Edition number - 33
Date - April 30, 1988
Host broadcaster - RTÉ, Ireland
Host city - Dublin
Venue - Simmonscourt Pavillion, Royal Dublin Society
Hosts - Pat Kenny / Michelle Rocca
Director - Declan Lowney
Stage designers - Michael Grogan / Paula Farrell
Executive producer - Liam Miller
Musical director - Noel Kelehan
Orchestra - RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Concertmaster - Alan Smale
Music associate - Bill Whelan
Interval act - 'Don't Go' Hothouse Flowers (Fiachra Ó Braonáin - Liam Ó Maonlai - Peter O'Toole / prod. Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley)
Scrutineer - Frank Naef
Number of entries - 21
Winning entry - 'Ne partez pas sans moi' Céline Dion
Winning songwriters - Nella Martinetti / Atilla Şereftuğ
Winning orchestrators - Bela Balint / Atilla Şereftuğ
Winning conductor - Atilla Şereftuğ
Note - Cypriot broadcaster CyBC saw that its entry was ineligible to represent them as it had been presented to jurors in the Cypriot internal selection for the 1984 contest. This was classed as an infringement of the Eurovision Song Contest rules, upon which the country was disqualified from participation in Dublin; the botched entry, 'Thimame' is given at the bottom of the results' list below.
RESULT
1st place (137 votes)
SWITZERLAND
Song title – "Ne partez pas sans moi"
Rendition – Céline Dion
Lyrics – Nella Martinetti
Composition – Atilla Şereftuğ
Studio arrangement – Donald W. Richards (Donald Häfliger) / Atilla Şereftuğ
Live orchestration – Bela Balint
Conductor – Atilla Şereftuğ
2nd place (136 votes)
UNITED KINGDOM
Song title – "Go"
Rendition – Scott Fitzgerald
Lyrics – Julie Forsyth
Composition – Julie Forsyth
Studio arrangement – Julie Forsyth / Martin Pursey
Live orchestration – Graham de Wilde
Conductor – Ronnie Hazlehurst
3rd place (92 votes)
DENMARK
Song title – "Ka’ du se hva’ jeg sa’?"
Rendition – Hot Eyes (Kirsten Siggaard & Søren Bundgaard feat. Susanne Carstensen / Mette Riis / Otto Leander Nielsen / Cita de Friis)
Lyrics – Keld Heick
Composition – Søren Bundgaard
Studio arrangement – Søren Bundgaard
Live orchestration – Henrik Krogsgaard
Conductor – Henrik Krogsgaard
4th place (90 votes)
LUXEMBOURG
Song title – "Croire"
Rendition – Lara Fabian
Lyrics – Alain Garcia
Composition – Jacques Cardona
Studio arrangement – Georges Augier de Moussac
Live orchestration – Régis Dupré
Conductor – Régis Dupré
5th place (88 votes)
NORWAY
Song title – “For vår jord”
Rendition – Karoline Krüger
Lyrics – Erik Hillestad
Composition – Anita Skorgan
Studio arrangement – Kjetil Bjerkestrand
Live orchestration – Kjetil Bjerkestrand
Conductor – Arild Stav
6th place (87 votes)
YUGOSLAVIA
Song title – "Mangup"
Rendition – Srebrna Krila "Silver Wings" (Lidija Asanović / Mustafa Ismailovski / Davor Jelavić / Adi Karaselimović / Dukšo Mandić / Slavko Pintarić-Pišta)
Lyrics – Stevo Cvikić / Rajko Dujmić
Composition – Rajko Dujmić
Studio arrangement – Duško Mandić
Live orchestration – Nikica Kalogjera
Conductor – Nikica Kalogjera
7th place (85 votes)
ISRAEL
Song title – “Ben-Adam”
Rendition – Yardena Arazi
Lyrics – Ehud Manor
Composition – Boris Dimitshtein
Studio arrangement – Eldad Shrem
Live orchestration – Eldad Shrem
Conductor – Eldad Shrem
8th place (79 votes)
IRELAND
Song title – “Take Him Home”
Rendition – Jump The Gun (Peter Eades / Brian O’Reilly / Eric Sharpe / Roy Taylor / Ciaran Wilde)
Lyrics – Peter Eades
Composition – Peter Eades
Studio arrangement – Nick Tauber
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – Noel Kelehan (MD)
9th place (70 votes)
NETHERLANDS
Song title – "Shangri-la"
Rendition – Gerard Joling
Lyrics – Peter de Wijn
Composition – Peter de Wijn
Studio arrangement – Hans Hollestelle
Live orchestration – Hans Hollestelle
