
The 1988 Chilean telethon was the eighth version of the solidarity campaign conducted in Chile, which took place on 2 and 3 December 1988. The theme of this version was "It's Everybody's Task," and the official theme song Soy tu amigo (I'm your friend), was sung by Miguel Zabaleta and Cecilia Echenique. The poster boy was Rodrigo Caceres, who is remembered for having memorized all the companies sponsoring the event.
The morning newscast was in charge of Radio Cooperativa, they therefore resorted to the announcer Sergio Campos, for the first time, on television. He read the news as if he was in a radio studio. One of the stories of this edition was that the children's section of the programme was issued fully recorded, unlike previous years.
This campaign initially seemed likely to fail, the slowness of the Chileans to donate made the program directors lengthen the schedule by about 1 hour, thus giving time to reach the goal at 0030 on Sunday, 4 December. The amount collected was: CL$525,801,100 later after the telethon ended the figure of CL$ 711,712,019 was reached
The telethon was held two months after the well-remembered and historic plebiscite of 5 October that year and was the last telethon which took place under the military government of Augusto Pinochet. And of course, it marked Teleton's 10th year.
Sponsors
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Artists
Nationals
 Juan Antonio Labra Juan Antonio Labra
 Los Huasos Quincheros Los Huasos Quincheros
 Gloria Simonetti Gloria Simonetti
 Luis Jara Luis Jara
   Andrea Tessa Andrea Tessa
 Alberto Plaza Alberto Plaza
 Peter Rock Peter Rock
 Patricia Frías Patricia Frías
 Miguel Piñera Miguel Piñera
 Patricio Renán Patricio Renán
 Eduardo Fuentes Eduardo Fuentes
     Roberto Vander Roberto Vander
 Sergio Lillo Sergio Lillo
 Roberto Viking Valdés Roberto Viking Valdés
 Jorge Eduardo Jorge Eduardo
 Wildo Wildo
 Irene Llanos Irene Llanos
 Lorena Lorena
 Pachuco Pachuco
 Alejandro De Rosas Alejandro De Rosas
 María Inés Naveillán María Inés Naveillán
 Claudia Muñoz Claudia Muñoz
 Cristóbal Cristóbal
 Eduardo Gatti Eduardo Gatti
 Keko Yungue Keko Yungue
 José Luis Arce José Luis Arce
 Ginette Acevedo Ginette Acevedo
 Mónica De Calixto Mónica De Calixto
 Lucho Muñoz Lucho Muñoz
 Álvaro Scaramelli Álvaro Scaramelli
International
 Chayanne Chayanne
 Sandro Sandro
 Fito Páez Fito Páez
 Al Di Meola Al Di Meola
 Víctor Manuel Víctor Manuel
 Ángela Carrasco Ángela Carrasco
 Amaya Uranga Amaya Uranga
 Las Primas Las Primas
 Franco Franco
 Nito Mestre Nito Mestre
     Miguel Bosé Miguel Bosé
 Viento y Marea Viento y Marea
 Sandra Mihanovich Sandra Mihanovich
 Celeste Carvallo Celeste Carvallo
 Orlando Netti Orlando Netti
 Braulio Braulio
Comedians
- José Luis Giogia
- Coco Legrand
- Ricardo Meruane
- Jorge Navarrete
- Pepe Tapia
- Checho Hirane
- Álvaro Salas
- Jorge Cruz
- Carlos Helo
- Sergio Feito
- Lucho Arenas
- Clavel
- Gigi Martin
Magazine
- BAFOCHI
- Hugo Urrutia
- Gloria Benavides
- Tamare Tahiti
- Mario Buqueño
- Gerardo Parra
- Ramón Núñez
In Children's Section
- El Profesor Rossa
- Patio Plum
- Cachureos
- Pipiripao
- Alejandro Rojas
In Adult's Section
- Bambi
- Cristina Tocco
- Maripepa Nieto
Transmission
- UCV Televisión
- Televisión Nacional de Chile
- Canal 9 Señal 2 de Televisión Nacional de Chile
- Universidad de Chile Televisión
- Universidad Católica de Chile Televisión
- Telenorte
- Red TV Cable