1990 Eurovision Song Contest from Zagreb/Yugoslavia - Full Show (No Commentary)

Date: 5 May 1990
Host Venue: Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Presenters: Helga Vlahović Brnobić, Oliver Mlakar
Conductor: Igor Kuljerić
Directed by Nenad Puhovski
Executive supervisor: Frank Naef
Executive producer: Goran Radman
Host broadcaster: Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT) / Radiotelevision Zagreb (RTZ)
Opening act: A short film "Zagreb: City of Music"
Interval act: Yugoslav Changes – a film about tourism in the country.
Participants:
Number of entries: 22
Debuting countries: None
Returning countries: None
Withdrawing countries: None


The Eurovision Song Contest 1990 was the 35th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia on 5 May 1990. The presenters were Helga Vlahović Brnobić and Oliver Mlakar] Toto Cutugno was the winner of this contest with his own composition "Insieme: 1992". This was the second victory for Italy, the first one having been "Non ho l'età", performed by Gigliola Cinquetti in 1964. 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.

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, 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.

Malta had wished to return to the contest for the first time in 15 years, but Eurovision rules prevented them from returning due to a maximum of 22 entries allowed to compete, this rule has since been removed.

Starter List:


Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
01 Spain Azúcar Moreno "Bandido" Spanish 5 96
02 Greece Christos Callow & Wave "Horis skopo" (Χωρίς σκοπό) Greek 19 11
03 Belgium Philippe Lafontaine "Macédomienne" French 12 46
04 Turkey Kayahan "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" Turkish 17 21
05 Netherlands Maywood "Ik wil alles met je delen" Dutch 15 25
06 Luxembourg Céline Carzo "Quand je te rêve" French 13 38
07 United Kingdom Emma "Give a Little Love Back to the World" English 6 87
08 Iceland Stjórnin "Eitt lag enn" Icelandic 4 124
09 Norway Ketil Stokkan "Brandenburger Tor" Norwegian 21 8 (skipped here in this video)
10 Israel Rita "Shara Barkhovot" (שרה ברחובות) Hebrew 18 16
11 Denmark Lonnie Devantier "Hallo Hallo" Danish 8 64
12 Switzerland Egon Egemann "Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus" German 11 51
13 Germany Chris Kempers & Daniel Kovac "Frei zu leben" German 9 60
14 France Joëlle Ursull "White and Black Blues" French 2 132
15 Yugoslavia Tajči "Hajde da ludujemo" Serbo-Croatian 7 81
16 Portugal Nucha "Há sempre alguém" Portuguese 20 9
17 Ireland Liam Reilly "Somewhere in Europe" English 2 132
18 Sweden Edin-Ådahl "Som en vind" Swedish 16 24
19 Italy Toto Cutugno "Insieme: 1992" Italian 1 149
20 Austria Simone "Keine Mauern mehr" German1 10 58
21 Cyprus Haris Anastasiou "Milas poli" (Μιλάς πολύ) Greek 14 36
22 Finland Beat "Fri?" Swedish 21 8