Jerusalem, Saturday, 29 May 1999

Eurovision 1999, vote by vote

23 songs, 23 countries voting. Sweden won with “Take Me to Your Heaven” on 163 points, 17 ahead of Iceland.

The result

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

  1. 1

    Sweden Charlotte Nilsson “Take Me to Your Heaven”

    Sang no. 15

    Top marks from United Kingdom, Norway, Malta, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Estonia

    163 pts
  2. 2

    Iceland Selma “All Out of Luck”

    Sang no. 13

    Top marks from Denmark, Cyprus and Sweden

    146 pts
  3. 3

    Germany Sürpriz “Journey to Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat”

    Sang no. 21

    Top marks from Turkey, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Israel

    140 pts
  4. 4

    Croatia Doris “Marija Magdalena”

    Sang no. 4

    Top marks from Spain and Slovenia

    118 pts
  5. 5

    Israel Eden “Happy Birthday”

    Sang no. 19

    93 pts
  6. 6

    Estonia Evelin Samuel and Camille “Diamond of Night”

    Sang no. 23

    90 pts
  7. 7

    Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino and Béatrice “Putnici”

    Sang no. 22

    Top marks from Austria

    86 pts
  8. 8

    Denmark Trine Jepsen and Michael Teschl “This Time I Mean It”

    Sang no. 9

    Top marks from Iceland

    71 pts
  9. 8

    Netherlands Marlayne “One Good Reason”

    Sang no. 11

    Top marks from Belgium

    71 pts
  10. 10

    Austria Bobbie Singer “Reflection”

    Sang no. 18

    65 pts
  11. 11

    Slovenia Darja Švajger “For a Thousand Years”

    Sang no. 6

    Top marks from Croatia and Ireland

    50 pts
  12. 12

    Belgium Vanessa Chinitor “Like the Wind”

    Sang no. 2

    38 pts
  13. 12

    United Kingdom Precious “Say It Again”

    Sang no. 5

    38 pts
  14. 14

    Norway Van Eijk “Living My Life Without You”

    Sang no. 8

    35 pts
  15. 15

    Malta Times Three “Believe 'n Peace”

    Sang no. 20

    32 pts
  16. 16

    Turkey Tuba Önal and Grup Mistik “Dön Artık”

    Sang no. 7

    Top marks from Germany

    21 pts
  17. 17

    Ireland The Mullans “When You Need Me”

    Sang no. 17

    Top marks from Lithuania

    18 pts
  18. 18

    Poland Mietek Szcześniak “Przytul mnie mocno”

    Sang no. 12

    17 pts
  19. 19

    France Nayah “Je veux donner ma voix”

    Sang no. 10

    14 pts
  20. 20

    Lithuania Aistė “Strazdas”

    Sang no. 1

    13 pts
  21. 21

    Portugal Rui Bandeira “Como tudo começou”

    Sang no. 16

    Top marks from France

    12 pts
  22. 22

    Cyprus Marlain “Tha'ne erotas (Θα'ναι έρωτας)”

    Sang no. 14

    2 pts
  23. 23

    Spain Lydia “No quiero escuchar”

    Sang no. 3

    1 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. Lithuania

    read out by Andrius Tapinas

    • 12 Ireland
    • 10 Slovenia
    • 8 Iceland
    • 7 Poland
    • 6 Croatia
    • 5 United Kingdom
    • 4 Netherlands
    • 3 Sweden
    • 2 France
    • 1 Estonia
  2. Belgium

    read out by Sabine De Vos

    • 12 Netherlands
    • 10 Germany
    • 8 Iceland
    • 7 Sweden
    • 6 Austria
    • 5 Croatia
    • 4 Estonia
    • 3 Israel
    • 2 Slovenia
    • 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
  3. Spain

    read out by Hugo de Campos

    • 12 Croatia
    • 10 Iceland
    • 8 Israel
    • 7 Germany
    • 6 Sweden
    • 5 Denmark
    • 4 United Kingdom
    • 3 Netherlands
    • 2 Slovenia
    • 1 Estonia
  4. Croatia

