Contest year
- Host City
- Dublin, Ireland
- Venue
- Simmonscourt Pavillion, Royal Dublin Society
- Final Date
- April 30, 1988
- Entries
- 21
- Cyprus withdrew after its selected song was ruled ineligible for having been performed years earlier, leaving 21 participants.
- The show introduced major production changes, notably a computer-generated scoreboard on large video walls and, at the time, the contest’s largest stage; Iceland and Italy used backing tracks, with Italy featuring the first fade-out ending.
- Voting produced one of the closest results ever: Switzerland’s Céline Dion won by a single point over the United Kingdom after Yugoslavia gave the UK no points.
- via Wikipedia
Final Results
| Country | Artist · Song | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| | Céline Dion Ne partez pas sans moi | 1 | 137 |
| | Scott Fitzgerald Go | 2 | 136 |
| | Kirsten & Søren Ka' du se hva' jeg sa' | 3 | 92 |
| | Lara Fabian Croire | 4 | 90 |
| | Karoline Krüger For vår jord | 5 | 88 |
| | Srebrna krila Mangup | 6 | 87 |
| | Yardena Arazi Ben Adam | 7 | 85 |
| | Jump the Gun Take Him Home | 8 | 79 |
| | Gerard Joling Shangri-La | 9 | 70 |
| | Gérard Lenorman Chanteur de charme | 10 | 64 |
| | La Década Prodigiosa Made in Spain, la chica que yo quiero | 11 | 58 |
| | Tommy Körberg Stad i ljus | 12 | 52 |
| | Luca Barbarossa Vivo | 12 | 52 |
| | Maxi & Chris Garden Lied für einen Freund | 14 | 48 |
| | MFÖ Sufi | 15 | 37 |
| | Beathoven Þú og þeir (Sókrates) | 16 | 20 |
| | Afroditi Frida Kloun | 17 | 10 |
| | Joseph Reynaerts Laissez briller le soleil | 18 | 5 |
| | Dora Voltarei | 18 | 5 |
| | Boulevard Nauravat silmät muistetaan | 20 | 3 |
| | Wilfried Lisa Mona Lisa | 21 | 0 |