Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Participating broadcaster	Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV)
Country	Iceland
National selection
Selection process	Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 1988
Selection date(s)	21 March 1988
Selected artist(s)	Beathoven
Selected song	"Þú og þeir (Sókrates)"
Selected songwriter(s)	Sverrir Stormsker
Placement
Final result	16th, 20 points
Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Iceland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with the song "Þú og þeir (Sókrates)", written by Sverrir Stormsker, and performed by Beathoven. The Icelandic participating broadcaster, Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), selected its entry through Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 1988.

Before Eurovision

Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 1988

Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) held the national final on 21 March 1988 at its studios in Reykjavík, hosted by Hermann Gunnarsson. 10 songs competed, which were all shown as pre-recorded video clips, and the winner was chosen by the votes of 8 regional juries.[1]

Final – 21 March 1988

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Pálmi Gunnarsson	"Eitt vor"	12	10
2	Grétar Örvarsson and Gígja Sigurðardóttir	"Í fyrrasumar"	34	7
3	Eyjólfur Kristjánsson and Ingi Gunnar Jóhannsson	"Ástarævintýri (á vetrarbraut)"	63	2
4	Magnús Kjartansson and Margrét G. Magnúsdóttir	"Sólarsamba"	37	6
5	Bjarni Arason	"Aftur og aftur"	17	9
6	Eyjólfur Kristjánsson and Sigrún Waage	"Mánaskin"	61	3
7	Stefán Hilmarsson	"Látum sönginn hljóma"	57	4
8	Sverrir Stormsker and Stefán Hilmarsson	"Þú og þeir"	96	1
9	Björgvin Halldórsson and Edda Borg Ólafsdóttir	"Í tangó"	55	5
10	Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir	"Dag eftir dag"	32	8

Detailed Regional Jury Votes

Draw	Song	West	Westfjords	Northwest	Northeast	East	South	Reykjanes	Reykjavík	Total
1	"Eitt vor"	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	12
2	"Í fyrrasumar"	1	10	3	3	5	3	3	6	34
3	"Ástarævintýri"	10	7	7	7	10	10	4	8	63
4	"Sólarsamba"	5	5	5	4	3	6	5	4	37
5	"Aftur og aftur"	3	3	2	1	2	4	1	1	17
6	"Mánaskin"	6	8	8	10	8	7	7	7	61
7	"Látum sönginn hljóma"	7	6	10	8	7	8	6	5	57
8	"Þú og þeir"	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	96
9	"Í tangó"	8	4	6	6	6	5	10	10	55
10	"Dag eftir dag"	4	2	4	5	4	2	8	3	32

At Eurovision

Stormsker and Hilmarsson, now as Beathoven, performed first on the night of the contest, held in Dublin, Ireland, preceding Sweden. Iceland received 20 points, placing 16th of 21 competing countries.[2] The Icelandic jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.[3]

The members of the Icelandic jury included Árni Gunnarsson, Ásgeir Guðnason, Davíð Sveinsson, Elín Þóra Stefánsdóttir, Ellý Þorðardóttir, Erla Björk Jónasdóttir, Guðrún Kristmannsdóttir, Hólmfríður Jónsdóttir, Jónas Engilbertsson, Jónína Bachmann, Kjartan Þor Kjartansson, Ólafur Egilsson, Sigrún Kristjánsdóttir, Sigurður Fanndal, Sigurður Ægisson, and Þórdís Garðarsdóttir.[4]

Voting

Points awarded to Iceland[5] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points  Portugal 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points  Denmark  Netherlands 3 points 2 points  France 1 point  Italy  Sweden

Points awarded by Iceland[5] Score Country 12 points  Yugoslavia 10 points  Denmark 8 points  Germany 7 points   Switzerland 6 points  Israel 5 points  Norway 4 points  Luxembourg 3 points  Sweden 2 points  Spain 1 point  United Kingdom

References

1. "ICELANDIC NATIONAL FINAL 1988".
2. "Final of Dublin 1988". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
3. ESC History - Iceland 1988
4. "Fór út með vinningsglampann í sólgleraugunum segir Sverrir Stormsker". Mbl.is. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
5. "Results of the Final of Dublin 1988". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

External links

• Icelandic National Final 1988