Ne partez pas sans moi Ne partez pas sans moi "Ne partez pas sans moi" ("Don't Leave Without Me") is the Swiss winning entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed by the Canadian Celine Dion. It was released as a single in Europe in May 1988. Dion performed "Ne partez pas sans moi" for 600 million viewers worldwide at the contest. The song was composed by Turkish songwriter Atilla Şereftuğ and Swiss composer Nella Martinetti. It won Eurovision with 137 points, beating the United Kingdom entry "Go" performed by Scott Fitzgerald by just one point in one of the closest finishes in Eurovision history.
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest Finland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 52 times since its debut in 1961. Finland won the contest for the first time in 2006 with Lordi's "Hard Rock Hallelujah". The country's best result before then was achieved by Marion Rung with the song "Tom Tom Tom" in 1973, which placed sixth. Finland has finished last in the contest ten times, receiving "nul points" in , and . Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Finland has failed to reach the final seven times. In , the country had its best result in