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(Imaani song)">Where Are You?</a>"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Selected songwriter(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scott_English" title="Scott English">Scott English</a></li><li>Phil Manikiza</li><li>Simon Stirling</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#BFDFFF;">Finals performance</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Final result</th><td class="infobox-data">2nd, 166 points</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#BFDFFF;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest"><span style="color:#000000;">United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest</span></a></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"> <table align="center" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:right; width:44%"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997">◄1997</a> •</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>1998</b> </td> <td style="text-align:left; width:44%"><span class="nowrap">• <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">1999►</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The United Kingdom was represented at the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Eurovision Song Contest 1998</a> with the song "<a href="/wiki/Where_Are_You%3F_(Imaani_song)" title="Where Are You? (Imaani song)">Where Are You?</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Scott_English" title="Scott English">Scott English</a>, Phil Manikiza, and Simon Stirling, and performed by <a href="/wiki/Imaani" title="Imaani">Imaani</a>. In addition, the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">British Broadcasting Corporation</a> (BBC) was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the <a href="/wiki/Arena_Birmingham" title="Arena Birmingham">National Indoor Arena</a> in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> on 9 May 1998 after it won the competition in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1997">1997</a> with the song "<a href="/wiki/Love_Shine_a_Light" title="Love Shine a Light">Love Shine a Light</a>" performed by <a href="/wiki/Katrina_and_the_Waves" title="Katrina and the Waves">Katrina and the Waves</a>. The BBC organised a public selection to select its entry for the contest, <i><a href="/wiki/UK_national_selection_for_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest">The Great British Song Contest 1998</a></i>. Eight songs competed over two rounds, with four songs selected through a radio-broadcast semi-final advancing to the televised final round, held on 15 March 1998, where viewers selected the winning entry through <a href="/wiki/Televoting" title="Televoting">televoting</a>. Imaani received the most votes and was selected to represent the UK in the contest with the song "Where Are You?". She performed 16th at the international contest, and at the close of the voting process the UK finished in second place with 166 points, the nation's 15th second-place finish since its debut. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest">United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest</a></div> <p>Prior to the 1998 contest, the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">British Broadcasting Corporation</a> (BBC) had participated in the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Eurovision Song Contest">Eurovision Song Contest</a> 40 times since their first entry in 1957 and had competed in all but two editions of the contest.<sup id="cite_ref-countryhistory_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-countryhistory-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before this year's event, it had won the contest five times: in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1967" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1967">1967</a> with the song "<a href="/wiki/Puppet_on_a_String_(Sandie_Shaw_song)" title="Puppet on a String (Sandie Shaw song)">Puppet on a String</a>" performed by <a href="/wiki/Sandie_Shaw" title="Sandie Shaw">Sandie Shaw</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1969" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1969">1969</a> with the song "<a href="/wiki/Boom_Bang-a-Bang" title="Boom Bang-a-Bang">Boom Bang-a-Bang</a>" performed by <a href="/wiki/Lulu_(singer)" title="Lulu (singer)">Lulu</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1976" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1976">1976</a> with the song "<a href="/wiki/Save_Your_Kisses_for_Me" title="Save Your Kisses for Me">Save Your Kisses for Me</a>" performed by <a href="/wiki/Brotherhood_of_Man" title="Brotherhood of Man">Brotherhood of Man</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1981" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1981">1981</a> with the song "<a href="/wiki/Making_Your_Mind_Up" title="Making Your Mind Up">Making Your Mind Up</a>" performed by <a href="/wiki/Bucks_Fizz" title="Bucks Fizz">Bucks Fizz</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1997">1997</a> with the song "<a href="/wiki/Love_Shine_a_Light" title="Love Shine a Light">Love Shine a Light</a>" performed by <a href="/wiki/Katrina_and_the_Waves" title="Katrina and the Waves">Katrina and the Waves</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-winners_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winners-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It had also finished in second place on 14 occasions, more than any other country.<sup id="cite_ref-countryhistory_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-countryhistory-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Per the <a href="/wiki/Rules_of_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest">rules</a> of the 1998 contest, as the previous year's winner and contest host, the BBC was given an automatic place in the competition, and was subsequently included on the <a href="/wiki/European_Broadcasting_Union" title="European Broadcasting Union">European Broadcasting Union</a>'s (EBU) list of the 25 broadcasters that had signed up to partake in the contest.<sup id="cite_ref-Rules_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rules-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The BBC opted to select its chosen entry for the contest through a national final entitled <i><a href="/wiki/UK_national_selection_for_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest">The Great British Song Contest 1998</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020310_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020310-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Before_Eurovision">Before Eurovision</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Before Eurovision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Great_British_Song_Contest_1998"><i>The Great British Song Contest 1998</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Great British Song Contest 1998"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/UK_national_selection_for_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest">UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Imaani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Imaani.jpg/170px-Imaani.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Imaani.jpg/255px-Imaani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Imaani.jpg/340px-Imaani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1370" data-file-height="2047" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/UK_national_selection_for_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest">The Great British Song Contest</a></i> winner <a href="/wiki/Imaani" title="Imaani">Imaani</a> was the first black artist to represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The BBC organised a public selection process to determine its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. <i>The Great British Song Contest</i> was organised for the third time, following the same format used the previous year: after a public submission process, eight songs were selected to compete in a semi-final broadcast on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a>, where listeners would choose four entries via <a href="/wiki/Televoting" title="Televoting">televoting</a> to progress to a final on <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a>. A second round of public voting during the televised broadcast would determine the winning song that would represent the UK at Eurovision.