Years > Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Contest details
Location: Royal Dublin Society Simmonscourt Pavillon, Dublin (Baile Atha Cliath), Ireland
Broadcaster: RTE
Host(s): Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca
Participating countries: 21
Voting: Each country allocated 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point to the top 10 of the national jury in descending order.
Participants
Eurovision Song Contest 1988
| country | participant(s) | song | pts | rnk | ||
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9 | Switzerland | Céline Dion | Ne partez pas sans moi | 137 | 1 |
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4 | United Kingdom | Scott Fitzgerald | Go | 136 | 2 |
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13 | Denmark | Hot Eyes | Ka' du se hva' jeg sa' | 92 | 3 |
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17 | Luxembourg | Lara Fabian | Croire | 90 | 4 |
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15 | Norway | Karoline Krüger | For vĺr jord | 88 | 5 |
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21 | Yugoslavia | Srebrna Krila | Mangup | 87 | 6 |
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8 | Israel | Yardena Arazi | Ben Adam | 85 | 7 |
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10 | Ireland | Jump the Gun | Take him home | 79 | 8 |
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7 | The Netherlands | Gerard Joling | Shangri-la | 70 | 9 |
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19 | France | Gérard Lenorman | Chanteur de charme | 64 | 10 |
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6 | Spain | La Década | La chica que yo quiero (made in Spain) | 58 | 11 |
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2 | Sweden | Tommy Körberg | Stad i ljus | 52 | 12 |
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18 | Italy | Luca Barbarossa | Ti scrivo | 52 | 12 |
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11 | Germany | Maxi and Chris Garden | Lied für einen Freund | 48 | 14 |
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5 | Turkey | MFÖ | Sufi (hey ya hey) | 37 | 15 |
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1 | Iceland | Beathoven | Sókrates | 20 | 16 |
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14 | Greece | Aphroditi Fryda | Kloun | 10 | 17 |
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20 | Portugal | Dora | Voltarei | 5 | 18 |
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16 | Belgium | Reynaert | Laissez briller le soleil | 5 | 18 |
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3 | Finland | Boulevard | Nauravat silmät muistetaan | 3 | 20 |
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12 | Austria | Wilfried | Lisa Mona Lisa | 0 | 21 |
Click here for a full crostable of the votes (available after the contest)
Eurovision Song Contest 1988
The song that Cyprus wanted to send to the contest didn't match the contest rules so Cyprus withdrew, leaving 21 countries to compete. This contest brought us Céline Dion and Lara Fabian, who both became world famous after their Eurovision participation. Céline Dion won the contest for Switzerland although she isn't Swiss at all. After the victory in the very first contest, this was the second win for Switzerland, beating the United Kingdom by a single point.
