Eurovision 1988 - Voting Part 5/5

[@Euroviking86]

"And finally... France!" And history was made.

[@unitrvl]

Funniest thing that France gave Celine Dion 1 point... within couple of years she would sell millions and will be certified Diamond in France.

[@SimsMoyal]

the French speaking countries didn't really like her.

[@Vanessa_Thiriet]

@@SimsMoyal N'importe quoi mon pauvre!

[@Fatima502]

Scott Fitzgerald doesn't get enough credit for his behaviour that night. Afterwards, he went up and told Celine that she was the better singer.

[@lukerobinson2605]

Yes indeed. He is a genuinely nice man.

[@jumpsuitgirl3835]

January 2019, this is about my 5th time watching this - it just never gets boring

[@Tomek-mf2ln]

Same here ;-)

[@magnusable]

this was sooo exiting.. even if I knew who won I got really nervous! hahaha

[@TeddiACular]

Switzerland 6 poins. *Celine thinks that’s it she lost* And finally France.. *BOOOOOOOM*!!

[@esc9726]

Another closest contest which was in 1988 between Switzerland and United Kingdom was concluded by votes from Ljubljana as it happened in 2003

[@JasonC1782]

It's the closest in terms of winning margin - there were of course ties in 1969and 1991. It's also probably the greatest collapse from a leading position that's ever been seen in the Contest with the UK losing after being 14 points in front with two countries to vote; Belgium suffered a similar fate in 2003 but they were "only" 12 points in front with two to vote when they lost. The abiding image of Eurovision 1988 for me is the guy roaring with delight at Switzerland's victory at 6:56.

[@Tomek-mf2ln]

By Ljubljana as well :-)

[@gonzo77ffm]

and finally......France!

[@kobishami6917]

Misses so much for winning a good song in French

[@yaniva.7626]

Those two were among the best presenters in Eurovision history.

[@stevebbuk]

I thought they gave a sour look every time the UK were awarded points.

[@pandemits]

6:00... the look on her face says everything.

[@emrea5388]

What does it say?

[@pandemits]

That she believed at that point that the game was lost.

[@GeordieBoy1955]

5:57 Bruce Forsyth was so disappointed at the final result, he was still talking about it years after the event.

[@michaelleacy]

Understandable, it was his daughter's song. he was probably more disappointed than if it was something he'd lost

[@JeSuisRene]

I wonder, would Bruce have hosted ESC 1989 had Scott (rightfully) won it here in Dublin? [NB: My winner of 1988 is Denmark, followed by Norway and the United Kingdom. I ranked Switzerland into 15th].

[@pak8606]

Yugoslavia won in 1989. He appeared on Room 101 in 2003 and wanted to send Yugoslavia there, by then the country didn't even exist.

[@jazzahazza9045]

Is it just me or could you tell in the Yugoslav jury lady's voice that she knew what their votes would do to the result lol

[@Daoibhéar]

Back then, the announcers weren't allowed to watch the voting on TV in case of partiality.

[@Euroviking86]

@@Daoibhéar Actually it's more complicated than that. The jury spokesperson has to stay on the line and can hear everything that's going on, it's just that the members of the jury don't, and have no power to change their votes, otherwise that would indeed have been partial. There were many cases where the jury spokespeople gave clear hints that they knew what was going on.

[@SimsMoyal]

@@Euroviking86 Yes like in 1970 - very cheeful dublin and in 1977 when they said in the Netherlands they got more points than on the board

[@DerShadowMusik]

Back then i wasnt even born 😅🇨🇭❤ but im Proud...

[@erjboy7]

we could also say that Canada actually won because Céline Dion is canadian... Although Canada is not part of Eurovision unfortunately.

[@Tomek-mf2ln]

She sung for Switzerland, not for Canada

[@jezt42]

So the UK came 2nd in this year. Not bad considering these days we're likely to come second to last!

[@adamatemymuffin9783]

this aged like fine wine

[@esc9726]

when the last votes will come from Ljubljana the contest will be one of the closest one

[@Tomek-mf2ln]

In 2003 it was Ljubljana as well to do this ;-)

[@stuartlaing4488]

is this the closest Eurovision ever, and notice that while Celine is a well known star now Scott is not even heard of Celine is by far the biggest name ever on Eurovision

[@OldSchoolRasslin]

ABBA are bigger than Celine Dion.

[@brocklod3673]

OldSchoolRasslin Hell no, Celine is bigger.

