Eurovision Song Contest 1990

File:Koncertna dvorana-Zagreb.JPG, Zagreb – host venue of the 1990 contest]]

The 1990 contest took place in Zagreb, Yugoslavia,{{efn|name="Croatia"|In the Socialist Republic of Croatia, now present-day Croatia}} following the country's victory at the {{escyr|1989||1989 contest}} with the song "Rock Me", performed by the group Riva. It was the first time that Yugoslavia had hosted the contest, and marked the first time the contest had been held in the Balkans and the first edition to be held in a socialist state. The chosen venue was the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall ({{langx|hr|Koncertna dvorana Vatroslava Lisinskog}}), named after the 19th-century Croatian composer Vatroslav Lisinski and whose main hall has an audience capacity of over 1,800.{{cite web |title=Lisinski – Congress Offer |url=https://www.lisinski.hr/media/files/Lisinski_Brochure_CongressOffer.pdf |publisher=Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall |access-date=11 March 2024 |archive-date=11 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311111213/https://www.lisinski.hr/media/files/Lisinski_Brochure_CongressOffer.pdf |url-status=live }} Constructed between 1963 and 1971, the venue underwent significant renovation ahead of hosting the Eurovision Song Contest.{{Cite web |date=21 March 1990 |title=Novo ruho 'Lisinskog' |trans-title=New outfit for 'Lisinski' |url=https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=182541 |access-date=3 December 2023 |publisher=Slobodna Dalmacija |page=31 |language=sh |location=Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |url-access=subscription |archive-date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203193651/https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=182541 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Lisinski Concert Hall |url=https://www.timeout.com/croatia/music/lisinski-concert-hall |publisher=Time Out Croatia |access-date=11 March 2024 |date=13 February 2018 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525232328/https://www.timeout.com/croatia/music/lisinski-concert-hall |url-status=live }}

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The same twenty-two countries which had participated in 1989 returned for the 1990 contest; this marked the first time since {{escyr|1972}} that no changes to the composition of the competing countries were made compared to the previous event.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=34–36}}

Among the competing artists in this year's event was Ketil Stokkan, who had also represented {{esccnty|Norway|y=1986|t=Norway in 1986}}.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=34–42}} Additionally, Kari Kuivalainen, who had represented {{esccnty|Finland|y=1986|t=Finland in 1986}}, returned as a backing vocalist for the Finnish group Beat, and the Slovene group {{ill|Pepel in kri|sl}} supported Italy's Toto Cutugno as backing vocalists, having previously represented {{esccnty|Yugoslavia|y=1975|t=Yugoslavia in 1975}}.{{cite web |title=#EurovisionAgain 1990: Eurovision unites Europe |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovisionagain-1990-eurovision-unites-europe |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121195416/https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovisionagain-1990-eurovision-unites-europe |archive-date=21 November 2020 |language=en |date=21 November 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.hs.fi/radiotelevisio/art-2000002979643.html |access-date=28 November 2022 |title=Euroviisut raikuvat tänään Zagrebissa |trans-title=Eurovision is on in Zagreb today |work=Helsingin Sanomat |location=Helsinki, Finland |date=5 May 1990 |language=fi |url-access=subscription |archive-date=29 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129084858/https://www.hs.fi/radiotelevisio/art-2000002979643.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Vogrin |first1=Nina |title=Kako so Slovenci leta 1990 zmagali na Evroviziji |trans-title=How Slovenians won Eurovision in 1990 |url=https://siol.net/trendi/glasba/kako-so-slovenci-leta-1990-zmagali-na-evroviziji-video-497471 |publisher=Siol |access-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102230521/https://siol.net/trendi/glasba/kako-so-slovenci-leta-1990-zmagali-na-evroviziji-video-497471 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |language=sl |date=14 May 2019 |url-status=live}}

Many of the competing songs made reference to the changing political and social landscape across the European continent following revolutions in Central and Eastern European countries in 1989 and spoke of the future of the European continent. The {{esccnty|Finland|y=1990|t=Finnish}} and {{esccnty|Germany|y=1990|t=German}} entries referenced the increasing freedoms experienced by citizens in countries formerly under repressive regimes, the {{esccnty|Austria|y=1990|t=Austrian}} and {{esccnty|Norway|y=1990|t=Norwegian}} entries harked back to the fall of the Berlin Wall six months prior and the opening of frontiers along the Iron Curtain between east and west Europe, while the {{esccnty|Italy|y=1990|t=Italian entry}} made reference to the planned signing of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 which would form the European Union and lead to greater European integration. Other social and political messages were also present among the competing entries, including a message for racial harmony from {{esccnty|France|y=1990}}, an ode to the environment from the {{esccnty|United Kingdom|y=1990}}, and {{esccnty|Belgium|y=1990}}'s Philippe Lafontaine presenting a love song for his Macedonian wife.{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=120–123}}{{sfn|West|2020|pp=159–163}}

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File:Helga Vlahovic (1969).jpg (pictured in 1969) was one of the presenters of the contest.]]

