Tuesday 9 February 1999

1989 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 34
Date - May 6, 1989
Official name - Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1989
Host broadcaster - SSR, delegated to TSR (Switzerland)
Host city - Lausanne
Venue - Palais de Beaulieu
Hosts - Jacques Deschenaux / Lolita Morena
Director - Alain Bloch / Charles-André Grivet assisted by Stéphane Matteuzzi / Alain Herzig
Producers - Alain Bloch / Raymond Zumsteg
Stage designer - Georges Mani assisted by Maurice Pozzi
Musical director - Benoît Kaufman
Orchestra - 'Grand Orchestre' = freelance orchestra
Opening sequence - 'Where Does My Heart Beat Now' Céline Dion (Robert White Johnson - Taylor Rhodes / prod. Chris Neil)
Original music (orchestral intro) - Benoît Kaufman
Interval act - Guy 'Tell' Theron (crossbow performer) 
Scrutineer - Frank Naef
Number of entries - 22
Winning entry - 'Rock Me' Riva
Winning songwriters - Stevo Cvikić / Rajko Dujmić
Winning orchestrator - Nikica Kalogjera
Winning conductor - Nikica Kalogjera

Benoît Kaufman's 'Grand Orchestre' during rehearsals in Lausanne (photo taken by the orchestra's pianist Rui dos Reis)

RESULT

1st place (137 votes)

YUGOSLAVIA
Song title – "Rock Me"
Rendition – Riva (Tomislav Bralić / Bosko Čolić / Emilija Kokić / Dalibor Musap / Nenad Nakić / Zvonimir Zrilić)
Lyrics – Stevo Cvikić
Composition – Rajko Dujmić
Studio arrangement – Rajko Dujmić / Nikica Kalogjera
Live orchestration – Nikica Kalogjera
Conductor – Nikica Kalogjera

2nd place (130 votes)

UNITED KINGDOM
Song title – "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong?"
Rendition – Live Report (Ray Caruana / Maggie Jay / Brian Hodgson / John Beeby / Mike Bell / Richard Marcangelo)
Lyrics – John Beeby / Brian Hodgson
Composition – John Beeby / Brian Hodgson
Studio arrangement – John Beeby / Brian Hodgson
Live orchestration – none
"Conductor" – Ronnie Hazlehurst

3rd place (111 votes)

DENMARK
Song title – "Vi maler byen rød"
Rendition – Birthe Kjaer
Lyrics – Keld Heick
Composition – Søren Bundgaard
Studio arrangement – Søren Bundgaard
Live orchestration – Henrik Krogsgaard
Conductors – Henrik Krogsgaard & Benoît Kaufman (MD)

4th place (110 votes)

SWEDEN
Song title – "En dag"
Rendition – Tommy Nilsson
Lyrics – Alexander Bard / Ola Håkansson / Tim Norell
Composition – Ola Håkansson / Tim Norell
Studio arrangement – Ola Håkansson / Anders Hansson / 
  Tim Norell
Live orchestration – Anders Berglund
Conductor – Anders Berglund

5th place (97 votes)

AUSTRIA
Song title – "Nur ein Lied"
Rendition – Thomas Forstner
Lyrics – Joachim Horn-Bernges
Composition – Dieter Bohlen
Studio arrangement – Dieter Bohlen
Live orchestration – none
Conductor – none 

6th place (88 votes)

SPAIN
Song title – "Nacida para amar"
Rendition – Nina 
Composition – Juan Carlos Calderón
Studio arrangement – Juan Carlos Calderón
Live orchestration – Juan Carlos Calderón
Conductor – Juan Carlos Calderón 

7th place (76 votes)

FINLAND
Song title – “La dolce vita”
Rendition – Anneli Saaristo feat. Antti Jakoila & Bert Karlsson
Lyrics – Turkka Mali
Composition – Matti Puurtinen
Studio arrangement – Matti Puurtinen
Live orchestration – Matti Puurtinen
Conductor – Ossi Runne

8th place (60 votes)

FRANCE
Song title – "J'ai volé la vie"
Rendition – Nathalie Pâque
Lyrics – Sylvain Lebel
Composition – G.G. Candy / Guy Matteoni
Studio arrangement – Guy Matteoni
Live orchestration – Guy Matteoni
Conductor – Guy Matteoni

9th & 10th place (ex aequo, 56 votes)

ITALY
Song title – "Avrei voluto"
Rendition – Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali
Lyrics – Franco Berlincioni / Franco Ciani
Composition – Franco Fasano
Studio arrangement – Silvio Melloni / Mario Natale / Roberto Turatti
Live orchestration – Mario Natale
Conductor – Mario Natale