[@buikai]

1991 was closest

[@Tomek-mf2ln]

@@buikai Don't forget 1993

[@Tomek-mf2ln]

@@buikai Israel or France had to win in 1991

[@lukerobinson2605]

Surprising voting from France. Only one for Switzerland. And nothing at all for Luxembourg ! I've noticed that quite often France and Luxembourg give low marks or no marks to French language songs, even when they are very good songs. In 1990 and 91, Luxembourg gave nothing to France who finished second. But France gave Luxembourg top marks in 1990 and they ended up way down in about 15th place. Not that I'm some sort of anorak or anything :)

[@morbidsearch]

Luke Robinson And yet they were the only country that voted for the French song from Belgium

[@hevarrysta]

Oh My God... And europe made a correct choice that year

[@kalinggahilal5697]

The last Twelve point should have been given to austria

[@xemnas9098]

I know, that was a bad Eurovision year for Austria.

[@elmurodedavid]

Honest question, I thought that you have to be a national to be able to participate in these contests, is that right?

[@kalurank]

no...

[@Arghans]

The like of which will never be seen again but it was a very worthy song to lose to.

[@АлександрНиколаевич-и5я]

Вот это голосование!!!вот это страсти христовы

[@revloninlove7716]

Se me ponen los pelos como escarpias..... a pesar de los años!

[@Dim4323]

Why didn't they give 1 point to United Kingdom we would've won it Any ideas?

[@Sanchordia]

They didn't like the song, it's as simple as that.

[@yaniva.7626]

It is strange. For sure the UK song deserved at least one point...

[@nicolecuvillier9698]

Lisbon : Switzerland ; 12 points ! Bravo le Portugal !

[@kirsty2010dodgs]

@escbelgium2 Aww right my mistake...I thought Celine Dion was representing France lol

[@SimsMoyal]

@zgaulois dont get too excited they only gave her 6 points!

[@kirsty2010dodgs]

I don't understand the voting...shouldnt the UK won with having 133...I thought the country with the highest votes won...can someone explain please

[@Miguel-ix6kz]

UK finished with 136 points, and Switzerland finished with 137 Switzerland had the most points

[@Tomek-mf2ln]

@@Miguel-ix6kz How hard can it be, haha

[@irondasgr]

You must have missed watching the voting of the last country, that is Yugoslavia.

Tiene cojones que Francia le dé un solo punto a Céline Dion cantando en francés. Aunque ya lo hizo con France Gall en 1965 cuando ganó con Luxemburgo.

[@patrickmartin75]

Oui : le point qui fait la différence !!! ;)))

[@gecegundogan2897]

Turkish man Atilla Şereftuğ😍😍😍 i am from turkey

[@nm-yuki-p]

Austria... No point

[@AntNWright4692]

im not fussed that the uk lost. we lost to the one and only celine dion

[@fabriziodambrosio86]

The UK about to win.. Lol, other times

[@alexandru69269]

foarte tare

[@laurentguichard5479]

3 grosses vedettes Francophones CELINE DION GERARD LENORMAN LARA FABIAN

[@stevenbeale4317]

Amazing still,politics never far from the front at euro

[@Fatima502]

What on earth was 'political' about Celine Dion's win in 1988? She had been the favourite. The UK performed above expectations.

[@kobishami6917]

Il manque tant pour avoir gagné une bonne chanson en français

[@markusscheef3878]

Julio Iglesias is the most important singer who sang in Eurovision followed by ABBA, Celine Dion and Johnny Logan

[@stevebbuk]

I preferred Jahn Teigen myself.

[@MiroslavZelenovic-f2s]

Ovde su englezi krenuli da nas ugase jesmo ludi bili

[@nicolecuvillier9698]

France : Suisse 1 point ! on croit rever !

[@franciscoramirezdominguez7822]

Las votaciones de antes si que eran emocionantes. Ahora tres meses antes está todo el pescado vendido.

[@JeSuisRene]

A tragic end to such exciting voting.

[@Boban1611]

Not Fair! UK should have won....

[@DerShadowMusik]

It was fair lol

[@JeSuisRene]

@@DerShadowMusik Celine's vocals were very good but the song was ridiculous!

[@Glennmaxted]

If UK had won, might never seen/met Celine Dion..

[@mitchellquartero]

Blame Yugoslavia for the votes. And in return Yugoslavia won in Switzerland, the next year.

[@lorofcb2]

according to that logic, sweden won last year's eurovision

[@abdurrahmankurt6790]

switzerland won actually Turkey won because the composer was Turkish atilla şerefsiztuğ

[@nm-yuki-p]

abdurrahman kurt but the singer is from canada

[@serhatkurt1293]

@@nm-yuki-p and the winner is switzerland.

[@mikebatlinh6650]

Celine Dion had best song best voice. Scott Fitzgerald sings through his nose awful voice.