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| rdfs:label | - Eurovision Song Contest 1989
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| rdfs:comment | - The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 was the 34th edition held on 6 May 1989 at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland following Celine Dion's victory in Dublin the previous year. It was hosted by Lolita Morena and Jacques Deschenaux. An estimated 600 million viewers across Europe watched the contest, also airing in Canada and Japan for the first time. Cyprus returned after a year's absence, and all 21 nations from 1988 returned to compete for the 1989 Grand Prix.
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| Opening | - Celine Dion performing Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi and "Where Does My Heart Beat Now"
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| presenters | - Lolita Morena & Jacques Deschenaux
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| Venue | - Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland
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| vote | - Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favorite songs
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| Director | - Alain Block & Charles-André Grivet
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| abstract | - The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 was the 34th edition held on 6 May 1989 at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland following Celine Dion's victory in Dublin the previous year. It was hosted by Lolita Morena and Jacques Deschenaux. An estimated 600 million viewers across Europe watched the contest, also airing in Canada and Japan for the first time. Cyprus returned after a year's absence, and all 21 nations from 1988 returned to compete for the 1989 Grand Prix. A change was introduced to the tiebreaker rules in this year's contest. Known as the "count-back" procedure, if two countries were tied for first place, the song with the most 12-point scores would win. If still tied, the 10-point scores would be taken into account and so on down to the 1-point scores. If still tied after that, both countries would be confirmed as joint winners. Yugoslavia was the winner with the song Rock Me by the group Riva, beating the United Kingdom by 7 points. They would be the last new nation to win the contest until 2001. Many countries did their best in 1989. Austria equaled their best result since their first win in 1966; Finland fell one place short of equaling their best entry before beating it in 2006. Despite the controversy surrounding the competitor's age, France did well finishing in 8th place. Greece placed inside the top ten for the first time since 1981, whilst Riva of Yugoslavia proved that the last spot was the luckiest to be, with the spot winning twice in the 1980s.
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