Eurovision Song Contest 1988

International song competition

Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Dates
Final| 30 April 1988
Host
Venue| RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion,
Dublin, Ireland
Presenter(s)|

* Pat Kenny
* Michelle Rocca

Executive producer| Liam Miller
Director| Declan Lowney
Musical director| Noel Kelehan
EBU scrutineer| Frank Naef
Host broadcaster| Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ)
Website| eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1988
Participants
Number of entries| 21
Debuting countries| None
Returning countries| None
Non-returning countries|  Cyprus

Participation map

* Competing countries Countries that participated in the past but not in 1988

Vote
Voting system| Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song|  Switzerland
"Ne partez pas sans moi"
1987 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1989

The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the 33rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 30 April 1988 in the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion in Dublin, Ireland and presented by Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), the contest was held in Ireland following the country's victory at the 1987 contest with the song "Hold Me Now" by Johnny Logan.

Twenty-two countries submitted entries to participate, however Cyprus ultimately rescinded its entry after its selected song was determined to have been performed several years' prior to the contest, breaking the contest rules. The winner was Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi", composed by Atilla Şereftuğ, written by Nella Martinetti and performed by Céline Dion. It was Switzerland's second contest win, and remains as of 2024[update] the last winning song to be performed in French. The United Kingdom, Denmark, Luxembourg and Norway rounded out the top five positions, with the UK achieving its eleventh runner-up placing, while Austria placed last for the sixth time, receiving nul points for the second time.

## Location

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RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion – host venue of the 1988 contest

The 1988 contest took place in Dublin, Ireland, following the country's victory at the 1987 edition with the song "Hold Me Now", performed by Johnny Logan. It was the third time that Ireland had hosted the contest, following the 1971 and 1981 events also held in Dublin.[1]

The selected venue was the Simmonscourt Pavilion of the Royal Dublin Society, a multi-purpose venue situated in the Ballsbridge area of the city, which had previously hosted the 1981 contest.[2][3] Space for approximately 1,500 people in the audience was expected following construction of the stage and other technical aspects.[2]

## Participating countries

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Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1988 - Participation summaries by country

* Austria
* Belgium
*  ~~Cyprus~~
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Portugal
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* United Kingdom
* Yugoslavia

The same twenty-two countries which had participated the previous year submitted entries for the 1988 contest, with the draw to determine the running order of the 1988 contest held on 11 December 1987.[4] However, a number of weeks before the event, it was discovered that the song selected to represent Cyprus, "Thimame", written by John Vickers and Aristos Moschovakis and sung by Yiannis Dimitrou, had previously competed in the 1984 Cypriot national selection under the title "San to rok-en-rol", and was therefore ineligible to compete at Eurovision.[2][5][6] The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) subsequently announced on 12 March 1988 that it had nullified the selection of "Thimame" as the Cypriot entry; as the rules of the 1988 Cypriot selection did not provide for a second-placed song to be declared, and as there was not enough time to stage a second selection process to determine a replacement entry, CyBC was ultimately unable to participate in the contest.[2][5][7]

Several of the artists which competed in this year's contest had performed in previous editions of the event. Sweden's Tommy Körberg had competed in the 1969 contest;[8] the duo Hot Eyes, also known as Kirsten and Søren, represented Denmark for a third time, following appearances at the 1984 and 1985 contests;[9] the group MFÖ returned for Turkey after also competing in 1985;[10] Portugal's Dora competed again two years after her previous entry;[11] and Israel's Yardena Arazi returned to compete as a solo artist, after previously representing her country as part of the group Chocolate Menta Mastik in 1976, and co-hosting the 1979 contest held in Jerusalem.[12] Additionally, Finland's Boulevard had previously performed as the backing group for the previous year's Finnish entrant Vicky Rosti, and among Yardena Arazi's backing vocalists was Yehuda Tamir and Reuven Gvirtz [he], members of the Israeli group Milk and Honey which had won the 1979 contest.[13][14]

A separate musical director could be nominated by each country to lead the orchestra during their performance, with the host musical director also available to conduct for those countries which did not nominate their own conductor. All entries were accompanied by the orchestra, except for Iceland and Italy, who were accompanied solely by backing track. In the case of the Italian entry, their backing track featured the contest's first, and as of 2024[update] only, fade-out ending.[15]

Eurovision Song Contest 1988 participants[15][16] Country  | Broadcaster  | Artist  | Song  | Language  | Songwriter(s)  | Conductor

