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class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-12_points" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#12_points"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.1 12 points </div> </a> <ul id="toc-12_points-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Broadcasts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Broadcasts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Broadcasts </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Broadcasts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Other awards </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Other_awards-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Other awards subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Other_awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Barbara_Dex_Award" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Barbara_Dex_Award"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.1 Barbara Dex Award </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Barbara_Dex_Award-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reception_and_legacy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reception_and_legacy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Reception and legacy </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reception_and_legacy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes_and_references" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes_and_references"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 Notes and references </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Notes_and_references-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Notes and references subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Notes_and_references-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10.1 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10.2 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10.3 Bibliography </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> 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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Avroviziya_Mahn%C4%B1_M%C3%BCsabiq%C9%99si" title="1998 Avroviziya Mahnı Müsabiqəsi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="1998 Avroviziya Mahnı Müsabiqəsi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%95%D1%9E%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5_1998" title="Конкурс песні Еўрабачанне 1998 – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Конкурс песні Еўрабачанне 1998" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F_1998" title="Евровизия 1998 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Евровизия 1998" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurosong_1998." title="Eurosong 1998. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Eurosong 1998." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_de_la_Can%C3%A7%C3%B3_d%27Eurovisi%C3%B3_1998" title="Festival de la Cançó d'Eurovisió 1998 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Festival de la Cançó d'Eurovisió 1998" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_l%C3%A1vllagilvvohallan_1998" title="Eurovision lávllagilvvohallan 1998 – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Eurovision lávllagilvvohallan 1998" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target">Davvisámegiella</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998._aasta_Eurovisiooni_lauluv%C3%B5istlus" title="1998. aasta Eurovisiooni lauluvõistlus – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="1998. aasta Eurovisiooni lauluvõistlus" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%A4%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D_Eurovision_1998" title="Διαγωνισμός Τραγουδιού Eurovision 1998 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Διαγωνισμός Τραγουδιού Eurovision 1998" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_de_la_Canci%C3%B3n_de_Eurovisi%C3%B3n_1998" title="Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión 1998 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión 1998" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%C5%ADrovido-Kantokonkurso_1998" title="Eŭrovido-Kantokonkurso 1998 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Eŭrovido-Kantokonkurso 1998" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998ko_Eurovision_Abesti_Lehiaketa" title="1998ko Eurovision Abesti Lehiaketa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="1998ko Eurovision Abesti Lehiaketa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%87_%D8%A2%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2_%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%98%D9%86_%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B9%DB%B8" title="مسابقه آواز یوروویژن ۱۹۹۸ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مسابقه آواز یوروویژن ۱۹۹۸" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concours_Eurovision_de_la_chanson_1998" title="Concours Eurovision de la chanson 1998 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Concours Eurovision de la chanson 1998" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B5%D5%BE%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%AC_1998_%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%AB_%D5%B4%D6%80%D6%81%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B5%D5%A9" title="Եվրատեսիլ 1998 երգի մրցույթ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Եվրատեսիլ 1998 երգի մրցույթ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pjesma_Eurovizije_1998." title="Pjesma Eurovizije 1998. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Pjesma Eurovizije 1998." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontes_Lagu_Eurovision_1998" title="Kontes Lagu Eurovision 1998 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kontes Lagu Eurovision 1998" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6ngvakeppni_evr%C3%B3pskra_sj%C3%B3nvarpsst%C3%B6%C3%B0va_1998" title="Söngvakeppni evrópskra sjónvarpsstöðva 1998 – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Söngvakeppni evrópskra sjónvarpsstöðva 1998" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%96%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F_1998" title="אירוויזיון 1998 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אירוויזיון 1998" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998._gada_Eirov%C4%ABzijas_dziesmu_konkurss" title="1998. gada Eirovīzijas dziesmu konkurss – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="1998. gada Eirovīzijas dziesmu konkurss" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998 – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Eurovision Song Contest 1998" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovizijos_dain%C5%B3_konkursas_1998" title="Eurovizijos dainų konkursas 1998 – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Eurovizijos dainų konkursas 1998" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" 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style="background:#BFDFFF;">Host</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Venue</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arena_Birmingham" title="Arena Birmingham">National Indoor Arena</a> Birmingham, United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Presenter(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/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ulrika_Jonsson" title="Ulrika Jonsson">Ulrika Jonsson</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Musical director</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Koch_(orchestrator)" title="Martin Koch (orchestrator)">Martin Koch</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Posner" title="Geoff Posner">Geoff Posner</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Executive supervisor</th><td class="infobox-data">Christine Marchal-Ortiz</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Executive producer</th><td class="infobox-data">Kevin Bishop</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Host broadcaster</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="British Broadcasting Corporation">British Broadcasting Corporation</a> (BBC)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eurovision.tv/event/birmingham-1998">eurovision.tv/event/birmingham-1998</a> <a 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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" /> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest">Belgium</a></li><li><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, 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Israel</a></li><li>"<a href="/wiki/Diva_(Dana_International_song)" title="Diva (Dana International song)">Diva</a>"</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; padding-top: 3px;"><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1997">1997</a> ← <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Eurovision Song Contest">Eurovision Song Contest</a> → <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1999">1999</a></td></tr></tbody></table> The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was the 43rd edition of the annual <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Eurovision Song Contest">Eurovision Song Contest</a>, held on 9 May 1998 at the <a href="/wiki/National_Indoor_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="National Indoor Arena">National Indoor Arena</a> in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, United Kingdom. Organised by the <a href="/wiki/European_Broadcasting_Union" title="European Broadcasting Union">European Broadcasting Union</a> (EBU) and host broadcaster the <a href="/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="British Broadcasting Corporation">British Broadcasting Corporation</a> (BBC) and presented by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ulrika_Jonsson" title="Ulrika Jonsson">Ulrika Jonsson</a>, the contest was held in the United Kingdom following the country's victory at the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1997">1997 contest</a> with the song "<a href="/wiki/Love_Shine_a_Light" title="Love Shine a Light">Love Shine a Light</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Katrina_and_the_Waves" title="Katrina and the Waves">Katrina and the Waves</a>. Twenty-five countries participated in the contest. Six participating countries in the 1997 edition were absent, with <a href="/wiki/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest">Austria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest">Denmark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Iceland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Russia</a> <a href="/wiki/Relegation_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="Relegation in the Eurovision Song Contest">relegated</a> due to achieving the lowest average points totals over the previous five contests and <a href="/wiki/Italy_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest">Italy</a> actively choosing not to participate. These countries were replaced by <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Macedonia</a> in its first contest appearance, and previously relegated and absent countries <a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest">Belgium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Finland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest">Israel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Romania</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Slovakia</a>. The winner was <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest">Israel</a> with the song "<a href="/wiki/Diva_(Dana_International_song)" title="Diva (Dana International song)">Diva</a>", composed by <a href="/wiki/Svika_Pick" title="Svika Pick">Svika Pick</a>, written by Yoav Ginai and performed by <a href="/wiki/Dana_International" title="Dana International">Dana International</a>. The <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest">Malta</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest">Netherlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Croatia</a> rounded out the top five. Dana International was the contest's first openly <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> participant and became the contest's first openly <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBTQ+</a> winning artist; however, her participation for Israel was controversial among sections of Israeli society and resulted in opposition and death threats against her in the run-up to the contest. It was the first contest in which the results were determined predominantly through <a href="/wiki/Televoting" title="Televoting">televoting</a>, and would become the last contest in which all participants were required to perform in the language of their country and the last to feature an orchestra and live music accompaniment for the competing entries. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Location">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NIA,_Birmingham.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/NIA%2C_Birmingham.jpg/220px-NIA%2C_Birmingham.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" 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class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Belfast" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:79.107%;left:82.367%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="London" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Katrina and the Waves">Katrina and the Waves</a>. It was the eighth time that the United Kingdom had hosted the contest – setting a new contest record – with the nation having previously hosted the contest in London in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1960" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1960">1960</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1963" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1963">1963</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1968" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1968">1968</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1977" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1977">1977</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1972" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1972">1972</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Brighton" title="Brighton">Brighton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1974" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1974">1974</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Harrogate" title="Harrogate">Harrogate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1982" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1982">1982</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> The selected venue was the <a href="/wiki/Utilita_Arena_Birmingham" class="mw-redirect" title="Utilita Arena Birmingham">National Indoor Arena</a>, a sporting venue and indoor arena opened in 1991 which prior to the contest had previously hosted the <a href="/wiki/1993_IBF_World_Championships" title="1993 IBF World Championships">1993 IBF Badminton World Championships</a> and <a href="/wiki/1995_World_Netball_Championships" title="1995 World Netball Championships">1995 World Netball Championships</a>, as well as being the principal venue for the recording of UK television programme <a href="/wiki/Gladiators_(1992_British_TV_series)" title="Gladiators (1992 British TV series)">Gladiators</a>.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> Many cities across the United Kingdom expressed interest in hosting the contest, the first to be held in the country in sixteen years, with venues in <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen" title="Aberdeen">Aberdeen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth" title="Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a>, Brighton, Birmingham, <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>, Edinburgh, <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, Harrogate, <a href="/wiki/Inverness" title="Inverness">Inverness</a>, Liverpool, London, <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a> being considered.