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020310_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020310-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More than 800 songs were submitted to the competition and following several rounds of shortlisting from these songs, the eight semi-finalists were determined.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020347_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020347-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Semi-final">Semi-final</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Semi-final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The eight songs which featured in the semi-final were previewed on the Radio 2 shows <i><a href="/wiki/Wake_Up_to_Wogan" title="Wake Up to Wogan">Wake Up to Wogan</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ken_Bruce_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ken Bruce Show">The Ken Bruce Show</a></i> between 2 and 5 February 1998, with two songs being played each day on both programmes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020310–315_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020310–315-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The semi-final was then held on 6 February, hosted by <a href="/wiki/Ken_Bruce" title="Ken Bruce">Ken Bruce</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a>. Once all songs had been played, listeners were invited to phone in and vote for their favourites from 9–10am.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020310–315_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020310–315-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result was announced at the end of the broadcast; the qualifying songs were announced in alphabetical order by title.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020310–315_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020310–315-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center;"> <caption>Contestants and results of the semi-final – 6 February 1998<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020310–315_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020310–315-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Draw </th> <th scope="col">Artist </th> <th scope="col">Song </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Songwriter(s) </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;">1 </th> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Alberta_(singer)" title="Alberta (singer)">Alberta</a> </td> <td align="left">"Don't It Make You Feel So Good" </td> <td align="left"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Paul Brown</li><li>Mike Connaris</li></ul></div> </td> <td>Finalist </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">2 </th> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Millet, Lisa"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Lisa Millet</span></span></span> </td> <td align="left">"Give It Up" </td> <td align="left"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Benson_(musician)" title="Gary Benson (musician)">Gary Benson</a></li><li>Livingstone Brown</li><li>Lisa Millet</li></ul></div> </td> <td>Eliminated </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;">3 </th> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kate_Cameron" title="Kate Cameron">Kitt</a> </td> <td align="left">"I'll Never Be Lonely Again" </td> <td align="left"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Cameron" title="Kate Cameron">Kate Cameron</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/The_Space_Brothers" title="The Space Brothers">Stephen Christopher Jones</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/The_Space_Brothers" title="The Space Brothers">Richard Louis Simmonds</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td>Finalist </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">4 </th> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Lennon, Farrell"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Farrell Lennon</span></span></span> </td> <td align="left">"Suddenly" </td> <td align="left"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Tim Laws</li><li>Farrell Lennon</li><li><a href="/wiki/Simon_May" title="Simon May">Simon May</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td>Eliminated </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;">5 </th> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Collective, The"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">The Collective</span></span></span> </td> <td align="left">"When We're Alone (We Dream)" </td> <td align="left"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Love_City_Groove" title="Love City Groove">Yenka Charles</a></li><li>Debbie Ffrench</li><li>Greg Lester</li><li><a href="/wiki/Love_City_Groove" title="Love City Groove">Stephen Rudden</a></li><li>Nick Whitecross</li><li><a href="/wiki/Love_City_Groove" title="Love City Groove">Jay Williams</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td>Finalist </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">6 </th> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Wilson, Mandy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Wilson" title="Amanda Wilson">Mandy Wilson</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="left">"When We Were In Love" </td> <td align="left"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Graham" title="Nicky Graham">Nicky Graham</a></li><li>Cheryl Parker</li></ul></div> </td> <td>Eliminated </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFDEAD;">7 </th> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Imaani" title="Imaani">Imaani</a> </td> <td align="left">"<a href="/wiki/Where_Are_You%3F_(Imaani_song)" title="Where Are You? (Imaani song)">Where Are You?</a>" </td> <td align="left"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scott_English" title="Scott English">Scott English</a></li><li>Phil Manikiza</li><li>Simon Stirling</li></ul></div> </td> <td>Finalist </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">8 </th> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Madigan, Anita"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Anita Madigan</span></span></span> </td> <td align="left">"Wish You Were Here" </td> <td align="left"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Dave King</li><li>Anita Madigan</li><li>Dave Major</li></ul></div> </td> <td>Eliminated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Final">Final</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each of the finalists featured on weekly editions of <i><a href="/wiki/The_National_Lottery_Draws" title="The National Lottery Draws">The National Lottery Draw</a></i> on BBC One, with one act appearing each week over a period of four weeks: <a href="/wiki/Kate_Cameron" title="Kate Cameron">Kitt</a> appeared on the 21 February 1998 broadcast; <a href="/wiki/Alberta_(singer)" title="Alberta (singer)">Alberta</a> on 28 February 1998; <a href="/wiki/Imaani" title="Imaani">Imaani</a> on 7 March 1998; and The Collective on 14 March 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020315-316_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020315-316-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A free <a href="/wiki/Promotional_recording" title="Promotional recording">promotional CD</a> featuring extracts of the four finalists was also released and made available in high street record shops, while the four finalists and the previous year's winning act <a href="/wiki/Katrina_Leskanich" title="Katrina Leskanich">Katrina Leskanich</a> performed live at London's <a href="/wiki/G-A-Y" title="G-A-Y">G-A-Y</a> <a href="/wiki/Nightclub" title="Nightclub">nightclub</a> on 14 March 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020356–366_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020356–366-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between the semi-final and the final, Kitt changed her stage name to Sapphire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020312_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020312-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final was held on 15 March 1998, broadcast on BBC One and presented by Wogan.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020316–323_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020316–323-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GBSC_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GBSC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The broadcast featured the same performances of the acts as those featured on <i>The National Lottery Draw</i>, with Wogan providing live links between songs and short pre-recorded introductions by the songwriters of each song preceding each performance.