Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988
- Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988
ESC National Year
Year = 1988
Country = IRL
Preselection = National Final
Preselection date = 6 March 1988
Entrant = Jump The Gun
Song = Take Him Home
Final result = 8th, 79 points Thanks to Johnny Logan's win in Brussels the year before, the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest was held in Ireland's capital city, Dublin. The song "Take Him Home," written and composed by Peter Eades and performed by Jump The Gun was chosen to represent Ireland after it won the national final selection. Held on 6 March at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, the national final was hosted by Marty Whelan (who would provide commentary for RTÉ's broadcast of the Eurovision beginning in 2000), and Maxi, who had represented Ireland as a soloist in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest, and again as part of the group Sheeba in 1981. Eight songs competed in the event, and the winner was selected by a panel of twelve "experts," each of whom awarded each song a score from one to eight points. One member of the panel was Sandy Kelly who had represented Ireland in the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest as a member of The Duskeys. [ [http://www.geocities.com/national_finals_70s_80s/Ireland1988.html IRISH NATIONAL FINAL 1988 ] ]
National Final
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/national_finals_70s_80s/Ireland1988.html Irish national Final 1988 page]
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