The Eurovision Song Contest 1990 was produced by the Yugoslav public broadcaster {{lang|sh|Radiotelevizija Zagreb|i=unset}} (RTV Zagreb) on behalf of {{lang|sh|Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija|i=unset}} (JRT).{{Cite web |date=20 July 1989 |title='Pjesma Eurovizije' u Zagrebu |trans-title=The Eurovision Song Contest in Zagreb |url=https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=228277 |access-date=3 December 2023 |publisher=Slobodna Dalmacija |page=2 |language=sh |location=Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |url-access=subscription |archive-date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203153136/https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=228277 |url-status=live }} Goran Radman served as executive producer, Nenad Puhovski served as director, Zvjezdana Kvočić served as designer, Seadeta Midžić served as musical director, and Igor Kuljerić served as conductor leading an assembled orchestra, with assistance from {{ill|Stanko Selak|hr}}.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|p=46}} A separate musical director could be appointed by each broadcaster to lead the orchestra during their performance, with the host conductors also available to conduct for those which did not appoint their own conductor.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=34–42}} On behalf of the contest organisers, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the event was overseen by Frank Naef as scrutineer.{{cite web |title=The Organisers behind the Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/organisers |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=31 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925231140/https://eurovision.tv/about/organisers |archive-date=25 September 2024 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Former Eurovision scrutineer Frank Naef shares his backstage recollections |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/former-eurovision-scrutineer-frank-naef-shares-his-backstage-recollections |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=1 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513210954/https://eurovision.tv/story/former-eurovision-scrutineer-frank-naef-shares-his-backstage-recollections |archive-date=13 May 2018 |date=10 February 2017}}{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|p=210}} Over 400 journalists covered the event.{{cite news |author1=E. Ć. |author2=B. K. |title=Шоу може да почне! |trans-title=The show can begin! |url=https://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#panel:pp{{!}}issue:UB_00064_19900505{{!}}page:13 |access-date=1 February 2025 |work=Borba |date=5–6 May 1990 |location=Belgrade, Yugoslavia |page=13 |language=sh-cyrl |via=Belgrade University Library}} The overall costs to organise the contest was about 6 million Yugoslav dinars.{{cite news |author=L. Vasic |title=Из 'Лисинског' у свет |trans-title=From 'Lisinskogo' to the world |url=https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/PolitikaBeograd_OSA_1989_07-2/?pg=130&layout=s |access-date=11 March 2025 |work=Politika |date=20 July 1989 |location=Belgrade, Yugoslavia |page=31 |language=sh-cyrl |url-access=subscription |via={{ill|Arcanum Newspapers|hu|Arcanum Újságok}}}}

Following the confirmation of the twenty-two competing countries, the draw to determine the running order of the contest was held on 10 November 1989.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=34–36}}{{Cite web |date=10 November 1989 |title=Eurosong '90 |url=https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=232833 |access-date=3 December 2023 |publisher=Slobodna Dalmacija |page=31 |language=sh |location=Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |url-access=subscription |archive-date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203143734/https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=232833 |url-status=live }}

Rehearsals for the participating artists began on 30 April 1990. Two technical rehearsals were conducted for each participating delegation in the week approaching the contest, with countries rehearsing in the order in which they would perform. The first rehearsals, comprising 15 minutes for stage set-up and 35 minutes for performances, were held on 30 April and 1 May. Following these rehearsals each delegation was provided an opportunity to watch back recordings of their performances and engage in a press conference. Each country's second rehearsals were held on 2 and 3 May and lasted 35 minutes total, followed by another viewing session and press conference. Three dress rehearsals were held with all artists, two held in the afternoon and evening of 4 May and one final rehearsal in the afternoon of 5 May. An audience was present during the two dress rehearsals held on 4 May; the final dress rehearsal on 5 May was also recorded for use as a production standby for use should broadcast of the live event became impossible.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=34–36}}

During the week of rehearsals, problems arose regarding the choice of presenters for the event. Oliver Mlakar and Helga Vlahović had been selected to host the contest, officially announced publicly in March 1990, however a second couple, Rene Medvešek and {{ill|Dubravka Marković|sh}}, had also been chosen as a reserve hosting pair.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=34–36}}{{Cite web |date=31 March 1990 |title='Eurosong '90' – Odabran voditeljski par – Helga i Oliver |trans-title=Eurovision '90 – Chosen host couple – Helga and Oliver |url=https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=183003 |access-date=3 December 2023 |publisher=Slobodna Dalmacija |page=31 |language=sh |location=Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |url-access=subscription |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526004701/https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/?showSubscriptionModal=1 |url-status=live }} No agreement on which duo would host the contest had been settled going into the rehearsal week however, and screen tests of the voting sequence with the contest's executive supervisor Frank Naef were scheduled to determine which of the pairings would get the job.{{Cite web |date=31 March 1990 |title=Skandal na 'Eurosongu' – Otkaz Helge i Olivera |trans-title=Scandal at Eurovision – Helga and Oliver's resignation |url=https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=184406 |access-date=3 December 2023 |publisher=Slobodna Dalmacija |language=sh |location=Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |url-access=subscription |archive-date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203152657/https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=184406 |url-status=live }} The ages of Mlakar and Vlahović, respectively 54 and 45 years old at the time, had also resulted in criticism from press outlets ahead of the contest. Subsequently, Mlakar and Vlahović walked away during rehearsals on the Wednesday before the event and announced their resignations as show hosts, leading to a hastily arranged press conference to announce Medvešek and Marković as their replacements.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=34–36}} Meetings held behind closed doors over the following 24 hours however led to Mlakar and Vlahović returning to the contest as the show's presenters.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=34–36}}{{Cite web |date=31 March 1990 |title=Posljednja vijest s 'Eurosonga' – Helga i Oliver - ipak voditelji! |trans-title=The latest news from Eurovision – Helga and Oliver are the presenters after all! |url=https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=184468 |access-date=3 December 2023 |publisher=Slobodna Dalmacija |page=31 |language=sh |location=Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |archive-date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203152655/https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=184468 |url-status=live }}

For the first time in its history the contest featured an official mascot, "Eurocat", an animated anthropomorphic cat created by the Croatian illustrator Joško Marušić.{{Cite web |date=3 May 1990 |title=Silvije Hum – Trema ne, uzbuđenje da! |trans-title=Silvije Hum – No trepidation, only excitement! |url=https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=184406 |access-date=3 December 2023 |publisher=Slobodna Dalmacija |language=sh |location=Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |url-access=subscription |archive-date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203152657/https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=184406 |url-status=live }} Eurocat featured within the video postcards which served as an introduction to each country's entry, as well as providing an opportunity for transition between entries and allow stage crew to make changes on stage.{{cite web |last1=Egan |first1=John |title=All Kinds of Everything: a history of Eurovision Postcards |url=https://escinsight.com/2015/05/22/all-kinds-of-everything-a-history-of-eurovision-postcards/ |publisher=ESC Insight |access-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524073150/http://www.escinsight.com/2015/05/22/all-kinds-of-everything-a-history-of-eurovision-postcards/ |archive-date=24 May 2015 |date=22 May 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Kurris |first1=Denis |title=Eurovision 2022: The theme of this year's Eurovision postcards |url=https://www.esc-plus.com/eurovision-2022-the-theme-of-this-years-eurovision-postcards/ |publisher=ESC Plus |access-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501103821/https://www.esc-plus.com/eurovision-2022-the-theme-of-this-years-eurovision-postcards/ |archive-date=1 May 2022 |date=1 May 2022 |url-status=live}} The postcards for the 1990 contest centered around the theme of tourism, in conjunction with 1990 being the European Year of Tourism; each participating country commissioned their own postcard to highlight their country as a tourist destination, with Eurocat introducing these clips while highlighting cultural stereotypes associated with the competing countries.

