Thank goodness for the top-8 inbetween every country (except for some reason inbetween Norway and Israel). Otherwise it would indeed be truly impossible to follow along.
That whole competition was unorganized as fuck. I have the book of the Greek presenter at the time, and she mentions how the music in Carola's song basically cut off near the beginning & Carola amazingly continued like planned with just the stage sound & when the general sound came back, it caught her perfectly in-step. Among many other issues, obviously...
@@SimsMoyal Maybe yes it was a bit chaotic but I always thought the hosts were not THAT bad. I mean, of you can say countries and numbers in English/French, it is enough
Luxembourger spokesperson: “Norvege un point.” Toto: “Eh?” I die every time. This voting fiasco in Roma has me hooked every time I watch, Toto is legendarily awful and I love it!
I know this is messy but i think we should go back to a more ~sponteneous way of hosting. It would be way better than the rehearsed jokes that we get to hear these days
When Israël gave us twelve points, Amina stood up and kissed the israelian singers... Amina you are the real winner !! As your song said : le monde n'est ni mauvais ni bon, tout tourne pas rond....
The first eurovision I watched. The presenting was dire and it massively over ran time wise as the hosts insisted on translating everything into Italian as well as French and English where normally only French and English are used. Toto was diabolically bad and it was as if he had just been pulled out of the audiance and thrown on stage at the last minute.
Yes, Terry says that Israel were nowhere in the betting. The betting had the United Kingdom as favourites, followed by Sweden, France, Switzerland and Ireland.
Someone should remake this video with actually showing the damn scoreboard. God this year was a complete train wreck production wise. Although, it was a strong year song wise.
4:23 - Even after the second vote, you can tell that "Meesta Neff" was already losing his patience, 99% with Toto Cutugno's - shall we say? - ineptness.
Magnificent chaos :-) Awful hosts talking over the spokespeople and not listening carefully, Italian TV not showing the scoreboard at the most crucial moments. San Remo maintains the tradition of rabbiting on with occasional breaks for music to this day . . .
It's hard to believe this was produced three years after Dublin but then consider it was produced six years after Gothernburg and it's just an embarrassment on every level.
Maybe it's because I'm Spaniard and we are very similar to the Italians, but in my opinion this show was hilarious! The background, the songs (Yugoslavia VERY UNDERRATED, BTW), how exciting the voting was and the presenters. Gosh, it was really funny. They were a mess (specially Toto) but I think that's why I liked it. Other ESCs were brilliantly produced and hosted by hosters who were perfect like robots and they were terribly boring.
Who has never watched (or suffered?) the Festival of Sanremo can not understand all these digressions, incessant palaver, interruptions, the whimsical and casual side: it's Italy and this is what makes its charm . As for the vote, it was really captivating. Very good songs (France, Israel, Spain ...) quickly established themselves and finally ... unfortunately it is once again a little rhythmic catchphrase, heard so many times on Eurovision, very visual but soulless that has imposed itself thanks to a completely mind-boggling stupidity regulation. A tie is a tie and we do not hack to leave, in the end, a bitter taste of misunderstanding and injustice.
As an Italian, this is super embarrassing… And Toto is terribly rude! If you can't do your job properly (to be a decent host you just need to know numbers and countries, and stop expecting everyone to understand Italian) at least don't be so annoying! If we ever get to host the contest again we need to organise a great show to repair for this disaster!
Under current tie break rules France would have won as they had points from more countries than Sweden despite Sweden getting more 10s (they were also tied on how many 12s they got)
This year's voting is ridiculous!😅 That's because of Toto, Gigliola tried to make it right but Toto...😂 Maybe it's because they're not professional hosts
When voting was fun! Many good songs that year. The French and Spanish song are Eurovision anthems even they did not win. Also Swiss Greek Cypriot Israel Maltese entries were one of the best that those countries sent. Probably the last original Eurovision song contest after that Yugoslavia was dissolved (1992 last entry), Luxembourg departed (last entry 1993), Italy departed (last entries 1993 & 1997 until 2011), 1998 end of live orchestra, in 1999 language restriction lifted and the result is to have a political circus song contest than more united European song contest. Now there are lot voting rings: Scandinavian bloc (Norway, Swede, Finland, Denmark, Iceland), Greek Cypriot bloc (Greece, Cyprus), Eastern bloc (former communist states), ex Yugoslavia bloc, the Balkan bloc, Muslim immigrants in Europe voting Turkey, Azerbaijan or Albania, the Turkey Azerbaijan bloc, Romania Moldova bloc, Did I missed anyone?Now Eurovision is more unfair, political, just another contest and it sucks
Completely agree. It always was somewhat political, the Scandinavian bloc and Greece-Cyprus thing was present even in the 70s-80s but it’s definitely gotten worse since after 1998. All those changes you point out ruined it. I would also say I miss the old days of them talking to them over a phone it was quicker. Now it’s all they babble on and you can see their faces etc it’s just crap plus I hate how they’ve done away with announcing each point and just go straight to saying the 12.
