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Encyclopedia > Eurovision Song Contest 1988

The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the 33rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on April 30, 1988 in Dublin. The presenters were Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca. Future international superstar Céline Dion, then only famous in the French-speaking world, was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi. Eurovision Song Contest logo. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Pat Kenny Third and current presenter of the long-running Late Late Show on RTÉ Pat Kenny (born January 29, 1948) is the presenter of Irelands The Late Late Show, the worlds longest running chat show, which is broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann. ... Céline Marie Claudette Dion, OC, OQ (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian Grammy and Juno award-winning pop singer, and occasional songwriter[1] and actress. ... Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi was the Swiss winning entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988. ...


Results

1988 Eurovision Song Contest
Country Artist(s) Song Place Points
Austria Wilfried Lisa, Mona Lisa 21 0
Belgium Reynaert Laissez Briller Le Soleil 18 5
Denmark Hot Eyes Ka' Du Se Hva' Jeg Sa' 3 92
Finland The Boulevard Nauravat Silmät Muistetaan 20 3
France Gerard Lenorman Chanteur De Charme 10 64
Germany Maxi & Chris Garden Lied für einen Freund 14 48
Greece Afrodite Fryda Clown 17 10
Iceland Beathoven Sókrates 16 20
Ireland Jump the Gun Take Him Home 8 79
Israel Yardena Arazi Ben-Adam 7 85
Italy Luca Barbarossa Ti Scrivo 12 52
Luxembourg Lara Fabian Croire 4 90
Netherlands Gerard Joling Shangri-la 9 70
Norway Karoline Krüger For Vår Jord 5 88
Portugal Dora Voltarei 18 5
Spain La Decada La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain) 11 58
Sweden Tommy Körberg Stad i ljus 12 52
Switzerland Céline Dion Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi 1 137
Turkey MFO Sufi(Hey Ya Hey) 15 37
United Kingdom Scott Fitzgerald Go 2 136
Yugoslavia Silver Wings Mangup 6 87
Venue: Royal Dublin Society - Dublin, Ireland
The table is ordered by the countries names.

Eurovision Song Contest logo. ... Lara Fabian on the cover of her self-titled English debut album Lara Fabian (born Lara Crokaert January 9, 1970 in Etterbeek, Belgium) is an international French-language singer. ... Karoline Krüger nowadays. ... Dora is a Portuguese singer, her real name is Maria Reis Dias de Jesus. ... Tommy Körberg (b. ... Stad i ljus was Swedens entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1988. ... Céline Marie Claudette Dion, OC, OQ (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian Grammy and Juno award-winning pop singer, and occasional songwriter[1] and actress. ... Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi was the Swiss winning entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988. ... MFO (Mazhar-Fuat-Ozkan) is a famous Turkish band. ... Official language Serbo-Croatian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bosnian, Macedonian Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Area (1991)  - Total  - % water Ranked xxst 255,804 km² Negligible Population  - Total (2004)  - Density Ranked xxth 20,522,972 80/km² Currency Yugoslav dinar Time zone  - in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem... Silver Wings (Croatian: Srebrna krila) are a Yugoslav (later Croatian) pop band from Zagreb. ... The Royal Dublin Society (RDS) was founded in 1731 by members of the Dublin Philosophical Society in their Trinity College Dublin rooms as the Dublin Society. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

Voting structure

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs.


With the conclusion of voting from the penultimate jury, the UK representative Scott Fitzgerald looked well-placed for victory, holding a five-point lead over Switzerland. As the final jury, that of Yugoslavia, began to award its points in the customary ascending order, the international audience held its breath to see how the two rivals for victory would fare. Switzerland were the first to be named with six points, barely enough to keep their hopes of winning alive, edging them as it did into a one-point lead. However, given the pattern of voting all evening, it seemed highly likely that the UK would be given one of the higher set of points. But remarkably, after the seven, eight, ten and twelve points were announced, it transpired that Yugoslavia had awarded the UK no points at all, and Switzerland were left to savour a dramatic triumph.



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Eurovision Song Contest (1015 words)
Eurovision is the television network supervised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), and was established in the early 1950s to serve two functions: to share the costs of programming with international interest between the broadcasting services of member nations, and to promote cultural appreciation and identification throughout western Europe.
The Eurovision Song Contest is a long, live Saturday evening showcase of pop music talent that typically ranges from the indescribably bad, through the insufferably indifferent, to a few catchy little numbers.
In estimating the significance of the Eurovision Song Contest, perhaps less attention should be given to its bloated festivity or the derivative nature of the contenders' music.
Eurovision Song Contest - MSN Encarta (384 words)
Eurovision Song Contest, annual competition broadcast on television across Europe to choose the best pop song from single entries put forward by each participating country (now numbering more than 20).
The contest was devised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU, a consortium of state-owned broadcasting companies) in 1956, and was designed to exploit the new potential for linking television broadcasts across Europe for live transmissions, the broadcasting centres being connected at that time by permanent landlines.
Successful Eurovision music, shaped by its need to appeal across a wide range of national musical cultures, has always had its own character, little touched by the various stylistic strands of mainstream Anglo-American rock that have been the dominant force in popular music over the second half of the 20th century.
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