1990 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 35

Date - May 5, 1990

Host broadcaster - JRT, delegated to RTZ (Yugoslavia)

Host city - Zagreb

Venue - Konsertna Dvorana Vatroslav Lisinski

Hosts - Oliver Mlakar / Helga Vlahović

Director - Nenad Puhovski assisted by Saša Vojković

Stage designers - Drago Turina / Luigi Dell'Aglio

Executive producer - Goran Radman

Musical director - Igor Kuljerić assisted by Stanko Selak

Orchestra - 'ESC 90 Orchestra' = freelance orchestra

Concertmaster - Tonko Ninić

Special compositions - Miljenko Prohaska / Zlatko Tanodi / Nikica Kalogjera / Kornelije Kovač / Goran Bregović / Jani Golob / Alfi Kabiljo / Igor Savin / Vlatko Stefanovski

Interval act - 'Yugoslav Changes' (tourism promotion film)

Scrutineer - Frank Naef

Number of entries - 22

Winning entry - 'Insieme 1992' Toto Cutugno

Winning songwriter - Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno

Winning orchestrator - Gianni Madonini

Winning conductor - Gianni Madonini

Note - Austria's pre-selection was won by Duett with 'Das Beste', composed by Günther Gebauer and Peter Risavy, but the song was disqualified when it turned out to have competed in the German Eurovision heats two years previously. Thereupon, the runner-up of the national final, 'Keine Mauern mehr', became Austria's entry by default. 'Das Beste' is added at the bottom of the results' list below as a withdrawn entry.

Portugal's rehearsal in Zagreb, with the orchestra on the right-hand side of the stage

RESULT

1st place (149 votes)

ITALY

Song title – "Insieme 1992"

Rendition – Toto Cutugno 

Lyrics – Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno

Composition – Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno

Studio arrangement – Gianni Madonini

Live orchestration – Gianni Madonini

Conductor – Gianni Madonini

2nd & 3rd place (ex aequo, 132 votes)

FRANCE

Song title - "White And Black Blues"

Rendition – Joëlle Ursull

Lyrics – Serge Gainsbourg

Composition – Georges Augier de Moussac

Studio arrangement – Georges Augier de Moussac 

Live orchestration – Régis Dupré

Conductor – Régis Dupré

IRELAND

Song title – “Somewhere In Europe”

Rendition – Liam Reilly

Lyrics – Liam Reilly

Composition – Liam Reilly

Studio arrangement – Liam Reilly / Phil Hadaway

Live orchestration – Andy O'Callaghan

Conductor – Noel Kelehan

4th place (124 votes)

ICELAND

Song title – “Eit lag enn”

Rendition – Stjórnin (Eiður Arnarsson / Sigriður Beinteinsdóttir / Einar Bragi Bragason / Dorsteinn Gunnarsson / Jón Elvar Hafsteinsson / Grétar Örvarsson)

Lyrics – Aðalsteinn Ásberg Sigurðsson

Composition – Hörður G. Ólafsson

Studio arrangement – Jon Kjell Seljeseth

Live orchestration – Jon Kjell Seljeseth

Conductor – Jon Kjell Seljeseth

5th place (96 votes)

SPAIN

Song title – “Bandido”

Rendition – Azucar Moreno

Lyrics – José Luis Abel

Composition – Raúl Orellana / Jaime Stinus

Studio arrangement – Julio Palacios / Raúl Orellana

Live orchestration – Eduardo Leiva

Conductor – Eduardo Leiva

6th place (87 votes)

UNITED KINGDOM

Song title - "Give A Little Love Back To The World"

Rendition - Emma Booth

Lyrics - Paul Curtis

Composition - Paul Curtis

Record arrangement - Paul Curtis / Stewart Mackintosh

Live orchestration - Stewart Mackintosh

Conductor - Alyn Ainsworth

7th place (81 votes)

YUGOSLAVIA

Song title – “Hajde da ludujemo”

Rendition – Tajči (Tatjana Matejaš)

Lyrics – Zrinko Tutić / Alka Vuica

Composition – Zrinko Tutić

Studio arrangement – Nikša Bratoš

Live orchestration – Stjepan Mihaljinec

Conductor – Stjepan Mihaljinec

8th place (64 votes)

DENMARK

Song title – "Hallo hallo"

Rendition – Lonnie Devantier 

Lyrics – Keld Heick

Composition – John Hatting / Torben Lendager

Studio arrangement – Wolfgang Käfer

Live orchestration – Wolfgang Käfer

Conductor – Henrik Krogsgaard

9th place (60 votes)

WEST GERMANY

Song title – “Frei zu leben”

Rendition – Chris Kempers / Daniel Kovac

Lyrics – Michael Kunze

Composition – Ralph Siegel

Studio arrangement – Ralph Siegel

Live orchestration – Rainer Pietsch

Conductor – Rainer Pietsch

10th place (58 votes)

AUSTRIA

Song title – “Keine Mauern mehr”