GREECE
Song title – “To diko sou asteri"
Rendition – Marianna Efstratiou
Lyrics – Villy Sanianou
Composition – Giannis Cyris / Marianna Efstratiou
Studio arrangement – George Niarchos
Live orchestration – George Niarchos
Conductor – George Niarchos

11th place (51 votes)

CYPRUS
Song title – "Apópse as vrethoume"
Rendition – Fanny Polymeri / Giannis Savidakis
Lyrics – Efi Meletiou
Composition – Marios Meletiou
Studio arrangement – Charis Andreadis
Live orchestration – Charis Andreadis
Conductor – Charis Andreadis

12th place (50 votes)

ISRAEL
Song title – “Derech ha-melech”
Rendition – Gili Netanel / Galit Burg
Lyrics – Shaike Paikov
Composition – Shaike Paikov
Studio arrangement – Silviu Nansi Brandes / Shaike Paikov
Live orchestration – Shaike Paikov
Conductor – Shaike Paikov

13th place (47 votes)

SWITZERLAND
Song title – “Viver senza tei”
Rendition – Furbaz (Gioni Defuns / Ursin Defuns / Giusep Quinter / Marie Louise Werth)
Lyrics – Marie Louise Werth
Composition – Marie Louise Werth
Studio arrangement – Georges Walther / Hardy Schneiders
Live orchestration – Hardy Schneiders
Conductor – Benoît Kaufman (MD)

14th place (46 votes)

WEST GERMANY
Song title – “Flieger”
Rendition – Nino de Angelo
Lyrics – Joachim Horn-Bernges
Composition – Dieter Bohlen
Studio arrangement – Dieter Bohlen
Live orchestration – none
Conductor – none

15th place (45 votes)

NETHERLANDS
Song title – "Blijf zoals je bent"
Rendition – Justine Pelmelay 
Lyrics – Jan Kisjes / Cees Bergman / Geertjan Hessing / 
  Aart Mol / Erwin van Prehn / Elmer Veerhoff 
Composition – Jan Kisjes
Studio arrangement – Jan Kisjes
Live orchestration – Piet Souer
Conductor – Harry van Hoof

16th place (39 votes)

PORTUGAL
Song title – "Conquistador"
Rendition – Da Vinci (Joaquim Andrade / Pedro Luis / Iei Or / Dora Phidalgo / Sandra Phidalgo / Manuel António Rosa)
Lyrics – Pedro Luís Neves
Composition – Ricardo Landum
Studio arrangement – Luíz Duarte
Live orchestration – Luíz Duarte
Conductor – Luíz Duarte

17th place (30 votes)

NORWAY
Song title – "Venners naerhet"
Rendition – Britt Sinnøve Johansen
Lyrics – Leiv N. Grøtte
Composition – Inge Enoksen
Studio arrangement – Svein-Dag Hauge / Inge Enoksen / Ola Selvær
Live orchestration – Pete Knutsen
Conductor – Pete Knutsen

18th place (21 votes)

IRELAND
Song title – “The Real Me”
Rendition – Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers (Victor Coughlan / Martin Dunlea / Des Field / Mary Mulcahy / Paul Seymour)
Lyrics – Kiev Connolly
Composition – Kiev Connolly
Studio arrangement – Kiev Connolly / Paul Seymour
Live orchestration – Andy O'Callaghan
Conductor – Noel Kelehan

19th place (13 votes)

BELGIUM
Song title – "Door de wind"
Rendition – Ingeborg Sergeant
Lyrics – Stef Bos
Composition – Stef Bos
Studio arrangement – Roland Verlooven
Live orchestration – Roland Verlooven
Conductor – Freddy Sunder

20th place (8 votes)

LUXEMBOURG
Song title – “Monsieur”
Rendition – Park Café (Rom Heck / Rainer Kind / Maggy Parke / Ander Schmit / Serge Vesque / Gast Waltzing)
Lyrics – Yves Lacomblez / Bernard Loncheval / Maggy Parke
Composition – Maggy Parke / Gast Waltzing
Studio arrangement – Gast Waltzing
Live orchestration – Gast Waltzing
Conductor – Benoît Kaufman (MD)

21st place (5 votes)

TURKEY
Song title – “Bana bana”
Rendition – Pan 
(Arzu Ece / Hazal Selçuk / Vedat Sakman / Sarper Semiz)
Lyrics – Timur Selçuk
Composition – Timur Selçuk
Studio arrangement – Timur Selçuk
Live orchestration – Timur Selçuk
Conductor – Timur Selçuk

22nd place (0 votes)

ICELAND
Song title – “Það sem enginn sér”
Rendition – Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson
Lyrics – Valgeir Guðjónsson
Composition – Valgeir Guðjónsson
Studio arrangement – Valgeir Guðjónsson
Live orchestration – none
Conductor – none

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