A Song For Europe (1988)

A Song For Europe (1988) was the name of the competition held to choose the UK entry to the Eurovision Song Contest held in Dublin on 30 April of that year.

The competition was presented in the form of a 40-minute live TV programme on BBC One, with simulcast in stereo on BBC Radio 2. It was hosted by Terry Wogan.

Entries
Votes were expressed by the public by telephone, with a different number attributed to each song.
 * 1) Till the Night  - Catwalk
 * 2) High Windows - Camino
 * 3) Just a Memory - Zoe
 * 4) Make Your Dreams Come True - FNAC
 * 5) One More Chance - Klass
 * 6) Heart to Heart - Clinging to the Wreckage
 * 7) This Is the Kiss - Two-Che
 * 8) Go - Scott Fitzgerald

Winner
The competition was won by Scott Fitzgerald wit the song Go, written and composed by Julie Forsyth, who was a member of the pop group Guys 'n' Dolls and daughter of entertainer Bruce Forsyth.

The song would finish 2nd in the Eurovision final, making it the best UK result since Bucks Fizz winning the competition in 1981 with Making Your Mind Up. Go lost by just one point to Celine Dion representing Switzerland with "Ne partez pas sans moi".

Released as a single, Go got to just no.88 in the UK charts before the final contest, although reached no.52 in May.