With the advent of music videos during the 1980s, the television production of the contest also adapted to new aesthetics as it entered the 1990s; in contrast to previous editions, the 1990 contest saw an increased use of dynamic camera direction, with footage captured from cameras moving to and around the stage during the performances and showing angles that could not be seen by spectators in the auditorium.{{sfn|Pajala|2022|pp=192–193}} This change in the visual aesthetics was part of a transition which made elaborately staged performances possible, bearing similarities to music videos and which went on to develop throughout the 1990s and into editions of the contest held during the twenty-first century.{{sfn|Pajala|2022|pp=192–193}}{{sfn|Pérez-Rufí|Valverde-Maestre|2020|pp=17–18}}

Each participating broadcaster submitted one song, which was required to be no longer than three minutes in duration and performed in the language, or one of the languages, of the country which it represented.{{cite web |title=How it works |date=18 May 2019 |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/how-it-works |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=2 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531032850/https://eurovision.tv/about/how-it-works |archive-date=31 May 2022 |language=en-gb |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Jerusalem 1999 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/jerusalem-1999 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=29 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621202249/https://eurovision.tv/event/jerusalem-1999 |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-status=live}} A maximum of six performers were allowed on stage during each country's performance.{{cite web |title=The Rules of the Contest |date=31 October 2018 |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004011300/https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |archive-date=4 October 2022 |url-status=live}} Each entry could utilise all or part of the live orchestra and could use instrumental-only backing tracks, however any backing tracks used could only include the sound of instruments featured on stage being mimed by the performers.{{cite web |last1=Escudero |first1=Victor M. |title=#EurovisionAgain travels back to Dublin 1997 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovisionagain-dublin-1997 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523190024/https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovisionagain-dublin-1997 |archive-date=23 May 2022 |date=18 April 2020 |url-status=live}} The 1990 contest was the first to implement restrictions on the age of the performers, following criticism of the young age of the {{esccnty|Israel|y=1989|t=Israeli}} and {{esccnty|France|y=1989|t=French}} entrants in the previous year's contest, 12-year-old {{ill|Gili Netanel|he|גילי נתנאל}} and 11-year-old Nathalie Pâque respectively. For the 1990 event performers were required to be at least 16 years old in the year they competed in the event; although the United Kingdom had selected 15-year-old Emma as their representative, as she turned 16 later in the year she was still eligible to compete. The introduction of this rule, which remains in effect {{as of|2024|lc=y}} but which now specifies that the contestant must be 16 years old on the day of the contest final, means that Sandra Kim, who won the contest for {{esccnty|Belgium|y=1986|t=Belgium in 1986}} at the age of 13, will hold the record of the youngest ever Eurovision winner in perpetuity, barring any further changes to the rule.{{cite web |title=Winners of the 1980s - What happened to them? |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/winners-of-the-1980s-what-happened-to-them |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307092249/https://eurovision.tv/story/winners-of-the-1980s-what-happened-to-them |archive-date=7 March 2018 |date=14 September 2011 |url-status=live}}

The results of the 1990 contest were determined through the same scoring system as had first been introduced in {{escyr|1975}}: each country awarded twelve points to its favourite entry, followed by ten points to its second favourite, and then awarded points in decreasing value from eight to one for the remaining songs which featured in the country's top ten, with countries unable to vote for their own entry.{{cite web |title=In a Nutshell |url=https://eurovision.tv/history/in-a-nutshell |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626052301/https://eurovision.tv/history/in-a-nutshell |archive-date=26 June 2022 |date=31 March 2017 |url-status=dead}} The points awarded by each country were determined by an assembled jury of sixteen individuals, who were all required to be members of the public with no connection to the music industry, split evenly between men and women and by age. Each jury member voted in secret and awarded between one and ten votes to each participating song, excluding that from their own country and with no abstentions permitted. The votes of each member were collected following the country's performance and then tallied by the non-voting jury chairperson to determine the points to be awarded. In any cases where two or more songs in the top ten received the same number of votes, a show of hands by all jury members was used to determine the final placing.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=43–45}}{{sfn|Roxburgh|2016|p=347}}

The contest took place on 5 May 1990 at 21:00 (CEST) with a duration of 2 hours and 47 minutes and was presented by Oliver Mlakar and Helga Vlahović.{{cite web |title=Zagreb 1990 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/zagreb-1990 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015182304/https://eurovision.tv/event/zagreb-1990 |archive-date=15 October 2022 |url-status=live}}{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=34–42}}

The contest was opened with a pre-recorded film entitled Zagreb: City of Music, which showcased various locations in Zagreb and featured performances of various musical styles and genres. Another pre-recorded film featured during the interval between the competing entries and the voting sequence; entitled Yugoslav Changes, which highlighted the various cultures, landscapes, cuisines and industries within Yugoslavia.{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|p=216}}{{cite AV media |date=5 May 1990 |title=Eurovision Song Contest '90 Zagreb/YU |type=Television programme |location=Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |publisher={{lang|sh-latn|Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija|i=unset}} (JRT) and {{lang|sh-latn|Radiotelevizija Zagreb|i=unset}} (RTZ) |language=en, fr, sh}} The trophy awarded to the winners was presented at the end of the broadcast by the contest's executive producer Goran Radman.{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|p=216}}

The contest's first entry suffered from a technical incident. The conductor of the Spanish entry was unable to hear the backing track, as the sound engineers had failed to raise the volume of the tape, and could not cue the orchestra to commence on time. When the volume was eventually raised the track was already partway through the song, meaning the orchestra and performers were out of sync with the tape, resulting in the two Salazar sisters of Azúcar Moreno leaving the stage as the backing tape continued to play. The tape was ultimately reset and the performance restarted with no further issues.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=34–42}}{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=120–123}}

