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 

Lyrics – Juan Carlos Calderón

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