Here are my personal votes/rankings, i'am from the Netherlands 12 points: Sweden - Carola - Fangad av en stormvind 10 points: Finland - Kaija Kärkinen - Hullu yö 8 points: Spain - Sergio Dalma - Bailar pegados 7 points: Norway - Just 4 Fun - Mrs. Thompson 6 points: United Kingdom - Samantha Janus - A message to your heart 5 points: France - Amina - C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison 4 points: Ireland - Kim Jackson - Could it be that i"m in love 3 points: Greece - Sophia Vossou - Anixi 2 points: Switzerland - Sandra Simó - Canzone per te 1 point : Malta - Paul Giordimaina & Georgina - Could it be
Look at that scoreboard. Only 22 countries. This was before Yugoslavia became the seven countries it is today, and before the Soviet Union became 15 countries. Two countries are now 22 countries. We even have Australia in the Eurovision now. In 2019, 41 countries competed (two semi finals eliminate some countries before the final).
Yes, the Iron Curtain wasn't that bad after all. Europe went 100 years back in time by welcoming these new countries. And the ESC will never again be what it was, innocent and pure.
I've never liked Carola. Talented singer but she just seems a cold opportunist and clearly, Amina of France had the superior song in 1991! One of those things... I wonder if Italian Eurovision will be as disorganized as this next year if the act tipped as the favourite wins LOL!
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A total and utter disaster, organisation-wise. Beats even the 1977 Wembley calamity. Don't think Toto and Gigliola could've been worse if they'd wanted to.
I am annoyed that France only managed to lead once during the entire voting, but this is still one of the most exciting, unpredictable votings ever. And towards the end, when everyone had written France off, only for them to scoop the last 12 points and throw everything into disarray, was absolutely golden. Had the modern voting rules been in effect, France would've won, too. What a shame.
SethBlizzard How would France have won under the current voting rules? But otherwise, yes, I agree, it was very exciting at the end and what a shame for France - so close but not close enough...
Under the current voting rules, the number of countries the songs received points from is first checked, and France got points from 18 countries as opposed to the 17 of Sweden.
SethBlizzard Aah, I didn't know they changed the rules again, I thought they still just checked the number of 12 points and downwards. Thanks for explaining 😉👍
All I can wonder is how did nobody catch on that these two REALLY weren't fit to host in rehearsals like did nobody care enough to replace them? Were they not this bad in rehearsals?? Is this some elaborate Italian joke that just doesn't translate well Also Israel were fuckin bomb they deserved this win
What many people seem to fail to understand is that this contest was organized in a bunch of weeks because it was moved from it's original location for safety reasons, so they were lucky to have rehearsals at all :" Maybe if they had gone through with the original plan of hosting this in Sanremo they would have had more time and things would have come out more smooth, though for Toto honestly I don't guarantee, I think he would have improvised anyway lol It's not a joke Italy made on purpose, it was "just" piss poor organization choices sadly...
