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VENUE
Cinecitta, Rome |
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ENTRIES 22 |
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HOSTS
Gigliola Cinquetti
Toto Cotugno |
DEBUTS None |
Italy had won in 1990 and so
this rather reluctant competitor had to stage the contest. It was
not, it has to be said, the most professional production ever. Co-hosts
were their two winners Gigliola Cinquetti and Grecian 2000 Man, Toto
Cotugno, who completely lost it during the voting and had to be
practically carried by Gigliola and the inscrutable scrutineer Frank Neff.
There were also cameramen darting about, on-camera, during the songs which
was really distracting.
This was the last contest until 1998 when frothy europop
had a foothold before the classic (mostly Irish) ballad style took over. Yugoslavia's
oxymoronic Bebi Doll kicked things off and 19 songs later, Samantha Janus
came on like Bebi's daughter sporting perhaps the tartiest Euro outfit
ever. Game on? Don't think so.
We had the first tie since 1969, and what do you know,
they'd actually thought of a tie breaker. In indecent time, Sweden were
declared the winners prompting Carola for a bit of impromptu trampolining
in the green room. It was perhaps unfortunate for the image of the contest
that a ground breaking effort like France's mesmeric entry didn't win, but
rules are rules, and Carola was due some luck after the fabulous "Framling"
missed out eight years earlier.
| Yugoslavia |
Brasil |
Baby Doll |
21 |
| Iceland |
Nína |
Stefán & Eyfi |
15 |
| Malta |
Could It Be |
Paul Geordimaina & Georgina |
6 |
| Greece |
I Anixi |
Sofia Vossou |
13 |
| Switzerland |
Canzone Per Te |
Sandra Simó |
5 |
| Austria |
Venedig Im Regen |
Thomas Forstner |
22 |
| Luxembourg |
Un Baiser Volé |
Sarah Bray |
14 |
| Sweden |
Fångad Av En Stormvind |
Carola |
1 |
| France |
Le Dernier Qui A Parlé Qui A Raison |
Amina |
2 |
| Turkey |
Iki Dakika |
Izel Çelikoz, Rayhan Karaca & Can Ugurluer |
12 |
| Ireland |
Could It Be That I'm In Love |
Kim Jackson |
10 |
| Portugal |
Lusitana Paixão |
Dulce |
8 |
| Denmark |
Lige Der Hvor Hjertet Slår |
Anders Frandsen |
19 |
| Norway |
Mrs Thompson |
Just 4 Fun |
17 |
| Israel |
Kan |
Duo Datz |
3 |
| Finland |
Hullu Yö |
Kaija |
20 |
| Germany |
Dieser Traum Darf Niemals Sterben |
Atlantis 2000 |
18 |
| Belgium |
Geef Het Op |
Clouseau |
16 |
| Spain |
Bailar Pegados |
Sergio Dalma |
4 |
| United Kingdom |
A Message To Your Heart |
Samantha Janus |
10 |
| Cyprus |
S.O.S |
Elena Patroclou |
9 |
| Italy |
Comme È Doce O Mare |
Peppino Di Capri |
7 |
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