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Austria | ORF | Wilfried | "Lisa Mona Lisa"  | German |

* Ronnie Herbholzheimer
* Klaus Kofler
* Wilfried Scheutz

| Harald Neuwirth
Belgium | RTBF | Reynaert | "Laissez briller le soleil"  | French |

* Philippe Anciaux
* Joseph Reynaerts
* Dany Willem

| Dany Willem
Denmark | DR | Hot Eyes | "Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'" | Danish |

* Søren Bundgaard
* Keld Heick

| Henrik Krogsgaard
Finland | YLE | Boulevard | "Nauravat silmät muistetaan"  | Finnish |

* Kirsti Willberg
* Pepe Willberg

| Ossi Runne
France | Antenne 2 | Gérard Lenorman | "Chanteur de charme"  | French  |

* Claude Lemesle
* Gérard Lenorman

| Guy Mattéoni
Germany | BR[a] | Maxi and Chris Garden  | "Lied für einen Freund"  | German  |

* Bernd Meinunger
* Ralph Siegel

| Michael Thatcher
Greece | ERT | Afroditi Fryda | "Clown" (Κλόουν) | Greek | Dimitris Sakislis  | Haris Andreadis
Iceland | RÚV | Beathoven  | "Sókrates"  | Icelandic | Sverrir Stormsker | No conductor
Ireland | RTÉ | Jump the Gun | "Take Him Home"  | English | Peter Eades  | Noel Kelehan
Israel | IBA | Yardena Arazi | "Ben Adam" (בן אדם) | Hebrew |

* Boris Dimitshtein
* Ehud Manor

| Eldad Shrem
Italy | RAI | Luca Barbarossa | "Ti scrivo"  | Italian | Luca Barbarossa | No conductor
Luxembourg | CLT | Lara Fabian | "Croire"  | French  |

* Jacques Cardona
* Alain Garcia

| Régis Dupré
Netherlands | NOS | Gerard Joling | "Shangri-La"  | Dutch | Peter de Wijn  | Harry van Hoof
Norway | NRK | Karoline Krüger | "For vår jord"  | Norwegian |

* Erik Hillestad
* Anita Skorgan

| Arild Stav
Portugal | RTP | Dora | "Voltarei"  | Portuguese |

* José Calvário
* José Niza

| José Calvário
Spain | TVE | La Década | "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)"  | Spanish |

* Francisco Dondiego
* Enrique Piero

| Javier de Juan
Sweden | SVT | Tommy Körberg | "Stad i ljus"  | Swedish | Py Bäckman | Anders Berglund
Switzerland | SRG SSR | Céline Dion | "Ne partez pas sans moi"  | French  |

* Nella Martinetti
* Atilla Şereftuğ

| Atilla Şereftuğ
Turkey | TRT | MFÖ | "Sufi (Hey Ya Hey)"  | Turkish |

* Mazhar Alanson
* Fuat Güner
* Özkan Uğur

| Turhan Yükseler
United Kingdom | BBC | Scott Fitzgerald | "Go"  | English  | Julie Forsyth  | Ronnie Hazlehurst
Yugoslavia | JRT | Srebrna krila[b] | "Mangup" (Мангуп) | Serbo-Croatian |

* Stevo Cvikić
* Rajko Dujmić

| Nikica Kalogjera

## Production

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The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was produced by the Irish public broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ). Liam Miller served as executive producer, Declan Lowney served as director, Paula Farrell and Michael Grogan served as designers, and Noel Kelehan served as musical director, leading the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.[18][19][20] On behalf of the contest organisers, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the event was overseen by Frank Naef as executive supervisor.[21][22][23] The presenters of the contest were broadcaster Pat Kenny and television announcer and Miss Ireland 1980 Michelle Rocca; the duo were announced by RTÉ in February 1988 following auditions held in the previous weeks.[24][25] It was the first time since 1979 that more than one person had presented the contest.[26]

Several technical innovations and improvements were introduced to the contest for the first time, spearheaded by executive producer Liam Miller and director Declan Lowney, who were eager to make the contest more to a younger audience.[27][28] The traditional physical scoreboard was replaced by a computer-generated version, displayed on two video walls constructed on either side of the stage.[18][27] These video walls also displayed the performances and footage of the artists in the green room during the voting sequence, allowing the audience in the arena to see the televised footage within the venue for the first time.[28] A modern feel was also implemented within the stage design by Paula Farrell and Michael Grogan, and the graphic design by Maria Quigley, aspects which had already been modernised for the previous year's edition.[27][29] The stage, at over 40 metres in length, was the largest ever built for the contest at that point, and took up almost a third of the 18,000m2 space within the Simmonscourt Pavilion.[2][18][28] The stage design, which created an illusion of depth, alongside tight camera shots of the audience and creative lighting use, resulted in an overall impression that the contest was being held in a vast and packed arena, rather than the modest space of the Simmonscourt Pavilion.[18][28]

