Jeux sans frontières season 19

Jeux sans frontières
Season 19
No. of teams	5 countries
Winner	Madeira
Runners-up	Profondeville Seville
Head referee	Guido Pancaldi
No. of episodes	9
Release
Original network	RTBF1 Antenne 2 Raiuno RTP1 TVE1
Original release	July 1988 (1988-07) – September 1988 (1988-09)
Season chronology

The 19th season of the international television game show Jeux sans frontières was held in the summer of 1988. Broadcasters from Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain participated in the competition coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The different heats were hosted by some of the participant broadcasters in locations in their countries such as Misano Adriatico (Italy), Viana do Castelo (Portugal), Les Saisies (France), and Pozuelo de Alarcón (Spain). The grand final was held in Bellagio (Italy). The head international referee in charge of supervising the competition was Guido Pancaldi.

For each heat, each broadcaster sent a mixed team of twelve members (six men and six women) from a city or town from its country that competed against each other in a series of games –funny physical games played in outlandish costumes, though none-the-less technically difficult– themed in the specific topic of the episode. After the eight heats, the most successful team from each country competed in the grand final. Each of the episodes was presented by the host broadcaster in its own language. Each of the participating broadcasters had their own presenters who did some on-site presentations for their audience and commented on the competition in their language. Due the complexity of the production, and that each broadcaster had its own personalized coverage, the episodes were filmed first and each broadcaster broadcast them at their convenience later.

The season was won by the team from Madeira, Portugal, being the runner-ups the teams from Profondeville, Belgium, and Seville, Spain.

Participants

Country	Broadcaster	Code	Colour	Cities
Belgium	RTBF	B	Yellow	Virton
				Pepinster
				Ath
				Profondeville
France	Antenne 2	F	Green	Espace Cristal
				Les Saisies
				Beaufortain
				Brides-les-Bains
Italy	RAI	I	Light blue	Rimini & Co.
				Putignano
				Aosta-Pilaz
				Palinuro
Portugal	RTP	P	Orange	Madeira
				Mateus (Vila Real)
				Viana do Castelo
				Azores
Spain	TVE	E	Red	Gijón
				Cartagena
				La Coruña
				Seville

Heats

Heat 1

Heat 1 was hosted by RAI at the Autodromo Santa Monica in Misano Adriatico, Italy, was themed about the town and the Adriatic Coast, and was presented by Claudio Lippi with Anna Benni, Lucia Nalli, Maura Musi, Sabrina Picci, and Elisabetta Coraini.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	P	Madeira	50
2	I	Rimini & Co.	47
3	B	Virton	42
4	E	Gijón	33
5	F	Espace Cristal	32

Heat 2

Heat 2 was hosted by Antenne 2 in Les Saisies, France, was themed about television shows, and was presented by Marie-Ange Nardi and Fabrice.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	P	Mateus (Vila Real)	47
2	F	Les Saisies	42
3	E	Cartagena	38
4	B	Pepinster	37
5	I	Putignano	36

Heat 3

Heat 3 was hosted by RTP at the Santa Luzia park in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, was themed about the history of the town, and was presented by Eládio Clímaco, Ivone Ferreira, and José Fialho Gouveia.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	I	Aosta-Pilaz	49
2	P	Viana do Castelo	45
3	F	Beaufortain	44
4	B	Ath	41
5	E	La Coruña	34

Heat 4

Heat 4 was hosted by TVE at the grounds of Prado del Rey in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain, acting as if they were in Seville, was themed about the departure of the ships for the New World, and was presented by Guillermo Summers, Ignacio Salas, and Carmen Otero.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	B	Profondeville	46
2	P	Azores	45
3	E	Seville	35
4	I	Palinuro	34
5	F	Brides-les-Bains	32

Heat 5

Heat 5 was hosted by RAI at the Autodromo Santa Monica in Misano Adriatico, Italy, was themed about Italian cinema, and was presented by Claudio Lippi with Anna Benni, Lucia Nalli, Maura Musi, Sabrina Picci, and Elisabetta Coraini.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	P	Madeira	47
2	B	Virton	45
3	I	Rimini & Co.	43
4	F	Espace Cristal	35
5	E	Gijón	34

Heat 6

Heat 6 was hosted by Antenne 2 in Les Saisies, France, was themed about the Olympic Games, and was presented by Marie-Ange Nardi and Fabrice.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	B	Pepinster	48
2	F	Les Saisies	44
3	P	Mateus (Vila Real)	39
4	E	Cartagena	36
5	I	Putignano	35

Heat 7

Heat 7 was hosted by RTP at the Santa Luzia park in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, was themed about Portuguese navigators and explorations, and was presented by Eládio Clímaco, Ivone Ferreira, and José Fialho Gouveia.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	B	Ath	47
2	I	Aosta-Pilaz	44
3	F	Beaufortain	40
4	P	Viana do Castelo	39
5	E	La Coruña	28

Heat 8

Heat 8 was hosted by TVE at the grounds of Prado del Rey in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain, acting as if they were in Seville, was themed about the conquest of the New World, and was presented by Guillermo Summers, Ignacio Salas, and Carmen Otero.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	B	Profondeville	47
2	P	Azores	46
3	E	Seville	41
4	F	Brides-les-Bains	37
5	I	Palinuro	36

Qualifiers

The points scored by each team in the two heats they competed in were summed up, and the teams with the most points from each country advanced to the grand final:

Country	Town	Points won
P	Madeira	97
B	Profondeville	93
I	Aosta-Pilaz	93
F	Les Saisies	86
E	Seville	76

Final

The final round was hosted by RAI at the shores of Lake Como in Bellagio, Italy, was themed about cinema, and was presented by Claudio Lippi, with Anna Benni, Elisabetta Coraini, and Lucia Nalli.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	P	Madeira	49
2	B	Profondeville	47
2	E	Seville	47
4	F	Les Saisies	46
5	I	Aosta-Pilaz	36

Broadcasts

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Channel(s)	Local presenter(s)/Commentator(s)	Ref.
Belgium	RTBF	RTBF1	Sylvie Rigot
France	Antenne 2		Marie-Ange Nardi Fabrice
Italy	RAI	Raiuno	Claudio Lippi
Portugal	RTP	RTP1	Eládio Clímaco
Spain	TVE	TVE1	Guillermo Summers Ignacio Salas