    read out by Marko Rašica

    • 12 Slovenia
    • 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 8 Israel
    • 7 Norway
    • 6 Malta
    • 5 United Kingdom
    • 4 Belgium
    • 3 Germany
    • 2 Lithuania
    • 1 Spain
  5. United Kingdom

    read out by Colin Berry

    • 12 Sweden
    • 10 Iceland
    • 8 Netherlands
    • 7 Austria
    • 6 Malta
    • 5 Denmark
    • 4 Ireland
    • 3 Estonia
    • 2 Cyprus
    • 1 Germany
  6. Slovenia

    read out by Mira Berginc

    • 12 Croatia
    • 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 8 Estonia
    • 7 Sweden
    • 6 Germany
    • 5 Denmark
    • 4 Austria
    • 3 Netherlands
    • 2 United Kingdom
    • 1 Israel
  7. Turkey

    read out by Osman Erkan

    • 12 Germany
    • 10 Iceland
    • 8 Croatia
    • 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 6 Sweden
    • 5 Netherlands
    • 4 United Kingdom
    • 3 Israel
    • 2 France
    • 1 Ireland
  8. Norway

    read out by Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft

    • 12 Sweden
    • 10 Iceland
    • 8 France
    • 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 6 Austria
    • 5 Estonia
    • 4 Turkey
    • 3 Germany
    • 2 Israel
    • 1 Ireland
  9. Denmark

    read out by Kirsten Siggaard

    • 12 Iceland
    • 10 Sweden
    • 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 7 Netherlands
    • 6 Norway
    • 5 Germany
    • 4 Estonia
    • 3 Austria
    • 2 Israel
    • 1 United Kingdom
  10. France

    read out by Marie Myriam

    • 12 Portugal
    • 10 Israel
    • 8 Germany
    • 7 Croatia
    • 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 5 Turkey
    • 4 Estonia
    • 3 Sweden
    • 2 Belgium
    • 1 Slovenia
  11. Netherlands

    read out by Edsilia Rombley

    • 12 Germany
    • 10 Belgium
    • 8 Sweden
    • 7 Iceland
    • 6 Slovenia
    • 5 Estonia
    • 4 Israel
    • 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 2 Austria
    • 1 Croatia
  12. Poland

    read out by Jan Chojnacki

    • 12 Germany
    • 10 Israel
    • 8 Estonia
    • 7 Croatia
    • 6 Sweden
    • 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 4 Iceland
    • 3 Austria
    • 2 Belgium
    • 1 Denmark
  13. Iceland

    read out by Áslaug Dóra Eyjólfsdóttir

    • 12 Denmark
    • 10 Sweden
    • 8 Austria
    • 7 Norway
    • 6 Netherlands
    • 5 Germany
    • 4 Croatia
    • 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 2 Estonia
    • 1 Israel
  14. Cyprus

    read out by Marina Maleni

    • 12 Iceland
    • 10 Israel
    • 8 Denmark
    • 7 Norway
    • 6 Sweden
    • 5 Lithuania
    • 4 United Kingdom
    • 3 Malta
    • 2 Croatia
    • 1 Austria
  15. Sweden

    read out by Pontus Gårdinger

    • 12 Iceland
    • 10 Estonia
    • 8 Denmark
    • 7 Austria
    • 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 5 Norway
    • 4 Netherlands
    • 3 Israel
    • 2 Germany
    • 1 Croatia
  16. Portugal

    read out by Manuel Luís Goucha

    • 12 Germany
    • 10 Sweden
    • 8 Israel
    • 7 Estonia
    • 6 Croatia
    • 5 Austria
    • 4 Iceland
    • 3 Denmark
    • 2 Netherlands
    • 1 Malta
  17. Ireland

    read out by Clare McNamara

    • 12 Slovenia
    • 10 Belgium
    • 8 Estonia
    • 7 Denmark
    • 6 Croatia
    • 5 Sweden
    • 4 Iceland
    • 3 Norway
    • 2 France
    • 1 Netherlands
  18. Austria