Rehearsals for the participating artists began on 25 April 1988. Two technical rehearsals were conducted for each participating delegation in the week approaching the contest, with countries rehearsing in the order in which they would perform. The first rehearsals, comprising a 15-minute stage call and 35-minute performance, were held on 25 and 26 April, followed by a press conference for each delegation and the accredited press. Each country's second rehearsals were held on 27 and 28 April, with a 10-minute stage call and 25 minutes for performances. On 28 April, the contest venue received a visit from the Taoiseach Charles Haughey. [30] Three dress rehearsals were held with all artists, held in the afternoon and evening of 29 April and in the afternoon of 30 April; the second of these rehearsals was filmed as a production stand-by in case the live event was disrupted, with a live audience present.[4] During the contest week, Sweden's Tommy Körberg had been suffering from a throat infection; although he was able to perform during the event-proper, for the 29 April evening dress rehearsal the songwriter of the Swedish entry Py Bäckman performed the entry in his stead.[31][32]

## Format

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Each participating broadcaster submitted one song, which was required to be no longer than three minutes in duration and performed in the language, or one of the languages, of the country which it represented.[33][34] A maximum of six performers were allowed on stage during each country's performance.[33][35] Each entry could utilise all or part of the live orchestra and could use instrumental-only backing tracks, however any backing tracks used could only include the sound of instruments featured on stage being mimed by the performers.[35][36]

The results of the 1988 contest were determined through the same scoring system as had first been introduced in 1975: each country awarded twelve points to its favourite entry, followed by ten points to its second favourite, and then awarded points in decreasing value from eight to one for the remaining songs which featured in the country's top ten, with countries unable to vote for their own entry.[37] The points awarded by each country were determined by an assembled jury of sixteen individuals, who were all required to be members of the public with no connection to the music industry, split evenly between men and women and across four age groups: 15–25; 26–35; 36–45; and 46–60. Each jury member voted in secret and awarded between one and ten votes to each participating song, excluding that from their own country and with no abstentions permitted. The votes of each member were collected following the country's performance and then tallied by the non-voting jury chairperson to determine the points to be awarded. In any cases where two or more songs in the top ten received the same number of votes, a show of hands by all jury members was used to determine the final placing.[38] The jury composition and voting process was modified slightly compared to the 1987 contest, due to the increase in the number of participating countries in recent years, expanding from eleven members who awarded between one and five votes for each song.[38][39]

As established at the 1970 contest, in the event that two or more countries finished in first place with the same number of points, the artists representing these countries would perform their entries again, and the juries in all countries not involved in the tie-break would determine the winner, with each country's jury selecting their favourite of the entries by a show of hands of all jurors. If after all countries had determined their favourites and there was still a tie for first place, the countries involved in this tie would be declared joint winners.[40][41][42]

## Contest overview

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Liam Ó Maonlaí, lead singer of the Hothouse Flowers (pictured in 1990)

The contest took place on 30 April 1988 at 20:00 (IST) with a duration of 2 hours and 50 minutes.[18][43] Had Cyprus participated as planned, the country had been drawn to perform in position number two.[2][43]

The contest was opened by a video montage highlighting ancient Celtic structures, items and mythology pertaining to prehistoric Ireland, transitioning to footage of modern-day Ireland and Dublin. This was followed by a performance of the previous year's winning entry, "Hold Me Now", by Johnny Logan.[44] The interval act was the Irish rock group Hothouse Flowers, with a music video of their song "Don't Go"; the group's lead singer Liam Ó Maonlaí also appeared on stage before the music video played to explain the meaning behind the song - first in Irish, then in English - while playing the piano.[28][44][45] The music video, featuring performances of the song by the band in eleven European countries, received funding from the European Economic Community as part of the organisation's goal of advancing European integration.[28][46] The trophy awarded to the winners was presented at the end of the broadcast by Johnny Logan.[47]

