Contest year
- Host City
- Dublin, Ireland
- Venue
- Simmonscourt Pavillion, Royal Dublin Society
- Final Date
- January 1, 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
Presenters
Pat Kenny, Michelle Rocca
Host Country
Final Results
| Country | Artist · Song | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
 Switzerland | Céline Dion Ne partez pas sans moi | 1 | 137 |
 United Kingdom | Scott Fitzgerald Go | 2 | 136 |
 Denmark | Hot Eyes Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'? | 3 | 92 |
 Luxembourg | Lara Fabian Croire | 4 | 90 |
 Norway | Karoline Krüger For vår jord | 5 | 88 |
 Yugoslavia | Srebrna Krila Mangup | 6 | 87 |
 Israel | Yardena Arazi Ben Adam | 7 | 85 |
 Ireland | Jump the Gun Take Him Home | 8 | 79 |
 Netherlands | Gerard Joling Shangri-La | 9 | 70 |
 France | Gérard Lenorman Chanteur de charme | 10 | 64 |
 Spain | La Década La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain) | 11 | 58 |
 Sweden | Tommy Körberg Stad i ljus | 12 | 52 |
 Italy | Luca Barbarossa Ti scrivo | 12 | 52 |
 Germany | Maxi & Chris Garden Lied für einen Freund | 14 | 48 |
 Turkey | MFÖ Sufi | 15 | 37 |
 Iceland | Beathoven Sókrates | 16 | 20 |
 Greece | Aphroditi Fryda Kloun | 17 | 10 |
 Belgium | Reynaert Laissez briller le soleil | 18 | 5 |
 Portugal | Dora Voltarei | 18 | 5 |
 Finland | Boulevard Nauravat silmät muistetaan | 20 | 3 |
 Austria | Wilfried Lisa, Mona Lisa | 21 | 0 |