Eurovision Song Contest 1988

33rd Eurovision Song Contest
date	April 30, 1988
Host country	Ireland
venue	Simmonscourt Pavilion of the Royal Dublin Society Dublin
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca
Pause filler	Hothouse Flowers with Don't Go
participating countries	21st
winner	Switzerland
Withdrawn participants	Cyprus
Voting rule	In each country a jury awards 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to the ten best songs.
◄ ESC 1987 • ESC 1989 ►

The 33rd Eurovision Song Contest took place on April 30, 1988 in the Simmonscourt Pavilion of the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin . It was moderated by Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca. The winner was the French- Canadian and later superstar Celine Dion with Ne partez pas sans moi, who at that time was only known in the French-speaking world. The contribution was composed by Atilla Şereftuğ , a Swiss citizen of Turkish origin, and the text is penned by Nella Martinetti .

particularities

The interpreter of the winning title, Celine Dion (2008)

Celine Dion's victory was Switzerland's second and to date last victory in the competition. In addition, the song was currently the last winning entry in French, a language that had dominated the ESC until then.

The host broadcaster RTÉ made sure to modernize the event during the production of the show to appeal to a younger audience and hired Declan Lowney, the producer of numerous music videos and youth programs. He was also responsible for organizing the pause filler, during which the band Hothouse Flowers visited a total of eleven countries in the music video for Don't Go ; at the time it was the most expensive Irish music video ever made.

Two gigantic video walls replaced the previous scoreboard; On the one hand, the first computer-based scoring board in the history of the ESC was shown, and on the other, pictures of the performers from the Green Room were shown. The gigantic stage, designed under the direction of Michael Grogan and Paula Farrell, was the largest and most modern in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest to date. To compensate for the size of the stage with the limited dimensions of the hall, the space around the audience was intentionally darkened and wide-angle shots of the audience were dispensed with in order to make the hall appear larger than it actually was.

For Germany, the mother-and-daughter duo Maxi & Chris Garden took part with the title Lied für eine Freund , which came in 14th. Alongside Switzerland, Germany and the United Kingdom, Norway ( For vår jord by Karoline Krüger ) was a favorite among bookmakers.

Austria was the only country not to receive a point this year.

Attendees

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC, but not in 1988

All the countries that started last year had confirmed their participation this year as well, but Cyprus had to withdraw at short notice as the title Thimame by Yiannis Dimitrou had already been published a few years earlier. Cyprus could not nominate any other entry because the registration deadline had already expired, so that the field of participants shrank to 21 nations. The following performers returned to the competition:

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Denmark	Hot eyes	1984 , 1985
Finland	boulevard	1987 (backing band for Vicky Rosti )
Israel	Re'uven Gvitrz (backing singer of Jardena Arasi)	1979 (winner with Gali Atari )
	Jardena Arasi	1976 (as a member of Chocolate Menta Mastik )
Portugal	Dora	1986
Sweden	Tommy Koerberg	1969
Turkey	MFÖ	1985

