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Grand Final: 1989

The thirty fourth annual Eurovision Song Contest broadcast from Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland.Riva's "Rock Me" won the title for Yugoslavia.

The thirty fourth annual Eurovision Song Contest broadcast from Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland.Riva's "Rock Me" won the title for Yugoslavia, their only ever victory as a unified state.The United Kingdom were narrowly beaten into second place for a second year running. This year's entrant Ray Caruana, the lead singer of Live Report was quite outspoken about losing out to what he considered a lesser song.Controversy over the inclusion of eleven year old Nathalie Paque for France and twelve year old Gili Natanael for Isreal prompted a decision by the European Broadcasting Union to set a minimum age limit the following year so that no performer could take part before the year of their sixteenth birthday.

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