@@horilaw424 To be fair, even modern ESC rehearsals take place over a matter of days (iirc the 2019 rehearsals started the week before the first semi) but that's only for contestants 🤔 No idea for hosts It does seem very ad libbed and improvised on the host's part, but something tells me that's not their fault at all 😂 Plus I've heard they're pretty normal by Italian TV host standards. But I'm British so what do I know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@casperrabbit7254 I don't know, have you ever watched any Italian tv? I'm Italian and I can swear to you we have extremely talented hosts and even if you watch Sanremo, yes, it lasts 5 days non-stop, but it is extremely professional in its hosting nature (it could also be a cultural thing to be honest? I don't have much knowledge about tv from other countries, but good hosts do tend to improvise a lot here, they do it in a good way though and it's part of their being talented, I don't know if I'm explaining myself well, but, not the kind of improvising you see from Toto lol) What happened in 1991 was a mixture of bad organization, not enough rehearsals, the fact that Toto and Gigliola didn't really have hosting experience, and the fact that sadly no one in Italy outside of the die-hard fans really cared for Eurovision in those days (1993, only two years later, is when the rumors started that RAI was going to do everything in their power to assure 1) that we weren't going to win again in the near future and 2) that we would withdraw for good as soon as we could - which happened to be in 1997 when Jalisse had considerable chances to win and RAI got Vietnam flashbacks and started shitting themselves lol) Italy's history at Eurovision has very interesting highs and lows :"
@@horilaw424 I'm from the UK, TV from other countries might as well be barred here 🤣 But this all fascinating nonetheless, I could've sworn RAI always deliberately tried to sabotage their own performances to ensure they never win so it's interesting to hear that might actually be true 👀
I was only about 7 or 8 when this was aired. Remember watching in with my brothers. I didn't pick up at the time how utterly horrible the hosts and the production was. Just terrible, terrible, terrible.
@Giorgio Fegatini Italy hasn't participated from 1998 to 2010 so it's safe to say the reason why we had no chance of winning in the 00's is that we weren't there xD Since when we came back we deservedly went close a lot of times though, and it is time for us to win again to make these people who think 1991 was our true potential shut up :"
It is not just the presentation that is hilariously bad, it is the camera direction as well that is appalling there are too many shots of the green room and the presenters, and too little of the scoreboard to the point of making it difficult to follow what is going on.
I felt my country, Spain, could win that night. I recall that day very well. I have watched euro vision since 1984, and 1991 was the only time we had real chances to win, even if we came second in 95, but Anabel Conde never led the scoreboard. Sergio was leading for a while as the votes were being cast, so that's why I say that's the only time when I felt my country could win. I think we will never live this again. Besides, we have not been top 5 since 1995. WHAT A SHAME TVE
That's because RTVE either sends lousy songs (2022, 2019, 2017, 2016...) or doesn't know how to properly promote and/or work with those that stand a chance (2018, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2001, 2000)... Let's not even mention all the great songs that get blindsided in the pre-selection ("Calle de la llorería," "Estrella fugaz," etc.)
No entiendo por qué en Madrid 1969, permitieron un cuádruple empate y en Roma no, total aquí solo era Suecia y Francia y ambas canciones dignas de ser primera posición, muy diferentes propuestas pero muy válidas ambas dos.
@DanBdx68 the countback rule was introduced in 1989 and was published in the rulebook that all broadcasters had to read and agree to if they wanted to take part in the contest.
Tha's a joke. France's song was one of the best ever and it's a solid song without the Eurovision standards. Very moving, unusual, soft, inspiring with lovely lyrics. Shame...
Carola is a great singer and artist. She is great on stage. In my oppinion, Swedish song wasn't the best of the evening, but she was the best performer.
@@antonioductorgil I still don't understand why Spain was robbed with such a powerful ballad, Italy didn't give any points to Spain neither Denmark. Some other juries gave low points to Spain. Sweden overrated as usual, good dancing but weak song. Israel overrated. It should be Spain vs France. Nowadays with the new rules in place France would have won.
I watched this to see how they handled the tie break which was a bit anticlimactic and I wonder how a tie break would he handled today, though I guess its less likely to happen now. The video was still entertaining for other reasons though!
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Oh god getting points was such a pain back then hahaha
Roly
It usually went much smoother then this but the hosts in 1991 were... not very well rehearsed 😂
Ples sob to mein shanel
Many said this was a bad Eurovision but I just thought it was authentically Italian
Neil Baker I've been living in Italy for 3 months now and I confirm what you are saying
You mean chaos? :P
So fucking authentically Italian that is painful to watch (for an Italian).
agreed!
Napoli 1965 was properly organised. This is just havoc and unprofessionalism.