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-6">[6]</a> Following visits by the production team to each city, Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, London and Manchester were shortlisted as potential host cities, and Birmingham's National Indoor Arena was subsequently announced as the host venue on 8 August 1997.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Participating_countries">Participating countries</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Participating countries">edit</a>]</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">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest">List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#BFDFFF;">Eurovision Song Contest 1998 – Participation summaries by country</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><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 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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><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Belgium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Croatia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Cyprus</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Estonia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Finland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">France</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Germany</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Greece</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Hungary</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Ireland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Israel</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Macedonia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Malta</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Netherlands</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Norway</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Poland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Portugal</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Romania</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Slovakia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Slovenia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Spain</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Sweden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Switzerland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Turkey</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">United Kingdom</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> Per the rules of the contest twenty-five countries were allowed to participate in the event.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Macedonia</a> participated in the contest for the first time, having previously applied to enter the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1996">1996 contest</a> but failing to progress from that edition's <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996#Qualifying_round" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1996">qualifying round</a>; due to the then-ongoing <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_naming_dispute" title="Macedonia naming dispute">Macedonia naming dispute</a> with Greece, the nation participated under the provisional reference "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" or its shortened form "FYR Macedonia".<a href="#cite_note-ESC1998-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest">Belgium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Finland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest">Israel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Romania</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Slovakia</a> made a return to the contest, replacing <a href="/wiki/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest">Austria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest">Denmark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Iceland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Russia</a>, which were relegated following the previous year's contest, and <a href="/wiki/Italy_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest">Italy</a> which decided against entering the event. Italy would not return to the contest again until 2011.<a href="#cite_note-ESC1998-9">[9]</a> Among the performers at this year's contest were five representatives who had previously competed as lead artists in past editions. Two artists returned as lead artists in the 1998 contest: <a href="/wiki/Danijela_Martinovi%C4%87" title="Danijela Martinović">Danijela</a> had previously represented <a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Croatia</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1995" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1995">1995</a> as a member of the group <a href="/wiki/Magazin" title="Magazin">Magazin</a>;<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020330–341-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Cid" title="José Cid">José Cid</a>, a member of <a href="/wiki/Alma_Lusa" class="mw-redirect" title="Alma Lusa">Alma Lusa</a>, had represented <a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest">Portugal</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1980" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1980">1980</a>.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> Additionally, three artists who had previously competed as lead artists at Eurovision returned as backing performers for their respective countries at this year's event: José María Guzmán, who had represented <a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest">Spain</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1986" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1986">1986 event</a> as a member of the group <a href="/wiki/Cadillac_(band)" title="Cadillac (band)">Cadillac</a>, was a backing singer for <a href="/wiki/Mikel_Herzog" title="Mikel Herzog">Mikel Herzog</a>;<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> <a href="/wiki/Egon_Egemann" title="Egon Egemann">Egon Egemann</a>, who had previously represented <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Switzerland</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1990" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1990">1990 contest</a>, performed on stage as violinist for <a href="/wiki/Gunvor_Guggisberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Gunvor Guggisberg">Gunvor</a>;<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Harrington_(musician)" title="Paul Harrington (musician)">Paul Harrington</a>, winner of the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1994" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1994">1994 contest</a> for <a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Ireland</a> with <a href="/wiki/Charlie_McGettigan" title="Charlie McGettigan">Charlie McGettigan</a>, providing backing vocals for <a href="/wiki/Dawn_Martin" title="Dawn Martin">Dawn Martin</a>.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1253789634">@media screen{.mw-parser-output .sticky-header>thead>tr:first-child,.mw-parser-output .sticky-header>caption+tbody>tr:first-child,.mw-parser-output .sticky-header>tbody:first-child>tr:first-child,.mw-parser-output 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.mw-parser-output .sticky-header>thead>tr:first-child,body.vector-sticky-header-visible .mw-parser-output .sticky-header>caption+tbody>tr:first-child,body.vector-sticky-header-visible .mw-parser-output .sticky-header>tbody:first-child>tr:first-child,body.vector-sticky-header-visible .mw-parser-output .sticky-header-multi>thead{top:3.125rem}}@media screen and (min-width:851px){body.skin-timeless .mw-parser-output .sticky-header>thead>tr:first-child,body.skin-timeless .mw-parser-output .sticky-header>caption+tbody>tr:first-child,body.skin-timeless .mw-parser-output .sticky-header>tbody:first-child>tr:first-child,body.skin-timeless .mw-parser-output .sticky-header-multi>thead{top:3.51em}}@media screen and (max-width:639px){body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .sticky-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .sticky-header-multi,body.skin-monobook .mw-parser-output .sticky-header,body.skin-monobook .mw-parser-output .sticky-header-multi,body.skin-vector-legacy .mw-parser-output .sticky-header,body.skin-vector-legacy .mw-parser-output .sticky-header-multi,body.skin-vector-2022 .mw-parser-output .sticky-header,body.skin-vector-2022 .mw-parser-output .sticky-header-multi{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .sticky-header>caption,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .sticky-header-multi>caption{display:table-caption}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .sticky-header-multi.wikitable{background-color:#101418}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .sticky-header-multi.wikitable{background-color:#101418}}</style> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header"> <caption>Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020330–341-11">[11]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Country </th> <th scope="col">Broadcaster </th> <th scope="col">Artist </th> <th scope="col">Song </th> <th scope="col">Language </th> <th scope="col">Songwriter(s) </th> <th scope="col">Conductor </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest">Belgium</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/RTBF" title="RTBF">RTBF</a> </td> <td>Mélanie Cohl </td> <td>"Dis oui" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Swan" title="Philippe Swan">Philippe Swan</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align:" class="table-na">No conductor </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Croatia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Radiotelevision" title="Croatian Radiotelevision">HRT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Danijela_Martinovi%C4%87" title="Danijela Martinović">Danijela</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Neka_mi_ne_svane" title="Neka mi ne svane">Neka mi ne svane</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Croatian_language" title="Croatian language">Croatian</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Petar_Gra%C5%A1o" title="Petar Grašo">Petar Grašo</a> </td> <td>Stipica Kalogjera </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest">Cyprus</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation">CyBC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michalis_Hatzigiannis" title="Michalis Hatzigiannis">Michael Hajiyanni</a> </td> <td>"Genesis" (Γένεσις) </td> <td>Greek </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michalis_Hatzigiannis" title="Michalis Hatzigiannis">Michael Hajiyanni</a></li><li>Zenon Zindilis</li></ul></div> </td> <td>Costas Cacogiannis </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Estonia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Eesti_Televisioon" title="Eesti Televisioon">ETV</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Koit_Toome" title="Koit Toome">Koit Toome</a> </td> <td>"Mere lapsed" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Estonian_language" title="Estonian language">Estonian</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Peeter Pruuli</li><li><a href="/wiki/Ithaka_Maria" title="Ithaka Maria">Maria Rahula</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tomi_Rahula" title="Tomi Rahula">Tomi Rahula</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td>Heiki Vahar </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Finland</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Yle" title="Yle">YLE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edea_(musical_group)" title="Edea (musical group)">Edea</a> </td> <td>"Aava" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Finnish_language" title="Finnish language">Finnish</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexi_Ahoniemi" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexi Ahoniemi">Alexi Ahoniemi</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Mansikka-Aho" class="mw-redirect" title="Tommy Mansikka-Aho">Tommy Mansikka-Aho</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Olli_Ahvenlahti" title="Olli Ahvenlahti">Olli Ahvenlahti</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest">France</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/France_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9visions" title="France Télévisions">France Télévision</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marie_Line" title="Marie Line">Marie Line</a> </td> <td>"Où aller" </td> <td>French </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Moïse Crespy</li><li>Jean-Philippe Dary</li><li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Line" title="Marie Line">Marie-Line Marolany</a></li><li>Micaël Sene</li></ul></div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Koch_(orchestrator)" title="Martin Koch (orchestrator)">Martin Koch</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest">Germany</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Norddeutscher_Rundfunk" title="Norddeutscher Rundfunk">NDR</a><a href="#cite_note-19">[a]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guildo_Horn" title="Guildo Horn">Guildo Horn</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Guildo_hat_euch_lieb!" title="Guildo hat euch lieb!">Guildo hat euch lieb</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stefan_Raab" title="Stefan Raab">Stefan Raab</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stefan_Raab" title="Stefan Raab">Stefan Raab</a><a href="#cite_note-conductor-22">[b]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest">Greece</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation">ERT</a> </td> <td>Thalassa </td> <td>"Mia krifi evaisthisia" (Μια κρυφή ευαισθησία) </td> <td>Greek </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Yiannis Malachias</li><li>Yiannis Valvis</li></ul></div> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align:" class="table-na">No conductor </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest">Hungary</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Magyar_Telev%C3%ADzi%C3%B3" title="Magyar Televízió">MTV</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlie_(Hungarian_singer)" title="Charlie (Hungarian singer)">Charlie</a> </td> <td>"A holnap már nem lesz szomorú" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_language" title="Hungarian language">Hungarian</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Attila Horváth</li><li>István Lerch</li></ul></div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mikl%C3%B3s_Malek_(composer)" title="Miklós Malek (composer)">Miklós Malek</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Ireland</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89" title="RTÉ">RTÉ</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Martin" title="Dawn Martin">Dawn Martin</a> </td> <td>"Is Always Over Now" </td> <td>English </td> <td>Gerry Morgan </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Noel_Kelehan" title="Noel Kelehan">Noel Kelehan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest">Israel</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Israel_Broadcasting_Authority" title="Israel Broadcasting Authority">IBA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dana_International" title="Dana International">Dana International</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Diva_(Dana_International_song)" title="Diva (Dana International song)">Diva</a>" (דיווה) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Yoav Ginai</li><li><a href="/wiki/Svika_Pick" title="Svika Pick">Svika Pick</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align:" class="table-na">No conductor </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Macedonia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Radio_Television" title="Macedonian Radio Television">MRT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vlado_Janevski" title="Vlado Janevski">Vlado