The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 was the 34th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 6 May 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland following Céline Dion giving the country its second and, as of 2023, final win the previous year with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi".
No country made its debut while Cyprus returned. No country withdrew from competing.
The Contest was won for the only time by Yugoslavia with the song "Rock Me" by the band Riva.
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Returning artists[]
Artist | Note |
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Marianna Efstratiou | Provided backing vocals for Greek band Bang at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 in Brussels |
Results[]
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Italy | Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali | "Avrei voluto" | Italian | I Would've Wanted | 9 | 56 |
02 | Israel | Gili & Galit | "Derekh Hamelekh" | Hebrew | The King's Road | 12 | 50 |
03 | Ireland | Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers | "The Real Me" | English | - | 18 | 21 |
04 | The Netherlands | Justine Pelmelay | "Blijf zoals je bent" | Dutch | Stay the way you are | 15 | 45 |
05 | Turkey | Pan | "Bana Bana" | Turkish | To me, to me | 21 | 5 |
06 | Belgium | Ingeborg | "Door de wind" | Dutch | Through the Wind | 19 | 13 |
07 | United Kingdom | Live Report | "Why Do I Always Get it Wrong?" | English | - | 2 | 130 |
08 | Norway | Britt Synnøve Johansen | "Venners nærhet" | Norwegian | The closeness of friends | 17 | 30 |
09 | Portugal | Da Vinci | "Conquistador" | Portuguese | Conqueror | 16 | 39 |
10 | Sweden | Tommy Nilsson | "En dag" | Swedish | One day | 4 | 110 |
11 | Luxembourg | Park Café | "Monsieur" | French | - | 20 | 8 |
12 | Denmark | Birthe Kjær | "Vi maler byen rød" | Danish | We're painting the town red | 3 | 111 |
13 | Austria | Thomas Forstner | "Nur ein Lied" | German | Only a song | 5 | 97 |
14 | Finland | Anneli Saaristo | "La dolce vita" | Finnish | The good life | 7 | 76 |
15 | France | Nathalie Pâque | "J'ai volé la vie" | French | I stole life | 8 | 60 |
16 | Spain | Nina | "Nacida para amar" | Spanish | Born to love | 6 | 88 |
17 | Cyprus | Fani Polymeri & Yiannis Savvidakis | "Apopse as vrethume" | Greek | Let's Meet Tonight | 11 | 51 |
18 | Switzerland | Furbaz | "Viver senza tei" | Romansh | To live without you | 13 | 47 |
19 | Greece | Marianna Efstratiou | "To diko sou asteri" | Greek | Your Own Star | 9 | 56 |
20 | Iceland | Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson | "Það sem enginn sér" | Icelandic | What No One Sees | 22 | 0 |
21 | West Germany | Nino de Angelo | "Flieger" | German | Flyer | 14 | 46 |
22 | Yugoslavia | Riva | "Rock Me" | Serbo-Croatian | - | 1 | 137 |