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style="width:50%">Selected artist(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sixteen_(Polish_band)" title="Sixteen (Polish band)">Sixteen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Selected song</th><td class="infobox-data">"<span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl" style="font-style: normal;">To takie proste</span></span>"</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>Jarosław Pruszkowski</li><li>Olga Pruszkowska</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">18th, 17 points</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#BFDFFF;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest"><span style="color:#000000;">Poland 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/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" class="mw-redirect" title="Poland 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/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999">1999►</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Poland was represented at the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Eurovision Song Contest 1998</a> with the song "<span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl" style="font-style: normal;">To takie proste</span></span>", composed by Jarosław Pruszkowski, with lyrics by Olga Pruszkowska, and performed by the band <a href="/wiki/Sixteen_(Polish_band)" title="Sixteen (Polish band)">Sixteen</a>. The Polish participating broadcaster, <span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Telewizja_Polska" title="Telewizja Polska">Telewizja Polska</a></span></span> (TVP), internally selected its entry for the contest. The broadcaster announced the entry on 30 March 1998. </p><p>Poland competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 1998. Performing during the show in position 7, Poland placed seventeenth out of the 23 participating countries, scoring 19 points. </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=Poland_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/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest</a></div> <p>Prior to the 1998 contest, <span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Telewizja_Polska" title="Telewizja Polska">Telewizja Polska</a></span></span> (TVP) had participated in the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Eurovision Song Contest">Eurovision Song Contest</a> representing Poland four times since its first entry in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1994" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1994">1994</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its highest placement in the contest, to this point, has been second place, achieved with its debut entry in 1994 with the song "<span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/To_nie_ja!" title="To nie ja!">To nie ja!</a></span></span>" performed by <a href="/wiki/Edyta_G%C3%B3rniak" title="Edyta Górniak">Edyta Górniak</a>. </p><p>As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, TVP organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Having internally selected its entries since 1994, the broadcaster opted to continue selecting its entry via an internal selection for 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<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=Poland_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="Internal_selection">Internal selection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Internal selection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>TVP selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 via an internal selection with record companies, artist managers and individual artists being directly invited to submit entries.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The broadcaster received 45 submissions from 38 artists including De Su, <a href="/wiki/Kasia_Stankiewicz" title="Kasia Stankiewicz">Kasia Stankiewicz</a> and Mietek Szcześniak, and a five-member selection committee, which among its members included composer Wojciech Trzciński and journalist Janusz Kosiński, reviewed the received submissions in February 1998 and selected the Polish entry.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 March 1998, a press conference took place at the TVP Headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a> where it was announced that the band <a href="/wiki/Sixteen_(Polish_band)" title="Sixteen (Polish band)">Sixteen</a> would represent Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "To takie proste", written by band members Jarosław Pruszkowski and Olga Pruszkowska.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-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> </p><p>Following the entry announcement, a group of Polish music producers protested against TVP's lack of clear rules for selecting their representative, as the regulations initially published by the broadcaster assumed the possibility of selecting the Polish entry through a national final. They also alleged that the selection of Sixteen was influenced by the fact that the son of committee member Wojciech Trzciński worked for the band's record company Poly Gram. Trzciński subsequently denied the allegations, explaining that Sixteen was selected in accordance with the contest regulations and that the level of submitted songs did not allow for a national final to be organised.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<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> </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=Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: At Eurovision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_NIA_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2657222.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/The_NIA_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2657222.jpg/220px-The_NIA_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2657222.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/The_NIA_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2657222.jpg/330px-The_NIA_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2657222.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/The_NIA_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2657222.jpg/440px-The_NIA_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2657222.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="430" /></a><figcaption>The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 took place at the <a href="/wiki/National_Indoor_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="National Indoor Arena">National Indoor Arena</a> in Birmingham, UK, on 9 May 1998.</figcaption></figure> <p>According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the eight countries which had obtained the lowest average number of points over the last five contests competed in the final on 9 May 1998. On 13 November 1997, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Poland was set to perform in position 7, following the entry from <a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Slovakia</a> and before the entry from <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Israel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-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> The day before the contest, Poland was considered by <a href="/wiki/Bookmaker" title="Bookmaker">bookmakers</a> to be the ninth most likely country to win the competition.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Polish conductor at the contest was Wiesław Pieregorólka, and Poland finished in seventeenth place with 19 points.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The show was broadcast in Poland on <a href="/wiki/TVP1" title="TVP1">TVP1</a> with commentary by <a href="/wiki/Artur_Orzech" title="Artur Orzech">Artur Orzech</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> TVP appointed Jan Chojnacki as its spokesperson to announced the results of the Polish televote during the show. </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=Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Voting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Poland and awarded by Poland in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Belgium in the contest.