Eurovision 1999 Results: Voting & Points
Eurovision Song Contest 1999 result: Sweden won with the song "Take Me To Your Heaven" by Charlotte Nilsson with 163 points
Date: Saturday 29 May 1999Location: Usshishkin Hall in the International Convention Centre, Jerusalem, Israel
Broadcaster: IBA
Hosts: Yigal Ravid, Dafna Dekel & Sigal Shahamon
Voting: Televoting (Turkey, Lithuania, Ireland and Bosnia & Herzegovina used juries)
Participants: 23; Host (Israel), The 17 countries with the highest average score over the previous five years, The 5 countries that were excluded from Eurovision 1998
From 1978 to 1998 the rules stated that each country had to sing in one of their national languages From 1956 to 1998 all the songs were accompanied by a live orchestra. From 1999 and onwards the orchestra was dropped, so the entries could use recorded backing track during their performances
