I'm not sure if the draw is really to blame here. Something must have been fundamentally wrong in the universe when a song like this enters Eurovision only to recieve nul points from thirteen out of twenty-one juries possible.
One would think that a skillful jury would be able to recognise a sophisticated and well-crafted ballad in an ocean of slightly less striking entries, but these juries failed big time. On the other hand, they gave the victory to a jaunty but lightweight little ditty from Yugoslavia, so the Italian ballad probably never entered their radar.
Clearly calculated on their successful Sanremo entry "Ti lascerò" from the same year, Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali reunited to do Eurovision together. For many years, Italy struggled to get any kind of recognition from the juries and 1989 was no exception.
Blame it on the draw or not, this was a most unexpected and undeserved flop.
Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali - Avrei voluto (Italy 1989)
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