Tuesday 9 February 1999

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

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

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

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