Date: 4 May 1991 - Host Venue: Studio 15 di Cinecittà, Rome, Italy
Presenters: Gigliola Cinquetti & Toto Cutugno
Conductor: Bruno Canfora
Directed by Riccardo Donna
Executive supervisor: Frank Naef
Host broadcaster: Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI)
Opening act: Sara Carlson performing "New Day" amongst the ruins of ancient Rome; Toto Cutugno performing "Insieme: 1992" and Gigliola Cinquetti performing "Non ho l'età"
Interval act: Arturo Brachetti
Participants:
Number of entries: 22
Debuting countries: None
Returning countries: Malta
Withdrawing countries: Netherlands

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The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was the 36th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 4 May 1991 in Rome. Due to the Gulf War and mounting tensions in Yugoslavia, RAI decided to move the contest from Sanremo to Rome, which was perceived to be more secure.

This was the last event in which the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia participated. The 1992 contest saw the participation of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (comprising only Serbia and Montenegro). It was also the first time that Germany was represented in their reunited form since the East Germany joined West Germany by the German reunification.

Carola was the winner of this Contest with the song "Fångad av en stormvind". This was the third victory for Sweden, after 1974 and 1984. There was a tie between Carola and France's Amina, as both had received 146 points. This necessitated a 'count-back', a tie-breaking measure introduced after the infamous four-way tie in 1969. Both Sweden and France had received four sets of 12 points, but Sweden had received five sets of 10 points to France's two, so Carola was declared the winner.

The presenters were Gigliola Cinquetti and Toto Cutugno, who represented Italy when they won Eurovision in 1964 and 1990 respectively. Cutugno opened the contest singing Insieme: 1992, and Cinquetti performed Non ho l'età. Cutugno had some difficulty with the pronunciation of the song titles and names of the artists and conductors. Despite this, in Italy almost seven million people watched the show. In addition to tallying the vote numbers in English and French, Cinquetti and Cutugno gave each of the jury allotments in Italian as well.

Nearly all of the commentary during the voting was given in Italian, which is not an official language of the European Broadcasting Union (English and French are, and in the Eurovision Song Contest it is mandatory to provide commentary in at least one of those languages).

Sara Carlson gave the opening ceremony performance, titled Celebration, a mixture of modern dance in ancient settings of Ancient Rome. The performance featured Carlson singing, and a mixture of street dance and classical dance choreographed to popular sounding music of the time. At the time, Carlson had appeared numerous times on Italian TV, and this was seen as one of her largest audiences.

The Netherlands did not participate in this contest as it conflicted with the Remembrance of the Dead national holiday, and so Malta was allowed to participate in the Contest for the first time in 16 years, unable to before due to restrictions on the number of countries allowed to participate.

Starter List:

Results
Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
01 Yugoslavia Baby Doll "Brazil" (Бразил) Serbo-Croatian 21 1
02 Iceland Stefán & Eyfi "Nína" Icelandic 15 26
03 Malta Georgina & Paul Giordimaina "Could It Be" English 6 106
04 Greece Sophia Vossou "I anixi" (Η άνοιξη) Greek 13 36
05 Switzerland Sandra Simó "Canzone per te" Italian 5 118
06 Austria Thomas Forstner "Venedig im Regen" German 22 0
07 Luxembourg Sarah Bray "Un baiser volé" French 14 29
08 Sweden Carola "Fångad av en stormvind" Swedish 1 146
09 France Amina "C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison" French 2 146
10 Turkey İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca & Can Uğurluer "İki Dakika" Turkish 12 44
11 Ireland Kim Jackson "Could It Be That I'm In Love" English 10 47
12 Portugal Dulce Pontes "Lusitana paixão" Portuguese 8 62
13 Denmark Anders Frandsen "Lige der hvor hjertet slår" Danish 19 8
14 Norway Just 4 Fun "Mrs. Thompson" Norwegian 17 14
15 Israel Duo Datz "Kan" (כאן) Hebrew 3 139
16 Finland Kaija Kärkinen "Hullu yö" Finnish 20 6
17 Germany Atlantis 2000 "Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben" German 18 10
18 Belgium Clouseau "Geef het op" Dutch 16 23
19 Spain Sergio Dalma "Bailar pegados" Spanish 4 119
20 United Kingdom Samantha Janus "A Message to Your Heart" English 10 47
21 Cyprus Elena Patroklou "SOS" Greek 9 60
22 Italy Peppino di Capri "Comme è ddoce 'o mare" Neapolitan 7 89

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