The winner was {{esccnty|Italy|y=1990}} represented by the song "Insieme: 1992", written and performed by Toto Cutugno.{{cite web |title=Zagreb 1990 – Toto Cutugno |url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/toto-cutugno |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823145448/https://eurovision.tv/participant/toto-cutugno |archive-date=23 August 2023 |url-status=live}} It was Italy's second win in the contest, following their first victory in {{esccnty|Italy|y=1964|t=1964}}.{{cite web |title=Italy – Participation history |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/italy |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=3 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605123838/https://eurovision.tv/country/italy |archive-date=5 June 2022 |url-status=live}} At 46 years old Cutugno became the oldest Eurovision winner at that point.{{cite web |last1=Amin |first1=Meghna |title=Eurovision winner Toto Cutugno dies aged 80 |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/08/23/toto-cutugno-dead-80-italian-eurovision-song-contest-19382103/ |publisher=Metro |access-date=3 December 2023 |date=23 August 2023 |archive-date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203205436/https://metro.co.uk/2023/08/23/toto-cutugno-dead-80-italian-eurovision-song-contest-19382103/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Remembering 3 Times Italy Won Big at Eurovision |url=https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/remembering-3-times-italy-won-big-eurovision |publisher=Italy Magazine |access-date=11 March 2024 |date=5 October 2023 |archive-date=11 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311095220/https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/remembering-3-times-italy-won-big-eurovision |url-status=live }} {{esccnty|France|y=1990}} achieved their first top 5 placing since {{esccnty|France|y=1981|t=1981}}, placing equal second with {{esccnty|Ireland|y=1990}}, while {{esccnty|Iceland|y=1990}}'s fourth place finish was the country's best ever result to that point.{{cite web |title=France – Participation history |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/france |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=3 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605123913/https://eurovision.tv/country/france |archive-date=5 June 2022 |url-status=live}} {{esccnty|Spain|y=1990}} also achieved their best finish since {{esccnty|Spain|y=1984|t=1984}}, placing fifth. The 1990 contest marks the last time that the future "Big Five" countries all placed within the top 10: alongside Italy's first place, France's equal second place and Spain's fifth place finish, the {{esccnty|United Kingdom|y=1990}} placed sixth and {{esccnty|Germany|y=1990}} placed ninth.

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson, connected to the contest venue via telephone lines and responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for its respective country.{{cite web |title=Lugano to Liverpool: Broadcasting Eurovision |url=https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/broadcasting-eurovision/ |publisher=National Science and Media Museum |access-date=23 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512185848/https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/broadcasting-eurovision/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |date=24 May 2021 |url-status=live}} Known spokespersons at the 1990 contest are listed below.

• {{flagu|Cyprus}}{{snd}}Anna Partelidou{{cite news |title=Τα μέλη της Κριτικής Επιτροπής Κύπρου |trans-title=The members of the Cyprus Jury |url=https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/1133895 |access-date=31 December 2024 |work=Mesimvrini |date=5 May 1990 |location=Nicosia, Cyprus |page=7 |language=el |via={{ill|Press and Information Office|el|Γραφείο Τύπου και Πληροφοριών}}}}
• {{flagu|Finland}}{{snd}}Solveig Herlin{{sfn|Murtomäki|2007|pp=156–159}}
• {{flagu|Ireland}}{{snd}}Eileen Dunne{{cite web |last1=O'Loughlin |first1=Mikie |title=RTE Eileen Dunne's marriage to soap star Macdara O'Fatharta, their wedding day and grown up son Cormac |url=https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/celebs/rte-eileen-dunnes-marriage-soap-24277308 |work=RSVP Live |access-date=8 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608223329/https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/celebs/rte-eileen-dunnes-marriage-soap-24277308 |archive-date=8 June 2021 |date=8 June 2021 |url-status=live}}
• {{flagu|Netherlands}}{{snd}}Joop van Os{{cite news |last=de Cocq |first=René |title=Een miljard tv-kijkers voor het Eurovisie songfestival |trans-title=A billion TV viewers for the Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LLC/1990-05-05/edition/0/page/31 |access-date=14 December 2024 |work=Leidse Courant |location=Leiden, Netherlands |date=5 May 1990 |page=31 |language=nl |via=Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken}}
• {{flagu|Sweden}}{{snd}}{{ill|Jan Ellerås|sv}}{{sfn|Thorsson|Verhage|2006|pp=214–215}}
• {{flagu|United Kingdom}}{{snd}}Colin Berry{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=43–45}}

Jury voting was used to determine the points awarded by all countries.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=43–45}} The announcement of the results from each country was conducted in the order in which they performed, with the spokespersons announcing their country's points in English or French in ascending order.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2020|pp=43–45}} The detailed breakdown of the points awarded by each country is listed in the tables below.

The below table summarises how the maximum 12 points were awarded from one country to another. The winning country is shown in bold. France received the maximum score of 12 points from six of the voting countries, with Italy receiving three sets of 12 points, Iceland, Ireland, Switzerland and Yugoslavia receiving two sets of maximum scores each, and Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain and the United Kingdom each receiving one maximum score.

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers. These commentators were typically sent to the venue to report on the event, and were able to provide commentary from small booths constructed at the back of the venue.{{cite web |title=Commentator's guide to the commentators |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/commentator-s-guide-to-the-commentators |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=2 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112181824/https://eurovision.tv/story/commentator-s-guide-to-the-commentators |archive-date=12 November 2018 |date=15 May 2011 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Escudero |first1=Victor M. |title=Commentators: The national hosts of Eurovision |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/commentators-sweden-mans-zelmerlow-edward-af-sillen |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=2 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516182452/https://eurovision.tv/story/commentators-sweden-mans-zelmerlow-edward-af-sillen |archive-date=16 May 2017 |date=14 May 2017 |url-status=live}}

The contest was reportedly broadcast in 37 countries,{{cite news |title='Insieme' donne la victoire à l'Italie |trans-title='Insieme' gives victory to Italy |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=LLE19900507-01.1.9 |access-date=7 December 2024 |work=La Liberté |agency=Swiss Telegraphic Agency (SDA-ATS)/{{lang|fr|Agence France-Presse|i=unset}} (AFP) |page=9 |date=7 May 1990 |location=Fribourg, Switzerland |language=fr |via=E-newspaperarchives.ch}}{{cite news |first=Ali H. |last=Yurtsever |title=Eurovision' da büyük heyecan |trans-title=Great excitement at Eurovision |url=https://gazetearsivi.milliyet.com.tr/liste?tarih=1990.05.05 |date=5 May 1990 |url-access=registration |access-date=5 November 2024 |work=Milliyet |location=Istanbul, Turkey |page=17 |language=tr}} with a number of non-participating broadcasting countries name-checked by Helga Vlahović during the event, specifically Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Japan, Poland, Romania, South Korea and the Soviet Union. The contest was also reportedly broadcast in Tunisia and other countries in Africa. Reports at the time indicated that the estimated global audience could be as high as 600 million viewers, with Vlahović also mentioning that the contest could be seen by as many as one billion people.

Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

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| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=RTV-Programma's Zaterdag |trans-title=RTV-Programmes Saturday |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LLC/1990-05-05/edition/0/page/20 |access-date=28 November 2022 |work=Leidse Courant |location=Leiden, Netherlands |language=nl |date=5 May 1990 |page=20 |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128155446/https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LLC/1990-05-05/edition/0/page/20 |via=Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken |url-status=live}}

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! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Cyprus|1960}}

| rowspan="2" | CyBC

| RIK

| Neofytos Taliotis

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Τηλεόραση |trans-title=Television |url=https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/585071 |access-date=4 March 2024 |work={{lang|el-latn|O Phileleftheros|i=unset}} |date=5 May 1990 |location=Nicosia, Cyprus |page=2 |language=el |via=Press and Information Office |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525231751/https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/585071 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title='Μιλάς πολύ' καλή επιτυχία! |trans-title=Good luck to 'Milas poli'! |url=https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/1133892 |access-date=7 December 2024 |work=Mesimvrini |date=2 May 1990 |location=Nicosia, Cyprus |page=1 |language=el |via=Press and Information Office}}

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| {{lang|el-latn|A Programma|i=unset}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Ραδιόφωνο |trans-title=Radio |url=https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/910765 |access-date=4 March 2024 |work={{lang|el-latn|I Simerini|i=unset}} |date=5 May 1990 |location=Nicosia, Cyprus |page=6 |language=el |via=Press and Information Office |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525231747/https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/910765 |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Denmark}}

| rowspan="2" | DR

| DR TV

| Jørgen de Mylius

| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | {{cite web |title=Alle tiders programoversigter – Lørdag den 5. maj 1990 |trans-title=All-time programme overviews – Saturday 5 May 1990 |url=https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=1990-05-05 |publisher=DR |access-date=9 April 2024 |archive-date=25 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325035400/https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=1990-05-05 |url-status=live}}

|-

| DR P3

| {{ill|Karlo Staunskær|dk}} and Kurt Helge Andersen

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Finland}}

| rowspan="2" | YLE

| TV1

| Erkki Pohjanheimo and Ossi Runne

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Televisio & Radio |trans-title=Television & Radio |url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/6e5ac4d7-819c-4467-b7ee-e3c7c92fffec/78 |access-date=14 November 2022 |work=Helsingin Sanomat |location=Helsinki, Finland |date=5 May 1990 |pages=D11–D12 |language=fi |url-access=subscription |archive-date=14 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114110124/https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/6e5ac4d7-819c-4467-b7ee-e3c7c92fffec/78 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Kajava |first=Juuka |url=https://www.hs.fi/radiotelevisio/art-2000002980144.html |access-date=14 November 2022 |title=Hyvin kävi euroviisuissa |trans-title=It went well at Eurovision |work=Helsingin Sanomat |location=Helsinki, Finland |date=7 May 1990 |language=fi |url-access=subscription |archive-date=14 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114110707/https://www.hs.fi/radiotelevisio/art-2000002980144.html |url-status=live}}

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| {{lang|fi|{{ill|Rinnakkaisohjelma|fi|lt=2-verkko}}|i=unset}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" |

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|France}}

| colspan="2" | {{lang|fr|Antenne 2|i=unset}}

| Richard Adaridi

| style="text-align:center" |

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Germany}}

| ARD

| {{lang|de|Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen|i=unset}}

| Fritz Egner

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Sonnabend, 5. Mai 1990 |trans-title=Saturday, 5 May 1990 |url=https://ezeitung.nordschleswiger.dk/titles/dernordschleswiger/5642/publications/12209/pages/38 |access-date=20 September 2024 |work=sh:z Magazin |date=5 May 1990 |issue=18 |location=Aabenraa, Denmark |page=6 |language=de}}

|-

| SSVC

| SSVC Television

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Radio en televisie zaterdag |trans-title=Radio and television Saturday |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010624128:mpeg21:p049 |access-date=26 September 2024 |work=Limburgs Dagblad |date=5 May 1990 |page=51 |location=Heerlen, Netherlands |language=nl |via=Delpher}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Greece}}

| ERT

| ET1

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Το πρόγραμμα της τηλεόρασης |trans-title=TV schedule |url=https://medusa.libver.gr/iguana/www.main.cls?surl=search&p=2cafc322-e6e4-433a-9fcf-b8b0e4d5c7da#recordId=3.810&srchDb=3 |access-date=2 November 2024 |work=Imerisia |location=Veria, Greece |date=5 May 1990 |page=4 |language=el |via={{ill|Public Central Library of Veria|el|Δημόσια Κεντρική Βιβλιοθήκη Βέροιας}}}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Iceland}}

| RÚV

| {{lang|is|Sjónvarpið|i=unset}}, {{lang|is|Rás 1|i=unset}}

| Arthúr Björgvin Bollason

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Laugurdagur 5. maí |trans-title=Saturday 5 May |url=https://timarit.is/page/2570983#page/n41/mode/2up |access-date=2 February 2025 |work=DV |date=5 May 1990 |location=Reykjavík, Iceland |language=is |page=54 |via=Timarit.is}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Ireland}}

| rowspan="2" | RTÉ

| RTÉ 1

| Jimmy Greeley and Clíona Ní Bhuachalla

| style="text-align:center" | {{sfn|Knox|2015|pp=111–112}}{{cite news |title=Saturday's Television |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1990/0505/Pg028.html |access-date=19 December 2022 |newspaper=The Irish Times Weekend |location=Dublin, Ireland |date=5 May 1990 |page=6 |url-access=subscription}}

