| Eurovision Song Contest 1991 |
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| Final | 4 May 1991 |
| Presenter(s) | Gigliola Cinquetti Toto Cutugno |
| Conductor | Bruno Canfora |
| Director | Riccardo Donna |
| Host broadcaster |  RAI |
| Venue | Studio 15 di Cinecittà Rome, Italy |
| Winning song |  Sweden"Fångad av en stormvind" |
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| Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs | |
| Number of entries | 22 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries |  Malta |
| Withdrawing countries |  Netherlands |
| Nul points |  Austria |
| Opening act | Sarah Carlson singing amongst the ruins of ancient Rome; Toto Cutugno singing "Insieme: 1992" and Gigliola Cinquetti singing "Non ho l'età" |
| Interval act | Arturo Brachetti |
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was the 36th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 4 May 1991 in Rome. Due to the Gulf War and mounting tensions in Yugoslavia, RAI decided to move the contest from Sanremo to Rome, which was perceived to be more secure.
The presenters were Gigliola Cinquetti and Toto Cutugno, the latter having some difficulty with the pronunciation of the song titles and names of the artists and conductors. Despite this, in Italy almost seven million people watched the show. In addition to tallying the vote numbers in English and French, Cinquetti and Cutugno gave each of the jury allotments in Italian as well.
Nearly all of the commentary during the voting was given in Italian, which is not an official language of the European Broadcasting Union (English and French are, and in the Eurovision Song Contest, it is mandatory to provide commentary in at least one of those languages). BBC commentator Terry Wogan opined that the 1991 contest would be known for its suspense, "definitely not for its quality."
Carola was the winner of this Contest with the song "Fångad av en stormvind". This was the third victory for Sweden, the last one being in 1984. There was a tie between Carola and France's Amina, as both had received 146 points. This necessitated a 'count-back', a tie-breaking measure introduced after the infamous four-way tie in 1969's Contest. Both Sweden and France had both received four lots of 12 points, but Sweden had received five lots of 10 points to France's two, so Carola was declared the winner. (This was the closest France has ever come to winning the ESC since 1977.) Had today's tie-break rule been in place, France would have won in 1969 and 1991, as more countries voted for it.
The Netherlands did not participate in this contest as it conflicted with the Remembrance of the Dead national holiday, and so Malta was allowed to participate in the Contest for the first time in 16 years (unable to before due to entry restrictions).
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Results
Voting structure
Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs.
During the final vote none of the top three contenders - Sweden, Israel and France - had received any points up until the last 12-point vote. This vote went to France and for the first time in twenty-two years, there was a tie for first place, with France overcoming a large deficit to catch up with Sweden. However, since the four-way tie of 1969, the rules had been altered to ensure a single outright winner. The first step in the procedure was to check the number of 12-point votes awarded to each country. Sweden and France were still tied. But when counting the number of 10-point votes, Sweden had more and was finally declared the winner. If the tie occurred today, France would have won because it had been voted for by more countries than Sweden.
Tiebreak results
| Place | Country | Artist | Points | 12 points | 10 points | Points from each country |
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| 1 | Sweden |
Carola | 146 | 4 | 5 | 17 of 21 |
| 2 |  France |
Amina | 146 | 4 | 2 | 18 of 21 |
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Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Iceland | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Malta | 106 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Greece | 36 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Switzerland | 118 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luxembourg | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sweden | 146 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 0 | ||
| France | 146 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Turkey | 44 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Ireland | 47 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Portugal | 62 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Denmark | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norway | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Israel | 139 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Finland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Germany | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Belgium | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Spain | 119 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| United Kingdom | 47 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Cyprus | 60 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Italy | 89 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 point in the final:
| N. | Recipient nation | Voting nation |
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| 4 | France | Austria, Israel, Italy, Norway |
| Sweden | Denmark, Germany, Iceland, United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Cyprus | France, Greece, Malta |
| Israel | Spain, Turkey, Yugoslavia | |
| 2 | Italy | Finland, Portugal |
| Malta | Ireland, Sweden | |
| Spain | Cyprus, Switzerland | |
| Switzerland | Belgium, Luxembourg |
Postcards
The singers were asked to sing a known Italian song which would then be used as a short clip for the postcard. The songs were in order:
Commentators
- Yugoslavia - Mladen Popović
- Iceland - Arthúr Björgvin Bollason
- Malta - TBD
- Greece - Dafni Bokota
- Switzerland - TBD (SRG), Lolita Morena (SSR), TBD (TSI)
- Austria - Ernst Grissemann
- Luxembourg - Valérie Sarn
- Sweden - Harald Treutiger
- France - Léon Zitrone
- Turkey - Başak Doğru
- Ireland - Pat Kenny
- Portugal - Ana do Carmo
- Denmark - Camilla Miehe-Renard
- Norway - John Andreassen & Jahn Teigen
- Israel - No commentator
- Finland - Erkki Pohjanheimo
- Germany - Max Schautzer
- Belgium - André Vermeulen (BRTN), Claude Delacroix (RTBF)
- Spain - Tomás Fernando Flores
- United Kingdom - Terry Wogan (BBC TV), Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2)
- Cyprus - Evi Papamichail
- Italy - No commentator (the contest was in italian)
Spokespersons
- Yugoslavia - Draginja Balać
- Iceland - Sigríður Pétursdóttir
- Malta - Charles Saliba
- Greece - Fotini Yiannoulatou
- Switzerland - Michel Dénériaz
- Austria - Barbara Stöckl
- Luxembourg - Jean Octave
- Sweden - Bo Hagström
- France - Marie Myriam
- Turkey - Canan Kumbasar
- Ireland - Eileen Dunne
- Portugal - Maria Margarida Gaspar
- Denmark - Bent Henius
- Norway - Sverre Kristoffersen
- Israel - Daniel Pe'er
- Finland - Heidi Kokki
- Germany - Christian Eckhardt
- Belgium - Monique Delvaux
- Spain - María Ángeles Balañac
- United Kingdom - Colin Berry
- Cyprus - Aliki Fereou
- Italy - Rosanna Vaudetti
Controversy
- This Contest is regarded as one of the more controversial in history, with the hosts frequently confusing the voting system in their announcements, despite the fact that it had not changed since 1975.
- During Carola's performance, the sound system in the venue broke down and the audience could not hear her sing. However, the song was broadcast without problems. That said the transmission on the BBC did break up during the song
- The show also over-ran, something which subsequent contests have been careful to prevent (except 2005).
- Sweden gave 5 points to France, while France gave no points to Sweden.
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