Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the second victory for Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest after winning its first edition in 1956, and the last time a song in French won the contest, the language having dominated the event in earlier years. The contest helped launch an international career for two artists, the winner for Switzerland Céline Dion and Luxembourg’s representative Lara Fabian. French-Canadian Céline Dion was only famous in the French-speaking world at the time of the contest, shortly afterwards started recording songs in English. Belgian-Canadian Lara Fabian started a successful career after the contest with becoming established in various countries worldwide, with
UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision: You Decide is the current name of a BBC television programme broadcast annually to select the United Kingdom's entry into the Eurovision Song Contest. The show had previously gone under several other names, including "Festival of British Popular Songs" (1957), "Eurovision Song Contest British Final" (1959–1960), "The Great British Song Contest" (1996–1999), "Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up" (2004–2007), "Eurovision: Your Decision" (2008), and "Eurovision: Your Country Needs You" (2009–2010) but was known, for most of its history, as A Song for Europe (1961–1995, 2000–2003). The selection process, originally broadcast on BBC