Janevski</a> </td> <td>"Ne zori, zoro" (Не зори, зоро) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_language" title="Macedonian language">Macedonian</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vlado_Janevski" title="Vlado Janevski">Vlado Janevski</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Grigor_Koprov" title="Grigor Koprov">Grigor Koprov</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aleksandar_D%C5%BEambazov" title="Aleksandar Džambazov">Aleksandar Džambazov</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest">Malta</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Services" title="Public Broadcasting Services">PBS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chiara_Siracusa" title="Chiara Siracusa">Chiara</a> </td> <td>"The One That I Love" </td> <td>English </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Sunny Aquilina</li><li>Jason Paul Cassar</li></ul></div> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align:" class="table-na">No conductor </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest">Netherlands</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nederlandse_Omroep_Stichting" title="Nederlandse Omroep Stichting">NOS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edsilia_Rombley" title="Edsilia Rombley">Edsilia</a> </td> <td>"Hemel en aarde" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jochem_Fluitsma" title="Jochem Fluitsma">Jochem Fluitsma</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Eric_van_Tijn" title="Eric van Tijn">Eric van Tijn</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Bakker" title="Dick Bakker">Dick Bakker</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest">Norway</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/NRK" title="NRK">NRK</a> </td> <td>Lars A. Fredriksen </td> <td>"Alltid sommer" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_language" title="Norwegian language">Norwegian</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>David Eriksen</li><li>Linda Andernach Johannesen</li><li>Per Kristian Ottestad</li></ul></div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geir_Langslet" title="Geir Langslet">Geir Langslet</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Poland</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Telewizja_Polska" title="Telewizja Polska">TVP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sixteen_(Polish_band)" title="Sixteen (Polish band)">Sixteen</a> </td> <td>"To takie proste" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Olga Pruszkowska</li><li>Jarosław Pruszkowski</li></ul></div> </td> <td>Wiesław Pieregorólka </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest">Portugal</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A1dio_e_Televis%C3%A3o_de_Portugal" title="Rádio e Televisão de Portugal">RTP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alma_Lusa" class="mw-redirect" title="Alma Lusa">Alma Lusa</a> </td> <td>"Se eu te pudesse abraçar" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Cid" title="José Cid">José Cid</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Sergeant" title="Mike Sergeant">Mike Sergeant</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Romania</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/TVR_(TV_network)" title="TVR (TV network)">TVR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M%C4%83lina_Olinescu" title="Mălina Olinescu">Mălina Olinescu</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Eu_cred" title="Eu cred">Eu cred</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Adrian Romcescu</li><li>Liliana Ștefan</li></ul></div> </td> <td>Adrian Romcescu </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Slovakia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Slovensk%C3%A1_telev%C3%ADzia" title="Slovenská televízia">STV</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Katar%C3%ADna_Hasprov%C3%A1" title="Katarína Hasprová">Katarína Hasprová</a> </td> <td>"Modlitba" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Slovak_language" title="Slovak language">Slovak</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Gabriel Dušík</li><li>Anna Wepperyová</li></ul></div> </td> <td>Vladimír Valovič </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Slovenia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Radiotelevizija_Slovenija" title="Radiotelevizija Slovenija">RTVSLO</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vili_Resnik" title="Vili Resnik">Vili Resnik</a> </td> <td>"Naj bogovi slišijo" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Slovene_language" title="Slovene language">Slovene</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Matjaž Vlašič</li><li>Urša Vlašič</li></ul></div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mojmir_Sepe" title="Mojmir Sepe">Mojmir Sepe</a><a href="#cite_note-conductor-22">[b]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest">Spain</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Televisi%C3%B3n_Espa%C3%B1ola" title="Televisión Española">TVE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mikel_Herzog" title="Mikel Herzog">Mikel Herzog</a> </td> <td>"¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Alberto Estébanez</li><li><a href="/wiki/Mikel_Herzog" title="Mikel Herzog">Mikel Herzog</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td>Alberto Estébanez </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest">Sweden</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sveriges_Television" title="Sveriges Television">SVT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jill_Johnson" title="Jill Johnson">Jill Johnson</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/K%C3%A4rleken_%C3%A4r" title="Kärleken är">Kärleken är</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Håkan Almqvist</li><li><a href="/wiki/Ingela_Forsman" title="Ingela Forsman">Ingela "Pling" Forsman</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Ljunggren" title="Bobby Ljunggren">Bobby Ljunggren</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anders_Berglund" title="Anders Berglund">Anders Berglund</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" />  <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Switzerland</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Swiss Broadcasting Corporation">SRG SSR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gunvor_Guggisberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Gunvor Guggisberg">Gunvor</a> </td> <td>"Lass ihn" </td> <td>German </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Egon_Egemann" title="Egon Egemann">Egon Egemann</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Gunvor_Guggisberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Gunvor Guggisberg">Gunvor Guggisberg</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align:" class="table-na">No conductor </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest">Turkey</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Radio_and_Television_Corporation" title="Turkish Radio and Television Corporation">TRT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tarkan_T%C3%BCzmen" title="Tarkan Tüzmen">Tüzmen</a> </td> <td>"Unutamazsın" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Canan Tunç</li><li>Erdinç Tunç</li></ul></div> </td> <td>Ümit Eroğlu </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest">United Kingdom</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Imaani" title="Imaani">Imaani</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Where_Are_You%3F_(Imaani_song)" title="Where Are You? (Imaani song)">Where Are You?</a>" </td> <td>English </td> <td><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><a href="/wiki/James_McMillan_(trumpeter)" title="James McMillan (trumpeter)">James McMillan</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qualification">Qualification</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Qualification">edit</a>]</div> Due to the high number of countries wishing to enter the contest a <a href="/wiki/Relegation_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="Relegation in the Eurovision Song Contest">relegation system</a> was introduced in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1993" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1993">1993</a> in order to reduce the number of countries which could compete in each year's contest. Any relegated countries would be able to return the following year, thus allowing all countries the opportunity to compete in at least one in every two editions.<a href="#cite_note-23">[21]</a> The relegation rules introduced for the 1997 contest were again utilised ahead of the 1998 contest, based on each country's average points total in previous contests.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> The twenty-five participants were made up of the previous year's winning country and host nation, the eighteen countries which had the highest average points total over the preceding four contests, and any eligible countries which did not compete in the 1997 contest.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> In cases where the average was identical between two or more countries the total number of points scored in the most recent contest determined the final order.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, <a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest">Germany</a>, Iceland and Russia were therefore excluded from participating in the 1998 contest; however, after Italy declined to participate Germany was subsequently provided a reprieve and allowed to enter.<a href="#cite_note-ESC1998-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Connor2010152–155-24">[22]</a> The calculations used to determine the countries relegated for the 1998 contest are outlined in the table below. Table key <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend">  Qualifier</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">‡ Automatic qualifier</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">† New/returning countries which did not compete in 1997</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1253789634"> <table class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header-multi" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Calculation of average points to determine qualification for the 1998 contest<a href="#cite_note-25">[c]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number">Rank </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Country </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable">Average </th> <th scope="colgroup" colspan="5">Yearly Point Totals<a href="#cite_note-26">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-1996_results-29">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-1997_results-30">[27]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1993" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1993">1993</a> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1994" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1994">1994</a> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1995" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1995">1995</a> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1996">1996</a> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1997">1997</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">1 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Ireland</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">155.20 </td> <td>187</td> <td>226</td> <td>44</td> <td>162</td> <td>157 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#CEDFF2; text-align:center;">2 </th> <td style="background:#CEDFF2; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest">United Kingdom</a> ‡ </td> <td style="background:#CEDFF2;">121.40 </td> <td>164</td> <td>63</td> <td>76</td> <td>77</td> <td>227 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">3 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest">Norway</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">91.60 </td> <td>120</td> <td>76</td> <td>148</td> <td>114</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">4 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest">France</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">80.40 </td> <td>121</td> <td>74</td> <td>94</td> <td>18</td> <td>95 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">5 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Italy_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest">Italy</a><a href="#cite_note-IT_DE-31">[d]</a> </td> <td>79.50 </td> <td>45</td> <td bgcolor="#AAAAAA"></td> <td bgcolor="#AAAAAA"></td> <td bgcolor="#AAAAAA"></td> <td>114 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">6 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest">Malta</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">75.20 </td> <td>69</td> <td>97</td> <td>76</td> <td>68</td> <td>66 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">7 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest">Sweden</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">74.60 </td> <td>89</td> <td>48</td> <td>100</td> <td>100</td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">8 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Poland</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">66.50 </td> <td bgcolor="#AAAAAA"></td> <td>166</td> <td>15</td> <td>31</td> <td>54 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">9 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest">Cyprus</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">63.40 </td> <td>17</td> <td>51</td> <td>79</td> <td>72</td> <td>98 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">10 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest">Spain</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">61.40 </td> <td>58</td> <td>17</td> <td>119</td> <td>17</td> <td>96 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">11 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Estonia</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">59.33 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td>2</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>94</td> <td>82 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">12 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest">Hungary</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">54.67 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td>122</td> <td>3</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td>39 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">13 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Croatia</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">54.20 </td> <td>31</td> <td>27</td> <td>91</td> <td>98</td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">14 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest">Turkey</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">52.25 </td> <td>10</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>21</td> <td>57</td> <td>121 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">15 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest">Greece</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">50.20 </td> <td>64</td> <td>44</td> <td>68</td> <td>36</td> <td>39 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">16 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" />  <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Switzerland</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">47.50 </td> <td>148</td> <td>15</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>22</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">17 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest">Portugal</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">46.00 </td> <td>60</td> <td>73</td> <td>5</td> <td>92</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">18 </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest">Netherlands</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">44.75 </td> <td>92</td> <td>4</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>78</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:center;">19 </th> <td style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest">Israel</a> † </td> <td style="background:#E6F8D1;">42.50 </td> <td>4</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>81</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td bgcolor="#AAAAAA"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">20<a href="#cite_note-SI_DE-32">[e]</a> </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Slovenia</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">42.25 </td> <td>9</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>84</td> <td>16</td> <td>60 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:center;">21<a href="#cite_note-SI_DE-32">[e]</a> </th> <td style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest">Germany</a><a href="#cite_note-IT_DE-31">[d]</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">42.25 </td> <td>18</td> <td>128</td> <td>1</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">22 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /> <a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest">Denmark</a> </td> <td>42.00 </td> <td>9</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>92</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">23 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Russia</a> </td> <td>40.00 </td> <td bgcolor="#AAAAAA"></td> <td>70</td> <td>17</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td>33 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">24 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest">Austria</a> </td> <td>39.60 </td> <td>32</td> <td>19</td> <td>67</td> <td>68</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">25 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /> <a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Iceland</a> </td> <td>38.20 </td> <td>42</td> <td>49</td> <td>31</td> <td>51</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">26 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> </td> <td>23.00 </td> <td>27</td> <td>39</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:center;">27 </th> <td style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Slovakia</a> † </td> <td style="background:#E6F8D1;">17.00 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td>15</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>19</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:center;">28 </th> <td style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Romania</a> † </td> <td style="background:#E6F8D1;">14.00 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td>14</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:center;">29 </th> <td style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Finland</a> † </td> <td style="background:#E6F8D1;">13.33 </td> <td>20</td> <td>11</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>9</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:center;">30 </th> <td style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest">Belgium</a> † </td> <td style="background:#E6F8D1;">11.00 </td> <td>3</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R</td> <td>8</td> <td>22</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:center;">– </th> <td style="background:#E6F8D1; text-align:left;"><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" /> <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Macedonia</a> † </td> <td style="background:#E6F8D1;" data-sort-value="0">–<a href="#cite_note-33">[f]</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#AAAAAA"></td> <td bgcolor="#AAAAAA"></td> <td bgcolor="#AAAAAA"></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">DNQ</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">R </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Production">edit</a>]</div> The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was produced by the British public broadcaster <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">British Broadcasting Corporation</a> (BBC). Kevin Bishop served as executive producer, Guy Freeman served as producer, <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Posner" title="Geoff Posner">Geoff Posner</a> served as director, Andrew Howe-Davies served as <a href="/wiki/Scenic_design" title="Scenic design">designer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Martin_Koch_(orchestrator)" title="Martin Koch (orchestrator)">Martin Koch</a> served as <a href="/wiki/Music_director" title="Music director">musical director</a>, leading the 60-piece <a href="/wiki/BBC_Concert_Orchestra" title="BBC Concert Orchestra">BBC Concert Orchestra</a> and arranging and orchestrating the music for the opening and closing sequences and the interval act.<a href="#cite_note-production-34">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020345–346-35">[29]</a> On behalf of the contest organisers, the <a href="/wiki/European_Broadcasting_Union" title="European Broadcasting Union">European Broadcasting Union</a> (EBU), the event was overseen by Christine Marchal-Ortiz as <a href="/wiki/Executive_supervisors_of_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive supervisors of the Eurovision Song Contest">executive supervisor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-37">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Connor2010210-38">[32]</a> Construction within the National Indoor Arena began on 19 April 1998 to build out the stage and orchestral area for the contest, as well as creating space for the <a href="/wiki/Green_room" title="Green room">green room</a>, the dressing rooms, the press centre and accreditation area, and small rooms for use by each country's individual commentators.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-6">[6]</a> Although the arena could hold up to 13,000 people, the assembled audience during the contest was limited to around 4,500, with tickets for the dress rehearsal and live show awarded by <a href="/wiki/Lottery" title="Lottery">ballot</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-39">[33]</a> The contest organisers also engaged with fan groups, and tickets in the front rows of the arena were distributed among these groups for the first time.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPajala2007-40">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[35]</a> The green room was situated behind the stage, and was designed to resemble a <a href="/wiki/Nightclub" title="Nightclub">nightclub</a>. The arena featured three large <a href="/wiki/Computer_monitor" title="Computer monitor">video screens</a> to enable the audience to follow the voting, and <a href="/wiki/Video_wall" title="Video wall">video walls</a> were also constructed for use on stage, in the press centre and the green room. A 400-seat <a href="/wiki/Auditorium" title="Auditorium">auditorium</a> for press conferences and 38 booths for journalists equipped with phone lines were installed within the press centre, and 40 commentary boxes were constructed in the arena to accommodate the teams from the various broadcasters, with 28 built for television and 12 for radio.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-production-34">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020345–346-35">[29]</a> Much of the press centre facilities constructed for the contest were subsequently retained and augmented for use during the <a href="/wiki/24th_G8_summit" title="24th G8 summit">24th G8 summit</a> held in Birmingham the following week.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020345–346-35">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[36]</a> Orchestral rehearsals and rehearsals of the main elements of the interval act took place on 2 and 3 May, with rehearsals for the competing countries beginning on 4 May. The first rehearsals for each country, lasting 40 minutes in total followed by a 20 minute press conference, took place on 4 and 5 May, with second rehearsals for each country taking place on 6 and 7 May and lasting 30 minutes.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-6">[6]</a> Three dress rehearsals were held on 8 and 9 May, with an audience in attendance during the evening dress rehearsal on 8 May, which was also recorded for use in case of problems during the live contest that resulted in the broadcast being suspended.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-6">[6]</a> Stand-in studios were also prepared in Studio 4 of <a href="/wiki/Television_Centre,_London" title="Television Centre, London">BBC Television Centre</a>, London and in the <a href="/wiki/Pebble_Mill_Studios" title="Pebble Mill Studios">Pebble Mill Studios</a> in Birmingham in case of an emergency at the National Indoor Arena that resulted in evacuation.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-6">[6]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presenters">Presenters</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Presenters">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" 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/150px-Terry_Wogan_at_Cheltenham_Literature_Festival.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Terry_Wogan_at_Cheltenham_Literature_Festival.jpg/225px-Terry_Wogan_at_Cheltenham_Literature_Festival.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Terry_Wogan_at_Cheltenham_Literature_Festival.jpg/300px-Terry_Wogan_at_Cheltenham_Literature_Festival.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1035" data-file-height="1491" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a> (pictured in 2015), co-presenter of the 1998 contest</figcaption></figure> The Swedish-British television presenter and model <a href="/wiki/Ulrika_Jonsson" title="Ulrika Jonsson">Ulrika Jonsson</a> and the Irish television and radio presenter <a href="/wiki/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a> were the presenters of the 1998 contest. Wogan had previously provided television and radio commentary on the BBC since 1971, and performed this role once again for the contest's broadcast on <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> from a separate commentary booth erected behind the stage in addition to his role as the contest presenter.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-43">[37]</a> The draw to the determine the running order, held on 13 November 1997 in the National Indoor Arena, was compered by Wogan and <a href="/wiki/Katrina_Leskanich" title="Katrina Leskanich">Katrina Leskanich</a>, lead vocalist of the 1997 contest winners <a href="/wiki/Katrina_and_the_Waves" title="Katrina and the Waves">Katrina and the Waves</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[38]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conductors">Conductors</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Conductors">edit</a>]</div> For those countries which opted to utilise the orchestra during their performance a separate musical director could be nominated to lead the orchestra during their performance, with the host musical director, Martin Koch, also conducting for those countries which did not nominate their own conductor.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Connor2010217-45">[39]</a> The entries from Belgium, Greece, Germany, Israel, Malta, Slovenia and Switzerland were performed entirely without orchestration; however, in the case of Germany and Slovenia, conductors for those countries were present during the contest.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020330–341-11">[11]</a> <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Raab" title="Stefan Raab">Stefan Raab</a>, the writer of the German entry under the pseudonym "Alf Igel", had no intention of conducting the orchestra but insisted on taking the customary conductor's bow before the entry, while the Slovenian entry had been due to be performed with the orchestra before a change of mind by the songwriters during the rehearsals led to the full backing track being used and their conductor <a href="/wiki/Mojmir_Sepe" title="Mojmir Sepe">Mojmir Sepe</a> instead signalling to start the track.<a href="#cite_note-Raab-20">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-Sepe-21">[20]</a> The French entry had been planned to be performed completely with the backing track, but during rehearsals a decision was reached to incorporate additional live string accompaniment from the orchestra directed by Martin Koch.<a href="#cite_note-46">[40]</a> During rehearsals conflict occurred between the contest organisers and the Greek delegation, with the Greeks unhappy with the way that their entry was being presented on screen. Aggressive behaviour by the Greek composer, Yiannis Valvis, during the dress rehearsals led to his accreditation being rescinded, and on the day of the contest the Greek broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation">Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation</a> (ERT) withdrew from the contest, a decision which was ultimately reversed minutes later.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020330–341-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Connor2010152–155-24">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-documentary-47">[41]</a> Issues also arose during the rehearsals for the Turkish entry, when their conductor Ümit Eroğlu was found to be leading the orchestra at too slow a tempo, resulting in the performance running over the three minute limit and thus breaking the rules of the contest. Ultimately the final performance lasted two minutes and fifty-nine seconds, ensuring that Turkey could not be disqualified for exceeding the time limit during the final and would remain in the competition.<a href="#cite_note-documentary-47">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[42]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trophy">Trophy</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Trophy">edit</a>]</div> The trophy awarded to the writers of the winning song was designed by Anongkarat Unyawong, a student at the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_School_of_Jewellery" title="Birmingham School of Jewellery">Birmingham School of Jewellery</a>, who had won a competition conducted at the school for the occasion.<a href="#cite_note-49">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–345-50">[44]</a> The winning performers received a glass bowl designed by Susan Nickson bearing the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 logo.<a href="#cite_note-contestAV-51">[45]</a> The winners were heralded by the trumpeters of the Life Guards as they entered the stage, and the awards were presented by Katrina Leskanich.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Connor2010216-52">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–345-50">[44]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Format">Format</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Format">edit</a>]</div> The rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 were published in November 1997. The document set out the overall aim of the contest and provided detail on the organisation of the event, the qualification process, the criteria for the competing songs and performers, the voting system to be used to determine the results of the contest, as well as the rights and responsibilities conferred by the <a href="/wiki/European_Broadcasting_Union" title="European Broadcasting Union">European Broadcasting Union</a> (EBU) onto the participating broadcasters.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Entries">Entries</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Entries">edit</a>]</div> Each participating broadcaster submitted one song to the contest, which was required to be no longer than three minutes in duration and performed in the language, or one of the languages, of the participating country. Short quotations from another language, no more than a single phrase repeated a maximum of three times, were permitted.