|-

| RTÉ Radio 1

| Larry Gogan

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Radio |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1990/0505/Pg028.html |access-date=19 December 2022 |work=The Irish Times Weekend |location=Dublin, Ireland |date=5 May 1990 |page=6 |url-access=subscription}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Israel}}

| IBA

| Israeli Television, {{ill|Reshet Gimel|he|רשת ג'}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=שבת 5.5.90 – טלוויזיה {{!}} רדיו |trans-title=Saturday 05/05/90 – Television {{!}} Radio |url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/?a=d&d=mar19900504-01.1.129 |access-date=11 January 2023 |work=Maariv |date=4 May 1990 |location=Tel Aviv, Israel |language=he |pages=129–130 |via=National Library of Israel |archive-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111114720/https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/?a=d&d=mar19900504-01 |url-status=live }}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Italy}}

| RAI

| {{lang|it|Rai Due|i=unset}}{{efn|Deferred broadcast at 23:20 (CEST)}}

| {{ill|Peppi Franzelin|it}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Sabato 5 maggio |trans-title=Saturday 5 May |url=http://www.radiocorriere.teche.rai.it/Download.aspx?data=1990{{!}}17{{!}}000{{!}}P |magazine=Radiocorriere TV |location=Turin, Italy |date=29 April – 5 May 1990 |volume=67 |issue=17 |pages=114–117, 119–120, 122 |access-date=4 June 2024 |language=it |via=Rai Teche}}{{cite web |last1=Lombardini |first1=Emanuele |title=Peppi Franzelin ci racconta gli ESC 1990 e 1992. E la Cinquetti... |trans-title=Peppi Franzelin tells us about ESC 1990 and 1992. And Cinquetti... |url=https://www.eurofestivalnews.com/2014/03/28/peppi-franzelin-ci-racconta-gli-esc-1990-1992-cinquetti/ |publisher=Eurofestival News |access-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708163039/http://www.eurofestivalnews.com/2014/03/28/peppi-franzelin-ci-racconta-gli-esc-1990-1992-cinquetti/ |archive-date=8 July 2017 |language=it |date=28 March 2014 |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Luxembourg}}

| CLT

| {{lang|fr|RTL Télévision|i=unset}}

| {{ill|Valérie Sarn|fr}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |date=2 May 1990 |title=Samstag, 5. Mai {{!}} Samedi, 5 mai |trans-title=Saturday 5 May |url=https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/15pwj4d19v/pages/106 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603214557/https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/15pwj4d19v/pages/106 |archive-date=3 June 2024 |access-date=15 May 2024 |magazine={{lang|fr|Télé-Revue|i=unset}} |location=Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |volume=46 |issue=18 |pages=10–13 |language=fr, de, lb |via=National Library of Luxembourg}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Netherlands}}

| NOS

| {{lang|nl|Nederland 3|i=unset}}

| Willem van Beusekom

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=TV zaterdag |trans-title=TV Saturday |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010646085:mpeg21:p108 |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=De Telegraaf Weekeinde |date=5 May 1990 |page=4 |location=Amsterdam, Netherlands |language=nl |via=Delpher}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Norway}}

| NRK

| {{lang|no|NRK Fjernsynet|i=unset}}, NRK P2

| Leif Erik Forberg

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=TV lørdag |trans-title=TV Saturday |url=https://www.nb.no/items/68409b43c7aaea071b037e82475d7b83?page=31 |access-date=28 November 2022 |work=Moss Dagblad |location=Moss, Norway |date=5 May 1990 |pages=32–33 |language=no |via=National Library of Norway |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128164604/https://www.nb.no/items/68409b43c7aaea071b037e82475d7b83?page=31 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=P2 – Kjøreplan lørdag 5. mai 1990 |trans-title=P2 – Schedule Saturday 5 May 1990 |url=https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/b2957582322d8bc629627655e6745d99?index=1#2 |publisher=NRK |access-date=28 November 2022 |page=3 |language=no |date=5 May 1990 |via=National Library of Norway |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128164559/https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/b2957582322d8bc629627655e6745d99?index=1#2 |url-status=live}} {{subscription or libraries}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Portugal}}

| RTP

| {{lang|pt|RTP Canal 1|i=unset}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Cartaz / Televisão |trans-title=Lineup / Television |url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06892.209.31716#!31 |access-date=14 December 2022 |work=Diário de Lisboa |location=Lisbon, Portugal |date=4 May 1990 |page=31 |language=pt |via=Casa Comum |archive-date=14 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214091418/http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06892.209.31716#!31 |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Spain}}

| TVE

| TVE 2

| Luis Cobos

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Programación de televisión |trans-title=Television programming |url=https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/consulta/registro.do?id=11000940576 |access-date=25 June 2024 |work={{ill|Diario de Ávila|es}} |date=5 May 1990 |page=30 |location=Ávila, Spain |language=es |via={{ill|Virtual Library of Historical Newspapers|es|Biblioteca Virtual de Prensa Histórica}}}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Sweden}}

| SVT

| TV2

| {{ill|Jan Jingryd|sv|Janne Jingryd}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=TV-programmen |trans-title=TV programmes |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=5 May 1990 |location=Stockholm, Sweden |page=21 |language=sv}}

|-

| {{ill|Sveriges Riksradio|sv|lt=RR}}

| SR P3

| {{ill|Kersti Adams-Ray|sv}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Radioprogrammen |trans-title=Radio programmes |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=5 May 1990 |location=Stockholm, Sweden |page=21 |language=sv}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|Switzerland}}

| rowspan="3" | SRG SSR

| {{lang|de|{{ill|SRG Sportkette – SSR Chaîne Sportive – SSR Canale Sportivo|de|SRG Sportkette|lt=SRG Sportkette}}|i=unset}}

| {{ill|Bernard Thurnheer|de}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Programmübersicht – Samstag |trans-title=Programme overview – Saturday |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=NZZ19900505-01.1.31 |access-date=28 November 2022 |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |page=31 |date=5 May 1990 |location=Zurich, Switzerland |language=de |via=E-newspaperarchives.ch}}

