Eurovision 1988

A recap of the 33rd Eurovision Song Contest, held on April 30, 1988, in Dublin, Ireland
(you can watch the full contest on my playlists). Have your say and vote for your favorites until April 12!

Here are the final, official results of our 1988 poll:

1) Switzerland - "Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi" by Céline Dion (491 points)
2) Luxembourg - "Croire" by Lara Fabian (338 p)
3) Norway - "For Vår Jord" by Karoline Krüger (320 p)
=4) Denmark - "Ka' Du Se Hva' Jeg Sa'?" by Hot Eyes (210 p)
=4) Netherlands - "Shangri-la" by Gerard Joling (210 p)
=4) Sweden - "Stad i Ljus" by Tommy Körberg (210 p)
7) United Kingdom - "Go" by Scott Fitzgerald (192 p)
8) Israel - "Ben Adam" by Yardena Arazi (165 p)
9) Portugal - "Voltarei" by Dora (151 p)
10) Germany - "Lied für einen Freund" by Maxi & Chris Garden (148 p)
11) Belgium - "Laissez Briller le Soleil" by Raynaert (142 p)
12) Spain - "La Chica Que Yo Quiero (Made in Spain)" by La Década (137 p)
13) Turkey - "Sufi" by MFÖ (114 p)
14) Yugoslavia - "Mangup" by Silver Wings (98 p)
15) Italy - "Ti Scrivo" by Luca Barbarossa (95 p)
16) France - "Chanteur de Charme" by Gérard Lenorman (85 p)
17) Finland - "Nauravat Silmät Muistetaan" by Boulevard (73 p)
18) Ireland - "Take Him Home" by Jump the Gun (72 p)
19) Iceland - "Beethoven" by Socrates (47 p)
20) Greece - "Clown" by Afroditi Frida (40 p)
21) Austria - "Lisa, Mona Lisa" by Wilfried (21 p)

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[LCScampi]

Goodness, what a terrible year. I only started watching in 1989 and I can only put that down to divine providence. I like the Portuguese one, and "Mangup" is great, but that's as far as it goes... Lara "never sing when shouting will do" Fabian notwithstanding.

1989 made up for it though, of course!

[tasosk3]

Though I disagree with you (for me, 1989 is the lesser year of the two), I must say that is a great comment indeed (esp. the bit about Lara Fabian made me laugh out loud!)

[FlavioGirl]

do you have to be a citizen of a certain country to represent it in the ESC festival?

[tasosk3]

No, there's absolutely no restriction on that. For example, Celine Dion is Canadian (not even European!), yet won Eurovision with Switzerland.

[tasosk3]

That's it, folks - voting's closed! There were no real surprises over the winner here, since Celine Dion took the lead from the very start of the vote and moved further and further away as it went on. Similarly, Lara and Karoline locked the rest of the top-3 from early on, the only question being which one would take 2nd place (Lara, eventually). And, lower down, the (quite pleasant) surprises were the high scorings for Sweden, Portugal and Belgium - who just missed out on a place in the top-10.

[tasosk3]

As always, you can find the full results on the video description!

[doubletom90]

1988 was one of the best Eurovision!

Eurovision is just best!

[VealParmigiana]

I would have voted Israel first. I think Wilfried of Germany was one of the worst singers in the history of ESC.

[minasthess]

Where an I find the Italian performance?

[MrSLB90]

@LCScampi yes probably...the 1989 esc was a little boring for me, as a music lover (born in 1990) ;)

[LCScampi]

@MrSLB90 Yes, it's one of those relatively few songs where the verse is better than the chorus. And I must say I've come to like the Turkish one too to some extent. But there are no songs which really grab me from 1988 apart from "Mangup", whereas there are several from 1989. I think almost every country put in a stronger song the following year - just, er, not Switzerland, Turkey, Portugal and Yugoslavia I think, off-hand. Hmm... matter of taste I suppose!

[MrSLB90]

@LCScampi i'm portuguese and i must say the song was almost "destroyed" because of the corus, but a good song though...but my gosh, 1988 is way better than 1989

[MrSLB90]

@VealParmigiana wilfried was from austria, germany was represented from Maxi & Chris Garden ;))

[staffrba]

One of the best years, some great songs, and a couple of worst ever

[edouardesc]

1998=one of the worst 2003 the best

[Andkra100]

12 points - SPAIN

10 points - Switzerland

8 points - Finland (great song!)

7 points - Germany

6 points - Luxembourg

5 points - Iceland

4 points - Norway

3 points - Italy

2 points - The Netherlands

1 point - Yugoslavia

[NumusForLive]

Celine Dion absolutely deserved to win.

My Top 5:

1. Switzerland

2. Luxembourg

3. Turkey

4. UK

5. Israel

[simantov666]

germany had the best song