Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989
| Eurovision Song Contest 1989 | ||||
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| Country |  Luxembourg | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: National final | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 10 February 1989 Song: 5–6 March 1989 | |||
| Selected entrant | Park Café | |||
| Selected song | "Monsieur" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 20th, 8 points | |||
| Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Luxembourg participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Monsieur" written by Maggie Parke, Gast Waltzing, Yves Lacomblez and Bernard Loncheval. The song was performed by the band Park Café, which was internally selected by the Luxembourgish broadcaster Radio Télévision Luxembourg (RTL) in February 1989 to represent Luxembourg in Lausanne, Switzerland. RTL organised a three-song national final in order to select Park Café's song and "Monsieur" emerged as the winning song following a public televote held via television and radio on 5 and 6 March 1989.
Luxembourg competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 6 May 1989. Performing during the show in position 11, Luxembourg placed twentieth out of the 22 participating countries, scoring 8 points.
Background[edit]
Prior to the 1989 contest, Luxembourg had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nineteen times since debuting in its first edition of 1956.[1] The country had won the contest on five occasions: in 1961 with "Nous les amoureux" performed by Jean-Claude Pascal, in 1965 with "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" performed by France Gall, in 1972 with "Après toi" performed by Vicky Leandros, in 1973 with "Tu te reconnaîtras" performed by Anne-Marie David, and finally in 1983 with "Si la vie est cadeau" performed by Corinne Hermès.
The Luxembourgish national broadcaster, Radio Télévision Luxembourg (RTL), broadcasts the event within Luxembourg and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. The Luxembourgish entries since 1979 have been selected internally by RTL. For the 1989 contest, the broadcaster opted to internally select the artist and organise a national final to select the song.[2]
Before Eurovision[edit]
Artist selection[edit]
On 10 February 1989, RTL announced that the band Park Café had been internally selected to represent Luxembourg in Lausanne.[3] It was later announced that a national final would be held to select the song Park Café would perform.[4]
National final[edit]
12 songs were submitted by Park Café to RTL which selected three of them for the national final.[4] Video recordings of Park Café performing the three competing songs were presented during the 5 March 1989 broadcast of the television programme Hei elei, kuck elei, hosted by Jean Octave and Manette Dupong, and the public was able to vote for their favourite song through televoting during the show. The three songs were also presented via radio on RTL 92.5 on 6 March 1989 where an additional round of televoting was held. The combination of votes received during both voting rounds resulted in the selection of "Monsieur" as the winning song.[5][6]
| Draw | Song | Songwriter(s) | Televote | Place | ||
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| TV | Radio | Total | ||||
| 1 | "Chaque fois" | Maggie Parke, Gast Waltzing, Yves Lacomblez, Bernard Loncheval | 405 | 320 | 725 | 3 |
| 2 | "Je l'aime" | Maggie Parke, Gast Waltzing, Scholtes | 295 | 573 | 868 | 2 |
| 3 | "Monsieur" | Maggie Parke, Gast Waltzing, Yves Lacomblez, Bernard Loncheval | 1,381 | 1,042 | 2,423 | 1 |
At Eurovision[edit]
The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 took place on 6 May 1989 at Hall 7 of the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland. On 23 November 1988, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Luxembourg was set to perform in position 11, following the entry from Sweden and before the entry from Denmark.[7] The Luxembourgian conductor at the contest was Benoît Kaufman and Luxembourg finished in twentieth place with 22 points.[8]
In Luxembourg, the contest was broadcast on RTL. The Luxembourgian jury awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom.[9]
Voting[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Luxembourg". Eurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "Looking back at Luxembourg National Finals". Eurovision Fam. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Gast Waltzing". d'Letzeburger Land. 10 February 1989. p. 2. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ a b "GRAND PRIX EUROVISION DE LA CHANSON 1989 «Park Café» tritt in Lausanne für RTL und Luxemburg auf". Revue. 22 February 1989. p. 78. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chpnson 1989 «Park Café» am 6. Mai mit «Monsieur» in Lausanne". Revue. 15 March 1989. p. 117. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Luxembourgish Selection 1989". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Roxburgh, Gordon (2016). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. Three: The 1980s. Prestatyn, United Kingdom: Telos Publishing. pp. 371–373. ISBN 978-1-84583-163-9.
- ^ "Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ ESC History - Luxembourg 1989
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.