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020316–323_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020316–323-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other segments of the broadcast included <a href="/wiki/Making-of" class="mw-redirect" title="Making-of">behind-the-scenes</a> footage featuring <a href="/wiki/Ulrika_Jonsson" title="Ulrika Jonsson">Ulrika Jonsson</a> at <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Arena_Birmingham" title="Arena Birmingham">National Indoor Arena</a>, the venue for the then-upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, an interview with Leskanich hosted by Jonsson and clips during the end credits of previous UK winning Eurovision performances.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020316–323_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020316–323-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following a brief recap of the participating acts, a one-hour voting window was opened for viewers to vote through telephone at a cost of 10p per call and via the internet;<sup id="cite_ref-GBSC_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GBSC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the results were subsequently announced by Wogan on 21 March 1998 during that evening's <i>National Lottery Draw</i> on BBC One, with the top three acts announced in reverse order along with the number of votes received.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020316–323_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020316–323-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2.66 million viewers watched the <i>Great British Song Contest</i> final and the <i>National Lottery Draw</i> which featured the results attracted an audience of 9.81 million.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020316–323_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020316–323-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center;"> <caption>Contestants and results of the final – 15 March 1998<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020316–323_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020316–323-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Draw </th> <th scope="col">Artist </th> <th scope="col">Song </th> <th scope="col">Televote </th> <th scope="col">Place </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">1 </th> <td align="left">The Collective </td> <td align="left">"When We're Alone (We Dream)" </td> <td>53,950 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:gold;">2 </th> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Imaani" title="Imaani">Imaani</a> </td> <td align="left">"<a href="/wiki/Where_Are_You%3F_(Imaani_song)" title="Where Are You? (Imaani song)">Where Are You?</a>" </td> <td>70,421 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">3 </th> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Alberta_(singer)" title="Alberta (singer)">Alberta</a> </td> <td align="left">"Don't It Make You Feel So Good" </td> <td>66,278 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">4 </th> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kate_Cameron" title="Kate Cameron">Sapphire</a> </td> <td align="left">"I'll Never Be Lonely Again" </td> <td>65,712 </td> <td>3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Promotion">Promotion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Promotion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ahead of the contest, Imaani made several appearances on UK television programmes to promote her entry to the British public. Imaani performed her Eurovision song on the BBC's children's programmes <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Peter" title="Blue Peter">Blue Peter</a></i> on 23 March 1998, <i><a href="/wiki/Live_%26_Kicking" title="Live & Kicking">Live & Kicking</a></i> on both 28 March 1998 and 11 April 1998, and <i><a href="/wiki/Fully_Booked" title="Fully Booked">Fully Booked</a></i> on 3 May 1998, while she also appeared on the BBC's music chart show <i><a href="/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops" title="Top of the Pops">Top of the Pops</a></i> on both 8 and 22 May 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020323_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020323-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BBC Radio 2 also produced a radio documentary, titled <i>Going for a Song</i>, broadcast 9 May 1998, the day of the Eurovision final, which followed Imaani's preparations for the Eurovision Song Contest.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Where Are You?" was released in the formats of both <a href="/wiki/CD_single" title="CD single">CD</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cassette_single" title="Cassette single">cassette</a> on 9 March 1998, featuring an additional ballad mix of the song.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020323_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020323-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song peaked at number 15 on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>, while it also charted on the Netherlands' <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Mega Top 100</a> and Belgium's <a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop</a> chart.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-single_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-single-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="At_Eurovision">At Eurovision</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: At Eurovision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Terry_Wogan_at_Cheltenham_Literature_Festival.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Terry_Wogan_at_Cheltenham_Literature_Festival.jpg/170px-Terry_Wogan_at_Cheltenham_Literature_Festival.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Terry_Wogan_at_Cheltenham_Literature_Festival.jpg/255px-Terry_Wogan_at_Cheltenham_Literature_Festival.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Terry_Wogan_at_Cheltenham_Literature_Festival.jpg/340px-Terry_Wogan_at_Cheltenham_Literature_Festival.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1035" data-file-height="1491" /></a><figcaption>In addition to his role as the BBC commentator, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a> was also one of the hosts.</figcaption></figure> <p>As the winners of the previous year's event, the BBC was given the chance to host the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998, selecting the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham as the venue of the contest, held on 9 May 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-Birmingham_1998_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birmingham_1998-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ESC_in_Britain_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESC_in_Britain-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following confirmation of the 25-country participant list, the running order for the contest was decided by a draw held on 13 November 1997; the UK was assigned position 16, following <a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Romania</a> and preceding <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Cyprus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rules_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rules-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Birmingham_1998_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birmingham_1998-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Imaani took part in technical rehearsals at the venue on 5 and 7 May 1998, followed by dress rehearsals on 8 and 9 May.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ahead of the contest, the UK were considered one of the favourites among <a href="/wiki/Bookmaker" title="Bookmaker">bookmakers</a> to win the contest for a second time, featuring alongside the entries from <a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Belgium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Sweden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Malta</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Netherlands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The contest was hosted by Wogan and Jonsson and was broadcast in the UK on television and radio, with Wogan also providing commentary for BBC One and Bruce doing likewise on BBC Radio 2.