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,

, 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 "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion for her ninth studio album, and first English-language album, ''Unison (Celine Dion album), Unison'' (1990). It was released by Columbia Records as the third Single ...

". 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 * *

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Harry van Hoof Harry van Hoof (born 16 March 1943) is a Dutch conductor, composer and music arranger. Van Hoof has written many successful productions to his name already, he has his own production company and he had his first success as an arranger with "Sof ...

Timur Selçuk Timur Selçuk (2 July 1946 – 6 November 2020) was a Turkish composer, pianist, singer and conductor. Biography One of the greatest Turkish composers, Timur Selçuk was the son of Turkish neo-classical music composer Münir Nurettin Selçuk ...

* *

Ronnie Hazlehurst Ronald Hazlehurst (13 March 1928 – 1 October 2007) was an English composer and conductor who, having joined the BBC in 1961, became its Light Entertainment Musical Director. Hazlehurst composed the theme tunes for many well-known Britis ...

* * 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. He ...

* Benoît Kaufman * and Benoît Kaufman * ''no conductor'' *

Ossi Runne Ossi Runne (23 April 1927 – 5 November 2020) was a Finnish trumpeter, bandleader, orchestra leader, composer, and record producer.

* Guy Mattéoni *

Juan Carlos Calderón Juan Carlos Calderón López de Arróyabe (7 July 1938 – 25 November 2012) was a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. Born in Santander, he was the author of "Eres tú", which, performed by Mocedades, came second in the Eurovision Song Con ...

* 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 *

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* 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. Before ...

* * 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 act ...

* * * * Solveig Herlin *

Marie-Ange Nardi Marie-Ange Nardi (born 2 April 1961 in Marseille) is a French television presenter for TF1. She began in television as a continuity announcer for France 3 Marseille while studying psychology in university, later becoming a national announcer with ...

* 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.

Notes

References

External links

* {{Eurovision Song Contest

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