|-

| {{lang|de|{{ill|SRG Sportkette – SSR Chaîne Sportive – SSR Canale Sportivo|de|SRG Sportkette|lt=SSR Chaîne Sportive}}|i=unset}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Samedi 4 mai |trans-title=Saturday 4 May |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/323685/view?page=28&p=verso |access-date=28 November 2022 |work=Radio TV8 |volume=68 |issue=17 |date=26 April 1990 |location=Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland |pages=54–57 |language=fr |via=Scriptorium}}

|-

| {{lang|de|{{ill|SRG Sportkette – SSR Chaîne Sportive – SSR Canale Sportivo|de|SRG Sportkette|lt=SSR Canale Sportivo}}|i=unset}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Programmi TV |trans-title=TV programes |url=https://www2.sbt.ti.ch/quotidiani-public-pdf/main_part.php?fullscreen=true&paper=pel&day=5&month=5&year=1990&page=12&papername=Popolo%20e%20Libertà&allpages=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |access-date=27 December 2024 |work=Popolo e Libertà |date=5 May 1990 |location=Bellinzona, Switzerland |page=12 |language=it |via={{ill|Sistema bibliotecario ticinese|it}}}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Turkey}}

| TRT

| TV1

| {{ill|Başak Doğru|tr}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Televizyon-Radyo |trans-title=Television-Radio |url=https://egazete.cumhuriyet.com.tr/Archive/CUMHURIYET/GAZETE_ARSIVI/1990/5/5/582B7D73-A504-42CD-BC08-8109569D4640_3215249_4.jpeg |access-date=12 December 2022 |work=Cumhuriyet |date=5 May 1990 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212113015/https://egazete.cumhuriyet.com.tr/Archive/CUMHURIYET/GAZETE_ARSIVI/1990/5/5/582B7D73-A504-42CD-BC08-8109569D4640_3215249_4.jpeg |archive-date=12 December 2022 |page=4 |language=tr |url-status=live}}{{cite news |date=8 May 1990 |title=Tele görüş – Garip anlayış |trans-title=Television – Strange understanding |url=https://gazetearsivi.milliyet.com.tr/liste?tarih=1990.05.08 |location=Istanbul, Turkey |url-access=registration |access-date=15 November 2024 |work=Milliyet |page=17 |language=tr}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}

| rowspan="2" | BBC

| BBC1{{efn|Additional live broadcast on BBC TV Europe}}

| Terry Wogan

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Eurovision Song Contest 90 – BBC One |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b851ef1bcd2340d18b58dde83eb6ce0c |access-date=28 November 2022 |magazine=Radio Times |location=London, United Kingdom |date=5 May 1990 |via=BBC Genome Project |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128155450/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b851ef1bcd2340d18b58dde83eb6ce0c |url-status=live}}

|-

| BBC Radio 2

| Ken Bruce

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Eurovision Song Contest – BBC Radio 2 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d3f20763addf4df18ad43af625d3726c |access-date=28 November 2022 |magazine=Radio Times |location=London, United Kingdom |date=5 May 1990 |via=BBC Genome Project |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128155448/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d3f20763addf4df18ad43af625d3726c |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="6" | {{Flagu|Yugoslavia}}

| rowspan="6" | JRT

| {{lang|sh-latn|TV Beograd 1|i=unset}}, {{lang|sh|Radio Beograd 1|i=unset}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Телевизија |trans-title=Television |url=https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/PolitikaBeograd_OSA_1990_05-1/?pg=87&layout=s |access-date=9 March 2025 |work=Politika |date=5 May 1990 |location=Belgrade, Yugoslavia |page=32 |language=sh-cyrl |url-access=subscription |via={{ill|Arcanum Newspapers|hu|Arcanum Újságok}}}}{{cite news |title=Радио • Телевизија • Видео |trans-title=Radio • Television • Video |url=https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/PolitikaBeograd_OSA_1990_05-1/?pg=86&layout=s |access-date=9 March 2025 |work=Politika |date=5 May 1990 |location=Belgrade, Yugoslavia |page=31 |language=sh-cyrl |url-access=subscription |via={{ill|Arcanum Newspapers|hu|Arcanum Újságok}}}}

|-

| {{ill|RTV 1 (Vojvodina)|sr|РТВ 1|lt=TV Novi Sad}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Televizió |trans-title=Television |url=https://www.vamadia.rs/periodika-szam/magyar-szo-47-evf-1990-majus-5-121-sz-1-24-oldal |access-date=1 February 2025 |work=Magyar Szó |date=5 May 1990 |location=Novi Sad, Yugoslavia |page=24 |language=hu |via={{lang|hu|Vajdasági Magyar Digitális Adattár|i=unset}}}}

|-

| {{ill|TV SLO 1|sl|lt=TV Ljubljana 1}}, Val 202

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Spored za soboto |trans-title=Schedule for Saturday |url=http://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_DOC-Y7KKPV37/14/index.html |access-date=28 October 2024 |work=Delo |date=5 May 1990 |location=Ljubljana, Yugoslavia |page=14 |language=sl |via=Digital Library of Slovenia}}

|-

| {{ill|Radio Television of Prishtina|sr|РТС Приштина|sq|Radio Televizioni i Prishtinës|lt=TV Prishtina}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" |

|-

| TV Zagreb 1, Radio Zagreb 1

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=rtv |trans-title=Radio-TV |url=https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=184507 |access-date=28 November 2022 |work=Slobodna Dalmacija |date=5 May 1990 |page=31 |language=hr |location=Split, Yugoslavia |url-access=subscription |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128155455/https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=184507 |url-status=live}}

|}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Television today |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/12974778 |access-date=28 November 2022 |work=The Canberra Times |date=6 May 1990 |location=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |page=28 |via=Trove |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128155444/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/12974778 |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Czechoslovakia}}

