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Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Participating broadcaster	Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT)
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 artist(s)	Park Café
Selected song	"Monsieur"
Selected songwriter(s)	Maggie Parke Gast Waltzing Yves Lacomblez Bernard Loncheval
Finals performance
Final result	20th, 8 points
Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1988 • 1989 • 1990►

Luxembourg was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Monsieur", written by Maggie Parke, Gast Waltzing, Yves Lacomblez, and Bernard Loncheval, and performed by the band Park Café. The Luxembourgish participating broadcaster, the Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally.

CLT 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

Prior to the 1989 contest, the Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Luxembourg thirty-three times since debuting in its first edition of 1956. It 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.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, CLT organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The Luxembourgish entries since 1979 have been selected internally by CLT. For the 1989 contest, the broadcaster opted to internally select the artist and organise a national final to select the song.

Before Eurovision

Artist selection

On 10 February 1989, CLT announced that it had internally selected the band Park Café to represent Luxembourg in Lausanne. It was later announced that a national final would be held to select the song Park Café would perform.

National final

12 songs were submitted by Park Café to CLT which selected three of them for the national final. Video recordings of Park Café performing the three competing songs were presented during the 5 March 1989 edition of the television programme Hei elei, kuck elei [simple; lb], broadcast on RTL Canal 21 at 13:00 (CET) and hosted by Jean Octave and Manette Dupong, with 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 [lb] 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.

At Eurovision

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. The Luxembourgian conductor at the contest was Benoît Kaufman and Luxembourg finished in 20th place, scoring 8 points.

In Luxembourg, the contest was broadcast on RTL Télévision. The Luxembourgian jury awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom.

Voting

Points awarded to Luxembourg 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 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. "Luxembourg". Eurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
2. "Looking back at Luxembourg National Finals". Eurovision Fam. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
3. "Gast Waltzing". d'Letzeburger Land. 10 February 1989. p. 2. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
4. ^ "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.
5. ^ "Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson 1989 – «Park Café» am 6. Mai mit «Monsieur» in Lausanne". Revue. 15 March 1989. p. 117. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
6. "Dimanche, 5 mars" [Saturday 5 March]. Télé-Revue (in French, German, and Luxembourgish). 1 March 1989. p. 15. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
7. "Luxembourgish Selection 1989". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
8. 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.
9. "Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
10. "Samedi, 5 mai – RTL – Canal 21" [Saturday 5 May – RTL – Channel 21] (in French, German, and Luxembourgish). French: Télé-Revue. 3 May 1989. p. 11. Archived from the original on 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
11. ESC History - Luxembourg 1989
12. ^ "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".

• Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989
• 1989 in Luxembourg