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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></p><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Points awarded to Poland<sup id="cite_ref-1998detailed_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1998detailed-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<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> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">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/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></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">8 points </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 points </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">6 points </th> <td> </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/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">4 points </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 points </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 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/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></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 point </th> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Points awarded by Poland<sup id="cite_ref-1998detailed_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1998detailed-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<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/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" 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/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" 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/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">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/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 href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">United Kingdom</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/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">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/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">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/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> <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/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">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/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></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></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=Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><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 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2001">2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2003" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2004" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2005" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2006" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2007" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2009" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2010" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2011" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2014" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2015" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2016" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2017" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2018" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2019" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2020" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020">2020</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2021" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021">2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2022" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022">2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2023" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2024" title="Poland 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"><s><a href="/wiki/Alicja_Szempli%C5%84ska" title="Alicja Szemplińska">Alicja</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blanka_Stajkow" class="mw-redirect" title="Blanka Stajkow">Blanka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blue_Caf%C3%A9" title="Blue Café">Blue Café</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cleo_(Polish_singer)" title="Cleo (Polish singer)">Cleo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donatan" title="Donatan">Donatan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tamara_Gee" title="Tamara Gee">Isis Gee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edyta_G%C3%B3rniak" title="Edyta Górniak">Edyta Górniak</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gromee" title="Gromee">Gromee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/Ich_Troje" title="Ich Troje">Ich Troje</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Ivan and Delfin</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Jet_Set" title="The Jet Set">The Jet Set</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anna_Maria_Jopek" title="Anna Maria Jopek">Anna Maria Jopek</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Justyna_Steczkowska" title="Justyna Steczkowska">Justyna</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lidia_Kopania" title="Lidia Kopania">Lidia Kopania</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kasia_Kowalska" title="Kasia Kowalska">Kasia Kowalska</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Monika_Kuszy%C5%84ska" title="Monika Kuszyńska">Monika Kuszyńska</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luna_(Polish_singer)" title="Luna (Polish singer)">Luna</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lukas_Meijer" title="Lukas Meijer">Lukas Meijer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kasia_Mo%C5%9B" title="Kasia Moś">Kasia Moś</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marcin_Mrozi%C5%84ski" title="Marcin Mroziński">Marcin Mroziński</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Krystian_Ochman" title="Krystian Ochman">Ochman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Piaseczny" title="Andrzej Piaseczny">Piasek</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rafa%C5%82_Brzozowski" title="Rafał Brzozowski">Rafał</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">Mietek Szcześniak</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Micha%C5%82_Szpak" title="Michał Szpak">Michał Szpak</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Magdalena_Tul" title="Magdalena Tul">Magdalena Tul</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tulia_(band)" title="Tulia (band)">Tulia</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">"2 Long"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl">Ale jestem</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl">Chcę znać swój grzech...</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Color_of_Your_Life" title="Color of Your Life">Color of Your Life</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl">Czarna dziewczyna</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s>"<a href="/wiki/Empires_(Alicja_Szempli%C5%84ska_song)" title="Empires (Alicja Szemplińska song)">Empires</a>"</s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Pali_si%C4%99" title="Pali się">Fire of Love (<span lang="pl">Pali się</span>)</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Flashlight_(Kasia_Mo%C5%9B_song)" title="Flashlight (Kasia Moś song)">Flashlight</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Follow My Heart"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"For Life"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"I Don't Wanna Leave"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/In_the_Name_of_Love_(Monika_Kuszy%C5%84ska_song)" title="In the Name of Love (Monika Kuszyńska song)">In the Name of Love</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl">Jestem</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="German-language text"><span lang="de">Keine Grenzen</span></span> – <span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl">Żadnych granic</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl">Legenda</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Light_Me_Up_(Gromee_song)" title="Light Me Up (Gromee song)">Light Me Up</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Love Song"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/My_S%C5%82owianie" title="My Słowianie"><span lang="pl">My Słowianie</span> – We Are Slavic</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl">Przytul mnie mocno</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/The_Ride_(Rafa%C5%82_Brzozowski_song)" title="The Ride (Rafał Brzozowski song)">The Ride</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/The_Tower_(song)" title="The Tower (song)">The Tower</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/River_(Krystian_Ochman_song)" title="River (Krystian Ochman song)">River</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl">Sama</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Solo_(Blanka_song)" title="Solo (Blanka song)">Solo</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Time to Party"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/To_nie_ja!" title="To nie ja!">To nie ja!</a></span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl">To takie proste</span></span>"</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 Poland did not 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">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 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