Amerivision Song Contest 1991

Amerivision Song Contest 1991
Amerivision Song Contest 1991
Dates
Final	September 14 1991
Host
Venue	Astroarena; Houston, United States
Presenter(s)	Barbara Mandrell; Frankie Crocker
Host broadcaster	National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Participants
Number of entries	24
Debuting countries	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Aruba
Returning countries	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600"> Costa Rica; <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="600"> Guatemala; <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles_%281986%E2%80%932010%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles_%281986%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Netherlands Antilles; <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341"> Uruguay
Non-returning countries	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Dominican Republic; <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/23px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Panama; <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Peru; <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/23px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Suriname
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their ten favourite songs
Winning song	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600"> Bahamas; "Emmalene (That's No Lie)"
	Amerivision Song Contest

The Amerivision Song Contest 1991 was the thirty-sixth edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU), host broadcaster National Broadcasting Company(NBC). The edition was hosted in the Astroarena, in Houston, United States, as the winning country of the previous edition, Haiti, refused to host the contest due to not having proper funding nor a venue to do so, runner up Barbados also refused to host the contest, making the hosting offer up in the air, Argentina and United States submitted bids to host the contest, and ABU chose the United States to be the host nation.

This edition saw the debut of Aruba, the first former antillean country to participate of the contest, as well as the debut of the relegation system. After 28 nations applied to participate of the contest, ABU implemented the rule that 24 was the maximum number of participating countries, therefore the relegation system was implemented to filter that, where the four worst performing countries of the 1990 contest — Dominican Republic, Panama, Peru and Suriname. — were all cut from this edition, only to return in 1992.

Host picking

Ten american venues bidded to host the event, the italic bids were shortlisted and the bolded bid was the selected one from the shortlist.

City	Venue
Anaheim	Anaheim Convention Center
Atlantic City	Boardwalk Hall
Dallas	Fair Park Coliseum
Denver	Denver Coliseum
Houston	Astroarena
Indianapolis	Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum
Long Beach	Long Beach Arena
Nashville	Nashville Municipal Auditorium
New York City	Madison Square Garden
Portland	Memorial Coliseum

Participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	English title
Argentina	Telefe	Fabiana Cantilo	"Mi enfermedad"	Spanish	"My Illness"
Aruba	Telearuba	D-Rock	"I Can't Believe It's Over"	English
Bahamas	PTB	Errol Brown	"Emmalene (That's No Lie)"
Barbados	CBC TV 8	Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew	"Bustin' Out (On Funk)"
Bolivia	Bolivia TV	Arena Hash	"Y es que sucede así"	Spanish	"And That's How It Happens"
Brazil	Globo	Leandro e Leonardo	"Não aprendi a dizer adeus"	Portuguese	"I Didn't Learn How to Say Goodbye"
Canada	CBC	Loreena McKennitt	"Tango to Evora"	English
Chile	UCV	Los Tres	"Ha barrido el sol"	Spanish	"The Sun Has Swept Away"
Colombia	Canal 1	Estados Alterados	"Muevete"		"Move"
Costa Rica	Repretel 6	Café Con Leche	"El barco"		"The Boat"
El Salvador	TV-2	Alejandra Guzmán	"Reina de corazones"		"Queen of Hearts"
Guadeloupe	RFO	Tanya Saint-Val	"Tropical"	Antillean Creole, French
Guatemala	Televisiete	The Triplets	"You Don't Have to Go Home Tonight"
Haiti	TNH	Rara Machine	"Banwmenlanmou"	Haitian Creole	"Give Me Love"
Jamaica	JBC	Chubb Rock	"Just the Two of Us"	English
Martinique	RFO	Jocelyne Béroard & Jacob Desvarieux	"Milans"	Antillean Creole
Mexico	Las Estrellas	Selena	"Como la flor"	Spanish	"Like the Flower"
Netherlands Antilles	Telecuraçao	Lou Prince	"Just in Time"	English
Nicaragua	Televicentro	Soul Vibrations	"Black Culture"
Puerto Rico	Telemundo	Sa-Fire	"Taste the Bass"
Trinidad and Tobago	TTT	Tambu	"Reach Out"
United States	NBC	Desmond Child	"The Price of Lovin' You"
Uruguay	Canal 10	Jazzy Mel	"Fue amor"	Spanish	"It Was Love"
Venezuela	Venevisión	Diveana	"Tú"	Spanish	"You"

Returning artists

Bolded years represend that the artist was the winner on the year in question.

