Amerivision Song Contest 1990
edit| Amerivision Song Contest 1990 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | September 15 1990 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Gimnasio Josué Neri Santos Ciudad Juaréz, Mexico |
| Presenter(s) | Maria Antonieta de las Nieves René Casados |
| Host broadcaster | El Canal de las Estrellas |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 23 |
| Returning countries |  Panama Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela |
| Non-returning countries |  Antigua and Barbuda Uruguay |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their ten favourite songs |
| Winning song |  Haiti"Pa gad sou lot" |
The Amerivision Song Contest 1990 was the thirty-fifth edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU), host broadcaster El Canal de las Estrellas. The edition was hosted in the Gimnasio Josué Neri Santos, in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, as the country earned the right to host the contest by winning the previous edition.
This edition saw the first ever withdrawal of Uruguay, who was participating continuously since 1957, Antigua and Barbuda also withdrew from the contest this year. In compensation, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela all returned to the contest.
The winner of this edition was Haiti, with the song "Pa gad sou lot" by Sakaj, this was Haiti's second ever participation in the contest, making the country one of the fastest to achieve their first win, this was also the first song sung in Haitian Creole to win the contest.
Host picking
editTen mexican venues bidded to host the event, the italic bids were shortlisted and the bolded bid was the selected one from the shortlist.
Participating countries
edit| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | English title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
|
Telefe | Gabriela | "Llevame a ver a luna" | Spanish | "Take Me to See the Moon" |
 Bahamas
|
PTB | Corey Hart | "A Little Love" | English | |
 Barbados
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CBC TV 8 | Charles D. Lewis | "Soca Dance" | ||
 Bolivia
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Bolivia TV | Kjarkas | "Jilguero Flores" | Spanish | |
 Brazil
|
Globo | Chitãozinho & Xororó | "Nuvem de lágrimas" | Portuguese | "Cloud of Tears" |
 Canada
|
CBC | Blue Rodeo | "Till I Am Myself Again" | English | |
 Chile
|
UCV | Los Prisioneros | "Amiga mia" | Spanish | "My Friend" |
 Colombia
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Canal 1 | Carlos Berlanga | "En el volcán" | "In the Volcano" | |
 Dominican Republic
|
RDTV | Alex Bueno | "A donde vayas" | "Wherever You Go" | |
 El Salvador
|
TV-2 | Thalía | "Amarillo azul" | "Yellow Blue" | |
 Guadeloupe
|
RFO | Daddy Yod | "Ca chauffe pour lui" | French | "It's Getting Hot for Him" |
| Haiti
|
TNH | Sakaj | "Pa gad sou lot" | Haitian Creole | "Don't Worry About Others" |
 Jamaica
|
JBC | Shabba Ranks ft. Krystal | "Twice My Age" | English | |
 Martinique
|
RFO | Kali | "Ti kanno" | Antillean Creole | "Little Canoe" |
 Mexico
|
Las Estrellas | Ana Gabriel | "Quien como tú" | Spanish | "Who Is Like You" |
 Nicaragua
|
Televicentro | Guardabarranco | "Días de amar" | "Days of Loving" | |
| Panama
|
RPC | El General | "Pu Tun Tun" | ||
 Peru
|
América | Nosequien y Los Nosecuantos | "Magdalena" | ||
 Puerto Rico
|
Telemundo | Vico C & DJ Negro | "El filosofo" | "The Philosopher" | |
 Suriname
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STVS | Ruth Jacott & Hans Vermeulen | "Teygo makandra" | Srangan Tongo, Dutch | "Together Forever" |
| Trinidad and Tobago
|
TTT | Joanna Law | "First Time Ever" | English | |
 United States
|
NBC | Information Society | "How Long" | ||
| Venezuela
|
Venevisión | Franco De Vita | "No basta" | Spanish | "Not Enough" |
Returning artists
editBolded years represend that the artist was the winner on the year in question.
