1991 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 36

Date - May 4, 1991

Official name - Concorso Eurovisione della Canzone 1991

Host broadcaster - RAI, Italy

Host city - Rome

Venue - Studio 15 di Cinecittà

Hosts - Gigliola Cinquetti / Toto Cutugno

Director - Riccardo Donna assisted by Aristarco Daniele Donato

Stage designer - Sergio Attisani

Executive producer - Alfredo Di Santo

Musical director - Bruno Canfora

Orchestra - Orchestra di Musica Leggera di Roma della RAI

Opening sequence - 'Celebration' Sara Carlson (Marco Sabiu - Marco Guarnerio - Matteo Bonsanto / prod. Matteo Bonsanto)

Special compositions (postcards) - Elio Polizzi 

Interval act - Arturo Brachetti (illusionist)

Scrutineer - Frank Naef

Number of entries - 22

Winning entry - 'Fångad av en stormvind' Carola Häggkvist

Winning songwriter - Stephan Berg

Winning orchestrator - Lennart Sjöholm

Winning conductor - Anders Berglund

Israel's representatives in Rome, Duo Datz (Moshe Datz & Orna Cohen), backstage with arranger/conductor Kobi Oshrat (to their left). Behind Oshrat, the conductors of the Finnish and German delegations, Olli Ahvenlahti and Hermann Weindorf, can also be detected

RESULT

1st place (146 votes / 4x12, 5x10)

SWEDEN

Song title – "Fångad av en stormvind"

Rendition – Carola Häggkvist

Lyrics – Stephan Berg

Composition – Stephan Berg

Studio arrangement – Stephan Berg 

Live orchestration – Lennart Sjöholm

Conductor – Anders Berglund

2nd place (146 votes / 4x12, 2x10)

FRANCE

Song title – “C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison”

Rendition – Amina Annabi

Lyrics – Amina Annabi

Composition – Wasis Diop

Studio arrangement – Joseph Racaille

Live orchestration – Jérôme Pillement

Conductor – Jérôme Pillement

3rd place (139 votes)

ISRAEL

Song title – “Kan”

Rendition – Duo Datz (Moshe Datz / Orna Cohen)

Lyrics – Uzi Chitman

Composition – Uzi Chitman

Studio arrangement – Kobi Oshrat

Live orchestration – Kobi Oshrat

Conductor – Kobi Oshrat

4th place (119 votes)

SPAIN

Song title – “Bailar pegados”

Rendition – Sergio Dalma

Lyrics – Luis Gomez Escolar

Composition – Julio Seijas

Studio arrangement – Bob Painter

Live orchestration – Eduardo Leiva

Conductor – Eduardo Leiva

5th place (118 votes)

SWITZERLAND

Song title – "Canzone per te"

Rendition – Sandra Simò (Sandra Studer)

Lyrics – Renato Mascetti

Composition – Renato Mascetti

Studio arrangement – Flaviano Cuffari

Live orchestration – Flaviano Cuffari

Conductor – Flaviano Cuffari

6th place (106 votes)

MALTA

Song title – "Could It Be"

Rendition – Georgina Abela & Paul Giordimaina

Lyrics – Raymond Mahoney

Composition – Paul Abela

Studio arrangement – Vince Tempera

Live orchestration – Paul Abela / Vince Tempera

Conductor – Paul Abela

7th place (89 votes)

ITALY

Song title – "Comme e' ddoce 'o mare"

Rendition – Peppino di Capri

Lyrics – Giampiero Artegiani / Marcello Marrocchi

Composition – Giampiero Artegiani / Marcello Marrocchi

Record arrangement – Adriano Pennino / Maurizio Pica

Live orchestration – Adriano Pennino / Maurizio Pica

Conductor – Bruno Canfora (MD)

8th place (62 votes)

PORTUGAL

Song title – “Lusitana Paixão”

Rendition – Dulce Pontes

Lyrics – Fred Micaelo / José 'Ze' da Ponte

Composition – José 'Ze' da Ponte / Jorge Quintela

Studio arrangement – Jorge Quintela

Live orchestration – Fernando Correia Martins

Conductor – Fernando Correia Martins

9th place (60 votes)

CYPRUS

Song title – “S.O.S.”