    read out by Dodo Roscic

    • 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 10 Germany
    • 8 Croatia
    • 7 Malta
    • 6 Sweden
    • 5 Denmark
    • 4 Netherlands
    • 3 Estonia
    • 2 Iceland
    • 1 Israel
  19. Israel

    read out by Yoav Ginai

    • 12 Germany
    • 10 Iceland
    • 8 Sweden
    • 7 Croatia
    • 6 Netherlands
    • 5 Belgium
    • 4 United Kingdom
    • 3 Lithuania
    • 2 Denmark
    • 1 Estonia
  20. Malta

    read out by Nirvana Azzopardi

    • 12 Sweden
    • 10 Iceland
    • 8 United Kingdom
    • 7 Estonia
    • 6 Israel
    • 5 Croatia
    • 4 Denmark
    • 3 Germany
    • 2 Netherlands
    • 1 Lithuania
  21. Germany

    read out by Renan Demirkan

    • 12 Turkey
    • 10 Croatia
    • 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 7 Israel
    • 6 Estonia
    • 5 Austria
    • 4 Poland
    • 3 Iceland
    • 2 Sweden
    • 1 Malta
  22. Bosnia and Herzegovina

    read out by Segmedina Srna

    • 12 Sweden
    • 10 Germany
    • 8 Croatia
    • 7 Malta
    • 6 Poland
    • 5 Slovenia
    • 4 Netherlands
    • 3 Estonia
    • 2 Israel
    • 1 United Kingdom
  23. Estonia

    read out by Mart Sander

    • 12 Sweden
    • 10 Iceland
    • 8 Austria
    • 7 Germany
    • 6 Denmark
    • 5 Belgium
    • 4 Israel
    • 3 Croatia
    • 2 Lithuania
    • 1 Malta

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

Song Total Lithuania Belgium Spain Croatia United Kingdom Slovenia Turkey Norway Denmark France Netherlands Poland Iceland Cyprus Sweden Portugal Ireland Austria Israel Malta Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina Estonia
Lithuania 13 2 5 3 1 2
Belgium 38 4 2 10 2 10 5 5
Spain 1 1
Croatia 118 6 5 12 12 8 7 1 7 4 2 1 6 6 8 7 5 10 8 3
United Kingdom 38 5 4 5 2 4 1 4 4 8 1
Slovenia 50 10 2 2 12 1 6 12 5
Turkey 21 4 5 12
Norway 35 7 6 7 7 5 3
Denmark 71 5 5 5 1 12 8 8 3 7 5 2 4 6
France 14 2 2 8 2
Netherlands 71 4 12 3 8 3 5 7 6 4 2 1 4 6 2 4
Poland 17 7 4 6
Iceland 146 8 8 10 10 10 10 12 7 4 12 12 4 4 2 10 10 3 10
Cyprus 2 2
Sweden 163 3 7 6 12 7 6 12 10 3 8 6 10 6 10 5 6 8 12 2 12 12
Portugal 12 12
Ireland 18 12 4 1 1
Austria 65 6 7 4 6 3 2 3 8 1 7 5 5 8
Israel 93 3 8 8 1 3 2 2 10 4 10 1 10 3 8 1 6 7 2 4
Malta 32 6 6 3 1 7 1 7 1
Germany 140 10 7 3 1 6 12 3 5 8 12 12 5 2 12 10 12 3 10 7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 86 1 10 10 7 7 8 6 3 5 3 6 12 8
Estonia 90 1 4 1 3 8 5 4 4 5 8 2 10 7 8 3 1 7 6 3

On the night

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

opened by
  • “From Birmingham to Jerusalem” a computer animation of the journey from last year’s host, then film of Jerusalem with dancers and the hosts
in the interval
  • “Freedom Calls” filmed outside the walls of Jerusalem: dancers, a chorus and Dana International singing “D’ror Yikra” and Stevie Wonder’s “Free”

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.