Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Dates
Final	6 May 1989
Host
Venue	Palais de Beaulieu Lausanne, Switzerland
Presenter(s)	Jacques Deschenaux Lolita Morena
Musical director	Benoît Kaufman
Directed by	Alain Bloch Charles-André Grivet
Executive supervisor	Frank Naef
Executive producer	Raymond Zumsteg
Host broadcaster	Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) Télévision suisse romande (TSR)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/lausanne-1989
Participants
Number of entries	22
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Cyprus
Non-returning countries	None
Participation map      Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1989
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song	Yugoslavia "Rock Me"
1988 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1990

The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 was the 34th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 6 May 1989 in the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Télévision suisse romande (TSR) on behalf of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), and presented by Jacques Deschenaux and Lolita Morena, the contest was held in Switzerland following the country's victory at the 1988 contest with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" by Céline Dion.

Twenty-two countries participated in the contest, with Cyprus returning after a one-year absence. Among the participating artists were the two youngest artists to have ever participated in the contest, 12-year-old Gili Netanel and 11-year-old Nathalie Pâque representing Israel and France respectively; the inclusion of the young performers led to some controversy in the run-up to the event.

The winner was Yugoslavia with the song "Rock Me", composed by Rajko Dujmić, written by Stevo Cvikić and performed by the group Riva. This was Yugoslavia's first contest victory in twenty-four attempts. The United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden and Austria rounded out the top five positions; the UK and Denmark placed second and third for a second consecutive year, and Austria finished in the top five for the first time since 1976. Finland gained their best result since 1975, while Ireland and Iceland achieved their worst ever placings to date, placing eighteenth and twenty-second respectively, with Iceland ultimately earning nul points and coming last for the first time.