Melodi Grand Prix 1988 • semi-finals

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Date(s)	30 January 1988 13 February 1988 27 February 1988 12 March 1988
Venue	NRK TV Studios, Oslo
Host(s)	Dan Børge Akerø
Voting Method	100% Televoting

Each song competed in pairs for a spot in the final. 1 000 people were selected to televote for their favourite entry from each pair. After the semi-finals two losing songs were given wildcards to the final.

Semi-finals

Final

Semi-final 1
Duel	#	Artist	Song	Percentage	Result
I	1	Siri Beathe Gellein	Nå	27%	2nd
	2	Trond Armand Larsen & Krist Juuhl	Hvor er du?	73%	1st
II	3	Anita Kanstad	Je ne sais pas	26%	2nd
	4	Jahn Teigen	Glasnost	74%	1st

Semi-final 2
Duel	#	Artist	Song	Percentage	Result
I	1	David Chocron	Mitt land og	71%	1st
	2	Jan Eggum	Deilige drøm	29%	2nd
II	3	Lise Haavik	Jeg vil elske deg	44%	2nd
	4	Tore Hansen	Sove i natt?	56%	1st

Semi-final 3
Duel	#	Artist	Song	Percentage	Result
I	1	Odd Arvid, Tor & Sverre	Åpne dører	12%	2nd
	2	Ola Fjellvikås	Hey go go	88%	1st
II	3	Karina Hjelen & Lars Jones	Du skal leve	47%	2nd
	4	Tor Endresen & Iselin Alme	Lengt	53%	1st

Semi-final 4
Duel	#	Artist	Song	Percentage	Result
I	1	Stig Gjendem	Din tur	23%	2nd
	2	Karoline Krüger	For vår jord	77%	1st
II	3	Terry Heart & Elisabeth Moberg	Natten er din og min	69%	1st
	4	Mannen i boksen	Jeg lever i en boks	31%	2nd