In 1988, along with Nella Martinetti, he once again qualified for the Swiss Eurovision heat, this time with the song Ne partez pas sans moi, performed by the Canadian singer Celine Dion.
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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" which was composed by Atilla Şereftuğ.
The song was composed by Turkish songwriter named Atilla Şereftuğ and Swiss composer Nella Martinetti won 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.
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The album contained mostly singles released in France: "D'amour ou d'amitié" (1983), "Mon ami m'a quittée" (1983), "C'est pour vivre" (1985), "Billy" (1986), "Je ne veux pas" (1987), "La religieuse" (1988) and "Ne partez pas sans moi" (1988).
However Turkish Eurovision fans consoled themselves, because Atilla Şereftuğ the composer of the winner ("Ne partez pas sans moi" by Celine Dion) was a Turk, living in Switzerland .