The 21st season of the international television

game show A game show (or gameshow) is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment where contestants compete in a game for rewards. The shows are typically directed by a game show host, host, who explains the rules of the program as well as commentating a ...

Jeux sans frontières ''Jeux sans frontières'' (; "Games Without Frontiers" in French) is an international television competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for thirty seasons, from 1965 to 1999, between members of the union who participated ...

'' was held in the summer of 1990. Broadcasters from France, Italy, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, and Yugoslavia participated in the competition coordinated by the

European Broadcasting Union The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; , UER) is an alliance of Public broadcasting, public service media organisations in countries within the European Broadcasting Area (EBA) or who are member states of the Council of Europe, members of the ...

(EBU). The different heats were hosted by some of the participant broadcasters in locations in their countries such as

Bergamo Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Lake Como, Como and Lake Iseo, Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Lake Garda, Garda and Lake ...

(Italy),

Guimarães Guimarães () is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga. Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved ...

(Portugal),

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

(France), and

Vrnjačka Banja Vrnjačka Banja ( sr-cyr, Врњачка Бања) is a town and municipality located in the Raška District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 9,252 inhabitants, while the population of the municipality is 25,065 inhabitants (2022 ce ...

(Yugoslavia). The grand final was held in

Treviso Treviso ( ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 87.322 inhabitants (as of December 2024). Some 3,000 live within the Venetian wall ...

(Italy). The head international referees in charge of supervising the competition were Bernard Galley and

Denis Pettiaux Denis Pettiaux (1956) is a Belgian acrobat and former referee of the EBU production Jeux Sans Frontières. His first contact with Jeux Sans Frontières was in 1981 when he participated in an episode in the French town of Annecy Annecy ( , ...

. For each heat, each broadcaster sent a mixed team of twelve members (six men and six women) from a city or town from its country that competed against each other in a series of games –funny physical games played in outlandish costumes, though none-the-less technically difficult– themed in the specific topic of the episode. After the eight heats, the most successful team from each country competed in the grand final. Each of the episodes was presented by the host broadcaster in its own language. Each of the participating broadcasters had their own presenters who did some on-site presentations for their audience and commented on the competition in their language. Due the complexity of the production, and that each broadcaster had its own personalized coverage, the episodes were filmed first and each broadcaster broadcast them at their convenience later. The season was won by the team from

Jaca Jaca (; in Aragonese language, Aragonese: ''Chaca'' or ''Xaca'') is a city of northeastern Spain in the province of Huesca (province), Huesca, located near the Pyrenees and the border with France. Jaca is an ancient fort on the Aragón (river), ...

, Spain, being the runner-up the team from

Bor Bor may refer to: Places Populated places * Bor (Tachov District), a town in Plzeň Region, Czech Republic * Bor, Petnjica, Montenegro * Bor, Russia, the name of many inhabited localities in Russia * Bor District, a district in Serbia ** Bor, Se ...

, Yugoslavia.

Participants

Heats

Heat 1

Heat 1 was hosted by RAI at the sports center in

, Italy, was themed about the history and traditions of the town, and was presented by

Claudio Lippi Claudio Lippi (born 3 June 1945) is an Italian television presenter, actor and singer. Life and career Born in Milan, Lippi started his career in 1964 as a singer, obtaining his mayor success with the song "Per ognuno c'è qualcuno". He later ...

and .

Heat 2

Heat 2 was hosted by

TV Belgrade The Serbian Broadcasting Corporation, more commonly referred to as Radio Television of Serbia (), or RTS (), is the state-owned public radio and television broadcaster of Serbia. RTS has four organizational units – radio, television, music pro ...

on behalf of JRT at the spa park in

, Yugoslavia, was themed about the history of the spa town, and was presented by and Jovan Pavliček.

Heat 3

Heat 3 was hosted by RTP at the

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, Portugal, was themed about the history of the town, and was presented by

Eládio Clímaco Eládio Taboas Clímaco (born 27 October 1941) is a Portuguese television presenter best known for hosting ''Festival da Canção'', ''Jeux Sans Frontières'', commentating on the Eurovision Song Contest for RTP viewers, and providing voice nar ...

and Ana do Carmo.

Heat 4

Heat 4 was hosted by Antenne 2 at the in

, France, was themed about the history of the town, and was presented by and

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 ...

Heat 5

Heat 5 was hosted by RAI at the sports center in Bergamo, Italy, was themed about the typical products of the town, and was presented by Claudio Lippi and Feliciana Iaccio.

Heat 6

Heat 6 was hosted by TV Belgrade on behalf of JRT at the spa park in Vrnjačka Banja, Yugoslavia, was themed about the spa town, and was presented by Dubravka Marković and Jovan Pavliček.

Heat 7

Heat 7 was hosted by RTP at the castle of Guimarães, Portugal, was themed about the town, and was presented by Eládio Clímaco and Ana do Carmo.

Heat 8

Heat 8 was hosted by Antenne 2 at the Place de la Daurade in Toulouse, France, was themed about the future of the town, and was presented by Georges Beller and Marie-Ange Nardi.

Final

The final round was hosted by RAI at Prato della Fiera in

, Italy, was themed about the history and traditions of the town, and was presented by Claudio Lippi et Feliciana Iaccio.

Broadcasts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jeux Sans Frontieres (season 21) Jeux sans frontières 1990 television seasons