Lausanne, Saturday, 6 May 1989

Eurovision 1989, vote by vote

22 songs, 22 countries voting. Yugoslavia won with “Rock Me” on 137 points, 7 ahead of the United Kingdom.

The result

In finishing order, with the countries that gave each song their highest mark.

  1. 1

    Yugoslavia Riva “Rock Me”

    Sang no. 22

    Top marks from Israel, Ireland, Turkey and United Kingdom

    137 pts
  2. 2

    United Kingdom Live Report “Why Do I Always Get It Wrong”

    Sang no. 7

    Top marks from Norway, Portugal, Luxembourg, France and Germany

    130 pts
  3. 3

    Denmark Birthe Kjær “Vi maler byen rød”

    Sang no. 12

    Top marks from Netherlands, Sweden and Finland

    111 pts
  4. 4

    Sweden Tommy Nilsson “En dag”

    Sang no. 10

    Top marks from Denmark, Austria and Yugoslavia

    110 pts
  5. 5

    Austria Thomas Forstner “Nur ein Lied”

    Sang no. 13

    Top marks from Italy, Belgium and Greece

    97 pts
  6. 6

    Spain Nina “Nacida para amar”

    Sang no. 16

    88 pts
  7. 7

    Finland Anneli Saaristo “La dolce vita”

    Sang no. 14

    76 pts
  8. 8

    France Nathalie Pâque “J'ai volé la vie”

    Sang no. 15

    60 pts
  9. 9

    Italy Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali “Avrei voluto”

    Sang no. 1

    Top marks from Spain

    56 pts
  10. 9

    Greece Marianna “To diko sou asteri (Το δικό σου αστέρι)”

    Sang no. 19

    Top marks from Cyprus and Switzerland

    56 pts
  11. 11

    Cyprus Fanny Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis “Apopse as vrethoume (Απόψε ας βρεθούμε)”

    Sang no. 17

    Top marks from Iceland

    51 pts
  12. 12

    Israel Gili and Galit “Derekh Hamelekh (דרך המלך)”

    Sang no. 2

    50 pts
  13. 13

    Switzerland Furbaz “Viver senza tei”

    Sang no. 18

    47 pts
  14. 14

    Germany Nino de Angelo “Flieger”

    Sang no. 21

    46 pts
  15. 15

    Netherlands Justine Pelmelay “Blijf zoals je bent”

    Sang no. 4

    45 pts
  16. 16

    Portugal Da Vinci “Conquistador”

    Sang no. 9

    39 pts
  17. 17

    Norway Britt Synnøve Johansen “Venners nærhet”

    Sang no. 8

    30 pts
  18. 18

    Ireland Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers “The Real Me”

    Sang no. 3

    21 pts
  19. 19

    Belgium Ingeborg “Door de wind”

    Sang no. 6

    13 pts
  20. 20

    Luxembourg Park Café “Monsieur”

    Sang no. 11

    8 pts
  21. 21

    Turkey Pan “Bana Bana”

    Sang no. 5

    5 pts
  22. 22

    Iceland Daníel “Það sem enginn sér”

    Sang no. 20

    0 pts

Who gave what

Every country that voted, in the order the votes were announced, with its points from the highest down and the spokesperson who read them out, where our source names one.

  1. Italy

    • 12 Austria
    • 10 Netherlands
    • 8 Spain
    • 7 Germany
    • 6 United Kingdom
    • 5 Denmark
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 France
    • 2 Cyprus
    • 1 Israel
  2. Israel

    • 12 Yugoslavia
    • 10 Finland
    • 8 Austria
    • 7 United Kingdom
    • 6 Sweden
    • 5 France
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 Cyprus
    • 2 Norway
    • 1 Denmark
  3. Ireland

    read out by Eileen Dunne

    • 12 Yugoslavia
    • 10 Denmark
    • 8 Finland
    • 7 Israel
    • 6 France
    • 5 Belgium
    • 4 United Kingdom
    • 3 Netherlands
    • 2 Germany
    • 1 Cyprus
  4. Netherlands

