Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Also known as ESC 1999, Eurovision 1999
44th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
Key facts
- Final
- 29 May 1999 ( 1999-05-29 )
- Venue
- International Convention Centre , Jerusalem, Israel
- Organiser
- European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
- Scrutineer
- Christine Marchal-Ortiz
- Host broadcaster
- Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA)
- Director
- Hagai Mautner
- Executive producer
- Amnon Barkai
- Presenters
- Dafna Dekel Yigal Ravid Sigal Shachmon
- Countries that participated after not pa
- Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Denmark Iceland Lithuania
- Countries that did not participate after
- Finland Greece Hungary Macedonia Romania Slovakia Switzerland
- Voting system
- Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their ten favourite songs
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1999 was the 44th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 29 May 1999 at the International Convention Centre in Jerusalem, Israel, and presented by Dafna Dekel, Yigal Ravid, and Sigal Shachmon. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), who staged the event after winning the 1998 contest for Israel with the song "Diva" by Dana International.
Broadcasters from twenty-three countries participated in the contest. Finland, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, and Switzerland, having participated in the 1998 contest, were absent due to being relegated after achieving the lowest average points totals over the past five contests, while Hungary actively chose not to return. Meanwhile Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, and Iceland returned to the contest, having last participated in 1997, while Lithuania made its first contest appearance since 1994.