Fitzgerald won the right to perform at the contest, held in Dublin, by winning the UK national final, A Song for Europe, where he was the eighth singer to perform. Fitzgerald was also the first singer to be chosen to represent the United Kingdom via a national telephone vote. In Dublin, the song was performed fourth on the night, after Finland's Boulevard with "Nauravat silmät muistetaan", and before Turkey's Mazhar-Fuat-Özkan with "Sufi."
At the end of judging that evening, "Go" took the second-place slot with 136 points. Turkey, Belgium and Italy awarded their 12-point designations to the UK that evening. In one of the closest voting rounds up to that time, the UK lost the competition by one point to Switzerland's representative, Canadian singer Céline Dion, with her song "Ne partez pas sans moi". According to author and contest historian John Kennedy O'Connor, this was the closest contest yet, with the winning margin being just 0.73%.[1] The strong showing in the 1988 contest was an indicator of things to come for the United Kingdom, as it would become the first of eleven straight top ten placings in the contest, and the first of four second-place finishes in the next six years.
In a departure from the past two years, an easy listening ballad was on offer this year, telling the story of two former lovers meeting by chance. Fitzgerald, in the role of the lovesick man, relates the sad story; his former lover had left him years before for another man, and now that she has returned, so has all the sorrow he felt.
scott, fitzgerald, song, written, composed, julie, forsyth, member, group, guys, dolls, daughter, english, entertainer, bruce, forsyth, united, kingdom, entry, eurovision, song, contest, 1988, performed, scott, fitzgerald, bruce, forsyth, wife, were, audience,. Go written and composed by Julie Forsyth a member of the pop group Guys n Dolls and the daughter of English entertainer Bruce Forsyth was the United Kingdom s entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 performed by Scott Fitzgerald Bruce Forsyth and his wife were in the audience at the contest supporting their daughter Go Eurovision Song Contest 1988 entryCountryUnited KingdomArtist s Scott FitzgeraldLanguageEnglishComposer s Julie ForsythLyricist s Julie ForsythConductorRonnie HazlehurstFinals performanceFinal result2ndFinal points136Entry chronology Only the Light 1987 Why Do I Always Get it Wrong 1989 Fitzgerald won the right to perform at the contest held in Dublin by winning the UK national final A Song for Europe where he was the eighth singer to perform Fitzgerald was also the first singer to be chosen to represent the United Kingdom via a national telephone vote In Dublin the song was performed fourth on the night after Finland s Boulevard with Nauravat silmat muistetaan and before Turkey s Mazhar Fuat Ozkan with Sufi At the end of judging that evening Go took the second place slot with 136 points Turkey Belgium and Italy awarded their 12 point designations to the UK that evening In one of the closest voting rounds up to that time the UK lost the competition by one point to Switzerland s representative Canadian singer Celine Dion with her song Ne partez pas sans moi According to author and contest historian John Kennedy O Connor this was the closest contest yet with the winning margin being just 0 73 1 The strong showing in the 1988 contest was an indicator of things to come for the United Kingdom as it would become the first of eleven straight top ten placings in the contest and the first of four second place finishes in the next six years In a departure from the past two years an easy listening ballad was on offer this year telling the story of two former lovers meeting by chance Fitzgerald in the role of the lovesick man relates the sad story his former lover had left him years before for another man and now that she has returned so has all the sorrow he felt After Eurovision the song placed at No 52 on the UK Singles Chart The song was later covered by Russian singer Philipp Kirkorov 2 Charts editChart 1988 Peakposition UK Singles Official Charts Company 3 52References edit O Connor John Kennedy The Eurovision Song Contest The Official History Carlton Books UK 2007 ISBN 978 1 84442 994 3 Russia s Philipp Kirkorov I would write a Eurovision song for Julia Samoylova if she asked me wiwibloggs 1 August 2017 Retrieved 17 May 2019 The UK s highest charting Eurovision stars revealed Official Charts Retrieved 2015 05 10 Preceded by Only the Light by Rikki United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest1988 Succeeded by Why Do I Always Get it Wrong by Live Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Go Scott Fitzgerald song amp oldid 1211249859, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