Frank Naef had never been so nervous as in this Eurovision. He was practically the third host.
this voting was very unorganized...
it's hard to keep track when they barely show the scoreboard
Thank goodness for the top-8 inbetween every country (except for some reason inbetween Norway and Israel). Otherwise it would indeed be truly impossible to follow along.
I am currently making a version of this with the scoreboard/leaderboard in view.
With the scoreboard
czcams.com/video/957byo7VdDU/video.html
@@JeSuisRene a nice job indeed
That whole competition was unorganized as fuck. I have the book of the Greek presenter at the time, and she mentions how the music in Carola's song basically cut off near the beginning & Carola amazingly continued like planned with just the stage sound & when the general sound came back, it caught her perfectly in-step. Among many other issues, obviously...
13:52
"Norvège, un point."
"...Eh?" 😂
ahaha I am Italian but that's we speak English in Italy (complete garbage)
15:51From Sweden:''Luxembourg 1 Point''
Toto:''Portugal 1 point''....
The supervisor:''LUXEMBOURG!!!!'' LOLOLOL
I really hope Italy will have a better stage design in 2022!!!
Well...
They didn't... lol
They first had, but in the end they didn’t
"Italians organise everything in beautiful chaos"
It's annoying that you couldnt See the scoreboard.
Sanne Vermeulen that’s the only thing that annoying? The entire thing is one huge nerve racking mess
I am currently making a version of this with the scoreboard/leaderboard in view.
Here it is, with the scoreboard:
czcams.com/video/957byo7VdDU/video.html
It's more annoying to give points from 1 to 12 Lol
@@SimsMoyal Maybe yes it was a bit chaotic but I always thought the hosts were not THAT bad. I mean, of you can say countries and numbers in English/French, it is enough
Luxembourger spokesperson: “Norvege un point.”
Toto: “Eh?”
I die every time. This voting fiasco in Roma has me hooked every time I watch, Toto is legendarily awful and I love it!
Yeah that was Hilarious !!!!
@Footy93 No, it was in Roma
Not to mention that they spelt Luxembourg wrong on the scoreboard.
@@luapslev5826 It's not technically wrong, it's just the German way to spell it, and also was written that way on the 1980 and '85 scoreboards.
@@Euroviking86 As well as in 1992
42:22 omg Toto is 100% Italian... "you go you know how to speak english"
Turkish 12 points to Israel. Nice👌🏻👌🏻
Worst tv-production in the history of esc..
Yes ahahahah terribile, and I am italian
Italians cannot organise anything!
True
OK OK I know and +1 for Benjamin
@@leonardo1373 Please host a better Contest in 2022
"Israel eight points"! Toto: Israel SEVEN points! Suède Douze points!! Grèce douze points!
RIP Sir Terry Wogan.
+meeasta naef Worst organization of the festival along all its history. And worst introducers too, at least at the voting part.... they were terrible.
I know this is messy but i think we should go back to a more ~sponteneous way of hosting. It would be way better than the rehearsed jokes that we get to hear these days
When Israël gave us twelve points, Amina stood up and kissed the israelian singers...
Amina you are the real winner !!
As your song said : le monde n'est ni mauvais ni bon, tout tourne pas rond....
bobduvar I know some French but not all of it
You know I'm not Scandinavian but I really wanted both France and Sweden to win same as the U.K. entry
They should have both won just like the 1969 edition were 4 countries are declared winners.
Hiroshima 45
Chernobyl 86
Rome 91
Fukushima 11
The entire world 20
The first eurovision I watched.
The presenting was dire and it massively over ran time wise as the hosts insisted on translating everything into Italian as well as French and English where normally only French and English are used.
Toto was diabolically bad and it was as if he had just been pulled out of the audiance and thrown on stage at the last minute.
Israel did really well. Before the competition they thought they will score very low so the singers were very happy to get such great support.
Yes, Terry says that Israel were nowhere in the betting. The betting had the United Kingdom as favourites, followed by Sweden, France, Switzerland and Ireland.
@@JeSuisRene I remember it so well, Israel was my favorite, little kid that I was!
Gigliola gloriosa, Toto terribile ma amusante! What a year and what a result!
I was exhausted after the first set of votes after listening to this duo ... argh!
