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The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was the 36th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 4 , 1991 in Rome . Due to the Gulf War and mounting tensions in Yugoslavia, RAI decided to move the contest from San Remo to Rome, which felt a bit more secure. Because of this late move it seemed that the RAI was not completely ready for the show. The presenters were Gigliola Cinquetti and Toto Cutugno , the latter having some difficulty with the pronunciation of the song titles and names of the artists and conductors. Carola was the winner of this Contest with the song '' Fångad Av En Stormvind ''. This was the third victory for Sweden, the last one being in 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's Contest . Both Sweden and France had both received four lots of 12 points, but Sweden had received five lots of 10 points to France's two, so Carola was declared the winner. The Netherlands did not participate in this contest as it was to be held on the day of remembrance for those who died in World War II. RESULTS VOTING STRUCTURE Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs. During the final vote none of the top three contenders - Sweden, Israel and France - had gotten any points up until the last 12-point vote. This vote went to France and for the first time in twenty-two years, there was a tie for first place, with France overcoming a large deficit to catch up with Sweden. However, since the four-way tie of 1969 , the rules had been altered to ensure a single outright winner. The first step in the procedure was to check the number of 12-point votes awarded to each country. Sweden and France were still tied. But when counting the number of 10-point votes, Sweden had more and was finally declared winner. If the tie occurred today, France would have won because it was voted by more countries than Sweden. SCORE SHEET
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