The winner was Switzerland represented by the song "Ne partez pas sans moi", composed by Atilla Şereftuğ, written by Nella Martinetti and performed by Céline Dion.[48] It was Switzerland's second Eurovision win, following their victory at the inaugural edition in 1956.[49] It also remains as of 2024[update] the last time that a song in the French language has won.[50] The United Kingdom finished in second place for the eleventh time, while Austria finished in last place for the sixth time, and achieved its second nul points result.[51][52][53]

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1988[54] R/O | Country  | Artist  | Song  | Points  | Place

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1  |  Iceland | Beathoven  | "Sókrates"  | 20  | 16
2  |  Sweden | Tommy Körberg | "Stad i ljus"  | 52  | 12
3  |  Finland | Boulevard | "Nauravat silmät muistetaan"  | 3  | 20
4  |  United Kingdom | Scott Fitzgerald | "Go"  | 136  | 2
5  |  Turkey | MFÖ | "Sufi (Hey Ya Hey)"  | 37  | 15
6  |  Spain | La Década | "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)"  | 58  | 11
7  |  Netherlands | Gerard Joling | "Shangri-La"  | 70  | 9
8  |  Israel | Yardena Arazi | "Ben Adam"  | 85  | 7
9  |  Switzerland | Céline Dion | "Ne partez pas sans moi"  | 137  | 1
10  |  Ireland | Jump the Gun | "Take Him Home"  | 79  | 8
11  |  Germany | Maxi and Chris Garden | "Lied für einen Freund"  | 48  | 14
12  |  Austria | Wilfried | "Lisa Mona Lisa"  | 0  | 21
13  |  Denmark | Hot Eyes | "Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'" | 92  | 3
14  |  Greece | Afroditi Fryda | "Clown"  | 10  | 17
15  |  Norway | Karoline Krüger | "For vår jord"  | 88  | 5
16  |  Belgium | Reynaert | "Laissez briller le soleil"  | 5  | 18
17  |  Luxembourg | Lara Fabian | "Croire"  | 90  | 4
18  |  Italy | Luca Barbarossa | "Ti scrivo"  | 52  | 12
19  |  France | Gérard Lenorman | "Chanteur de charme"  | 64  | 10
20  |  Portugal | Dora | "Voltarei"  | 5  | 18
21  |  Yugoslavia | Srebrna krila[b] | "Mangup"  | 87  | 6

### Spokespersons

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Each country nominated a spokesperson, connected to the contest venue via telephone lines and responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for their respective country.[33][55] Known spokespersons at the 1988 contest are listed below.

* Iceland - Guðrún Skúladóttir[56]
* Ireland - John Skehan[c]
* Norway - Andreas Diesen[57]
* Sweden - Maud Uppling[58]
* United Kingdom - Colin Berry[59]
* Yugoslavia - Miša Molk[60]

## Detailed voting results

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Jury voting was used to determine the points awarded by all countries.[61] The announcement of the results from each country was conducted in the order in which they performed, with the spokespersons announcing their country's points in English or French in ascending order.[44][61] The detailed breakdown of the points awarded by each country is listed in the tables below.

The 1988 contest has become notable for its tense voting sequence right until the final jury announced its points. With three countries left to vote the United Kingdom had a fifteen-point lead over Switzerland, however this gap was closed to only five points going into the final jury. When the Yugoslav jury awarded Switzerland 6 points, it appeared that victory was within reach for the UK as the camera cut to a crestfallen Céline Dion in the green room; however the British entry would ultimately receive no points from Yugoslavia, leading Switzerland to win the contest by one point.[27][61] It remains one of the closest margins of victory, and the closest result since 1969, when there was a four-way tie for first place. It also marked the second time that the UK had come in second place with only one point separating it from the winner, following the 1968 contest.[61]

Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1988[62][63] |

Total score

Iceland

Sweden

Finland

United Kingdom

Turkey

Spain

Netherlands

Israel

Switzerland

Ireland

Germany

Austria

Denmark

Greece

Norway

Belgium

Luxembourg

Italy

France

Portugal

Yugoslavia

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Contestants

| Iceland  | 20 |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Sweden  | 52 | 3 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 8 |  | 12 | 1 | 3 | 10 |  |  |
Finland  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United Kingdom  | 136 | 1 | 5 | 10 |  | 12 | 10 |  | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 12 |  | 3 |
Turkey  | 37 |  | 4 |  | 1 |  | 5 | 1 | 8 |  |  | 8 |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  | 6 |  |
Spain  | 58 | 2 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  | 2 | 6 |  |  | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 |  |  | 4
Netherlands  | 70 |  |  |  | 6 | 6 |  |  | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 12 | 5 |  |  | 7
Israel  | 85 | 6 |  | 6 | 4 |  | 6 | 3 |  | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 |  | 3 |  | 10 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1
Switzerland  | 137 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 |  | 10 | 12 |  |  | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 6
Ireland  | 79 |  | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 |  | 4 |  | 7 | 6 | 7 |  | 7 | 5 |  |  | 4 | 5 | 2
Germany  | 48 | 8 |  |  | 5 | 1 | 3 |  | 5 |  | 6 |  |  | 6 |  | 4 |  |  |  |  | 2 | 8
Austria  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Denmark  | 92 | 10 | 3 | 4 |  |  | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 |  |  | 10 | 7 |  |  | 12 | 6 |
Greece  | 10 |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 |  |
Norway  | 88 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 12 |  |  | 7 | 1 |  | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 |  | 3 |  | 4 |  | 7 | 10
Belgium  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  |
Luxembourg  | 90 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 |  |  | 5 |  | 12 | 12 |  | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 |  | 2 |  | 4 | 3
Italy  | 52 |  |  | 8 |  | 4 | 7 |  |  | 8 |  | 2 | 5 |  |  | 3 |  | 2 |  | 8 |  | 5
France  | 64 |  | 2 | 3 |  | 8 | 2 | 2 |  | 3 |  | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 |  |  | 1 | 12
Portugal  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Yugoslavia  | 87 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 |  |  | 12 | 2 | 3 |  | 4 | 12 | 4 |  |  | 7 | 6 | 3 |  |

### 12 points

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The below table summarises how the maximum 12 points were awarded from one country to another. The winning country is shown in bold. Denmark, Luxembourg, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Yugoslavia received the maximum score of 12 points from three of the voting countries, the Netherlands received two sets of 12 points, and France, Ireland, Norway and Sweden each received one maximum score.[62][63]

Distribution of 12 points awarded at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988[62][63] N.  | Contestant  | Nation(s) giving 12 points

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

## Broadcasts

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Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants".[35] Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their viewers. These commentators were typically sent to the venue to report on the event, and were able to provide commentary from small booths within the venue.[35][64][65] 33 commentary booths were constructed for the event, and it was expected that the contest would be relayed by over 40 television and radio broadcasters, with an estimated audience of 600 million viewers.[66][67] The contest was also reportedly broadcast in the countries of Eastern Europe via Intervision, and in Australia and South Korea.[68]

Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries  Country  | Broadcaster  | Channel(s)  | Commentator(s)  | Ref.

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Austria  | ORF | FS1 | Ernst Grissemann | [69][70]
Belgium  | RTBF | RTBF1 | Pierre Collard-Bovy  | [71]
BRT | TV1 | Luc Appermont | [72]
BRT 2 |  | [73]
Denmark  | DR | DR TV, DR P2 | Jørgen de Mylius | [74]
Finland  | YLE | TV1, 2-verkko [fi] | Erkki Pohjanheimo | [75][76]
France  | Antenne 2 | Lionel Cassan [fr] | [77][78]
Germany  | ARD | Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen | Nicole and Claus-Erich Boetzkes | [79][80]
Greece  | ERT | ET1 | Dafni Bokota | [81][82]
Iceland  | RÚV | Sjónvarpið, Rás 1 | Hermann Gunnarsson | [83]
Ireland  | RTÉ | RTÉ 1 | Mike Murphy | [84][85]
RTÉ FM3 | Larry Gogan | [86]
Israel  | IBA | Israeli Television, Reshet Gimel [he] |  | [87]
Italy  | RAI | Rai Tre | Daniele Piombi | [88]
Luxembourg  | CLT | RTL Télévision[d] | Valérie Sarn [fr] | [89][90]
RTL plus |  | [73]
Netherlands  | NOS | Nederland 3 | Willem van Beusekom | [73][91]
Norway  | NRK | NRK Fjernsynet, NRK P2 | John Andreassen | [92][93]
Portugal  | RTP | RTP1 |  | [94]
Spain  | TVE | TVE 2 | Beatriz Pécker [es] | [95]
Sweden  | SVT | TV2 | Bengt Grafström | [96]
RR [sv] | SR P3 | Kalle Oldby  | [97]
Switzerland  | SRG SSR | SRG Sportkette [de] | Bernard Thurnheer [de] | [69]
SSR Chaîne Sportive [de] | Serge Moisson [fr] | [98]
SSR Canale Sportivo [de] |  | [99]
Turkey  | TRT | TV1 |  | [100]
United Kingdom  | BBC | BBC1 | Terry Wogan | [101]
BBC Radio 2 | Ken Bruce | [102]
Yugoslavia  | JRT | TV Beograd 1, TV Novi Sad [sr], TV Zagreb 1 | Oliver Mlakar | [103][104]
TV Ljubljana 1 [sl] |  | [105]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries  Country  | Broadcaster  | Channel(s)  | Commentator(s)  | Ref.