Someone should remake this video with actually showing the damn scoreboard. God this year was a complete train wreck production wise. Although, it was a strong year song wise.
It was a FUNNY trainwreck ;) And yes to the songs.
Good idea, somebody should do that. And yes to what you said.
I am currently in the process of doing so.
@@Euroviking86 yep, I am currently doing so.
@@JeSuisRene I actually did so too!
The voting segment was so chaotic. I love it . 😂😂
The best greek song ever sent to eurovision.
Agree from Spain
4:23 - Even after the second vote, you can tell that "Meesta Neff" was already losing his patience, 99% with Toto Cutugno's - shall we say? - ineptness.
Magnificent chaos :-) Awful hosts talking over the spokespeople and not listening carefully, Italian TV not showing the scoreboard at the most crucial moments. San Remo maintains the tradition of rabbiting on with occasional breaks for music to this day . . .
Thank you France, Malta, Denmark, İsrael, Spain, England and İtaly. We love you too. 😊
Two of the worst hosts ever in a ESC edition.
It was actually brilliant, like an italian sitcom, it was unintentionally way funnier than all those Swedish carefully rehearsed jokes
@@heppolo definitely!
@@heppolo I find it an absolutely fun and not boring edition ... we have seen many other lacquered and perfect editions of infinite boredom
It's hard to believe this was produced three years after Dublin but then consider it was produced six years after Gothernburg and it's just an embarrassment on every level.
Nice touch from Amina kissing the Israeli contestants. Class act.
Maybe it's because I'm Spaniard and we are very similar to the Italians, but in my opinion this show was hilarious! The background, the songs (Yugoslavia VERY UNDERRATED, BTW), how exciting the voting was and the presenters. Gosh, it was really funny. They were a mess (specially Toto) but I think that's why I liked it. Other ESCs were brilliantly produced and hosted by hosters who were perfect like robots and they were terribly boring.
Same here :D From Greece. A delight
Sad knowing it would be the last Yugoslav entry until the reunification.
@@TaranWanderer2 which will never happen
@@vatroslavmarkus24 It will.
@@TaranWanderer2 no way. Because it won't last.
*Austrian klicks on random Eurovision video*
Austria is getting 0 points.
I can see why Wogan and Mr Neuf were so pissed off!!
Cause message to your heart was sabotaged.
Awwww, it was so nice of him when he bring her the chair
She got it all !!! Love from Belgium 🇧🇪
These hosts were all over the place!!
Gigliola was perfect
Toto was like a typical italian movie character, so full of himself
Who has never watched (or suffered?) the Festival of Sanremo can not understand all these digressions, incessant palaver, interruptions, the whimsical and casual side: it's Italy and this is what makes its charm . As for the vote, it was really captivating. Very good songs (France, Israel, Spain ...) quickly established themselves and finally ... unfortunately it is once again a little rhythmic catchphrase, heard so many times on Eurovision, very visual but soulless that has imposed itself thanks to a completely mind-boggling stupidity regulation. A tie is a tie and we do not hack to leave, in the end, a bitter taste of misunderstanding and injustice.
The Israeli singer was beautiful, reminds me of Gal Gadot.
my fave song.İ'm still listening.
A tie for first just had to happen in the most unorganised year of eurovision .... oh europe
Dramatic Scar did you take a look at 71
Amazing song carola
As an Italian, this is super embarrassing… And Toto is terribly rude! If you can't do your job properly (to be a decent host you just need to know numbers and countries, and stop expecting everyone to understand Italian) at least don't be so annoying!
If we ever get to host the contest again we need to organise a great show to repair for this disaster!
That's ok. You got your act together and we're all waiting for an Italian win (Il Volo and soldi were definitely winner material).
He was shocking.
Now that we won ESC 2021, we have to find an Italian tv host that can speak English properly.
@@AntonioSedicina I'm sure there's many Italian hosts who could speak English fluently
I love the male host hahaha, his hand movements are so Italian.
Me who thought Carola was hot when she sang Invisible! Omg that girl must be born beautiful!
