Eurovision Song Contest 1991

Eurovision Song Contest 1991
Dates
Final	4 May 1991
Host
Venue	Cinecittà Studios Rome, Italy
Presenter(s)	Gigliola Cinquetti Toto Cutugno
Musical director	Bruno Canfora
Directed by	Riccardo Donna
Executive supervisor	Frank Naef
Executive producer	Silvia Salvetti
Host broadcaster	Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/rome-1991
Participants
Number of entries	22
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Malta
Non-returning countries	Netherlands
Participation map      Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1991
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song	Sweden "Fångad av en stormvind"
1990 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1992

The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was the 36th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 4 May 1991 at Stage 15 of the Cinecittà Studios in Rome, Italy. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), and presented by Gigliola Cinquetti and Toto Cutugno, the contest was held in Italy following the country's victory at the 1990 contest with the song "Insieme: 1992" by Toto Cutugno.

Twenty-two countries participated in the event: Malta made its first Eurovision Song Contest appearance in sixteen years, having last participated in 1975, while the Netherlands decided not to participate due to the date of this year's event coinciding with the country's annual Remembrance of the Dead commemorations. It was also the first time that Germany was represented as a single state following the reunification of East and West Germany.

For the first time since 1969, the contest resulted in a draw for first place, with both France and Sweden being awarded the same number of points. The contest's tie-break procedure was implemented for the first time in its history, which resulted in Sweden being declared the winner due to their entry, "Fångad av en stormvind", written by Stephan Berg and performed by Carola, having received a greater number of top scores from the other competing countries than the French entry; it was Sweden's third contest victory overall. Alongside France, Israel, Spain and Switzerland rounded out the top five countries.