<sup id="cite_ref-ESC_in_Britain_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESC_in_Britain-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020330–331_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020330–331-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Imaani performed alongside the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Concert_Orchestra" title="BBC Concert Orchestra">BBC Concert Orchestra</a>, which was conducted by <a href="/wiki/James_McMillan_(trumpeter)" title="James McMillan (trumpeter)">James McMillan</a> for her performance.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020330–340_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020330–340-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of the contest, the UK finished in second place, receiving a total of 166 points.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result gave the UK its 15th second-place finish in its competitive history, which remains a contest record as of 2022.<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit">[update]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-countryhistory_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-countryhistory-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Connor2010152–156_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Connor2010152–156-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–346_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–346-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The United Kingdom would achieve another second place in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2022" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2022">2022</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voting">Voting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Voting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The same voting system in use since 1975 was again implemented for the contest, with each country providing 1–8, 10 and 12 points to their 10 highest-ranking songs, with countries not allowed to vote for themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-Rules_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rules-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the first time however, the contest results were determined predominantly by public voting via telephone, following a successful trial among five countries the previous year; an eight-member back-up jury was also assembled in case technical failures rendered the telephone votes invalid.<sup id="cite_ref-Rules_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rules-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ESC_in_Britain_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESC_in_Britain-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–346_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–346-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A total of 407,167 valid votes were registered in the UK in total during the five-minute voting window, which determined the UK's points; the BBC subsequently published a full breakdown of the votes cast for each country after the Eurovision Song Contest.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–346_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–346-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-televotes_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-televotes-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bruce was also appointed the spokesperson and announced the results of the UK vote during the broadcast.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–344_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–344-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Points awarded to the United Kingdom<sup id="cite_ref-1998detailedresults_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1998detailedresults-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="20%">Score </th> <th scope="col">Country </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">12 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Croatia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Israel</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Romania</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Turkey</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">10 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Hungary</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Macedonia</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">8 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Cyprus</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Estonia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Finland</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Malta</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Greece</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Netherlands</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Poland</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Sweden</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">6 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Belgium</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Portugal</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Ireland</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Norway</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Slovenia</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">4 points </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">France</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Spain</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Switzerland</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 points </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 point </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Germany</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Slovakia</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Points awarded by the United Kingdom<sup id="cite_ref-1998detailedresults_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1998detailedresults-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="20%">Score </th> <th scope="col">Country </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:gold">12 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Malta</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:silver">10 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Netherlands</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#CC9966">8 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Ireland</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Belgium</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">6 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Germany</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Israel</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">4 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Norway</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Cyprus</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Croatia</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 point </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Sweden</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Detailed televoting results from the United Kingdom<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–344_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–344-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Draw </th> <th scope="col">Country </th> <th scope="col">Televotes </th> <th scope="col">Rank </th> <th scope="col">Points </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">01 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Croatia</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">15,805 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">02 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Greece</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,913 </td> <td>15 </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">03 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">France</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,477 </td> <td>19 </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">04 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Spain</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,684 </td> <td>16 </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">05 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Switzerland</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,209 </td> <td>20 </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">06 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Slovakia</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,201 </td> <td>21 </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">07 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Poland</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,625 </td> <td>11 </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">08 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Israel</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">32,995 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">09 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Germany</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">34,321 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">10 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Malta</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:gold;">69,000 </td> <td style="background:gold;">1 </td> <td style="background:gold;"><b>12</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">11 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Hungary</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,975 </td> <td>22 </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">12 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Slovenia</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,267 </td> <td>17 </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">13 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Ireland</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#CC9966;">43,280 </td> <td style="background:#CC9966;">3 </td> <td style="background:#CC9966;">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">14 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Portugal</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,140 </td> <td>13 </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">15 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Romania</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,762 </td> <td>23 </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">16 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">United Kingdom</a></span> </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">17 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Cyprus</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">16,422 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">18 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Netherlands</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:silver;">54,394 </td> <td style="background:silver;">2 </td> <td style="background:silver;">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">19 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Sweden</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">12,177 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">20 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Belgium</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">38,395 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">21 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Finland</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,617 </td> <td>18 </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">22 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Norway</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">23,320 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">23 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Estonia</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,689 </td> <td>12 </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">24 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Turkey</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,052 </td> <td>14 </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">25 </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Macedonia</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,447 </td> <td>24 </td> <td style="background:#AAAAAA;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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As a consequence the Spanish results were modified after the contest, with the points given to all other countries being reduced.<sup id="cite_ref-Birmingham_1998_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birmingham_1998-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–344_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–344-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-countryhistory-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-countryhistory_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-countryhistory_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-countryhistory_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eurovision.tv/country/united-kingdom">"United Kingdom – Eurovision Song Contest"</a>. <a href="/wiki/European_Broadcasting_Union" title="European Broadcasting Union">European Broadcasting Union</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190806033143/https://eurovision.tv/country/united-kingdom">Archived</a> from the original on 6 August 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/UK_national_selection_for_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest">National selection</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_contestants_from_the_UK_national_selection_for_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="List of contestants from the UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest">Contestants</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Participation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1957" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957">1957</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1959" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959">1959</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1960" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960">1960</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1961" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961">1961</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1962" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962">1962</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1963" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963">1963</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1964" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964">1964</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1965" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965">1965</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1966" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966">1966</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1967" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967">1967</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1968" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968">1968</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1969" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969">1969</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1970" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970">1970</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1971" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971">1971</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1972" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972">1972</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1973" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973">1973</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1974" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974">1974</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1975" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975">1975</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1976" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976">1976</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1977" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977">1977</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1978" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978">1978</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1979" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979">1979</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1980" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980">1980</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1981" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981">1981</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1982" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982">1982</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1983" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983">1983</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1984" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984">1984</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1985" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985">1985</