Rendition – Elena Patroclou

Lyrics – Andreas Christou

Composition – Cypros Charalambous

Studio arrangement – Cypros Charalambous

Live orchestration – Alexander Kirov Zografov

Conductor – Alexander Kirov Zografov

10th & 11th place (ex aequo, 47 votes)

IRELAND

Song title – “Could It Be That I'm In Love”

Rendition – Kim Jackson

Lyrics – Liam Reilly

Composition – Liam Reilly

Studio arrangement – Liam Reilly

Live orchestration – Andy O'Callaghan

Conductor – Noel Kelehan

UNITED KINGDOM

Song title – "A Message To Your Heart"

Rendition – Samantha Janus

Lyrics – Paul Curtis

Composition – Paul Curtis

Studio arrangement – Stewart Mackintosh

Live orchestration – Stewart Mackintosh

Conductor – Ronnie Hazlehurst

12th place (44 votes)

TURKEY

Song title – “İki Dakika”

Rendition – Izel Çeliköz / Reyhan Karaca / Can Uğurluer

Lyrics – Aysel Gürel

Composition – Sevket Uğurluer

Studio arrangement – Sevket Uğurluer / Turhan Yükseler

(studio orchestra conducted by Turhan Yükseler)

Live orchestration – Turhan Yükseler

Conductor – Turhan Yükseler

13th place (36 votes)

GREECE

Song title – "Anoixi"

Rendition – Sophia Vossou

Lyrics – Andreas Microutsicos

Composition – Andreas Microutsicos / Charis Andreadis

Studio arrangement – Charis Andreadis

Live orchestration – Charis Andreadis

Conductor – Charis Andreadis

14th place (29 votes)

LUXEMBOURG

Song title – "Un baiser volé"

Rendition – Sarah Bray (Mick Wersant) 

Lyrics – Linda Lecomte / Mick Wersant

Composition – Patrick Hippert

Studio arrangement – Francis Goya / Bernard Wrincq 

Live orchestration – Dick Bakker

Conductor – Francis Goya

15th place (26 votes)

ICELAND

Song title – “Nina”

Rendition – Stefán & Eyfi (Stefán Hilmarsson / Eyjólfur Kristjánsson)

Lyrics – Eyjólfur Kristjánsson

Composition – Eyjólfur Kristjánsson

Studio arrangement – Eyjólfur Kristjánsson / Jón Olafsson

Live orchestration – Jón Ólafsson

Conductor – Jón Ólafsson

16th place (23 votes)

BELGIUM

Song title – "Geef het op"

Rendition – Clouseau Paul Poelmans / Bob Savenberg / Karel Theys / Koen Wauters / Kris Wauters feat. Jan Leyers)

Lyrics – Jan Leyers / Bob Savenberg / Koen Wauters / Kris Wauters

Composition – Jan Leyers / Bob Savenberg / Koen Wauters / Kris Wauters

Studio arrangement – Jan Leyers

Live orchestration – Roland Verlooven

Conductor – Roland Verlooven

17th place (14 votes)

NORWAY

Song title – "Mrs. Thompson"

Rendition – Just 4 Fun (Marianne Antonsen / Jan Groth / Eiríkur Hauksson / Hanne Krogh)

Lyrics – Kåre Skevik jr. / P.G. Roness

Composition – Dag Kolsrud

Studio arrangement – Dag Kolsrud 

Live orchestration – Dag Kolsrud / Pete Knutsen

Conductor – Pete Knutsen

18th place (10 votes)

UNITED GERMANY

Song title – “Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben”

Rendition – Atlantis 2000 (Helmut Frey / Jutta Niedhardt / Klaus Pröpper / Alfons Weindorf / Clemens Weindorf / Eberhard Wilhelm)

Lyrics – Helmut Frey

Composition – Alfons Weindorf

Studio arrangement – Alfons Weindorf

Live orchestration – Hermann Weindorf

Conductor – Hermann Weindorf

19th place (8 votes)

DENMARK

Song title – "Lige der hvor hjertet slår"

Rendition – Anders Frandsen

Lyrics – Michael Elo

Composition – Michael Elo

Studio arrangement – Michael Elo / George Keller

Live orchestration – Stig Christensen

Conductor – Henrik Krogsgaard

20th place (6 votes)

FINLAND

Song title – "Hullu yö"

Rendition – Kaija Kärkinen

Lyrics – Jukka Välimaa

Composition – Ile Kallio

Studio arrangement – Jukka Hakoköngäs / Ile Kallio 

Live orchestration – Olli Ahvenlahti

Conductor – Olli Ahvenlahti

21st place (1 vote)

YUGOSLAVIA

Song title – “Brazil”

Rendition – Baby Doll (Bebi Dol)

Lyrics – Dragana Šarić

Composition – Zoran Vracević / Slobodan Marković

Studio arrangement – Slobodan Marković

Live orchestration – Slobodan Marković

Conductor – Slobodan Marković

22nd place (0 votes)

AUSTRIA

Song title – “Venedig im Regen”

Rendition – Thomas Forstner

Lyrics – Wolfgang Eltner / Hubert Moser / Robby Musenbichler

Composition – Wolfgang Eltner / Hubert Moser / Robby Musenbichler

Studio arrangement – Hubert Moser / Robby Musenbichler

Live orchestration – Richard Oesterreicher

Conductor – Richard Oesterreicher