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> Each entry was able to utilise all or part of the live orchestra and could use instrumental-only <a href="/wiki/Backing_track" title="Backing track">backing tracks</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> This was the second edition of the contest in which the entire song could be performed with a backing track, following the 1997 contest; previously any backing tracks which were used could only include the sound of instruments which featured on stage being <a href="/wiki/Miming_in_instrumental_performance" title="Miming in instrumental performance">mimed by the performers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020296–297-53">[47]</a> A maximum of six performers were allowed on stage during each country's performance, and all performers must have reached the age of 16 in the year of the contest.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> Selected entries were not permitted to be released commercially before 1 January 1998; entries were only permitted to be released after being selected for the contest, and were then only allowed to be released in the country they represented until after the contest was held.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> Entries were required to be selected by each country's participating broadcaster by 15 March, and the final submission date for all selected entries to be received by the contest organisers was set for 23 March. This submission was required to include the <a href="/wiki/Sheet_music" title="Sheet music">score</a> of the song for use by the orchestra, a sound recording of the entry and backing track for use during the contest, and the text of the song lyrics in its original language and translations in French and English for distribution to the participating broadcasters, their commentators and juries.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> For the first time a <a href="/wiki/Watermark" title="Watermark">watermark</a> was included on screen during each entry with the name of the country being performed, an innovation which has become a standard feature in each contest.<a href="#cite_note-ESC1998-9">[9]</a> This edition of the contest would conversely be the last in which countries would be obliged to perform in their own language and the last to feature an orchestra accompanying the competing entries; from the following year's contest participating countries were able to send entries in any language and the organising broadcaster was no longer obliged to provide an orchestra.<a href="#cite_note-ESC1999-54">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-55">[49]</a> In subsequent years the rules would be modified again to remove the option for entries to be accompanied by live music entirely.<a href="#cite_note-56">[50]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voting_procedure">Voting procedure</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Voting procedure">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Voting_at_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest">Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest</a></div> The results of the 1998 contest were determined through the same scoring system as had first been introduced in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1975" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1975">1975</a>: each country awarded twelve points to its favourite entry, followed by ten points to its second favourite, and then awarded points in decreasing value from eight to one for the remaining songs which featured in the country's top ten, with countries unable to vote for their own entry.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-nutshell-57">[51]</a> For the first time each participating country was required to use <a href="/wiki/Televoting" title="Televoting">televoting</a> to determine their points, with countries with weak <a href="/wiki/Telephone_network" title="Telephone network">telephone networks</a> that prevented them from holding a large-scale televote being granted an exception.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-ESC1998-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–345-50">[44]</a> This followed a trial held in the 1997 contest where televoting was used to determine the points from five of the twenty-five competing countries.<a href="#cite_note-nutshell-57">[51]</a> Viewers had a total of five minutes to register their vote by calling one of twenty-four different telephone numbers to represent the twenty-five competing entries except that which represented their own country, with voting lines opening following the performance of the last competing entry.<a href="#cite_note-contestAV-51">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> Once phone lines were opened a video recap containing short clips of each competing entry with the accompanying phone number for voting was shown in order to aid viewers during the voting window.<a href="#cite_note-contestAV-51">[45]</a> Systems were also put in place to prevent <a href="/wiki/Advocacy_group" title="Advocacy group">lobby groups</a> from one country voting for their song by travelling to other countries.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> The points from countries which were unable to use televoting were determined by an assembled jury of sixteen individuals, which was required to be split evenly between members of the public and music professionals, comprised additionally of an equal number of men and women, and below and above 30 years of age. In addition countries using televoting were required to appoint a back-up jury of eight members which would be called into action upon technical failure preventing the televote results from being used, with the same equal split of gender, age and occupation.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–345-50">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> Each jury member voted in secret and awarded between one and ten votes to each participating song, excluding that from their own country and with no abstentions permitted. The votes of each member were collected following the country's performance and then tallied by the non-voting jury chairperson to determine the points to be awarded. In any cases where two or more songs in the top ten received the same number of votes, a show of hands by all jury members was used to determine the final placing; if a tie still remained, the youngest jury member would have the deciding vote.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postcards">Postcards</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Postcards">edit</a>]</div> Each entry was preceded by a video postcard which served as an introduction to the competing artists from each country, as well as providing an opportunity to showcase the running artistic theme of the event and creating a transition between entries to allow stage crew to make changes on stage.<a href="#cite_note-58">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[53]</a> The postcards for the 1998 contest continued the theme of the opening segment, with each clip focussing on a particular theme – either an object, place or concept – and creating a juxtaposition between its older and newer versions. Each postcard was accompanied by extracts of <a href="/wiki/Britpop" title="Britpop">Britpop</a> or classical music, with a pattern featured in the final moments of the footage forming into the flag of the country which was about to perform.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020330–341-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-contestAV-51">[45]</a> The various themes for each postcard, and the musical accompaniment which featured, are listed below by order of performance:<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020330–341-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-contestAV-51">[45]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ol><li><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" /> Croatia – Football; "<a href="/wiki/Sight_for_Sore_Eyes" title="Sight for Sore Eyes">Sight for Sore Eyes</a>" (<a href="/wiki/M_People" title="M People">M People</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Greece – Beaches; "<a href="/wiki/Alright_(Supergrass_song)" title="Alright (Supergrass song)">Alright</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Supergrass" title="Supergrass">Supergrass</a>)</li> <li><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" /> France – Aircraft; "<a href="/wiki/Ordinary_World_(song)" title="Ordinary World (song)">Ordinary World</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Duran_Duran" title="Duran Duran">Duran Duran</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Spain – Leisure; <a href="/wiki/The_Young_Person%27s_Guide_to_the_Orchestra" title="The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra">The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra</a> (performed by the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Birmingham Symphony Orchestra">Birmingham Symphony Orchestra</a>)</li> <li><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" />  Switzerland – <a href="/wiki/Loch_Ness" title="Loch Ness">Loch Ness</a>; "Enchanted Highland" (APM Celtic Players)</li> <li><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" /> Slovakia – Jewellery; "<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_Talkin%27_%27bout_Dub" title="Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub">Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Apollo_440" title="Apollo 440">Apollo 440</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Poland – <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>; "<a href="/wiki/Slight_Return" title="Slight Return">Slight Return</a>" (<a href="/wiki/The_Bluetones" title="The Bluetones">The Bluetones</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Israel – Art; "<a href="/wiki/Common_People" title="Common People">Common People</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Pulp_(band)" title="Pulp (band)">Pulp</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Germany – <a href="/wiki/Ironworks" title="Ironworks">Ironworks</a>; "<a href="/wiki/Always_on_My_Mind#Pet_Shop_Boys_version" title="Always on My Mind">Always on My Mind</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Pet_Shop_Boys" title="Pet Shop Boys">Pet Shop Boys</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Malta – Fashion; "<a href="/wiki/Mulder_and_Scully_(song)" title="Mulder and Scully (song)">Mulder and Scully</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Catatonia_(band)" title="Catatonia (band)">Catatonia</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Hungary – <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>; "<a href="/wiki/A_Design_for_Life" title="A Design for Life">A Design for Life</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Manic_Street_Preachers" title="Manic Street Preachers">Manic Street Preachers</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Slovenia – Pubs; "<a href="/wiki/Ocean_Drive_(Lighthouse_Family_song)" title="Ocean Drive (Lighthouse Family song)">Ocean Drive</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Lighthouse_Family" title="Lighthouse Family">Lighthouse Family</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Ireland – London, England; "<a href="/wiki/Bitter_Sweet_Symphony" title="Bitter Sweet Symphony">Bitter Sweet Symphony</a>" (<a href="/wiki/The_Verve" title="The Verve">The Verve</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Portugal – Education; "<a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Ones" title="Beautiful Ones">Beautiful Ones</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Suede_(band)" title="Suede (band)">Suede</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Romania – Sailing; "<a href="/wiki/Sailing_(Sutherland_Brothers_song)#Rod_Stewart_version" title="Sailing (Sutherland Brothers song)">Sailing</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Rod_Stewart" title="Rod Stewart">Rod Stewart</a>)</li> <li><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" /> United Kingdom – Cars; "<a href="/wiki/Hush_(Billy_Joe_Royal_song)" title="Hush (Billy Joe Royal song)">Hush</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Kula_Shaker" title="Kula Shaker">Kula Shaker</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Cyprus – Food; "<a href="/wiki/Born_Slippy_Nuxx" title="Born Slippy Nuxx">Born Slippy</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Underworld_(band)" title="Underworld (band)">Underworld</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Netherlands – Broadcasting; "<a href="/wiki/White_on_Blonde" title="White on Blonde">Polo Mint City</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Texas_(band)" title="Texas (band)">Texas</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Sweden – Retail; "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Marry_Her" title="Don't Marry Her">Don't Marry Her</a>" (<a href="/wiki/The_Beautiful_South" title="The Beautiful South">The Beautiful South</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Belgium – Theatres; "<a href="/wiki/She%27s_a_Star" title="She's a Star">She's a Star</a>" (<a href="/wiki/James_(band)" title="James (band)">James</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Finland – Films; "<a href="/wiki/Attack_of_the_Grey_Lantern" title="Attack of the Grey Lantern">The Chad Who Loved Me</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Mansun" title="Mansun">Mansun</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Norway – Medieval; "Hail to the King" (performed by the <a href="/wiki/Kneller_Hall" title="Kneller Hall">Kneller Hall</a> State Trumpeters)</li> <li><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" /> Estonia – <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>; "<a href="/wiki/Bright_Side_of_the_Road" title="Bright Side of the Road">Bright Side of the Road</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Van_Morrison" title="Van Morrison">Van Morrison</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Turkey – National landmarks; <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._5_(Vaughan_Williams)" title="Symphony No. 5 (Vaughan Williams)">Symphony No. 5, III: Romanza</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams" title="Ralph Vaughan Williams">Ralph Vaughan Williams</a>)</li> <li><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" /> Macedonia – Weather; "<a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Heights" title="Dizzy Heights">Sugar Coated Iceberg</a>" (<a href="/wiki/The_Lightning_Seeds" title="The Lightning Seeds">The Lightning Seeds</a>)</li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contest_overview">Contest overview</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Contest overview">edit</a>]</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vanessa-Mae_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Vanessa-Mae_2014.jpg/150px-Vanessa-Mae_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Vanessa-Mae_2014.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="330" /></a><figcaption>Violinist <a href="/wiki/Vanessa-Mae" title="Vanessa-Mae">Vanessa-Mae</a> performed as part of the interval act.</figcaption></figure> The contest took place on 9 May 1998 at 20:00 (<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">BST</a>) and lasted 3 hours.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020330–341-11">[11]</a> The table below outlines the participating countries, the order in which they performed, the competing artists and songs, and the results of the voting. The contest began with a video entitled "Birmingham, Old and New", which presented overlapping images of Birmingham in 1998 with archive footage of the city, including shots of <a href="/wiki/Brindleyplace" title="Brindleyplace">Brindleyplace</a> and boats on the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Canal_Navigations" title="Birmingham Canal Navigations">city's canal network</a>, to music from the BBC Concert Orchestra.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-contestAV-51">[45]</a> A fanfare from the trumpeters of the <a href="/wiki/Life_Guards_(United_Kingdom)" title="Life Guards (United Kingdom)">Life Guards</a> greeted the contest's presenters as they entered the stage.