| ČST

| ČST2{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 28 May 1990 at 21:40 (CEST)}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=pondělí 28.5. |trans-title=Monday 28/05 |url=https://kramerius.rozhlas.cz/view/uuid:4c666d47-b043-4b9d-95ef-8075c51492be?page=uuid:d9c7757d-f32e-4c12-b06d-8a6f2cb5c281 |access-date=19 May 2024 |work={{ill|Týdeník Rozhlas|cs|lt=Rozhlas}} |location=Prague, Czechoslovakia |date=21 May 1990 |issue=22 |page=15 |language=cs |via={{ill|Kramerius (digital library)|cs|Kramerius (digitální knihovna)|lt=Kramerius}} |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519174050/https://kramerius.rozhlas.cz/view/uuid:4c666d47-b043-4b9d-95ef-8075c51492be?page=uuid:d9c7757d-f32e-4c12-b06d-8a6f2cb5c281 |url-status=live}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Estonian SSR}}

| colspan="2" | ETV

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=L. 5. V |trans-title=S. 05/05 |url=https://dea.digar.ee/?a=d&d=televisioon19900430 |access-date=21 June 2024 |magazine=Televisioon : TV |date=30 April – 6 May 1990 |issue=18 |location=Tallinn, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union |pages=6–7 |language=et |via={{ill|DIGAR|et}}}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Faroe Islands}}

| colspan="2" | SvF

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Sjónvarp |trans-title=Television |url=https://epaper.infomedia.dk/wxn/19900504?s=1&p=10 |access-date=16 July 2024 |work=Oyggjatíðindi |date=4 May 1990 |location=Hoyvík, Faroe Islands |language=fo, da |pages=12–13 |via={{ill|Infomedia|dk}}}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Greenland}}

| KNR

| KNR{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 19 May 1990 at 21:35 (WGST)}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=TV KNR |url=https://timarit.is/page/3825637#page/n8/mode/2up |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=Atuagagdliutit |date=12 May 1990 |location=Nuuk, Greenland |language=kl, da |page=10 |via=Timarit.is}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Hungary}}

| MTV

| MTV2

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=A televízió és a rádió műsora |trans-title=Television and radio programming |url=https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/MagyarNemzet_1990_05/?pg=48&layout=s |access-date=13 March 2025 |work=Magyar Nemzet |date=5 May 1990 |location=Budapest, Hungary |page=13 |language=hu |url-access=subscription |via={{ill|Arcanum Newspapers|hu|Arcanum Újságok}}}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Poland}}

| TP

| TP1{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 19 May 1990 at 20:05 (CEST)}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=TV {{!}} 19-20.05. |url=http://bibliotekacyfrowa.eu/dlibra/show-content/publication/55025/edition/52234/ |access-date=16 February 2025 |work=Dziennik Bałtycki |date=19–20 May 1990 |location=Gdańsk, Poland |page=6 |language=pl |via={{ill|Baltic Digital Library|pl|Bałtycka Biblioteka Cyfrowa}}}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|South Korea|1984}}

| KBS

| KBS1{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 23 June 1990 at 19:10 (KST)}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=유러비전노래競演 실황 |trans-title=Eurovision Song Competition Live |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1990062300209216005 |access-date=3 December 2024 |work=The Dong-A Ilbo |date=23 June 1990 |location=Seoul, South Korea |page=16 |language=ko |via=Naver}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Soviet Union}}

| CT USSR

| Programme One

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Телевидение |trans-title=Television |url=http://tvp.netcollect.ru/tvps/1990__30_aprelja-6_maja.pdf |access-date=4 June 2024 |work=Pravda |location=Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |date=28 April 1990 |page=6 |language=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505043926/http://tvp.netcollect.ru/tvps/1990__30_aprelja-6_maja.pdf |archive-date=5 May 2021 |url-status=live}}

|}

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{{Reflist|2}}

• {{cite book |last1=Knox |first1=David Blake |title=Ireland and the Eurovision: The Winners, the Losers and the Turkey |date=2015 |publisher=New Island Books |location=Stillorgan, Dublin, Ireland |isbn=978-1-84840-429-8}}
• {{cite book |last=Murtomäki |first=Asko |title=Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut |date=2007 |publisher=Teos |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-851-106-3 |language=fi}}
• {{cite book |last=O'Connor |first=John Kennedy |author-link=John Kennedy O'Connor |title=The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History |date=2010 |publisher=Carlton Books |location=London, United Kingdom |isbn=978-1-84732-521-1 |edition=2nd}}
• {{Cite book |last=Pajala |first=Mari |title=The Eurovision Song Contest as a Cultural Phenomenon: from Concert Halls to the Halls of Academia |publisher=Routledge |year=2022 |isbn=978-1-032-03774-5 |location=Abingdon-on-Thames, United Kingdom; New York, NY, United States |chapter=The Eurovision Song Contest and European television history: continuity, adaption, experimentation |pages=188–200 |doi=10.4324/9781003188933-16 |oclc=1296690839 |editor-last=Dubin |editor-first=Adam |editor-last2=Vuletic |editor-first2=Dean |editor-last3=Obregón |editor-first3=Antonio}}
• {{Cite journal |last1=Pérez-Rufí |first1=José Patricio |last2=Valverde-Maestre |first2=Águeda María |date=2020 |title=The spatial-temporal fragmentation of live television video clips: analysis of the television production of the Eurovision Song Contest |journal=Communication & Society |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=17–31 |doi=10.15581/003.33.2.17-31 |issn=0214-0039|doi-access=free |hdl=10171/62357 |hdl-access=free }}
• {{cite book |last=Roxburgh |first=Gordon |title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |date=2016 |publisher=Telos Publishing |location=Prestatyn, United Kingdom |isbn=978-1-84583-118-9 |volume=Three: The 1980s}}
• {{cite book |last=Roxburgh |first=Gordon |title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |date=2020 |publisher=Telos Publishing |location=Prestatyn, United Kingdom |isbn=978-1-84583-163-9 |volume=Four: The 1990s}}
• {{cite book |last1=Thorsson |first1=Leif |last2=Verhage |first2=Martin |title=Melodifestivalen genom tiderna : de svenska uttagningarna och internationella finalerna |trans-title=Melodifestivalen through the ages: the Swedish selections and international finals |date=2006 |publisher=Premium Publishing |location=Stockholm, Sweden |isbn=91-89136-29-2 |language=sv}}
• {{cite book |author-link=Chris West |last1=West |first1=Chris |title=Eurovision! A History of Modern Europe Through the World's Greatest Song Contest |date=2020 |publisher=Melville House UK |location=London, United Kingdom |isbn=978-1-911545-55-2 |edition=2nd}}

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