Eurovision returned "home" for the first time since the inaugral contest. Celine Dion broke the mould by not only reprising her winner but also her new single at the start of the show. The contest itself did not have a single returning artist in it but there were 2 artists making their first of 2 appearances. Thomas Forstner equalled Austria's best finish since their victory finishing 5th, he would fare a lot less well on his return 2 years later. Mariana Efstratiou had been a backing singer for Greece in 1987 but this was her first appearance as a soloist. She also fared less well on her return 7 years later. The main talking point of the contest was the age of the contestants. Half of the Israeli duo was 12 years old, as was the French contestant. In subsequent years the EBU enforced an age limit on contestants stating that they had to be 16 or over. The voting was completely one-sided. Despite getting 0 from the Italians who voted first, Yugoslavia took the lead after the 3rd set of votes and was never challenged after that. Iceland finally moved from the 16th place they'd occupied since their debut - finishing last with 0 points.

Results
1.(22) 137 points - Yugoslavia - Rock Me - Riva
2.(7) 130 points - United Kingdom - Why Do I Always Get It Wrong? - Live Report
3.(12) 111 points - Denmark - Vi maler byen rød - Birthe Kjær
4.(10) 110 points - Sweden - En dag - Tommy Nilsson
5.(13) 97 points - Austria - Nur ein Lied - Thomas Forstner
6.(16) 88 points - Spain - Nacida para amar - Nina
7.(14) 76 points - Finland - La dolce vita - Anneli Saaristo
8.(15) 60 points - France - J'ai volé la vie - Nathalie Pâque
9.(1) 56 points - Italy - Avrei voluto - Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali
(19) 56 points - Greece - To diko sou asteri - Mariana
11.(17) 51 points - Cyprus - Apopse as vrethoume - Fani Polymeri & Yiannis Savvidakis
12.(2) 50 points - Israel - Derekh Hamelekh - Gili & Galit
13.(18 ) 47 points - Switzerland - Viver senza tei - Furbaz
14.(21) 46 points - Germany - Flieger - Nino de Angelo
15.(4) 45 points - Netherlands - Blijf zoals je bent - Justine Pelmelay
16.(9) 39 points - Portugal - Conquistador - Da Vinci
17.(8 ) 30 points - Norway - Venners nærhet - Britt Synnøve
18.(3) 21 points - Ireland - The Real Me - Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers
19.(6) 13 points - Belgium - Door de wind - Ingeborg
20.(11) 8 points - Luxembourg - Monsieur - Park Café
21.(5) 5 points - Turkey - Bana Bana - Grup Pan
22.(20) 0 points - Iceland - Pao sem enginn ser - Daniel