Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

  • Maggie Parke
  • Gast Waltzing
  • Yves Lacomblez
  • Bernard Loncheval
Finals performanceFinal result20th, 8 pointsLuxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1988 1989 1990►

Luxembourg was represented by the group Park Café, with the song "Monsieur", at the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 6 May in Lausanne, Switzerland. For the first time since 1978 (and only the third time ever), broadcaster RTL organised a public national final rather than their usual method of internal selection.

Before Eurovision

National final

The national final was held on 5 March at the RTL studios, hosted by Jean Octave and Manette Dupong. Park Café performed three songs with the winner chosen by a public televote.[1]

Park Café consisted of a six-piece band fronted by American singer Maggie Parke, and members Gast Waltzing, Rom Heck, Rainer Kind, Serge Vesque and Ander Schmit, with the winning song "Monsieur" written by Parke, Yves Lacomblez and Bernard Loncheval, and composed by Parke and Gast Waltzing.

Final – 5 March 1989
Draw Song Televote Place
1 "Chaque fois" 19.4% 2
2 "Je l'aime" 14.1% 3
3 "Monsieur" 66.5% 1

At Eurovision

Park Café performed 11th in the running order, following Sweden and preceding Denmark, and conducted by Benoît Kaufman. At the close of voting "Monsieur" had received 8 points, placing Luxembourg 20th of the 22 entries.[2] The Luxembourgian jury awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom.[3]

It was succeeded as Luxembourgish entry in the 1990 contest by Céline Carzo with "Quand je te rêve".

Voting

Points awarded to Luxembourg[4]
Score Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points  France
4 points
3 points  Spain
2 points
1 point
Points awarded by Luxembourg[4]
Score Country
12 points  United Kingdom
10 points  Spain
8 points  France
7 points  Portugal
6 points  Sweden
5 points  Yugoslavia
4 points  Finland
3 points  Denmark
2 points  Ireland
1 point  Netherlands

References

  1. ^ ESC National Finals database - 1989
  2. ^ "Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ ESC History - Luxembourg 1989
  4. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

  • Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1989
  • Detailed info & lyrics, The Diggiloo Thrush, "Monsieur".
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