"Keine Mauern mehr" was the Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

Eurovision Song Contest 1990

The Eurovision Song Contest 1990, the 35th in the series, was held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia on 5 May 1990. The presenters were Helga Vlahović Brnobić and Oliver Mlakar. Toto Cutugno was the winner of this contest with the song "Insieme: 1992"...

, performed in German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 by Simone

Simone Stelzer

Simone Stelzer alias Simone is an Austrian pop singer. She was born in Vienna, Austria on 1 October 1969.In 1990 she participated in "Ein Lied für Zagreb", the Austrian qualifying heat for the Eurovision Song Contest. Her song "Keine Mauern mehr" was initially placed second...

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The song was performed twentieth on the night, following Italy

Italy

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's Toto Cutugno

Toto Cutugno

Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician.-Biography:Toto Cutugno was born in Fosdinovo, Tuscany, to a Sicilian father and a Tuscan mother. Shortly after his birth the family moved to La Spezia ....

 with "Insieme: 1992

Insieme: 1992

"Insieme: 1992" was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, in Zagreb, Croatia , performed in Italian by Toto Cutugno for Italy, that country's second victory in the Contest.-Eurovision:...

" and preceding Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

' Haris Anastasiou with "Milas Poli

Milas Poli

"Milas Poli" was the Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, performed in Greek by Haris Anastasiou....

". At the close of voting, it had received 58 points, placing 10th in a field of 22.

The song is a dramatic ballad, in which Simone sings about the freedom brought about through the fall of the Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin...

. In keeping with the multi-national theme, the song contains some lyrics in English, French

French language

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 and Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian language

Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro...

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It was succeeded as Austrian representative

Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest

Austria has appeared frequently at the Eurovision Song Contest. The country has won once, in 1966, with the song "Merci Chérie".In recent years, Austria's entries have tended towards the humorous, in contrast with the dance-pop achieving success. 2003 saw comedian and personality Alf Poier perform...

 at the 1991 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1991

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....

 by Thomas Forstner

Thomas Forstner

Thomas Forstner is a singer who has represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest twice. In 1989 he performed "Nur ein Lied" in Lausanne, giving Austria the fifth place — their highest position since their last win in 1966 - and in all subsequent contests. Forstner was selected to represent...

 singing "Venedig im Regen

Venedig Im Regen

"Venedig im Regen" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, performed in German by Thomas Forstner....

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