Conductor – Harry van Hoof
10th place (64 votes)
FRANCE
FRANCE
Song title – "Chanteur de charme"
Rendition – Gérard Lenorman
Lyrics – Claude Lemesle / Gérard Lenorman
Composition – Claude Lemesle / Gérard Lenorman
Studio arrangement – Guy Matteoni
Live orchestration – Guy Matteoni
Conductor – Guy Matteoni
11th place (58 votes)
SPAIN
SPAIN
Song title – "La chica qué yo quiero (Made in Spain)"
Rendition – La Década (Manolo Aguilar / Cecilia Blanco / Ana Nery Fragoso / Carmelo Martínez / Manuel Santisteban / José Subiza)
Lyrics – Francisco Dondiego
Composition – Enrique Peiró
Studio arrangement – Jorge Alvárez
Live orchestration – Jorge Alvárez
Conductor – Javier de Juan
12th & 13th place (ex aequo, 52 votes)
SWEDEN
ITALY
Song title – "Stad i ljus"
Rendition – Tommy Körberg
Lyrics – Py Bäckman
Composition – Py Bäckman
Studio arrangement – Stefan Nilsson / Mats Wester
Live orchestration – Stefan Nilsson / Mats Wester
Conductor – Anders Berglund
Song title – "Ti scrivo"
Rendition – Luca Barbarossa
Lyrics – Luca Barbarossa
Composition – Luca Barbarossa
Studio arrangement – Pinuccio Pirazzoli
Live orchestration – none
Conductor – none
14th place (48 votes)
WEST GERMANY
Song title – “Lied für einen Freund”
Rendition – Maxi & Chris Garden
Lyrics – Bernd Meinunger
Composition – Ralph Siegel
Studio arrangement – Rainer Pietsch / Alfons Weindorf / László Bencker
Live orchestration – Michael Thatcher
Conductor – Michael Thatcher
15th place (37 votes)
TURKEY
Song title – “Sufi (Hey ya hey)”
Rendition – M.F.Ö. (Mazhar Alanson / Fuat Guner / Özkan Uğur)
Lyrics – Mazhar Alanson
Composition – Mazhar Alanson / Fuat Güner / Özkan Uğur
Studio arrangement – Albert Boekholt / Jurre Haanstra
Live orchestration – Turhan Yükseler / Jurre Haanstra
Conductor – Turhan Yükseler
16th place (20 votes)
ICELAND
ICELAND
Song title – "Sókrates (Þú og þeir)"
Rendition – Beathoven (Stefán Hilmarsson / Sverrir Stormsker)
Lyrics – Sverrir Stormsker
Composition – Sverrir Stormsker
Studio arrangement – Sverrir Stormsker
Live orchestration – none
Conductor – none
17th place (10 votes)
GREECE
Song title – "Cloun (Clown)"
Rendition – Afroditi Fryda & Choir
Lyrics – Dimitris Sakislis
Composition – Dimitris Sakislis
Studio arrangement – Charis Andreadis
Live orchestration – Charis Andreadis
Conductor – Charis Andreadis
18th & 19th place (ex aequo, 5 votes)
BELGIUM
PORTUGAL
Song title – "Laissez briller le soleil"
Rendition – Reynaert
Lyrics – Philippe Anciaux / Joseph 'Jef' Reynaerts
Composition – Joseph 'Jef' Reynaerts / Daniel Willem
Studio arrangement – Daniel Willem
Live orchestration – Daniel Willem
Conductor – Daniel Willem
Song title – "Voltarei"
Rendition – Dora
Lyrics – José Niza
Composition – José Calvário
Studio arrangement – José Calvário
Live orchestration – José Calvário
Conductor – José Calvário
20th place (3 votes)
FINLAND
FINLAND
Song title – “Nauravat silmät muistetaan”
Rendition – Boulevard (Erkki Korhonen / Kyösti Laihi / Juha Lanu / Jari Nieminen / Jari Puhakka / Tommi Tepsa)
Lyrics – Kirsti Willberg
Composition – Pepe Willberg
Studio arrangement – Kristian Jernström / Kassu Halonen
Live orchestration – Kassu Halonen
Conductor – Ossi Runne
21st place (0 votes)
AUSTRIA
Song title – “Lisa Mona Lisa”
Rendition – Wilfried Scheutz
Lyrics – Ronnie Herbolzheimer / Klaus E. Kofler / Wilfried Scheutz
Composition – Ronnie Herbolzheimer / Klaus E. Kofler / Wilfried Scheutz
Studio arrangement – Harald Neuwirth
Live orchestration – Harald Neuwirth
Conductor – Harald Neuwirth
Withdrawn entry
CYPRUS
Song title – "Thimame"
Rendition – Giannis Demetriou
Lyrics – John Vickers
Composition – Aristos Moschovakis
Studio arrangement – John Themis
Live orchestration – John Themis
Conductor – John Themis
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