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1986" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986">1986</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1987" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987">1987</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1988" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988">1988</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1989" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989">1989</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1990" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990">1990</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1991" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991">1991</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1992" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992">1992</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1993" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993">1993</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1994" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994">1994</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1995" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995">1995</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">1996</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997">1997</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1998</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">1999</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2000" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000">2000</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2001" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001">2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2002" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002">2002</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2003" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2004" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2005" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2006" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2007" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2009" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2010" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2011" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2012" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2013" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2014" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2015" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2016" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2017" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2018" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2019" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2020" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020">2020</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2021" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021">2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2022" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022">2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2023" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2024" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024">2024</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Artists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andy_Abraham" title="Andy Abraham">Andy Abraham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Olly_Alexander" title="Olly Alexander">Olly Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Allisons" title="The Allisons">The Allisons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ball" title="Michael Ball">Michael Ball</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bardo_(band)" title="Bardo (band)">Bardo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Belle_and_the_Devotions" title="Belle and the Devotions">Belle and the Devotions</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Black_Lace" title="Black Lace">Black Lace</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blue_(English_group)" title="Blue (English group)">Blue</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Bredin" title="Patricia Bredin">Patricia Bredin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brotherhood_of_Man" title="Brotherhood of Man">Brotherhood of Man</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bucks_Fizz" title="Bucks Fizz">Bucks Fizz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Carr_and_Teddy_Johnson" title="Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson">Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Carroll" title="Ronnie Carroll">Ronnie Carroll</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Co-Co_(band)" title="Co-Co (band)">Co-Co</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Josh_James_(singer)" title="Josh James (singer)">Josh Dubovie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Electro_Velvet" title="Electro Velvet">Electro Velvet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Emma_(Welsh_singer)" title="Emma (Welsh singer)">Emma</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jade_Ewen" title="Jade Ewen">Jade Ewen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Fitzgerald_(singer)" title="Scott Fitzgerald (singer)">Scott Fitzgerald</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Fox_(singer)" title="James Fox (singer)">James Fox</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nicki_French" title="Nicki French">Nicki French</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Garlick" title="Jessica Garlick">Jessica Garlick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gina_G" title="Gina G">Gina G</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Hopkin" title="Mary Hopkin">Mary Hopkin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Engelbert_Humperdinck_(singer)" title="Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)">Engelbert Humperdinck</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Imaani" title="Imaani">Imaani</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Samantha_Womack" title="Samantha Womack">Samantha Janus</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Javine_Hylton" title="Javine Hylton">Javine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jemini" title="Jemini">Jemini</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_and_Jake" title="Joe and Jake">Joe and Jake</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Johnson_(singer)" title="Bryan Johnson (singer)">Bryan Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lucie_Jones" title="Lucie Jones">Lucie Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Katrina_and_the_Waves" title="Katrina and the Waves">Katrina and the Waves</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Kirby" title="Kathy Kirby">Kathy Kirby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Dracass" title="Lindsay Dracass">Lindsay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Live_Report" title="Live Report">Live Report</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Love_City_Groove" title="Love City Groove">Love City Groove</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lulu_(singer)" title="Lulu (singer)">Lulu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_McKellar_(singer)" title="Kenneth McKellar (singer)">Kenneth McKellar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Molly_Smitten-Downes" title="Molly Smitten-Downes">Molly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Monro" title="Matt Monro">Matt Monro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moran_(music_producer)" title="Michael Moran (music producer)">Mike Moran</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mae_Muller" title="Mae Muller">Mae Muller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_New_Seekers" title="The New Seekers">The New Seekers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Newman_(singer)" title="James Newman (singer)">James Newman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Olivia_Newton-John" title="Olivia Newton-John">Olivia Newton-John</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lynsey_de_Paul" title="Lynsey de Paul">Lynsey de Paul</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Precious_(group)" title="Precious (group)">Precious</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Prima_Donna_(British_band)" title="Prima Donna (British band)">Prima Donna</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Rice_(singer)" title="Michael Rice (singer)">Michael Rice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Richard" title="Cliff Richard">Cliff