Eurovision Song Contest 1989 participants | Eurovision Song Contest News - 2008 Belgrade, Serbia 

With Cyprus back in competition, there were 22 countries again. The French participant was 11 years old (almost 12), one of the Israelian representatives was 12 years old. The EBU couldn't face it any.. More..

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Date of the Eurovision Song Contest 1989: 6 May 1989
Location: Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland
Broadcaster: SSR
Host(s): Lolita Morena and Jacques Deschenaux
Participating countries: 22
Voting: Each country allocated 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point to the top 10 of the national jury in descending order.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1989

		country	participant(s)	song	pts	rnk
	22	Yugoslavia	Riva	Rock me	137	1
	7	United Kingdom	Live Report	Why do I always get it wrong	130	2
	12	Denmark	Birthe Kjær	Vi maler byen rød	111	3
	10	Sweden	Tommy Nilsson	En dag	110	4
	13	Austria	Thomas Forstner	Nur ein Lied	97	5
	16	Spain	Nina	Nacida para amar	88	6
	14	Finland	Anneli Saaristo	La dolce vita	76	7
	15	France	Nathalie Pâque	J'ai volé la vie	60	8
	1	Italy	Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali	Avrei voluto	56	9
	19	Greece	Marianna	To diko sou asteri	56	9
	17	Cyprus	Fanny Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis	Apopse as vrethoume	51	11
	2	Israel	Gili ve Galit	Derech ha'melech	50	12
	18	Switzerland	Furbaz	Viver senza tei	47	13
	21	Germany	Nino de Angelo	Flieger	46	14
	4	The Netherlands	Justine Pelmelay	Blijf zoals je bent	45	15
	9	Portugal	Da Vinci	Conquistador	39	16
	8	Norway	Britt Synnøve Johansen	Venners nærhet	30	17
	3	Ireland	Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers	The real me	21	18
	6	Belgium	Ingeborg	Door de wind	13	19
	11	Luxembourg	Park Café	Monsieur	8	20
	5	Turkey	Pan	Bana bana	5	21
	20	Iceland	Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson	Það sem enginn sér	0	22

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With Cyprus back in competition, there were 22 countries again. The French participant was 11 years old (almost 12), one of the Israelian representatives was 12 years old. The EBU couldn't face it any longer and in 1990 they introduced the minimum-age rule. A participant must at least turn 16 in the year a contest is held. Céline Dion performed two songs, Ne partez pas sans moi and Where does my heart beat now, as interval act. Last mentioned became a worldwide hit three years later. It was a big surprise that Yugoslavia won with the simple song "Rock me".