Voting procedure

In each country there was an eleven-member jury, which initially determined the ten best songs internally. Then the individual juries awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to these ten best songs.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Title (M = music; T = text)	language	translation	Points
1.	9	Switzerland	Celine Dion	Ne partez pas sans moi M: Atilla Şereftuğ; T: Nella Martinetti	French	Do not go without me	137
2.	4th	United Kingdom	Scott Fitzgerald	Go M / T: Julie Forsyth	English	Go	136
3.	13	Denmark	Hot eyes	Ka 'du se hva' jeg sa '? M: Søren Bundgaard; T: Keld Heick	Danish	Do you see? This is what I told you	092
4th	17th	Luxembourg	Lara Fabian	Croire M: Jacques Cardona; T: Alain Garcia	French	Believe	090
5.	15th	Norway	Karoline Kruger	For vår jord M: Erik Hillestad; T: Anita Skorgan	Norwegian	For our earth	088
6th	21st	Yugoslavia	Srebrna Krila	Mangup M: Rajko Dujmić; T: Rajko Dujmić, Stevo Cvikić	Croatian	rogue	087
7th	8th	Israel	Jardena Arasi ירדנה ארזי	Ben adam (בן אדם) M: Boris Dimitshtein; T: Ehud Manor	Hebrew	A human	085
8th.	10	Ireland	Jump the gun	Take Him Home M / T: Peter Eades	English	Take him home	079
9.	7th	Netherlands	Gerard Joling	Shangri-La M / T: Peter de Wijn	Dutch	-	070
10.	19th	France	Gérard Lenorman	Chanteur de charme M: Gérard Lenorman ; T: Gérard Lenorman , Claude Lemesle	French	Pop singer	064
11.	6th	Spain	La Década Prodigiosa	La chica que yo quiero (“Made in Spain”) M: Enrique Peiró; T: Francisco Dondiego	Spanish	The girl I love (Made in Spain)	058
12.	2	Sweden	Tommy Koerberg	Stad i ljus M / T: Py Bäckman	Swedish	City in light	052
13.	18th	Italy	Luca Barbarossa	Ti scrivo M / T: Luca Barbarossa	Italian	I am writing to you	052
14th	11	BR Germany	Maxi & Chris Garden	Song for a Friend M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Bernd Opinion	German	-	048
15th	5	Turkey	MFÖ	Sufi (“Hey ya hey”) M: Mazhar Alanson, Fuat Güner, Özkan Uğur; T: Mazhar Alanson	Turkish	-	037
16.	1	Iceland	Beathoven	Sókrates M / T: Sverrir Stormsker	Icelandic	Socrates	020th
17th	14th	Greece	Afroditi Fryda Αφροδίτη Φρυδά	Kloun (Κλόουν) M / T: Dimitris Sakislis	Greek	clown	010
18th	20th	Portugal	Dora	Voltarei M / T: José Calvário, José Niza	Portuguese	I will come back	005
19th	16	Belgium	Reynaert	Laissez briller le soleil M: Joseph Reynaerts , Dany Willem; T: Joseph Reynaerts , Philippe Anciaux	French	Let the sun shine	005
20th	3	Finland	boulevard	Nauravat silmät muistetaan M: Pepe Willberg; T: Kirsti Willberg	Finnish	One remembers smiling eyes	003
21st	12	Austria	Wilfried	Lisa Mona Lisa M / T: Klaus Kofler, Ronnie Herboltzheimer, Wilfried Scheutz	German	-	000

Scoring

Map of the awarding of points for the winning title from Switzerland by country

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	ISL	SWE	FIN	GBR	DOOR	ESP	NLD	ISR	SUI	IRL	GER	AUT	THE	GRC	NOR	BEL	LUX	ITA	FRA	POR	YUG
Iceland	020th	-	1					4th						4th					1	2	8th
Sweden	052	3	-		2			8th			5			8th		12	1	3	10
Finland	003			-					3
United Kingdom	136	1	5	10	-	12	10		10	5	7th	10	10	10	6th	5	12	8th	12		3
Turkey	037		4th		1	-	5	1	8th			8th						4th		6th
Spain	058	2				5	-		2	6th			8th	1	8th	2	6th	6th	8th			4th
Netherlands	070				6th	6th		-	7th	7th	2	6th			12			12	5			7th
Israel	085	6th		6th	4th		6th	3	-	10	1	5	2		3		10	5	3	10	10	1
Switzerland	137	7th	12	5	10	10	8th	10	4th	-	10	12			10	8th	4th	1	7th	1	12	6th
Ireland	079		7th	2	3	2	12	6th		4th	-	7th	6th	7th		7th	5			4th	5	2
BR Germany	048	8th			5	1	3		5		6th	-		6th		4th					2	8th
Austria	000												-
Denmark	092	10	3	4th			1	12	6th	1	4th	4th	12	-		10	7th			12	6th
Greece	010					3									-					7th
Norway	088	5	8th	7th	12			7th	1		8th	1	3	5	7th	-	3		4th		7th	10
Belgium	005																-			5
Luxembourg	090	4th	10	12	7th			5		12	12		1	2	2	6th	8th	-	2		4th	3
Italy	052			8th		4th	7th			8th		2	5			3		2	-	8th		5
France	064		2	3		8th	2	2		3		3	7th	3	5	1	2	10		-	1	12
Portugal	005						4th								1						-
Yugoslavia	087	12	6th	1	8th	7th			12	2	3		4th	12	4th			7th	6th	3		-

* The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance, horizontally according to the chronological scoring.

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation

number	country	received from
3	Denmark	France, Netherlands, Austria
	Yugoslavia	Denmark, Iceland, Israel
	Luxembourg	Finland, Ireland, Switzerland
	Switzerland	Germany, Portugal, Sweden
	United Kingdom	Belgium, Italy, Turkey
2	Netherlands	Greece, Luxembourg
1	France	Yugoslavia
	Ireland	Spain
	Norway	United Kingdom
	Sweden	Norway

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

Commons : Eurovision Song Contest 1988  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Eurovision.tv
• Eurovision.de
• diggiloo.net