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Australia  | SBS | SBS TV[e] |  | [106]
Bulgaria  | BT | BT 1[f] |  | [107]
Canada  | CBC | Radio-Canada[g] | Céline Dion and René Angélil | [108][109]
Cyprus  | CyBC | RIK, A Programma |  | [110][111]
Czechoslovakia  | ČST | ČST2[h] |  | [112]
Estonian SSR  | ETV[i] |  | [113]
Faroe Islands  | SvF |  | [115]
Greenland  | KNR | KNR[j] |  | [116]
Hungary  | MTV | MTV2 | István Vágó | [117]
Jordan  | JRTV | JTV2  |  | [118]
Poland  | TP | TP1[k] |  | [119]
South Korea  | KBS | KBS2[l] |  | [120]
Soviet Union  | CT USSR | Programme One[i] |  | [114]

## Legacy

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Francophone artists Céline Dion (left; pictured in 2013) and Lara Fabian (right; pictured in 2022) both achieved global success following the contest.

This contest is notable as being considered a launchpad to global notability and success for two of the competing artists, namely Switzerland's winning artist Céline Dion and Luxembourg's Lara Fabian.[18]

While Dion had been known in her native Canada and in France before the contest,[18] and although her Eurovision winning song was not a big success in singles charts across Europe, winning the contest did provide a sizeable boost to her global platform, and reportedly allowed for her manager and future husband René Angélil to successfully renegotiate to increase the budget four-fold for her first English-language album, Unison.[27][121] This album subsequently went on to sell over four million copies following its release in 1990, and has since been certified gold in France and the UK,[122][123] platinum in the United States,[124] and seven-times platinum in Canada.[125] Dion performed the album's lead single, "Where Does My Heart Beat Now", at the following year's contest,[50] which would go on to become her first global hit, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US in addition to hitting the top 20 in Norway, Ireland and France.[126][127][128][129] Dion has since become one of the world's best-selling music artists, with more than 200 million total global album sales.[130]

Belgian-born Fabian subsequently moved to Quebec in the years after the contest, where she embarked on a career in French-speaking North America, gaining success with her self-titled debut album in 1991 and breaking through further with follow-up album Carpe diem in 1994.[131] English-language success would soon follow, with the release of the album Lara Fabian and her first English-language single "I Will Love Again", which charted within the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the magazine's Dance Club Songs chart, in 2000.[131][132][133] With over 20 million album sales worldwide, Fabian is considered the best-selling Belgian-born female artist of all time and among the best-selling Belgian-born artists in general.[134][135]

"Ne partez pas sans moi" was subsequently nominated in 2005 to compete in Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, a special broadcast to determine the contest's most popular entry of its first 50 years as part of the contest's anniversary celebrations. One of 14 entries chosen to compete, "Ne partez pas sans moi" ultimately finished in tenth place.[136][137][138]

## Notes and references

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### Notes

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1. ^ On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[17]
2. ^ a b Credited on screen as "Silver Wings"
3. ^ Confirmed by host Pat Kenny during the broadcast.[44]
4. ^ Additional broadcast on Canal 21[89]
5. ^ Deferred broadcast the following day at 19:30 (AEST)[106]
6. ^ Delayed broadcast on 23 May 1988 at 22:15 (EEST)[107]
7. ^ Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 30 May 1988 at 19:00 (EDT)[108]
8. ^ Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 29 May 1988 at 17:35 (CEST)[112]
9. ^ a b Delayed broadcast on 28 May 1988 at 22:10 (MSD)[113][114]
10. ^ Delayed broadcast on 2 May 1988 at 20:45 (WGST)[116]
11. ^ Delayed broadcast on 14 May 1988 at 20:00 (CEST)[119]
12. ^ Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 29 May 1988 at 14:40 (KST)[120]

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