Eurovision Song Contest 1988

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The countries in blue took part in the contest

The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the 33rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The contest had 21 countries taking part (originally 22 but Cyprus was disqualified). Switzerland won with "Ne partez pas sans moi", performed by Céline Dion.

It was held in Dublin after Ireland won in 1987 with Johnny Logan's song "Hold Me Now".

Overview

Groups of sixteen people from each country ranked the songs. Each country's jury then awarded points to their ten favourite songs, with 12 going to the best, 10 to the second and 8 to 1 to the third to tenth ranked songs. The country with the most points won the contest.

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	No.
1	Iceland	Beathoven	"Sókrates"	20	16th
2	Sweden	Tommy Körberg	"Stad i ljus"	52	12th
3	Finland	Boulevard	"Nauravat silmät muistetaan"	3	20th
4	United Kingdom	Scott Fitzgerald	"Go"	136	2nd
5	Turkey	MFÖ	"Sufi (Hey Ya Hey)"	37	15th
6	Spain	La Década	"La chica que yo quiero"	58	11th
7	Netherlands	Gerard Joling	"Shangri-La"	70	9th
8	Israel	Yardena Arazi	"Ben Adam"	85	7th
9	Switzerland	Céline Dion	"Ne partez pas sans moi"	137	1st
10	Ireland	Jump the Gun	"Take Him Home"	79	8th
11	Germany	Maxi & Chris Garden	"Lied für einen Freund"	48	14th
12	Austria	Wilfried	"Lisa Mona Lisa"	0	21st
13	Denmark	Hot Eyes	"Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'"	92	3rd
14	Greece	Afroditi Fryda	"Clown"	10	17th
15	Norway	Karoline Krüger	"For vår jord"	88	5th
16	Belgium	Reynaert	"Laissez briller le soleil"	5	18th
17	Luxembourg	Lara Fabian	"Croire"	90	4th
18	Italy	Luca Barbarossa	"Ti scrivo"	52	12th
19	France	Gérard Lenorman	"Chanteur de charme"	64	10th
20	Portugal	Dora	"Voltarei"	5	18th
21	Yugoslavia	Silver Wings	"Mangup"	87	6th