Eurovision Song Contest 1990

Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Dates
Final	5 May 1990
Host
Venue	Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall; Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Presenter(s)	Oliver Mlakar; Helga Vlahović
Musical director	Seadeta Midžić
Directed by	Nenad Puhovski
Executive supervisor	Frank Naef
Executive producer	Goran Radman
Host broadcaster	Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT); Radiotelevizija Zagreb (RTV Zagreb)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/zagreb-1990
Participants
Number of entries	22
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	None
Non-returning countries	None
	Participation map Participating countries Countries that participated in the past but not in 1990;
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song	Italy; "Insieme: 1992"
	1989 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1991

The Eurovision Song Contest 1990 was the 35th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 5 May 1990 in the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.^[a] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevizija Zagreb (RTV Zagreb) on behalf of Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT), and presented by Oliver Mlakar and Helga Vlahović, the contest was held in Yugoslavia following the country's victory at the 1989 contest with the song "Rock Me" by the group Riva. It was the first contest to be held in the Balkans and the first to be held in a socialist state.

Twenty-two countries participated in the contest, with the same countries that had participated in 1989 returning. The 1990 contest was the first to implement an age limit on the competing performers, following criticism of the participation of two child performers in the previous year's event; all artists were now required to reach the age of sixteen within the year of the contest.

The winner was Italy for the second time in its history, with the song "Insieme: 1992", written and performed by Toto Cutugno. France and Ireland shared second place, with Iceland and Spain rounding out the top five countries. France and Spain both placed within the top 5 for the first time in several years, while Iceland recorded their best ever result.
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