    • 12 Denmark
    • 10 Switzerland
    • 8 Yugoslavia
    • 7 United Kingdom
    • 6 Finland
    • 5 Belgium
    • 4 France
    • 3 Israel
    • 2 Norway
    • 1 Greece
  5. Turkey

    • 12 Yugoslavia
    • 10 Finland
    • 8 Switzerland
    • 7 Ireland
    • 6 Denmark
    • 5 Norway
    • 4 Portugal
    • 3 Austria
    • 2 Spain
    • 1 United Kingdom
  6. Belgium

    • 12 Austria
    • 10 Yugoslavia
    • 8 Norway
    • 7 Spain
    • 6 Sweden
    • 5 Germany
    • 4 Denmark
    • 3 Ireland
    • 2 Portugal
    • 1 Greece
  7. United Kingdom

    read out by Colin Berry

    • 12 Yugoslavia
    • 10 Denmark
    • 8 Switzerland
    • 7 Spain
    • 6 Cyprus
    • 5 Greece
    • 4 Sweden
    • 3 Netherlands
    • 2 Israel
    • 1 Germany
  8. Norway

    • 12 United Kingdom
    • 10 Denmark
    • 8 Sweden
    • 7 Yugoslavia
    • 6 Greece
    • 5 France
    • 4 Spain
    • 3 Ireland
    • 2 Belgium
    • 1 Portugal
  9. Portugal

    • 12 United Kingdom
    • 10 Greece
    • 8 Sweden
    • 7 Italy
    • 6 Cyprus
    • 5 Germany
    • 4 Yugoslavia
    • 3 Switzerland
    • 2 Denmark
    • 1 Finland
  10. Sweden

    read out by Agneta Bolme Börjefors

    • 12 Denmark
    • 10 United Kingdom
    • 8 Yugoslavia
    • 7 Austria
    • 6 Germany
    • 5 Israel
    • 4 Finland
    • 3 Portugal
    • 2 Norway
    • 1 France
  11. Luxembourg

    read out by Jean-Luc Bertrand

    • 12 United Kingdom
    • 10 Spain
    • 8 France
    • 7 Portugal
    • 6 Sweden
    • 5 Yugoslavia
    • 4 Finland
    • 3 Denmark
    • 2 Ireland
    • 1 Netherlands
  12. Denmark

    • 12 Sweden
    • 10 Yugoslavia
    • 8 Cyprus
    • 7 Germany
    • 6 Norway
    • 5 Israel
    • 4 Austria
    • 3 France
    • 2 Switzerland
    • 1 United Kingdom
  13. Austria

    • 12 Sweden
    • 10 Yugoslavia
    • 8 United Kingdom
    • 7 Denmark
    • 6 Portugal
    • 5 France
    • 4 Netherlands
    • 3 Finland
    • 2 Cyprus
    • 1 Switzerland
  14. Finland

    read out by Solveig Herlin

    • 12 Denmark
    • 10 Italy
    • 8 Spain
    • 7 Yugoslavia
    • 6 United Kingdom
    • 5 Israel
    • 4 Netherlands
    • 3 France
    • 2 Portugal
    • 1 Austria
  15. France

    • 12 United Kingdom
    • 10 Finland
    • 8 Spain
    • 7 Netherlands
    • 6 Denmark
    • 5 Luxembourg
    • 4 Norway
    • 3 Yugoslavia
    • 2 Sweden
    • 1 Greece
  16. Spain

    • 12 Italy
    • 10 United Kingdom
    • 8 Portugal
    • 7 Finland
    • 6 Netherlands
    • 5 Sweden
    • 4 Greece
    • 3 Luxembourg
    • 2 Austria
    • 1 Turkey
  17. Cyprus