<a href="#cite_note-contestAV-51">[45]</a> Also featured during the opening section of the broadcast was a summary video of the 1960 contest, the first to be held in the United Kingdom, with that year's presenter <a href="/wiki/Katie_Boyle" title="Katie Boyle">Katie Boyle</a> – the only individual to host four contests – in attendance as a special guest.<a href="#cite_note-contestAV-51">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[54]</a> Special appearances were also featured from Katrina Leskanich and <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Crowley" title="Carrie Crowley">Carrie Crowley</a>, the co-presenter of the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1997">1997 contest</a>, who appeared via <a href="/wiki/Videotelephony" title="Videotelephony">video link</a> from <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>.<a href="#cite_note-contestAV-51">[45]</a> The interval performance was entitled "Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity", based on music from the <a href="/wiki/Movement_(music)" title="Movement (music)">movement</a> of the same name from the orchestral <a href="/wiki/Suite_(music)" title="Suite (music)">suite</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Planets" title="The Planets">The Planets</a> by English composer <a href="/wiki/Gustav_Holst" title="Gustav Holst">Gustav Holst</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Connor2010216-52">[46]</a> A medley of vocal and instrumental pieces inspired by English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Indian and <a href="/wiki/Zulu_people" title="Zulu people">Zulu</a> cultures, the segment included over 200 performers and featured music from the BBC Concert Orchestra and performances by <a href="/wiki/Soprano" title="Soprano">soprano</a> <a href="/wiki/Lesley_Garrett" title="Lesley Garrett">Lesley Garrett</a>, violinist <a href="/wiki/Vanessa-Mae" title="Vanessa-Mae">Vanessa-Mae</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Clan_Sutherland" title="Clan Sutherland">Sutherland</a> Pipe Band, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Findon" title="Andrew Findon">Andrew Findon</a> on <a href="/wiki/Tin_whistle" title="Tin whistle">tin whistle</a>, Carys Hughes on <a href="/wiki/Harp" title="Harp">harp</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bhangra_(dance)" title="Bhangra (dance)">bhangra</a> dance group Nachda Sansaar, the Canoldir Male Voice Choir, the <a href="/wiki/Grimethorpe_Colliery_Band" title="Grimethorpe Colliery Band">Grimethorpe Colliery Band</a>, trumpeters from the <a href="/wiki/Blues_and_Royals" title="Blues and Royals">Band of the Blues and Royals</a> and an excerpt of <a href="/wiki/Patti_Boulaye" title="Patti Boulaye">Patti Boulaye</a>'s Sun Dance.<a href="#cite_note-contestAV-51">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341-61">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[56]</a> The winner was <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Israel</a> represented by the song "<a href="/wiki/Diva_(Dana_International_song)" title="Diva (Dana International song)">Diva</a>", composed by <a href="/wiki/Svika_Pick" title="Svika Pick">Svika Pick</a>, written by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yoav_Ginai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yoav Ginai (page does not exist)">Yoav Ginai</a> [<a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%90%D7%91_%D7%92%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%99" class="extiw" title="he:יואב גינאי">he</a>] and performed by <a href="/wiki/Dana_International" title="Dana International">Dana International</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Israel-63">[57]</a> This marked Israel's third contest win, following the country's back-to-back victories in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1978" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1978">1978</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1979" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1979">1979</a>.<a href="#cite_note-64">[58]</a> Dana International, the contest's first openly <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> participant, also became the first openly <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBTQ+</a> and first openly transgender artist to win the event.<a href="#cite_note-65">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[60]</a> The United Kingdom earned a record-extending fifteenth second place finish, Malta's third place finish equalled its previous best contest performance, and the Netherlands obtained its best placing since its most recent victory in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1975" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1975">1975</a> by finishing in fourth place.<a href="#cite_note-ESC1998-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–345-50">[44]</a> Following her victory Dana International also caused a delay in the production when, following the conclusion of the voting, she changed outfits into one specially designed for the contest by <a href="/wiki/Jean_Paul_Gaultier" title="Jean Paul Gaultier">Jean Paul Gaultier</a> but which was ultimately not used for the original performance.<a href="#cite_note-67">[61]</a> This led to scenes towards the end of the broadcast of hosts Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson, and last year's winning vocalist Katrina Leskanich, looking perturbed and confused as to the delay and location of Dana International.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Connor2010152–155-24">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-awkward-68">[62]</a> Following the contest it was announced the results of the Spanish vote had been incorrectly tabulated, resulting in Germany, which should have been awarded twelve points, receiving no points at all; this subsequently had an impact on the remaining countries which were awarded points by Spain.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–345-50">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-ESC1998-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[63]</a> The tables in this article present the corrected results as published by the EBU. <table class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020330–341-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-1998_results-70">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-Spanish_vote-71">[g]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Running order">R/O</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Country </th> <th scope="col">Artist </th> <th scope="col">Song </th> <th scope="col">Points </th> <th scope="col">Place </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">1 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Croatia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Danijela_Martinovi%C4%87" title="Danijela Martinović">Danijela</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Neka_mi_ne_svane" title="Neka mi ne svane">Neka mi ne svane</a>" </td> <td>131 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">2 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Greece</a> </td> <td>Thalassa </td> <td>"Mia krifi evaisthisia" </td> <td>12 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">3 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">France</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marie_Line" title="Marie Line">Marie Line</a> </td> <td>"Où aller" </td> <td>3 </td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">4 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Spain</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mikel_Herzog" title="Mikel Herzog">Mikel Herzog</a> </td> <td>"¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" </td> <td>21 </td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">5 </th> <td><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" />  <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Switzerland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gunvor_Guggisberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Gunvor Guggisberg">Gunvor</a> </td> <td>"Lass ihn" </td> <td>0 </td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">6 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Slovakia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Katar%C3%ADna_Hasprov%C3%A1" title="Katarína Hasprová">Katarína Hasprová</a> </td> <td>"Modlitba" </td> <td>8 </td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">7 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Poland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sixteen_(Polish_band)" title="Sixteen (Polish band)">Sixteen</a> </td> <td>"To takie proste" </td> <td>19 </td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:gold;">8 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Israel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dana_International" title="Dana International">Dana International</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Diva_(Dana_International_song)" title="Diva (Dana International song)">Diva</a>" </td> <td>172 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">9 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Germany</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guildo_Horn" title="Guildo Horn">Guildo Horn</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Guildo_hat_euch_lieb!" title="Guildo hat euch lieb!">Guildo hat euch lieb</a>" </td> <td>86 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">10 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Malta</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chiara_Siracusa" title="Chiara Siracusa">Chiara</a> </td> <td>"The One That I Love" </td> <td>165 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">11 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Hungary</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlie_(Hungarian_singer)" title="Charlie (Hungarian singer)">Charlie</a> </td> <td>"A holnap már nem lesz szomorú" </td> <td>4 </td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">12 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Slovenia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vili_Resnik" title="Vili Resnik">Vili Resnik</a> </td> <td>"Naj bogovi slišijo" </td> <td>17 </td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">13 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Martin" title="Dawn Martin">Dawn Martin</a> </td> <td>"Is Always Over Now" </td> <td>64 </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">14 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Portugal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alma_Lusa" class="mw-redirect" title="Alma Lusa">Alma Lusa</a> </td> <td>"Se eu te pudesse abraçar" </td> <td>36 </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">15 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Romania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M%C4%83lina_Olinescu" title="Mălina Olinescu">Mălina Olinescu</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Eu_cred" title="Eu cred">Eu cred</a>" </td> <td>6 </td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">16 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">United Kingdom</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Imaani" title="Imaani">Imaani</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Where_Are_You%3F_(Imaani_song)" title="Where Are You? (Imaani song)">Where Are You?</a>" </td> <td>166 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">17 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Cyprus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michalis_Hatzigiannis" title="Michalis Hatzigiannis">Michael Hajiyanni</a> </td> <td>"Genesis" </td> <td>37 </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">18 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Netherlands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edsilia_Rombley" title="Edsilia Rombley">Edsilia</a> </td> <td>"Hemel en aarde" </td> <td>150 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">19 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Sweden</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jill_Johnson" title="Jill Johnson">Jill Johnson</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/K%C3%A4rleken_%C3%A4r" title="Kärleken är">Kärleken är</a>" </td> <td>53 </td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">20 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Belgium</a> </td> <td>Mélanie Cohl </td> <td>"Dis oui" </td> <td>122 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">21 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Finland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edea_(musical_group)" title="Edea (musical group)">Edea</a> </td> <td>"Aava" </td> <td>22 </td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">22 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Norway</a> </td> <td>Lars A. Fredriksen </td> <td>"Alltid sommer" </td> <td>79 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">23 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Estonia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Koit_Toome" title="Koit Toome">Koit Toome</a> </td> <td>"Mere lapsed" </td> <td>36 </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">24 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Turkey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tarkan_T%C3%BCzmen" title="Tarkan Tüzmen">Tüzmen</a> </td> <td>"Unutamazsın" </td> <td>25 </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">25 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Macedonia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vlado_Janevski" title="Vlado Janevski">Vlado Janevski</a> </td> <td>"Ne zori, zoro" </td> <td>16 </td> <td>19 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spokespersons">Spokespersons</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Spokespersons">edit</a>]</div> Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for their respective country.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[65]</a> As had been the case since the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1994" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1994">1994 contest</a>, the spokespersons were connected via <a href="/wiki/Communications_satellite" title="Communications satellite">satellite</a> and appeared in vision during the broadcast.<a href="#cite_note-73">[66]</a> Spokespersons at the 1998 contest are listed below.<a href="#cite_note-contestAV-51">[45]</a> During the voting procedure Ulrika Jonsson had an unplanned comical moment with the Dutch spokesperson <a href="/wiki/Conny_Vandenbos" title="Conny Vandenbos">Conny Vandenbos</a>; after Vandenbos had expressed her sympathy with the performers in the contest – having previously represented the Netherlands in <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1965" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1965">1965</a> – she added that "it's long ago". This comment was not heard by the audience in the arena due to noise, but Jonsson's reply, "a long time ago, was it?" was, leading to a reaction from the crowd due to the perceived rudeness of the remark out of context.