Eurovision Song Contest 1990 participants | Eurovision Song Contest News - 2008 Belgrade, Serbia 

This contest featured many songs about the broken wall in Berlin and a united Europe. A false start for Spain as the Spanish conductor couldn't hear the music on tape and stopped conducting. Italy won.. More..

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Date of the Eurovision Song Contest 1990: 5 May 1990
Location: Vatroslav Lisinski, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Broadcaster: JRT
Host(s): Helga Vlahovic and Oliver Vlacar
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 1990

		country	participant(s)	song	pts	rnk
	19	Italy	Toto Cutugno	Insieme: 1992	149	1
	14	France	Joelle Ursull	White and black blues	132	2
	17	Ireland	Liam Reilly	Somewhere in Europe	132	2
	8	Iceland	Stjórnin	Eitt lag enn	124	4
	1	Spain	Azúcar Moreno	Bandido	96	5
	7	United Kingdom	Emma	Give a little love back to the world	87	6
	15	Yugoslavia	Tajci	Hajde da ludujemo	81	7
	11	Denmark	Lonnie Devantier	Hallo hallo	64	8
	13	Germany	Chris Kempers and Daniel Kovac	Frei zu leben	60	9
	20	Austria	Simone	Keine Mauern mehr	58	10
	12	Switzerland	Egon Egemann	Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus	51	11
	3	Belgium	Philippe Lafontaine	Macédomienne	46	12
	6	Luxembourg	Céline Carzo	Quand je te ręve	38	13
	21	Cyprus	Haris Anastasiou	Milas poli	36	14
	5	The Netherlands	Maywood	Ik wil alles met je delen	25	15
	18	Sweden	Edin-Ĺdahl	Som en vind	24	16
	4	Turkey	Kayahan	Gözlerinin hapsindeyim	21	17
	10	Israel	Rita	Shara barechovot	16	18
	2	Greece	Christos Callow and Wave	Horis skopo	11	19
	16	Portugal	Nucha	Há sempre alguém	9	20
	22	Finland	Beat	Fri?	8	21
	9	Norway	Ketil Stokkan	Brandenburger Tor	8	21

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This contest featured many songs about the broken wall in Berlin and a united Europe. A false start for Spain as the Spanish conductor couldn't hear the music on tape and stopped conducting. Italy won for the second time. The well-known singer Toto Cotugno sang a song about a united Europe and grabbed the victory. He was so nervous at the end of the voting procedure that the sweat on his head made his hair paint spoil his costume.