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| In 1988, the eight songs in contention to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest were presented during Terry Wogan's Wogan chat show on BBC One. Two songs were presented during each of four broadcasts between Wednesday 16th March 1988 and Wednesday 23rd March 1988, with all eight songs being featured in the A Song for Europe show on Friday 25th March 1988. A separate results show was broadcast the same evening with, for the first time, the selection of the winning song undertaken by public phone vote.. The songs were also featured in various programmes on BBC Radio 2, which also simulcast the A Song for Europe final in stereo. |
| Transmission Date: | Friday 25th March 1988 |
| Channels: | BBC One BBC Radio 2 |
| Time: | 19.00-19.40 |
| Results Show: | BBC One: 21.30-21.45 BBC Radio 2: 21.40-21.55 |
| Venue: | BBC Television Centre London |
Presenter: | Terry Wogan |
| Radio Commentary: | Ken Bruce |
| Musical Director: | Ronnie Hazlehurst |
| Panel: | Mike Batt, Gloria Hunniford George Martin Bruce Welch |
Producer: | Yvonne Littlewood |
| Sound: | Hugh Barker |
| Lighting: | Eric Wallis |
| Design: | Gary Williamson |
Voting: | Public phone vote |
Winning Song: | Go Scott Fitzgerald |
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Scoreboard
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| SONG | Composer(s) | Performer(s) | Group Members | Votes | Position | |
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| 1 | Till The Night | Pete Bellotte & Dave Cook | Catwalk | Rachel Gibbons, Andrew Frampton, Jeremy Smith-Down, Jonathan Swift-Down, Lincoln Anderson & Matthew McCoy | 22,358 | 7 |
| 2 | High Windows | Duncan Browne & Sebastian Graham-Jones | Camino | Neil Lockwood, Duncan Browne, Nick Magnus, Nicholas Potter, Bob Jenkins & John Sloman | 41,528 | 3 |
| 3 | Just A Memory | Zoe Nicholas & Ray Monk | Zoe Nicholas | - | 27,783 | 6 |
| 4 | Make Your Dreams Come True | FNAC | Jim Cozens, David Croft, Julie Morgan, Sebastian Guard, Kevin White & Frank Seago | 28,946 | 5 | |
| 5 | One More Chance | James Oliver (aka James McLaren) | Klass | James Oliver & Linda Carroll | 19,504 | 8 |
| 6 | Heart To Heart | Carole Grimes & Maclek Hrybowicz | Clinging To The Wreckage | Nikki Lamborn, Mark Williamson, Clem Clemson, Don Snow, Stuart Elliot & Will Parnell | 30,382 | 4 |
| 7 | This Is The Kiss | Mike Berry & Mel Simpson | Two-Che | Paul McClements & Nicola Jackson with Willie Dowling, Simon Jefferis, Jerry Moffat & Peter May | 73,785 | 2 |
| 8 | Go | Julie Forsyth | Scott Fitzgerald (aka William McPhail) | Backing Vocals: Julie Forsyth, Dominic Grant and Des Dyer | 93,271 | 1 |
| Voting information taken with permission from Songs For Europe Volume Three - The 1980s by Gordon Roxburgh |
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Scott Fitzgerald at The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 |
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At The Eurovision Song Contest 1988
| At the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday 30th April 1988, Go finished in 2nd place with 136 points. The song was conducted by Ronnie Hazlehurst. Terry Wogan provided the commentary for BBC One Television. Ken Bruce provided the commentary for BBC Radio 2. |