Richard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rikki_(British_singer)" title="Rikki (British singer)">Rikki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clodagh_Rodgers" title="Clodagh Rodgers">Clodagh Rodgers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frances_Ruffelle" title="Frances Ruffelle">Frances Ruffelle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ryder_(band)" title="Ryder (band)">Ryder</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Ryder" title="Sam Ryder">Sam Ryder</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daz_Sampson" title="Daz Sampson">Daz Sampson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Scooch" title="Scooch">Scooch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Shadows" title="The Shadows">The Shadows</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sandie_Shaw" title="Sandie Shaw">Sandie Shaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sonia_(singer)" title="Sonia (singer)">Sonia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/SuRie" title="SuRie">SuRie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sweet_Dreams_(1980s_band)" title="Sweet Dreams (1980s band)">Sweet Dreams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Tyler" title="Bonnie Tyler">Bonnie Tyler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aeone" title="Aeone">Vikki</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"All"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Are_You_Sure%3F_(The_Allisons_song)" title="Are You Sure? (The Allisons song)">Are You Sure?</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Old_Days" title="Bad Old Days">The Bad Old Days</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Beg,_Steal_or_Borrow" title="Beg, Steal or Borrow">Beg, Steal or Borrow</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Believe_in_Me_(Bonnie_Tyler_song)" title="Believe in Me (Bonnie Tyler song)">Believe in Me</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Better_the_Devil_You_Know_(Sonia_song)" title="Better the Devil You Know (Sonia song)">Better the Devil You Know</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Bigger_than_Us_(Michael_Rice_song)" title="Bigger than Us (Michael Rice song)">Bigger than Us</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Boom_Bang-a-Bang" title="Boom Bang-a-Bang">Boom Bang-a-Bang</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Children_of_the_Universe" title="Children of the Universe">Children of the Universe</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Come_Back_(Jessica_Garlick_song)" title="Come Back (Jessica Garlick song)">Come Back</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Congratulations_(Cliff_Richard_song)" title="Congratulations (Cliff Richard song)">Congratulations</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Cry_Baby_(Jemini_song)" title="Cry Baby (Jemini song)">Cry Baby</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Dizzy_(Olly_Alexander_song)" title="Dizzy (Olly Alexander song)">Dizzy</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Play_That_Song_Again" title="Don't Play That Song Again">Don't Play That Song Again</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Embers_(James_Newman_song)" title="Embers (James Newman song)">Embers</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Even_If_(Andy_Abraham_song)" title="Even If (Andy Abraham song)">Even If</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Flying_the_Flag_(For_You)" title="Flying the Flag (For You)">Flying the Flag (For You)</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Give_a_Little_Love_Back_to_the_World" title="Give a Little Love Back to the World">Give a Little Love Back to the World</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Go_(Scott_Fitzgerald_song)" title="Go (Scott Fitzgerald song)">Go</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Hold_Onto_Our_Love" title="Hold Onto Our Love">Hold On to Our Love</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/I_Belong_(Kathy_Kirby_song)" title="I Belong (Kathy Kirby song)">I Belong</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/I_Can_(Blue_song)" title="I Can (Blue song)">I Can</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/I_Love_the_Little_Things" title="I Love the Little Things">I Love the Little Things</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/I_Wrote_a_Song" title="I Wrote a Song">I Wrote a Song</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Never_Giving_Up" title="I'm Never Giving Up">I'm Never Giving Up</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_My_Time_(Jade_Ewen_song)" title="It's My Time (Jade Ewen song)">It's My Time</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Jack_in_the_Box_(song)" title="Jack in the Box (song)">Jack in the Box</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Knock,_Knock_Who%27s_There%3F" title="Knock, Knock Who's There?">Knock, Knock Who's There?</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Let_Me_Be_the_One_(The_Shadows_song)" title="Let Me Be the One (The Shadows song)">Let Me Be the One</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Long_Live_Love_(Olivia_Newton-John_song)" title="Long Live Love (Olivia Newton-John song)">Long Live Love</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Looking_High,_High,_High" title="Looking High, High, High">Looking High, High, High</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Love_City_Groove_(song)" title="Love City Groove (song)">Love City Groove</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Love_Enough_for_Two" title="Love Enough for Two">Love Enough for Two</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Love_Games_(Belle_and_the_Devotions_song)" title="Love Games (Belle and the Devotions song)">Love Games</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Love_Is_(Vikki_Watson_song)" title="Love Is (Vikki Watson song)">Love Is...</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Love_Shine_a_Light" title="Love Shine a Light">Love Shine a Light</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Love_Will_Set_You_Free" title="Love Will Set You Free">Love Will Set You Free</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Making_Your_Mind_Up" title="Making Your Mind Up">Making Your Mind Up</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/A_Man_Without_Love" title="A Man Without Love">A Man Without Love</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Mary_Ann_(Black_Lace_song)" title="Mary Ann (Black Lace song)">Mary Ann</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/A_Message_to_Your_Heart" title="A Message to Your Heart">A Message to Your Heart</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s>"<a href="/wiki/My_Last_Breath" title="My Last Breath">My Last Breath</a>"</s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Never_Give_Up_on_You" title="Never Give Up on You">Never Give Up on You</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/No_Dream_Impossible" title="No Dream Impossible">No Dream Impossible</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/One_Step_Further" title="One Step Further">One Step Further</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/One_Step_Out_of_Time" title="One Step Out of Time">One Step Out of Time</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Only_the_Light" title="Only the Light">Only the Light</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Ooh_Aah..._Just_a_Little_Bit" title="Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit">Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Power_to_All_Our_Friends" title="Power to All Our Friends">Power to All Our Friends</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Puppet_on_a_String_(Sandie_Shaw_song)" title="Puppet on a String (Sandie Shaw song)">Puppet on a String</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Ring-A-Ding_Girl" title="Ring-A-Ding Girl">Ring-A-Ding Girl</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Rock_Bottom_(Lynsey_de_Paul_and_Mike_Moran_song)" title="Rock Bottom (Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran song)">Rock Bottom</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Runner_in_the_Night" title="Runner in the Night">Runner in the Night</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Save_Your_Kisses_for_Me" title="Save Your Kisses for Me">Save Your Kisses for Me</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Say_It_Again_(Precious_song)" title="Say It Again (Precious song)">Say It Again</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Say_Wonderful_Things_(song)" title="Say Wonderful Things (song)">Say Wonderful Things</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Sing,_Little_Birdie" title="Sing, Little Birdie">Sing, Little Birdie</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Space_Man" title="Space Man">Space Man</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Still_in_Love_with_You_(Electro_Velvet_song)" title="Still in Love with You (Electro Velvet song)">Still in Love with You</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Storm_(SuRie_song)" title="Storm (SuRie song)">Storm</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Teenage_Life" title="Teenage Life">Teenage Life</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/That_Sounds_Good_to_Me" title="That Sounds Good to Me">That Sounds Good to Me</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Touch_My_Fire" title="Touch My Fire">Touch My Fire</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Lonely_Symphony_(We_Will_Be_Free)" title="Lonely Symphony (We Will Be Free)">We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Where_Are_You%3F_(Imaani_song)" title="Where Are You? (Imaani song)">Where Are You?