Atilla Şereftuğ performed by the Canadian singer Celine Dion. By a small margin of seven votes the song won and went on to the final in Dublin. Consequently, in 1988, Celine Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest, by an even smaller margin of just one point, with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi." Atilla Şereftuğ Atilla Şereftuğ (born 16 November 1950) is a Swiss-Turkish songwriter, born in Istanbul. In 1986, Şereftuğ participated in the Swiss heats of the Eurovision Song Contest as composer of the song "Pas pour moi". The song's co-composer was Nella Martinetti. "Pas pour moi" won the Swiss
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 The Netherlands participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, held in Dublin, Ireland. After coming 5th at the 1987 contest with "Rechtop in de wind", Dutch broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) internally selected Gerard Joling to sing for the Netherlands at the upcoming contest in Dublin. At the Nationaal Songfestival 1988 was held on 23 March at the Congresgebouw in The Hague. Joling sang all songs in the final. The Nationaal Songfestival 1988 was held on 23 March at the Congresgebouw in The Hague, hosted by Astrid Joosten. The winner was chosen by