1988

A list of people who took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988.

The Contest was hosted by Michelle Rocca and Pat Kenny at the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion in Dublin, Ireland.

See national final entries for 1988.

Artists who had performed at Eurovision before 1988

Name	Previous appearances
Reuven Gvirtz	2
Kirsten Siggaard	2
Søren Bundgaard	2
Lisa Boray	2
Sigvart Dagsland	1
Dora	1
Kari Iveland	1
Fuat Güner	1
Stelios Konstantinou	1
Mazhar Alanson	1
Françoise Vidick	1
Özkan Uğur	1
Yardena Arazi	1
Tommy Körberg	1
Miriam Stockley	1
Erkki Korhonen	1
Jari Nieminen	1
Jari Puhakka	1
Juha Lanu	1
Kyösti Laihi	1
Yehuda Tamir	1

Writers who had written Eurovisions songs before 1988

Name	Previous songs
Ralph Siegel	9
Bernd Meinunger	7
Ehud Manor	5
Keld Heick	4
José Niza	3
Nella Martinetti	3
José Calvário	2
Alain Garcia	2
Søren Bundgaard	2
Anita Skorgan	2
Özkan Uğur	1
Rajko Dujmić	1
Atilla Şereftuğ	1
Stevo Cvikić	1
Fuat Güner	1
Mazhar Alanson	1

Artists who performed in 1988

Named artists	Backing artists
Austria	Lisa Mona Lisa
Wilfried Scheutz	Alfred Petz Cordula Kotzbek Freddy Tezzele Hannes Treiber Hossein Rastegar
Klaus Kofler, Ronnie Herboltzheimer, Wilfried Scheutz
Tilia Herold	Harald Neuwirth
Belgium	Laissez Briller Le Soleil
Reynaert	Françoise Vidick Giovanni Turco
Daniel Willem, Reynaert, Philippe Anciaux
Jacques Olivier	Daniel Willem
Cyprus	Thimame
Yiannis Dimitrou
Denmark	Ka' Du Se Hva' Jeg Sa'
Kirsten Siggaard (Kirsten & Søren) Søren Bundgaard (Kirsten & Søren)	Cita de Friis Mette Riis Otto Leander Nielsen Susanne Dähn-Leach
Søren Bundgaard, Keld Heick
Bent Henius	Henrik Krogsgård
Finland	Nauravat Silmät Muistetaan
Erkki Korhonen (Boulevard) Jari Nieminen (Boulevard) Jari Puhakka (Boulevard) Juha Lanu (Boulevard) Kyösti Laihi (Boulevard) Tuomo Tepsa (Boulevard)
Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg
Solveig Herlin	Ossi Runne
France	Chanteur De Charme
Gérard Lenorman	Lionel Lecreux
Gérard Lenorman, Claude Lemesle
Catherine Ceylac	Guy Matteoni
Germany	Lied Für Einen Freund
Chris Garden Maxi Garden
Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger
Corry von Kiel	Michael Thatcher
Greece	Clown
Afroditi Frida	Amanda Grand Maria Vasiliou Romi Roumelioti Stelios Konstantinou
Dimitris Sakislis
Fotini Giannoulatou	Charis Andreadis
Iceland	Sókrates
Stefán Hilmarsson (Beathoven) Sverrir Stormsker (Beathoven)	Edda Borg Ólafsdóttir Guðmundur Jónsson Kristján Viðar Haraldsson Thorsteinn Gunnarsson
Sverrir Stormsker
Guðrún Skúladóttir
Ireland	Take Him Home
Brian O'Reilly (Jump the Gun) Ciaran Wilde (Jump the Gun) Eric Sharpe (Jump the Gun) Peter Eades (Jump the Gun) Roy Taylor (Jump the Gun)
Peter Eades
John Skehan	Noel Kelehan
Israel	Ben-Adam
Yardena Arazi	Ilan Hagar Iris Shemi Reuven Gvirtz Yehuda Hagar Yehuda Tamir
Boris Dimitshtein, Ehud Manor
Yitzhak Shim'oni	Eldad Shrem
Italy	Ti Scrivo
Luca Barbarossa
Luca Barbarossa
Mariolina Cannuli
Luxembourg	Croire
Lara Fabian
Jacques Cardona, Alain Garcia
Jean-Luc Bertrand	Régis Dupré
Netherlands	Shangri-la
Gerard Joling	Johan Hoogland Justine Pelmelay Lisa Boray Pim Roos Sonia Pelgrims
Peter de Wijn
Joop van Os	Harry van Hoof
Norway	For Vår Jord
Karoline Krüger	Elisabeth Moberg Kari Iveland Kjetil Bjerkestrand Sigvart Dagsland Tor Endresen
Erik Hillestad, Anita Skorgan
Andreas Diesen	Arild Stav
Portugal	Voltarei
Dora	Miriam Stockley
José Calvário, José Niza
Maria Margarida Gaspar	José Calvário
Spain	La Chica Que Yo Quiero (Made In Spain)
Ana Nery Fragoso (La Decada) Carmelo Martínez (La Decada) Cecilia Blanco (La Decada) José Subiza (La Decada) Manel Santisteban (La Decada) Manolo Aguilar (La Decada)
Enrique Piero, Francisco Dondiego
Matilde Jarrín	Javier de Juan
Sweden	Stad I Ljus
Tommy Körberg	Urban Agnas
Py Bäckman
Maud Uppling	Anders Berglund
Switzerland	Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi[Winning song]
Céline Dion	Bruno Schwarz Donald Häfliger Walter Parolo
Atilla Şereftuğ, Nella Martinetti
Michel Stocker	Atilla Şereftuğ
Turkey	Sufi (Hey Ya Hey)
Fuat Güner (MFO) Mazhar Alanson (MFO) Özkan Uğur (MFO)
Fuat Güner, Mazhar Alanson, Özkan Uğur
Canan Kumbasar	Turhan Yükseler
United Kingdom	Go
Scott Fitzgerald	Des Dyer Dominic Grant Julie Forsyth
Julie Forsyth
Colin Berry	Ronnie Hazlehurst
Yugoslavia	Mangup
Lidija Asanović (Silver Wings) Mustafa Ismailovski (Silver Wings) Oleg Colnago (Silver Wings) Slavko Pintarić Pišta (Silver Wings)
Rajko Dujmić, Stevo Cvikić
Miša Molk	Nikica Kalogjera

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