1991 Eurovision Song Contest
| Eurovision Song Contest 1991 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 4 May 1991 |
| Host | |
| Venue |
Studio 15 di Cinecittà Rome, Italy |
| Presenter(s) |
Gigliola Cinquetti Toto Cutugno |
| Conductor | Bruno Canfora |
| Director | Riccardo Donna |
| Executive supervisor | Frank Naef |
| Host broadcaster | Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) |
| Opening act | Sara 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 |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 22 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries |
 Malta
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| Withdrawing countries |
 Netherlands
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
| Nul points |
 Austria
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| Winning song |
 Sweden"Fångad av en stormvind" |
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.
This was the last event in which the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia participated. The 1992 contest saw the participation of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (comprising only Serbia and Montenegro). It was also the first time that Germany was represented in their reunited form since the East Germany joined West Germany by the German reunification.
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 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 presenters were Gigliola Cinquetti and Toto Cutugno, Italian winners of the ESC to date, which opened the contest singing Insieme: 1992 and Non ho l'età (per amarti). Cutugno had 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.
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