Under current tie break rules France would have won as they had points from more countries than Sweden despite Sweden getting more 10s (they were also tied on how many 12s they got)
This year's voting is ridiculous!😅 That's because of Toto, Gigliola tried to make it right but Toto...😂 Maybe it's because they're not professional hosts
Gigliola was good
Viktória Varga Because they are singers not hosts
When voting was fun! Many good songs that year. The French and Spanish song are Eurovision anthems even they did not win. Also Swiss Greek Cypriot Israel Maltese entries were one of the best that those countries sent. Probably the last original Eurovision song contest after that Yugoslavia was dissolved (1992 last entry), Luxembourg departed (last entry 1993), Italy departed (last entries 1993 & 1997 until 2011), 1998 end of live orchestra, in 1999 language restriction lifted and the result is to have a political circus song contest than more united European song contest. Now there are lot voting rings: Scandinavian bloc (Norway, Swede, Finland, Denmark, Iceland), Greek Cypriot bloc (Greece, Cyprus), Eastern bloc (former communist states), ex Yugoslavia bloc, the Balkan bloc, Muslim immigrants in Europe voting Turkey, Azerbaijan or Albania, the Turkey Azerbaijan bloc, Romania Moldova bloc, Did I missed anyone?Now Eurovision is more unfair, political, just another contest and it sucks
its true :(
We are just better than you are.
Bailar Pegados, Spanish song, its still an anthem in Spain, in 2020. It should have won
Sweden overrated, it should have been between Spain and France, both robbed
Completely agree. It always was somewhat political, the Scandinavian bloc and Greece-Cyprus thing was present even in the 70s-80s but it’s definitely gotten worse since after 1998. All those changes you point out ruined it. I would also say I miss the old days of them talking to them over a phone it was quicker. Now it’s all they babble on and you can see their faces etc it’s just crap plus I hate how they’ve done away with announcing each point and just go straight to saying the 12.
Fångad av en stormvind ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
The voting in this particular contest was painful. The hosts were terrible.
The female host was good
Guys, I want to remember you THIS YEAR WE, ITALIANS, HAVE TO ORGANIZE EUROVISION. GOOD LUCK
Gigliola is so beautiful
Estos animadores estaban en enredos con las traducciones Jeje
Portugal merecía más pero Suecia se la llevo por delante . y España merecía más también
España fue la mejor, Bailar pegados es un himno inmortal de eurovision
Here are my personal votes/rankings, i'am from the Netherlands
12 points: Sweden - Carola - Fangad av en stormvind
10 points: Finland - Kaija Kärkinen - Hullu yö
8 points: Spain - Sergio Dalma - Bailar pegados
7 points: Norway - Just 4 Fun - Mrs. Thompson
6 points: United Kingdom - Samantha Janus - A message to your heart
5 points: France - Amina - C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison
4 points: Ireland - Kim Jackson - Could it be that i"m in love
3 points: Greece - Sophia Vossou - Anixi
2 points: Switzerland - Sandra Simó - Canzone per te
1 point : Malta - Paul Giordimaina & Georgina - Could it be
Que presentadores más graciosos!!!
I always feel so sorry for Amina "
Loved this song well deserved.
Better than our UK entry.
The guy in charge who had to say the Turkish votes should have been the host lol, he was way more professional and actually knew what was going on 😂
Look at that scoreboard. Only 22 countries. This was before Yugoslavia became the seven countries it is today, and before the Soviet Union became 15 countries. Two countries are now 22 countries. We even have Australia in the Eurovision now. In 2019, 41 countries competed (two semi finals eliminate some countries before the final).
Yes, the Iron Curtain wasn't that bad after all. Europe went 100 years back in time by welcoming these new countries. And the ESC will never again be what it was, innocent and pure.
OMG... the host are too much talk!!!
I've never liked Carola. Talented singer but she just seems a cold opportunist and clearly, Amina of France had the superior song in 1991! One of those things... I wonder if Italian Eurovision will be as disorganized as this next year if the act tipped as the favourite wins LOL!
A total and utter disaster, organisation-wise. Beats even the 1977 Wembley calamity. Don't think Toto and Gigliola could've been worse if they'd wanted to.
1977 was a masterpiece compared to this high school production.
Gigliola did the job, she was very good... Toto was not at the level, he behaved like an amateur..
I'm already worried about the 2022 Contest. LOL
I love Toto...I laughed so much :D
I agree very funny but a kind and decent man.