<a href="#cite_note-awkward-68">[62]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ol><li><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" /> Croatia – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Davor_Me%C5%A1trovi%C4%87&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Davor Meštrović (page does not exist)">Davor Meštrović</a> [<a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davor_Me%C5%A1trovi%C4%87" class="extiw" title="hr:Davor Meštrović">hr</a>]</li> <li><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" /> Greece – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexis_Kostalas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alexis Kostalas (page does not exist)">Alexis Kostalas</a> [<a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%AD%CE%BE%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9A%CF%89%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:Αλέξης Κωστάλας">el</a>]<a href="#cite_note-74">[67]</a></li> <li><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" /> France – <a href="/wiki/Marie_Myriam" title="Marie Myriam">Marie Myriam</a><a href="#cite_note-Revue-75">[68]</a></li> <li><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" /> Spain – Belén Fernández de Henestrosa</li> <li><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" />  Switzerland – <a href="/wiki/Regula_Elsener" title="Regula Elsener">Regula Elsener</a></li> <li><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" /> Slovakia – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alena_Heribanov%C3%A1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alena Heribanová (page does not exist)">Alena Heribanová</a> [<a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alena_Heribanov%C3%A1" class="extiw" title="sk:Alena Heribanová">sk</a>]</li> <li><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" /> Poland – Jan Chojnacki</li> <li><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" /> Israel – <a href="/wiki/Yigal_Ravid" title="Yigal Ravid">Yigal Ravid</a></li> <li><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" /> Germany – <a href="/wiki/Nena" title="Nena">Nena</a></li> <li><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" /> Malta – Stephanie Spiteri</li> <li><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" /> Hungary – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Barna_H%C3%A9der&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Barna Héder (page does not exist)">Barna Héder</a> [<a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9der_Barna" class="extiw" title="hu:Héder Barna">hu</a>]</li> <li><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" /> Slovenia – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mojca_Mavec&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mojca Mavec (page does not exist)">Mojca Mavec</a> [<a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojca_Mavec" class="extiw" title="sl:Mojca Mavec">sl</a>]</li> <li><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" /> Ireland – <a href="/wiki/Eileen_Dunne" title="Eileen Dunne">Eileen Dunne</a><a href="#cite_note-76">[69]</a></li> <li><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" /> Portugal – <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BAcia_Moniz" title="Lúcia Moniz">Lúcia Moniz</a></li> <li><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" /> Romania – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anca_%C8%9Aurca%C8%99iu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anca Țurcașiu (page does not exist)">Anca Țurcașiu</a> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anca_%C8%9Aurca%C8%99iu" class="extiw" title="ro:Anca Țurcașiu">ro</a>]</li> <li><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" /> United Kingdom – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Bruce" title="Ken Bruce">Ken Bruce</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–345-50">[44]</a></li> <li><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" /> Cyprus – Marina Maleni</li> <li><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" /> Netherlands – <a href="/wiki/Conny_Vandenbos" title="Conny Vandenbos">Conny Vandenbos</a></li> <li><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" /> Sweden – Björn Hedman<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThorssonVerhage2006266–267-77">[70]</a></li> <li><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" /> Belgium – Marie-Hélène Vanderborght</li> <li><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" /> Finland – Marjo Wilska</li> <li><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" /> Norway – <a href="/wiki/Ragnhild_S%C3%A6lthun_Fj%C3%B8rtoft" title="Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft">Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft</a></li> <li><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" /> Estonia – <a href="/wiki/Urve_Tiidus" title="Urve Tiidus">Urve Tiidus</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[71]</a></li> <li><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" /> Turkey – Osman Erkan</li> <li><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" /> Macedonia – Evgenija Teodosievska</li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Detailed_voting_results">Detailed voting results</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Detailed voting results">edit</a>]</div> Televoting was used to determine the points awarded by all countries, except Hungary, Romania and Turkey.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–345-50">[44]</a> The announcement of the results from each country was conducted in the order in which they performed, with the spokespersons announcing their country's points in English or French in ascending order.<a href="#cite_note-contestAV-51">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> The detailed breakdown of the points awarded by each country is listed in the tables below. <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020341–345-50">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-results-79">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-scoreboard-80">[73]</a><a href="#cite_note-Spanish_vote-71">[g]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left; background:#F2F2F2">Voting procedure used: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  100% televoting</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  100% jury vote</div> </td> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;"><div style=""><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1221560606">@supports(writing-mode:vertical-rl){.mw-parser-output .ts-vertical-header{line-height:1;max-width:1em;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:bottom;width:1em}html.client-js .mw-parser-output .sortable:not(.jquery-tablesorter) .ts-vertical-header:not(.unsortable),html.client-js .mw-parser-output .ts-vertical-header.headerSort{background-position:50%.4em;padding-right:0.4em;padding-top:21px}.mw-parser-output .ts-vertical-header.is-valign-top{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .ts-vertical-header.is-valign-middle{vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Spain</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Switzerland</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Slovakia</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Poland</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Israel</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Germany</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Malta</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Hungary</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Slovenia</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Ireland</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Portugal</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Romania</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">United Kingdom</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Cyprus</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Netherlands</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Sweden</div> </th> <th scope="col" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-normal" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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<tr> <th style="height:2px; border-top:1px solid transparent;"> </th> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#A4D1EF;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#A4D1EF;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td> <td style="background:#A4D1EF;"> </td> <td style="background:#EFA4A9;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="25" class="nowrap ts-vertical-header is-valign-middle" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606">Contestants</div> </th> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Croatia </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">131</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td></td> <td>12</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Greece </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">12</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">France </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">3</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Spain </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">21</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Switzerland </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Slovakia </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">8</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Poland </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">19</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:gold;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:gold;">Israel </th> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;">172</td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>7</td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>12</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Germany </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">86</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Malta </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">165</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>12</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Hungary </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Slovenia </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">17</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Ireland </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">64</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Portugal </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">36</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Romania </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">United Kingdom </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">166</td> <td>12</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>12</td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>12</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>12</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Cyprus </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">37</td> <td>4</td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Netherlands </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">150</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>8</td> <td>12</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Sweden </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">53</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td>10</td> <td>12</td> <td>2</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Belgium </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">122</td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>10</td> <td>2</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Finland </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">22</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>1</td> <td>10</td> <td></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Norway </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">79</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>12</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Estonia </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">36</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Turkey </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">25</td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"></td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;">Macedonia </th> <td style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;">16</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="12_points">12 points</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 12 points">edit</a>]</div> The below table summarises how the maximum 12 points were awarded from one country to another. The winning country is shown in bold. Malta and the United Kingdom each received the maximum score of 12 points from four countries, with Germany and Israel receiving three sets of 12 points each, Croatia and the Netherlands receiving two sets each, and Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Norway, Sweden and Turkey each receiving one maximum score.<a href="#cite_note-results-79">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-scoreboard-80">[73]</a> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Distribution of 12 points awarded at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998<a href="#cite_note-results-79">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-scoreboard-80">[73]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">N. </th> <th scope="col">Contestant </th> <th scope="col">Nation(s) giving 12 points </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2">4 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Malta</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Ireland</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Norway</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Slovakia</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">United Kingdom</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">United Kingdom</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Croatia</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Israel</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Romania</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Turkey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2">3 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Germany</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Netherlands</a>, <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" /> <a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Spain</a>, <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" />  <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Switzerland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Israel</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">France</a>, <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" 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</td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2">2 </th> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Croatia</a></td> <td><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, 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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" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Netherlands</a></td> <td><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, 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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" /> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Belgium</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Poland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Cyprus</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Greece</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Estonia</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Finland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Greece</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Cyprus</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Norway</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Sweden</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Sweden</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Estonia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Turkey</a></td> <td><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" /> <a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Germany</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasts">Broadcasts</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Broadcasts">edit</a>]</div> Each participating broadcaster was required to relay live and in full the contest via television. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants"; any passive countries wishing to participate in the following year's event were also required to provide a live broadcast of the contest or a deferred broadcast within 24 hours.