Eurovision Song Contest 1991
Also known as ESC 1991, Eurovision 1991
36th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
Key facts
- Final
- 4 May 1991 ( 1991-05-04 )
- Venue
- Stage 15, Cinecittà Studios, Rome, Italy
- Organiser
- European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
- Scrutineer
- Frank Naef
- Host broadcaster
- Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
- Director
- Riccardo Donna
- Executive producer
- Silvia Salvetti
- Musical director
- Bruno Canfora
- Presenters
- Gigliola Cinquetti , Toto Cutugno
- Countries that participated after not pa
- Malta
- Countries that did not participate after
- Netherlands
- Voting system
- Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was the 36th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 4 May 1991 at Stage 15 of the Cinecittà Studios in Rome, Italy, and presented by Gigliola Cinquetti and Toto Cutugno. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), who staged the event after winning the 1990 contest for Italy with the song "Insieme: 1992" by Cutugno. Cinquetti had also won the contest for Italy in 1964.
Broadcasters from twenty-two countries participated in the contest, with Malta making its first appearance in sixteen years, having last participated in 1975, while the Netherlands decided not to participate because the date of the event coincided with the country's Remembrance of the Dead commemorations. It was also the first time that Germany was represented as a single state following the reunification of East and West Germany.