Eurovision Song Contest 1990

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The 35th Euro Vision Song Contest took place on 5 May 1990 in Vatroslav Lisinski Hall in Zagreb (now Croatia) instead. It won Italy with the written and presented by Toto Cutugno Insieme song: 1992nd For Germany, the duo Chris Kempers and Daniel Kovac took entitled to live free part, which, though highly favored, landed on the 9th Place. Behind the song came no more walls of Simone from Austria, which had to qualify through a back door, as the real winner in 1987 took on the German Trials. These two titles were just two of many that at least the suggestion themed the fall of the Wall and the collapse of the Soviet bloc regimes. Even Norway, Ireland or even the winners Italy were concerned with political issues. The Switzerland came up with Egon Egemann and music sounds out into the world in 11th place behind Germany and Austria.

Special

Allegedly threatened shortly before the contest due to discrepancies with the Yugoslav television with their cancellation the moderators. During the show there were some mishaps: The number 1 from Spain had to start twice because the first attempt only the rhythm playback was recorded, the conductor, however, could not hear anything. The Italian jury came forward with "jury espagnol ". During the Siege lecture was a mess in the auditorium, as the journalists piled on the audience to grab a photo.

Belgium's representative Philippe Lafontaine did not originally publish his song Macédomienne, a tribute to his native of Macedonia woman, commercially, so long existed only a limited edition of 500 copies Promo Edition of vinyl singles and the title is the only Euro Vision Post by 1990 at the Scandinavia published year transition sampler missing. In view of the war in Yugoslavia Lafontaine 1994, but then willing to provide the song for a charity CD single available.

Placements

Scoring

* The table is vertically ordered by the appearance order, horizontally to the chronological point Ever reading.

Map

• Participating countries
• Countries that had already participated in a previous ESC, but not in 1990