Iceland
National selection
National final
Date:
21 March 1988
| # | Performer(s) | Song | pts | plc | a | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plmi Gunnarsson | Eitt vor | 12 | 10 | more... | |
| 2 | Grtar rvarsson & Ggja Sigurardttir | fyrrasumar | 34 | 7 | more... | |
| 3 | Eyjlfur Kristjnsson & Ingi Gunnar Jhannsson | starvintri | 63 | 2 | more... | |
| 4 | Magns Kjartansson & Margrt G. Magnsdttir | Slarsamba | 37 | 6 | more... | |
| 5 | Bjarni Arason | Aftur og aftur | 17 | 9 | more... | |
| 6 | Eyjlfur Kristjnsson & Sigrn Waage | Mnaskin | 61 | 3 | more... | |
| 7 | Stefn Hilmarsson | Ltum snginn hljma | 57 | 4 | more... | |
| 8 | Beathoven | Skrates | 96 | 1 | more... | |
| 9 | Bjrgvin Halldrsson & Edda Borg lafsdttir | tang | 55 | 5 | more... | |
| 10 | Gurn Gunnarsdttir | Dag eftir dag | 32 | 8 | more... | |
The third Icelandic Eurovision Song Contest entrant was chosen during a national final. A special feature of the show was - like the year before - the fact that the songs were not performed live but shown as pre-preduced video clips. The winner was chosen by eight regional juries.
No less than six out of ten entries were performed by duos. Sverrir Stormsker & Stefn Hilmarsson - better known as Beathoven - von the selection by a landslide. Their song was actually called og eir (You and them) but it was renamed for Dublin to Skrates.
Plmi Gunnarsson, who finished last, already represented his country in 1986 as part of the group Icy after having won the national final as a soloist.