Rendition – Simone Stelzer

Lyrics – Mario Bottazzi

Composition – Wolfgang 'Marc' Berry / Nanna Berry

Studio arrangement – Wolfgang 'Marc' Berry

Live orchestration – Richard Oesterreicher

Conductor – Richard Oesterreicher

11th place (51 votes)

SWITZERLAND

Song title – "Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus"

Rendition – Egon Egemann

Lyrics – Cornelia Lackner

Composition – Cornelia Lackner

Studio arrangement – Bela Balint

Live orchestration – Bela Balint

Conductor – Bela Balint

12th place (46 votes)

BELGIUM

Song title – "Macédomienne"

Rendition – Philippe Lafontaine

Lyrics – Philippe Lafontaine

Composition – Philippe Lafontaine

Studio arrangement – Rony Brack 

Live orchestration – Gyuri Spies

Conductor – Rony Brack

13th place (38 votes)

LUXEMBOURG

Song title – "Quand je te rêve"

Rendition – Céline Carzo

Lyrics – Thierry Délianis

Composition – Jean-Charles France

Studio arrangement – Thierry Durbet

Live orchestration – Thierry Durbet

Conductor – Thierry Durbet

14th place (36 votes)

CYPRUS

Song title – “Milas poli”

Rendition – Anastazio (Charis Anastasiou) 

Lyrics – Charis Anastasiou

Composition – John Vickers

Studio arrangement – John Vickers / Christian Leibl

Live orchestration – Christian Leibl

Conductor – Stanko Selak (assistant-MD)

15th place (25 votes)

NETHERLANDS

Song title – "Ik wil alles met je delen"

Rendition – Maywood (Alice May / Karen Wood)

Lyrics – Alice May 

Composition – Alice May

Studio arrangement – Pim Koopman

Live orchestration – Pim Koopman

Conductor – Harry van Hoof

16th place (24 votes)

SWEDEN

Song title – "Som en vind"

Rendition – Edin-Ådahl (Frank Ådahl / Simon Ådahl / 

Bertil Edin / Lasse Edin)

Lyrics – Mikael Wendt

Composition – Mikael Wendt

Studio arrangement – Pedro Johansson

Live orchestration – Pedro Johansson

Conductor – Curt-Eric Holmquist

17th place (21 votes)

TURKEY

Song title – "Gözlerinin hapsindeyim"

Rendition – Kayahan Açar

Lyrics – Kayahan Açar

Composition – Kayahan Açar

Studio arrangement – Ümit Eroğlu / Jean Claudric

Live orchestration – Ümit Eroğlu

Conductor – Ümit Eroğlu

18th place (16 votes)

ISRAEL

Song title – “Shara barechovot”

Rendition – Rita Yahan Farouz

Lyrics – Tzurya Lahav

Composition – Rami Kleinstein

Studio arrangement – Rami Levin

Live orchestration – Rami Levin

Conductor – Rami Levin

19th place (11 votes)

GREECE

Song title – “Choris scopo”

Rendition – Christos Callow

Lyrics – George Papagiannakis

Composition – George Paleocastritis

Studio arrangement – George Paleocastritis

Live orchestration – Michael Rozakis

Conductor – Michael Rozakis

20th place (9 votes)

PORTUGAL

Song title – “Há sempre alguém (Sempre)”

Rendition – Nucha (Christina Baldaia)

Lyrics – Francisco Teotonio Pereira / Frederico Teotonio Pereira

Composition – Jan van Dijck / Luís Filipe

Studio arrangement – Luís Filipe

Live orchestration – Carlos Alberto Moniz

Conductor – Carlos Alberto Moniz

21st & 22nd place (ex aequo, 8 votes)

NORWAY

Song title – "Brandenburger Tor"

Rendition – Ketil Stokkan Band (Ketil Stokkan / Pernilla Emme / Geir Nordheim / Eirik Sørdahl / Katarina Millton / Ketil Hugo Johansen)

Lyrics – Ketil Stokkan

Composition – Ketil Stokkan

Studio arrangement – Rolf Løvland 

Live orchestration – Rolf Løvland / Pete Knutsen

Conductor – Pete Knutsen

FINLAND

Song title – "Fri?"

Rendition – Beat (Janne Engblom / 

Kim Engblom / Tina Krause / Tina Petersson)

Lyrics – Stina Engblom-Colliander

Composition – Janne Engblom / Kim Engblom / Tina Krause

Studio arrangement – Esa Mäkela / Kai Stenman / Sami Piiparinen / Veijo Mäki / Beat

Live orchestration – Olli Ahvenlahti

Conductor – Olli Ahvenlahti

Withdrawn entry

AUSTRIA

Song title – “Das Beste”

Rendition – Duett (Peter Risavy / Monika Sutter)

Lyrics – Michael Kunze

Composition – Günther Gebauer / Peter Risavy

Studio arrangement – Günther Gebauer / Benny Gebauer

Live orchestration – Günther Gebauer / Benny Gebauer

Conductor – Richard Oesterreicher