Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Italy was represented by Luca Barbarossa, with the song '"Vivo (Ti scrivo)", at the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 30 April in Dublin. As usual, the song and performer were chosen internally by broadcaster RAI. On the night of the final Barbarossa performed 18th in the running order, following Luxembourg and preceding France. At the close of the voting "Vivo (Ti scrivo)" had received 52 points (the highest being 8s from Finland, France and Switzerland), placing Italy 12th of the 21 entries. The Italian jury awarded its 12 points to
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest nights in which the first two nights will serve as a "best of Dora" nights and the final evening will determine the Croatian representative for Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Yugoslavian entries in 1963, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990 are Croatian entries that competed for Yugoslavia. As of , Croatia's voting history is as follows: Croatia has hosted the Eurovision Song Contest once, in 1990, after Riva's victory for Yugoslavia in 1989. This makes Croatia the only country that hosted the contest and didn't participate in it, and the only country which hosted the contest and