I am annoyed that France only managed to lead once during the entire voting, but this is still one of the most exciting, unpredictable votings ever. And towards the end, when everyone had written France off, only for them to scoop the last 12 points and throw everything into disarray, was absolutely golden. Had the modern voting rules been in effect, France would've won, too. What a shame.
SethBlizzard France was robbed
SethBlizzard
How would France have won under the current voting rules?
But otherwise, yes, I agree, it was very exciting at the end and what a shame for France - so close but not close enough...
Under the current voting rules, the number of countries the songs received points from is first checked, and France got points from 18 countries as opposed to the 17 of Sweden.
SethBlizzard
Aah, I didn't know they changed the rules again, I thought they still just checked the number of 12 points and downwards. Thanks for explaining 😉👍
Well there is nothing you can do about it
All I can wonder is how did nobody catch on that these two REALLY weren't fit to host in rehearsals like did nobody care enough to replace them? Were they not this bad in rehearsals?? Is this some elaborate Italian joke that just doesn't translate well
Also Israel were fuckin bomb they deserved this win
Ko Tik : thank you so much
What many people seem to fail to understand is that this contest was organized in a bunch of weeks because it was moved from it's original location for safety reasons, so they were lucky to have rehearsals at all :"
Maybe if they had gone through with the original plan of hosting this in Sanremo they would have had more time and things would have come out more smooth, though for Toto honestly I don't guarantee, I think he would have improvised anyway lol
It's not a joke Italy made on purpose, it was "just" piss poor organization choices sadly...
@@horilaw424 To be fair, even modern ESC rehearsals take place over a matter of days (iirc the 2019 rehearsals started the week before the first semi) but that's only for contestants 🤔 No idea for hosts
It does seem very ad libbed and improvised on the host's part, but something tells me that's not their fault at all 😂 Plus I've heard they're pretty normal by Italian TV host standards. But I'm British so what do I know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@casperrabbit7254 I don't know, have you ever watched any Italian tv? I'm Italian and I can swear to you we have extremely talented hosts and even if you watch Sanremo, yes, it lasts 5 days non-stop, but it is extremely professional in its hosting nature (it could also be a cultural thing to be honest? I don't have much knowledge about tv from other countries, but good hosts do tend to improvise a lot here, they do it in a good way though and it's part of their being talented, I don't know if I'm explaining myself well, but, not the kind of improvising you see from Toto lol)
What happened in 1991 was a mixture of bad organization, not enough rehearsals, the fact that Toto and Gigliola didn't really have hosting experience, and the fact that sadly no one in Italy outside of the die-hard fans really cared for Eurovision in those days (1993, only two years later, is when the rumors started that RAI was going to do everything in their power to assure 1) that we weren't going to win again in the near future and 2) that we would withdraw for good as soon as we could - which happened to be in 1997 when Jalisse had considerable chances to win and RAI got Vietnam flashbacks and started shitting themselves lol)
Italy's history at Eurovision has very interesting highs and lows :"
@@horilaw424 I'm from the UK, TV from other countries might as well be barred here 🤣 But this all fascinating nonetheless, I could've sworn RAI always deliberately tried to sabotage their own performances to ensure they never win so it's interesting to hear that might actually be true 👀
3:12 so sad seeing Anders Frandsen sitting there, knowing he committed suicide..
I was only about 7 or 8 when this was aired. Remember watching in with my brothers. I didn't pick up at the time how utterly horrible the hosts and the production was. Just terrible, terrible, terrible.
And people wonder why Italy haven't won since....
This was 30 years ago, do yall really think we couldn't do better than this now...
@Giorgio Fegatini Italy hasn't participated from 1998 to 2010 so it's safe to say the reason why we had no chance of winning in the 00's is that we weren't there xD
Since when we came back we deservedly went close a lot of times though, and it is time for us to win again to make these people who think 1991 was our true potential shut up :"
Well they won't 2021 so here's hoping their hosting isn't bad as 30 years ago lmao
Guess what
It's a shame that both didn't win
GaminGeek FR
In 1968 it was a tie between four countries and they were all declared joint winners 😂😜
az929292 did you mean 1969
az929292 did you mean 1969
I know right? I too think they should have won both
It is not just the presentation that is hilariously bad, it is the camera direction as well that is appalling there are too many shots of the green room and the presenters, and too little of the scoreboard to the point of making it difficult to follow what is going on.
where was the scoreboard???
there
I am currently making a version of this with the scoreboard/leaderboard in view.
