Amerivision Song Contest 1988
edit| Amerivision Song Contest 1988 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | September 10 1988 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Auditorio Nacional Mexico City, Mexico |
| Presenter(s) | Maria Antonieta de las Nieves René Casados |
| Host broadcaster | El Canal de las Estrellas |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 20 |
| Debuting countries |  Antigua and Barbuda |
| Returning countries |  Argentina Guadeloupe Jamaica Martinique Nicaragua Puerto Rico |
| Non-returning countries |  Dominican Republic Netherlands Antilles Suriname |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their ten favourite songs |
| Winning song |  Bahamas"Just Got Paid" |
The Amerivision Song Contest 1988 was the thirty-third edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster El Canal de las Estrellas. The edition was hosted in the Auditorio Nacional, in Mexico City, Mexico, as the country earned the right to host the contest by winning the previous edition.
After the boycotts of the 1987 edition, the ABU made changes in the Jury system, diversifying its members, with the attempt of removing biases and avoiding the same few countries to win every times. This, combined with the mexican victory of last year, that even though Mexico had already won before, they weren't considered one of the biased countries, led to most of the boycotting countries to return to the contest, including the two leaders of it, Argentina and Jamaica. Despite that, the Dominican Republic, Netherlands Antilles and Suriname all withdrew from the contest.
This edition also saw the debut of Antigua and Barbuda in the contest, as well as Bahamas becoming the first first-time winner since the 1974 contest, getting the title with "Just Got Paid" by Johnny Kemp.
Host picking
editTen mexican venues bidded to host the event, the italic bids were shortlisted and the bolded bid was the selected one from the shortlist.
Participating countries
edit| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | English title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda
|
ABS | Ronnie Benjamin | "Say You'll Be Mine Tonight" | English | |
| Argentina
|
Dicon TV | Daniel Melero | "No dejes que llueva" | Spanish | "Don't Let It Rain" |
| Bahamas
|
PTB | Johnny Kemp | "Just Got Paid" | English | |
 Bolivia
|
Bolivia TV | Zulma Yugar | "Selección de bailecitos" | Spanish | "Selection of Little Dances" |
 Brazil
|
Globo | Lulu Santos | "Toda forma de amor" | Portuguese | "Every Form of Love" |
 Canada
|
CBC | Mylène Farmer | "Sans contrefaçon" | French | "No Counterfeiting" |
 Chile
|
UCV | De Kiruza | "Algo está pasando" | Spanish | "Something Is Happening" |
 Colombia
|
Canal 1 | Krönös | "El embrujo" | "The Spell" | |
 Costa Rica
|
Repretel 6 | Las Chicas del Can | "Juana la cubana" | "Juana the Cuban" | |
| Guadeloupe
|
RFO | Feeling Kréyol | "Las palé" | Antillean Creole | |
| Jamaica
|
JBC | Eek-A-Mouse | "Peeni Walli" | English | "Fireflies" |
| Martinique
|
RFO | Kova Rea | "Nuit d'amour" | French | "Night of Love" |
 Mexico
|
Las Estrellas | Cecilia Toussaint | "Carretera" | Spanish | "Highway" |
| Nicaragua
|
Televicentro | Luis Enrique | "Desesperado" | "In Despair" | |
 Panama
|
RPC | Renato | "Que locura" | "How Crazy" | |
 Peru
|
América | Feiser | "Esta es la noche" | "This Is the Night" | |
| Puerto Rico
|
Telemundo | India | "Dancing on the Fire" | English | |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
TTT | Hugh Bullen | "Night Girl" | ||
 United States
|
NBC | Chicago | "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" | ||
 Uruguay
|
Canal 10 | Alberto Wolf y Los Terapeutas | "El club de memo" | Spanish | "The Memo Club" |
Returning artists
editBolded years represend that the artist was the winner on the year in question.
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Johnny Kemp | Bahamas
|
1986 |
| Zulma Yugar | Bolivia
|
1982 |
Contest overview
edit| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica
|
Las Chicas del Can | "Juana la cubana" | 22 | 17 |
| 2 | Panama
|
Renato | "Que locura" | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Antigua and Barbuda
|
Ronnie Benjamin | "Say You'll Be Mine Tonight" | 61 | 8 |
| 4 | Jamaica
|
Eek-A-Mouse | "Peeni Walli" | 37 | 14 |
| 5 | Bahamas
|
Johnny Kemp | "Just Got Paid" | 148 | 1 |
| 6 | Guadeloupe
|
Feeling Kréyol | "Las palé" | 64 | 7 |
| 7 | Peru
|
Feiser | "Esta es la noche" | 73 | 6 |
| 8 | Colombia
|
Krönös | "El embrujo" | 27 | 16 |
| 9 | Canada
|
Mylène Farmer | "Sans contrefaçon" | 56 | 9 |
| 10 | Uruguay
|
Alberto Wolf y Los Terapeutas | "El club de memo" | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | Nicaragua
|
Luis Enrique | "Desesperado" | 42 | 13 |
| 12 | Trinidad and Tobago
|
Hugh Bullen | "Night Girl" | 127 | 2 |
| 13 | Chile
|
De Kiruza | "Algo está pasando" | 91 | 4 |
| 14 | Argentina
|
Daniel Melero | "No dejes que llueva" | 31 | 15 |
| 15 | Brazil
|
Lulu Santos | "Toda forma de amor" | 53 | 11 |
| 16 | Mexico
|
Cecilia Toussaint | "Carretera" | 55 | 10 |
| 17 | Bolivia
|
Zulma Yugar | "Selección de bailecitos" | 14 | 18 |
| 18 | Puerto Rico
|
India | "Dancing on the Fire" | 88 | 5 |
| 19 | Martinique
|
Kova Rea | "Nuit d'amour" | 107 | 3 |
| 20 | United States
|
Chicago | "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" | 46 | 12 |
Detailed voting results
editTotal score
|
Costa Rica
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Panama
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Jamaica
|
Bahamas
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Guadeloupe
|
Peru
|
Colombia
|
Canada
|
Uruguay
|
Nicaragua
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Chile
|
Argentina
|
Brazil
|
Mexico
|
Bolivia
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Puerto Rico
|
Martinique
|
United States
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contestants
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Costa Rica
|
22 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Panama
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4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Antigua and Barbuda
|
61 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| Jamaica
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37 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Bahamas
|
148 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | ||||
| Guadeloupe
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64 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Peru
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73 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Colombia
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27 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Canada
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56 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Uruguay
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9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua
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42 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago
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127 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| Chile
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91 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||
| Argentina
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31 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Brazil
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53 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| Mexico
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55 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Bolivia
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14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico
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88 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
| Martinique
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107 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
| United States
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46 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
12 points
editBelow is a summary of all 12 points received:
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Bahamas
|
Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
|
| 3 | Chile
|
Argentina, Costa Rica, Uruguay
|
| Peru
|
Bolivia, Chile, Colombia
| |
| Trinidad and Tobago
|
Bahamas, Jamaica, Mexico
| |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda
|
Puerto Rico
|
| Brazil
|
Peru
| |
| Guadeloupe
|
Martinique
| |
| Martinique
|
Guadeloupe
| |
| Mexico
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Nicaragua
| |
| Puerto Rico
|
Panama
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