</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Why_Do_I_Always_Get_It_Wrong" title="Why Do I Always Get It Wrong">Why Do I Always Get It Wrong</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_Not_Alone_(Joe_and_Jake_song)" title="You're Not Alone (Joe and Jake song)">You're Not Alone</a>"</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="font-size:88%;"><div><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Note: Entries scored out signify where the United Kingdom did not compete</li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Eurovision Song Contest 1998</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Countries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Belgium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Croatia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Cyprus</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Estonia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Finland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">France</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Germany</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Greece</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Hungary</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Ireland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Israel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Macedonia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Malta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Netherlands</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Norway</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Poland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Portugal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Romania</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Slovakia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Slovenia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Spain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Sweden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Switzerland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Turkey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">United Kingdom</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Artists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alma_Lusa" class="mw-redirect" title="Alma Lusa">Alma Lusa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_(Hungarian_singer)" title="Charlie (Hungarian singer)">Charlie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chiara_Siracusa" title="Chiara Siracusa">Chiara</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Mélanie Cohl</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dana_International" title="Dana International">Dana International</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danijela_Martinovi%C4%87" title="Danijela Martinović">Danijela</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edea_(musical_group)" title="Edea (musical group)">Edea</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edsilia_Rombley" title="Edsilia Rombley">Edsilia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Lars A. Fredriksen</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gunvor_Guggisberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Gunvor Guggisberg">Gunvor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michalis_Hatzigiannis" title="Michalis Hatzigiannis">Michael Hajiyanni</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Katar%C3%ADna_Hasprov%C3%A1" title="Katarína Hasprová">Katarína Hasprová</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mikel_Herzog" title="Mikel Herzog">Mikel Herzog</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Guildo_Horn" title="Guildo Horn">Guildo Horn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Imaani" title="Imaani">Imaani</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vlado_Janevski" title="Vlado Janevski">Vlado Janevski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jill_Johnson" title="Jill Johnson">Jill Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marie_Line" title="Marie Line">Marie Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Martin" title="Dawn Martin">Dawn Martin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/M%C4%83lina_Olinescu" title="Mălina Olinescu">Mălina Olinescu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vili_Resnik" title="Vili Resnik">Vili Resnik</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sixteen_(Polish_band)" title="Sixteen (Polish band)">Sixteen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Thalassa</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Koit_Toome" title="Koit Toome">Koit Toome</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tarkan_T%C3%BCzmen" title="Tarkan Tüzmen">Tüzmen</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Hungarian-language text"><span lang="hu">A holnap már nem lesz szomorú</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Finnish-language text"><span lang="fi">Aava</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Norwegian-language text"><span lang="no">Alltid sommer</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr">Dis oui</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Diva_(Dana_International_song)" title="Diva (Dana International song)">Diva</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Romanian-language text"><span lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/Eu_cred" title="Eu cred">Eu cred</a></span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el-Latn">Genesis</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="German-language text"><span lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Guildo_hat_euch_lieb!" title="Guildo hat euch lieb!">Guildo hat euch lieb!</a></span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl">Hemel en aarde</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Is Always Over Now?"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Swedish-language text"><span lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%A4rleken_%C3%A4r" title="Kärleken är">Kärleken är</a></span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="German-language text"><span lang="de">Lass ihn</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Estonian-language text"><span lang="et">Mere lapsed</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el-Latn">Mia krifi evaisthisia</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Slovak-language text"><span lang="sk">Modlitba</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Slovene-language text"><span lang="sl">Naj bogovi slišijo</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Macedonian-language text"><span lang="mk-Latn">Ne zori, zoro</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Croatian-language text"><span lang="hr"><a href="/wiki/Neka_mi_ne_svane" title="Neka mi ne svane">Neka mi ne svane</a></span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"The One That I Love"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr">Où aller</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es">¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt">Se eu te pudesse abraçar</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl">To takie proste</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Turkish-language text"><span lang="tr">Unutamazsın</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Where_Are_You%3F_(Imaani_song)" title="Where Are You? 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