    • 12 Greece
    • 10 Austria
    • 8 Sweden
    • 7 France
    • 6 Italy
    • 5 Yugoslavia
    • 4 Spain
    • 3 Finland
    • 2 United Kingdom
    • 1 Germany
  18. Switzerland

    • 12 Greece
    • 10 Spain
    • 8 Austria
    • 7 Israel
    • 6 Germany
    • 5 Yugoslavia
    • 4 Cyprus
    • 3 Sweden
    • 2 Italy
    • 1 Norway
  19. Greece

    • 12 Austria
    • 10 Spain
    • 8 Sweden
    • 7 Cyprus
    • 6 Portugal
    • 5 France
    • 4 Italy
    • 3 Germany
    • 2 United Kingdom
    • 1 Netherlands
  20. Iceland

    read out by Erla Björk Skúladóttir

    • 12 Cyprus
    • 10 Denmark
    • 8 Austria
    • 7 Switzerland
    • 6 Yugoslavia
    • 5 Israel
    • 4 Greece
    • 3 Germany
    • 2 Sweden
    • 1 Belgium
  21. Germany

    • 12 United Kingdom
    • 10 Spain
    • 8 Sweden
    • 7 Italy
    • 6 Netherlands
    • 5 Austria
    • 4 Ireland
    • 3 Israel
    • 2 France
    • 1 Yugoslavia
  22. Yugoslavia

    • 12 Sweden
    • 10 Finland
    • 8 Italy
    • 7 Israel
    • 6 United Kingdom
    • 5 Austria
    • 4 Turkey
    • 3 France
    • 2 Ireland
    • 1 Denmark

The full scoreboard

Songs down the side, voters across the top in the order they were called. A voter’s highest mark is highlighted.

The grid is 22 columns wide, so it is shown on wider screens. Every number in it is in the lists above.

Song Total Italy Israel Ireland Netherlands Turkey Belgium United Kingdom Norway Portugal Sweden Luxembourg Denmark Austria Finland France Spain Cyprus Switzerland Greece Iceland Germany Yugoslavia
Italy 56 7 10 12 6 2 4 7 8
Israel 50 1 7 3 2 5 5 5 7 5 3 7
Ireland 21 7 3 3 2 4 2
Netherlands 45 10 3 3 1 4 4 7 6 1 6
Turkey 5 1 4
Belgium 13 5 5 2 1
United Kingdom 130 6 7 4 7 1 12 12 10 12 1 8 6 12 10 2 2 12 6
Norway 30 2 2 5 8 2 6 4 1
Portugal 39 4 2 1 3 7 6 2 8 6
Sweden 110 6 6 4 8 8 6 12 12 2 5 8 3 8 2 8 12
Luxembourg 8 5 3
Denmark 111 5 1 10 12 6 4 10 10 2 12 3 7 12 6 10 1
Austria 97 12 8 3 12 7 4 1 2 10 8 12 8 5 5
Finland 76 10 8 6 10 1 4 4 3 10 7 3 10
France 60 3 5 6 4 5 1 8 3 5 3 7 5 2 3
Spain 88 8 2 7 7 4 10 8 8 4 10 10 10
Cyprus 51 2 3 1 6 6 8 2 4 7 12
Switzerland 47 4 4 10 8 8 3 2 1 7
Greece 56 1 1 5 6 10 1 4 12 12 4
Iceland 0
Germany 46 7 2 5 1 5 6 7 1 6 3 3
Yugoslavia 137 12 12 8 12 10 12 7 4 8 5 10 10 7 3 5 5 6 1

On the night

What opened the show, and what filled the interval while the votes came in.

opened by
  • A film of Switzerland seven minutes by Jean-Marc Panchaud setting Swiss landscapes against Swiss paintings, with a child playing Heidi
in the interval
  • Guy Tell a stunt artist in the manner of William Tell, hitting targets with crossbows

Results and votes as published by the European Broadcasting Union and recorded on the contest’s Wikipedia article. Every row here has been checked to add up to its total. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.