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)
Café Con Leche	Costa Rica	1987
Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew	Barbados	1984
Errol Brown	Bahamas	1989

Contest overview

Winner

**Results of the Amerivision Song Contest 1991**
R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	El Salvador	Alejandra Guzmán	"Reina de corazones"	72	8
2	Martinique	Jocelyne Béroard & Jacob Desvarieux	"Milans"	8	23
3	Netherlands Antilles	Lou Prince	"Just in Time"	24	20
4	Barbados	Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew	"Bustin' Out (On Funk)"	44	17
5	Bolivia	Arena Hash	"Y es que sucede así"	19	22
6	Costa Rica	Café Con Leche	"El barco"	21	21
7	Argentina	Fabiana Cantilo	"Mi enfermedad"	48	15
8	Haiti	Rara Machine	"Banwmenlanmou"	53	12
9	Nicaragua	Soul Vibrations	"Black Culture"	83	5
10	Jamaica	Chubb Rock	"Just the Two of Us"	28	19
11	Chile	Los Tres	"Ha barrido el sol"	49	14
12	Venezuela	Diveana	"Tú"	3	24
13	Aruba	D-Rock	"I Can't Believe It's Over"	57	9
14	Guadeloupe	Tanya Saint-Val	"Tropical"	112	3
15	Canada	Loreena McKennitt	"Tango to Evora"	104	4
16	Uruguay	Jazzy Mel	"Fue amor"	55	11
17	Trinidad and Tobago	Tambu	"Reach Out"	51	13
18	Bahamas	Errol Brown	"Emmalene (That's No Lie)"	138	1
19	Guatemala	The Triplets	"You Don't Have to Go Home Tonight"	76	6
20	Brazil	Leandro e Leonardo	"Não aprendi a dizer adeus"	46	16
21	Mexico	Selena	"Como la flor"	43	18
22	United States	Desmond Child	"The Price of Lovin' You"	132	2
23	Puerto Rico	Sa-Fire	"Taste the Bass"	56	10
24	Colombia	Estados Alterados	"Muevete"	73	7

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results of the Amerivision Song Contest 1991
		Total score	El Salvador	Martinique	Netherlands Antilles	Barbados	Bolivia	Costa Rica	Argentina	Haiti	Nicaragua	Jamaica	Chile	Venezuela	Aruba	Guadeloupe	Canada	Uruguay	Trinidad and Tobago	Bahamas	Guatemala	Brazil	Mexico	United States	Puerto Rico	Colombia
Contestants	El Salvador	72			3		8	12	5		12							6			8	4	10		4
	Martinique	8			2					1		2				3
	Netherlands Antilles	24		6		1						4			7		1			4					1
	Barbados	44		4	4					7						7	6		1	3	2			5	5
	Bolivia	19	3					1					4	4				4				3
	Costa Rica	21	4								4		3					2				2	4		2
	Argentina	48						7			5		8		2	4		12			10
	Haiti	53		5		5						3			10	12			2						8	8
	Nicaragua	83	12		5	6		6		10		12				2			5	8		5				12
	Jamaica	28		2		2				6			1		4		3		6	2				2
	Chile	49					7		8		6			3				10		1	6		3			5
	Venezuela	3	1								2
	Aruba	57			8	3			2			7		1		10	8		3			6		7		2
	Guadeloupe	112		12	10	10				12		5			6		10	5	8	7	4		6		10	7
	Canada	104		10			2	8	10					7	8	6			7	10	5	12	2	10	7
	Uruguay	55	5				1		6		3		12	2		1					12		7			6
	Trinidad and Tobago	51		3		7				8		6		10	5	5				5			1			1
	Bahamas	138	10	7	12	12		4		5		10		5	12	8	5		10			8	8	12		10
	Guatemala	76				4	10		12	2	1	1	10				4			6		10	12	4
	Brazil	46	2	1			6	3	1				7	8			2	8			7			1
	Mexico	43	8				3	2	3		7		2	6							1			8	3
	United States	132	6	8	7	8	4	5		3		8	6		3		12	7	12	12	3	7	5		12	4
	Puerto Rico	56			6		5		4	4	8		5		1		7	3	4					6		3
	Colombia	73	7		1		12	10	7		10			12				1				1	3	3	6

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
4	Bahamas	Aruba, Barbados, Netherlands Antilles, United States
4	United States	Bahamas, Canada, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago
3	Nicaragua	Colombia, Jamaica, El Salvador
2	Colombia	Bolivia, Venezuela
	El Salvador	Costa Rica, Nicaragua
	Guadeloupe	Haiti, Martinique
	Guatemala	Argentina, Mexico
	Uruguay	Chile, Guatemala
1	Argentina	Uruguay
	Canada	Brazil
	Haiti	Guadeloupe

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