The 20th season of the international television game show Jeux sans frontières was held in the summer of 1989. Broadcasters from Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, and San Marino participated in the competition coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The different heats were hosted by each of the participant broadcasters in locations in their countries such as Castiglione delle Stiviere (Italy), Tomar (Portugal), Nice (France), and Brussels (Belgium). The grand final was held in Funchal (Portugal). The head international referees in charge of supervising the competition was .
For each heat, each broadcaster sent a mixed team of twelve members (six men and six women) from a city or town from its country that competed against each other in a series of games –funny physical games played in outlandish costumes, though none-the-less technically difficult– themed in the specific topic of the episode. After the eight heats, the most successful team from each country competed in the grand final. Each of the episodes was presented by the host broadcaster in its own language. Each of the participating broadcasters had their own presenters who did some on-site presentations for their audience and commented on the competition in their language. Due the complexity of the production, and that each broadcaster had its own personalized coverage, the episodes were filmed first and each broadcaster broadcast them at their convenience later.
The season was won by the team from Azores, Portugal, being the runner-up the team from Monte Argentario, Italy.
Participants Country Broadcaster Code Colour RTBF B Yellow Antenne 2 F Green RAI I Light blue RTP P Orange – SM Red
Heats Heat 1 Heat 1 was hosted by RAI in Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy. Place Country Town Points 1 I Recoaro Terme 48 2 B Walcourt 46 3 P Viseu 45 3 SM Mercatale 45 5 F Levallois-Perret 35
Heat 2 Heat 2 was hosted by RTP in Tomar, Portugal. Place Country Town Points 1 P Azores 56 2 I Riccione 49 3 B Rochefort 38 4 F La Roche-sur-Yon 36 4 SM Acquaviva 36
Heat 3 Heat 3 was hosted by Antenna 2 in Nice, France. Place Country Town Points 1 P Guimarães 52 2 F Nice 51 3 SM Domagnano 49 4 I Castellana Grotte 38 5 B Huy 35
Heat 4 Heat 4 was hosted by RTBF on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Brussels, Belgium. Place Country Town Points 1 P Águeda 50 2 SM Fiorentino 46 3 B Brussels 42 4 F Saint-Amand-les-Eaux 40 5 I Ercolano 33
Heat 5 Heat 5 was hosted by RAI in Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy. Place Country Town Points 1 B Marche-en-Famenne 54 2 I Castiglione delle Stiviere 51 3 F Arcachon Bay / Gujan-Mestras 43 4 P Figueira da Foz 39 5 SM Serravalle 34
Heat 6 Heat 6 was hosted by RTP in Tomar, Portugal. Place Country Town Points 1 P Tomar 48 2 I Brebbia 44 3 F Suresnes 43 4 B Visé 40 5 SM Chiesanuova 38
Heat 7 Heat 7 was hosted by Antenne 2 in Nice, France. Place Country Town Points 1 I Monte Argentario 48 1 SM Faetano 48 3 B Fleurus 43 4 F Nice 37 4 P Alto Minho 37
Heat 8 Heat 8 was hosted by RTBF on the Heysel Plateau in Brussels, Belgium. Place Country Town Points 1 P Madeira 56 2 F Boulogne-Billancourt 48 3 I Cefalù 45 4 SM Montegiardino 38 5 B Brussels 32
Final The final was hosted by RTP in Funchal, Portugal. Place Country Town Points 1 P Azores 54 2 I Monte Argentario 49 3 F Nice 47 4 B Marche-en-Famenne 41 4 SM Faetano 41
Broadcasts + Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries Country Broadcaster(s) Channel(s) Local presenter(s)/Commentator(s) RTBF RTBF1 Antenne 2 RAI Raiuno Claudio Lippi RTP RTP1
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