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Corey Hart | Bahamas
|
1983 |
| Kjarkas | Bolivia
|
1981 |
| Los Prisioneros | Chile
|
1984 |
Contest overview
edit Winner
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbados
|
Charles D. Lewis | "Soca Dance" | 126 | 2 |
| 2 | Bolivia
|
Kjarkas | "Jilguero Flores" | 48 | 13 |
| 3 | Martinique
|
Kali | "Ti kanno" | 77 | 6 |
| 4 | Argentina
|
Gabriela | "Llevame a ver a luna" | 40 | 14 |
| 5 | United States
|
Information Society | "How Long" | 23 | 19 |
| 6 | Venezuela
|
Franco De Vita | "No basta" | 92 | 5 |
| 7 | Peru
|
Nosequien y Los Nosecuantos | "Magdalena" | 17 | 21 |
| 8 | Colombia
|
Carlos Berlanga | "En el volcán" | 54 | 10 |
| 9 | Bahamas
|
Corey Hart | "A Little Love" | 115 | 3 |
| 10 | Dominican Republic
|
Alex Bueno | "A donde vayas" | 11 | 23 |
| 11 | Nicaragua
|
Guardabarranco | "Días de amar" | 60 | 9 |
| 12 | Chile
|
Los Prisioneros | "Amiga mia" | 36 | 16 |
| 13 | Jamaica
|
Shabba Ranks ft. Krystal | "Twice My Age" | 29 | 18 |
| 14 | Panama
|
El General | "Pu Tun Tun" | 14 | 22 |
| 15 | Canada
|
Blue Rodeo | "Till I Am Myself Again" | 51 | 11 |
| 16 | Suriname
|
Ruth Jacott & Hans Vermeulen | "Teygo makandra" | 22 | 20 |
| 17 | Trinidad and Tobago
|
Joanna Law | "First Time Ever" | 76 | 7 |
| 18 | Guadeloupe
|
Daddy Yod | "Ca chauffe pour lui" | 39 | 15 |
| 19 | Mexico
|
Ana Gabriel | "Quien como tú" | 105 | 4 |
| 20 | El Salvador
|
Thalía | "Amarillo azul" | 51 | 11 |
| 21 | Puerto Rico
|
Vico C & DJ Negro | "El filosofo" | 36 | 16 |
| 22 | Haiti
|
Sakaj | "Pa gad sou lot" | 139 | 1 |
| 23 | Brazil
|
Chitãozinho & Xororó | "Nuvem de lágrimas" | 70 | 8 |
Detailed voting results
editTotal score
|
Barbados
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Bolivia
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Martinique
|
Argentina
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United States
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Venezuela
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Peru
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Colombia
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Bahamas
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Dominican Republic
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Nicaragua
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Chile
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Jamaica
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Panama
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Canada
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Suriname
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Guadeloupe
|
Mexico
|
El Salvador
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Puerto Rico
|
Haiti
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Brazil
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contestants
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Barbados
|
126 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||||||
| Bolivia
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48 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Martinique
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77 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Argentina
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40 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States
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23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela
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92 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Peru
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17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Colombia
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54 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Bahamas
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115 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||
| Dominican Republic
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11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua
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60 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Chile
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36 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jamaica
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29 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama
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14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Canada
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51 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Suriname
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22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago
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76 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Guadeloupe
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39 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Mexico
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105 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||
| El Salvador
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51 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico
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36 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Haiti
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139 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Brazil
|
70 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||||
12 points
editBelow is a summary of all 12 points received:
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Barbados
|
Haiti, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
|
| 4 | Mexico
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Argentina, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Puerto Rico
|
| 3 | Venezuela
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Brazil, Colombia, Peru
|
| 2 | Bahamas
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Barbados, Canada
|
| Colombia
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Chile, Venezuela
| |
| El Salvador
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Mexico, Nicaragua
| |
| Haiti
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Guadeloupe, Martinique
| |
| 1 | Nicaragua
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Panama
|
| Peru
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Bolivia
| |
| Trinidad and Tobago
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Bahamas
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