Eurovision Song Contest

1999

Host: 🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel
Venue: International Convention Centre
Date: 29 May 1999
Presenters: Dafna, Yigal Ravid and Sigal Shachmon
For the EBU: Christine Marchal-Ortiz
Entries: 23

Winner

“Take Me to Your Heaven”

Charlotte Nilsson for Sweden

163 pts

Scoreboard

Final

#	Country	Song	Points
1	🇸🇪 Sweden Take Me to Your Heaven	“Take Me to Your Heaven” Charlotte Nilsson	163
2	🇮🇸 Iceland All Out of Luck	“All Out of Luck” Selma	146
3	🇩🇪 Germany Journey to Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat	“Journey to Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat” Sürpriz	140
4	🇭🇷 Croatia Marija Magdalena	“Marija Magdalena” Doris	118
5	🇮🇱 Israel Happy Birthday	“Happy Birthday” Eden	93
6	🇪🇪 Estonia Diamond of Night	“Diamond of Night” Evelin Samuel and Camille	90
7	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina Putnici	“Putnici” Dino and Béatrice	86
8	🇩🇰 Denmark This Time I Mean It	“This Time I Mean It” Trine Jepsen and Michael Teschl	71
8	🇳🇱 Netherlands One Good Reason	“One Good Reason” Marlayne	71
10	🇦🇹 Austria Reflection	“Reflection” Bobbie Singer	65
11	🇸🇮 Slovenia For a Thousand Years	“For a Thousand Years” Darja Švajger	50
12	🇧🇪 Belgium Like the Wind	“Like the Wind” Vanessa Chinitor	38
12	🇬🇧 United Kingdom Say It Again	“Say It Again” Precious	38
14	🇳🇴 Norway Living My Life Without You	“Living My Life Without You” Van Eijk	35
15	🇲🇹 Malta Believe 'n Peace	“Believe 'n Peace” Times Three	32
16	🇹🇷 Turkey Dön Artık	“Dön Artık” Tuba Önal and Grup Mistik	21
17	🇮🇪 Ireland When You Need Me	“When You Need Me” The Mullans	18
18	🇵🇱 Poland Przytul mnie mocno	“Przytul mnie mocno” Mietek Szcześniak	17
19	🇫🇷 France Je veux donner ma voix	“Je veux donner ma voix” Nayah	14
20	🇱🇹 Lithuania Strazdas	“Strazdas” Aistė	13
21	🇵🇹 Portugal Como tudo começou	“Como tudo começou” Rui Bandeira	12
22	🇨🇾 Cyprus Tha'ne erotas	“Tha'ne erotas” Marlain	2
23	🇪🇸 Spain No quiero escuchar	“No quiero escuchar” Lydia	1

Play the final

23 songs

1 🇱🇹 Lithuania “Strazdas” Aistė
2 🇧🇪 Belgium “Like the Wind” Vanessa Chinitor
3 🇪🇸 Spain “No quiero escuchar” Lydia
4 🇭🇷 Croatia “Marija Magdalena” Doris
5 🇬🇧 United Kingdom “Say It Again” Precious
6 🇸🇮 Slovenia “For a Thousand Years” Darja Švajger
7 🇹🇷 Turkey “Dön Artık” Tuba Önal and Grup Mistik
8 🇳🇴 Norway “Living My Life Without You” Van Eijk
9 🇩🇰 Denmark “This Time I Mean It” Trine Jepsen and Michael Teschl
10 🇫🇷 France “Je veux donner ma voix” Nayah
11 🇳🇱 Netherlands “One Good Reason” Marlayne
12 🇵🇱 Poland “Przytul mnie mocno” Mietek Szcześniak
13 🇮🇸 Iceland “All Out of Luck” Selma
14 🇨🇾 Cyprus “Tha'ne erotas” Marlain
15 🇸🇪 Sweden “Take Me to Your Heaven” Charlotte Nilsson
16 🇵🇹 Portugal “Como tudo começou” Rui Bandeira
17 🇮🇪 Ireland “When You Need Me” The Mullans
18 🇦🇹 Austria “Reflection” Bobbie Singer
19 🇮🇱 Israel “Happy Birthday” Eden
20 🇲🇹 Malta “Believe 'n Peace” Times Three
21 🇩🇪 Germany “Journey to Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat” Sürpriz
22 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina “Putnici” Dino and Béatrice
23 🇪🇪 Estonia “Diamond of Night” Evelin Samuel and Camille

Who voted for whom

Final

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Where it happened

Jerusalem

International Convention Centre, Jerusalem

1999 in numbers

Nerd corner

23entries

12languages sung

0debuts

0nul points

Languages

English14
French2
Turkish2
Bosnian1
Greek1
German1
Spanish1
Croatian1

+ 4 more

Comings & goings

Back again: 🇦🇹 Austria (last in 1997), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (last in 1997), 🇩🇰 Denmark (last in 1997), 🇮🇸 Iceland (last in 1997), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (last in 1994)

Sat this one out: 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇨🇭 Switzerland

How the votes worked

Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their ten favourite songs