Today the 35th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest was held in the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union(EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevizija Zagreb (RTV Zagreb) on behalf of Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT), and presented by Oliver Mlakar and Helga Vlahović, the contest was held in Yugoslavia following the country’s victory at the 1989 contest with the song Rock Me by the group Riva. It was the first contest to be held in the Balkans and the first to be held in a socialist state.
Twenty-two countries participated in the contest, with the same countries that had participated in 1989 returning. The 1990 contest was the first to implement an age limit on the competing performers, following criticism of the participation of two child performers in the previous year’s event; all artists were now required to reach the age of sixteen within the year of the contest.
The winner was Italy for the second time in its history, with the song Insieme: 1992, written and performed by Toto Cutugno. France and Ireland shared second place, with Iceland and Spain rounding out the top five countries. France and Spain both placed within the top 5 for the first time in several years, while Iceland recorded their best ever result.
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