The hosts really do think its all about them and make sure the cameras are on them
I felt my country, Spain, could win that night. I recall that day very well. I have watched euro vision since 1984, and 1991 was the only time we had real chances to win, even if we came second in 95, but Anabel Conde never led the scoreboard. Sergio was leading for a while as the votes were being cast, so that's why I say that's the only time when I felt my country could win.
I think we will never live this again. Besides, we have not been top 5 since 1995. WHAT A SHAME TVE
That's because RTVE either sends lousy songs (2022, 2019, 2017, 2016...) or doesn't know how to properly promote and/or work with those that stand a chance (2018, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2001, 2000)... Let's not even mention all the great songs that get blindsided in the pre-selection ("Calle de la llorería," "Estrella fugaz," etc.)
34:10 I love the NICE gesture from the french-tunisian singer and the israeli singers - PEACE !!!! beautiful!
Toto was catastrophic with hosting skills, but that made the show interesting.
33:46 Carola went to the toilets...
She celebrated the 12 points by taking a shit hahaha
M Vns : hahaha not funny
I'm Italian and glad that in 30 yeats we've evolved our organization
yeah with that broken sun
Lol Toto is absolutely hilarious 🤣
These hosts are horrible! Poor France.....
wheres the fucking scoreboard!? Basically we only see the hosts
No entiendo por qué en Madrid 1969, permitieron un cuádruple empate y en Roma no, total aquí solo era Suecia y Francia y ambas canciones dignas de ser primera posición, muy diferentes propuestas pero muy válidas ambas dos.
@DanBdx68 Ok Ok thakyou so much for this información
@DanBdx68 the countback rule was introduced in 1989 and was published in the rulebook that all broadcasters had to read and agree to if they wanted to take part in the contest.
Wow, Terry really didn't like this!! 😂😂
Tha's a joke. France's song was one of the best ever and it's a solid song without the Eurovision standards. Very moving, unusual, soft, inspiring with lovely lyrics. Shame...
Still salty after 25 years?
ReboutZ
Yes, it's one of the biggest injustices of the last 25 years! Forget wars, hunger and climate change!
Nah. Sweden was better.
MncDssctn
Agree 😜
Rules are rules. Sweden got more 12s. Simple as.
Mamma mia! quel bordel a foutu cet italien! Toto, un italiano vero...
Capured by a lovestorm is so good but i feel bad for france
It's funny how he said, you need to say the points quicker since I need to repeat them in 3 languages, or else we will be here till 2 in the morning.
Carola is a great singer and artist. She is great on stage. In my oppinion, Swedish song wasn't the best of the evening, but she was the best performer.
That female host wat not that bad
That male presenter was mixing up with everyones talking . Be quiet man .
Sorry, Spain was far better than the rest, although I love fangad av en stormvind.
Spain was the best by far
@@antonioductorgil I still don't understand why Spain was robbed with such a powerful ballad, Italy didn't give any points to Spain neither Denmark. Some other juries gave low points to Spain. Sweden overrated as usual, good dancing but weak song. Israel overrated. It should be Spain vs France. Nowadays with the new rules in place France would have won.
43:21 me and the danish population love Eurovision :-D
29 years ago.
That’s why Aliens won’t talk to us
I watched this to see how they handled the tie break which was a bit anticlimactic and I wonder how a tie break would he handled today, though I guess its less likely to happen now.
The video was still entertaining for other reasons though!
i watched this live :)
viva la france
Carola definitely deserved to win😍😍💕💕. My fav winner ever 😘
It's somewhere at my bottom of winners. My favorite winner ever was 1983
I prefere the swedish version to the english one of Carola´song. Much better.
As an Italian, I can say you: that is the normal level of english 😐
Please do better in 2022. The 1991 Contest really sucked. Sorry to say.
italy is the same with hosting in 2022 ahahah. But i love them
Complete chaos. One of the worst tv presenters in ESC history.
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