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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. This was a second victory and last, as of 2006, for Switzerland,
the first one being in
1956 with Refrain, performed by Lyss Assia. 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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53 YEARS OF EUROVISION