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their viewers. The 1998 contest was transmitted to 33 European countries, as well as to Australia, Canada and <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoxburgh2020324–330-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-production-34">[28]</a> Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators, are shown in the tables below. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1253789634"> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header"> <caption>Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Country </th> <th scope="col">Broadcaster<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> </th> <th scope="col">Channel(s) </th> <th scope="col">Commentator(s) </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Reference(s)">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> Belgium </th> <td><a href="/wiki/RTBF" title="RTBF">RTBF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Une" title="La Une">RTBF La 1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Hautier" title="Jean-Pierre Hautier">Jean-Pierre Hautier</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Revue-75">[68]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/VRT_(broadcaster)" title="VRT (broadcaster)">VRT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/VRT_1" title="VRT 1">TV1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radio_2_(Belgium)" title="Radio 2 (Belgium)">Radio 2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Vermeulen" title="André Vermeulen">André Vermeulen</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Croonenberghs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andrea Croonenberghs (page does not exist)">Andrea Croonenberghs</a> [<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Croonenberghs" class="extiw" title="nl:Andrea Croonenberghs">nl</a>] </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-PZC-81">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-Morgen_teletekst-82">[75]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Croatia </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Radiotelevision" title="Croatian Radiotelevision">HRT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HRT_1" title="HRT 1">HRT 1</a> </td> <td>Aleksandar Kostadinov </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-83">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[77]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Cyprus </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation">CyBC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RIK_1" title="RIK 1">RIK 1</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Tileorasi-85">[78]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> Estonia </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Eesti_Televisioon" title="Eesti Televisioon">ETV</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reet_Linna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reet Linna (page does not exist)">Reet Linna</a> [<a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reet_Linna" class="extiw" title="et:Reet Linna">et</a>] </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-86">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-Õhtuleht-87">[80]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eesti_Raadio" title="Eesti Raadio">ER</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raadio_2" title="Raadio 2">Raadio 2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marko_Reikop" title="Marko Reikop">Marko Reikop</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Õhtuleht-87">[80]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3"><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" /> Finland </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Yle" title="Yle">YLE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yle_TV1" title="Yle TV1">TV1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maria_Guzenina" title="Maria Guzenina">Maria Guzenina</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sami_Aaltonen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sami Aaltonen (page does not exist)">Sami Aaltonen</a> [<a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Aaltonen" class="extiw" title="fi:Sami Aaltonen">fi</a>] </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPajala2007-40">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-88">[81]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yle_Radio_Suomi" title="Yle Radio Suomi">Radio Suomi</a> </td> <td>Sanna Kojo </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-89">[82]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yle_Vega" title="Yle Vega">Radio Vega</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-90">[83]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> France </th> <td><a href="/wiki/France_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9visions" title="France Télévisions">France Télévision</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/France_2" title="France 2">France 2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_(band)" title="Native (band)">Chris and Laura Mayne</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-91">[84]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Germany </th> <td><a href="/wiki/ARD_(broadcaster)" title="ARD (broadcaster)">ARD</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Das_Erste" title="Das Erste">Das Erste</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Urban_(presenter)" title="Peter Urban (presenter)">Peter Urban</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Revue-75">[68]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> Hungary </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Magyar_Telev%C3%ADzi%C3%B3" title="Magyar Televízió">MTV</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M1_(TV_channel)" title="M1 (TV channel)">MTV 1</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=G%C3%A1bor_Gundel_Tak%C3%A1cs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gábor Gundel Takács (page does not exist)">Gábor Gundel Takács</a> [<a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundel_Tak%C3%A1cs_G%C3%A1bor" class="extiw" title="hu:Gundel Takács Gábor">hu</a>] </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Petőfi_Népe-92">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-93">[86]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Magyar_R%C3%A1di%C3%B3" title="Magyar Rádió">MR</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pet%C5%91fi_R%C3%A1di%C3%B3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Petőfi Rádió (page does not exist)">Petőfi Rádió</a> [<a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet%C5%91fi_R%C3%A1di%C3%B3" class="extiw" title="hu:Petőfi Rádió">hu</a>] </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Petőfi_Népe-92">[85]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> Ireland </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89" title="RTÉ">RTÉ</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_One" title="RTÉ One">RTÉ One</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Kenny" title="Pat Kenny">Pat Kenny</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-IrishTimes-94">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[88]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_Radio_1" title="RTÉ Radio 1">RTÉ Radio 1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Gogan" title="Larry Gogan">Larry Gogan</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-IrishTimes-94">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-96">[89]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Israel </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Israel_Broadcasting_Authority" title="Israel Broadcasting Authority">IBA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_1_(Israel)" title="Channel 1 (Israel)">Channel 1</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-97">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Malta </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Services" title="Public Broadcasting Services">PBS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Television_Malta" title="Television Malta">TVM</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-98">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> Netherlands </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nederlandse_Omroep_Stichting" title="Nederlandse Omroep Stichting">NOS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NPO_2" title="NPO 2">TV2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willem_van_Beusekom" title="Willem van Beusekom">Willem van Beusekom</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="#cite_note-PZC-81">[74]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NPO_Radio_2" title="NPO Radio 2">Radio 2</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> Norway </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/NRK" title="NRK">NRK</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NRK1" title="NRK1">NRK1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jostein_Pedersen" title="Jostein Pedersen">Jostein Pedersen</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Scandi-99">[92]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NRK_P1" title="NRK P1">NRK P1</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stein_Dag_Jensen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stein Dag Jensen (page does not exist)">Stein Dag Jensen</a> [<a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stein_Dag_Jensen" class="extiw" title="no:Stein Dag Jensen">no</a>] </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Scandi-99">[92]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Poland </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Telewizja_Polska" title="Telewizja Polska">TVP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TVP1" title="TVP1">TVP1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Artur_Orzech" title="Artur Orzech">Artur Orzech</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-100">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-101">[94]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Portugal </th> <td><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A1dio_e_Televis%C3%A3o_de_Portugal" title="Rádio e Televisão de Portugal">RTP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RTP1" title="RTP1">RTP1</a><a href="#cite_note-103">[h]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rui_Unas" title="Rui Unas">Rui Unas</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-104">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-105">[97]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Romania </th> <td><a href="/wiki/TVR_(TV_network)" title="TVR (TV network)">TVR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TVR_1" title="TVR 1">TVR 1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Miron" title="Leonard Miron">Leonard Miron</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-106">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-107">[99]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Slovakia </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Slovensk%C3%A1_telev%C3%ADzia" title="Slovenská televízia">STV</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dvojka" title="Dvojka">STV2</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-108">[100]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="2"><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" /> Slovenia </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Radiotelevizija_Slovenija" title="Radiotelevizija Slovenija">RTVSLO</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=TV_SLO_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TV SLO 1 (page does not exist)">SLO 1</a> [<a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_SLO_1" class="extiw" title="sl:TV SLO 1">sl</a>] </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="#cite_note-109">[101]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Radio_Val_202" title="Radio Val 202">Val 202</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrej_Karoli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andrej Karoli (page does not exist)">Andrej Karoli</a> [<a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrej_Karoli" class="extiw" title="sl:Andrej Karoli">sl</a>] </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Spain </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Televisi%C3%B3n_Espa%C3%B1ola" title="Televisión Española">TVE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TVE_La_1" class="mw-redirect" title="TVE La 1">La Primera</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Uribarri" title="José Luis Uribarri">José Luis Uribarri</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-110">[102]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> Sweden </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sveriges_Television" title="Sveriges Television">SVT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SVT2" title="SVT2">SVT2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pernilla_M%C3%A5nsson_Colt" title="Pernilla Månsson Colt">Pernilla Månsson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christer_Bj%C3%B6rkman" title="Christer Björkman">Christer Björkman</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-111">[103]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sveriges_Radio" title="Sveriges Radio">SR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sveriges_Radio_P4" title="Sveriges Radio P4">SR P4</a> </td> <td>Anna Hötzel and Claes-Johan Larsson </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-112">[104]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="4"><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" />  Switzerland </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Swiss Broadcasting Corporation">SRG SSR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SRF_zwei" title="SRF zwei">SF 2</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Schweiz-113">[105]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RTS_1_(Swiss_TV_channel)" title="RTS 1 (Swiss TV channel)">TSR 1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean-Marc_Richard_(TV_and_radio_presenter)" title="Jean-Marc Richard (TV and radio presenter)">Jean-Marc Richard</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-TV8-102">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-LeMatin-114">[106]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RSI_La_1" title="RSI La 1">TSI 1</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-TV8-102">[95]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_24_(Switzerland)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radio 24 (Switzerland) (page does not exist)">Radio 24</a> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_24" class="extiw" title="de:Radio 24">de</a>] </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-115">[107]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><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" /> Turkey </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Radio_and_Television_Corporation" title="Turkish Radio and Television Corporation">TRT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TRT_1" title="TRT 1">TRT 1</a><a href="#cite_note-117">[i]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/B%C3%BClend_%C3%96zveren" title="Bülend Özveren">Bülend Özveren</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Cumhuriyet-116">[108]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><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" /> United Kingdom </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a><a href="#cite_note-118">[j]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-119">[109]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ken_Bruce" title="Ken Bruce">Ken Bruce</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-120">[110]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1253789634"> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header"> <caption>Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Country </th> <th scope="col">Broadcaster </th> <th scope="col">Channel(s) </th> <th scope="col">Commentator(s) </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Reference(s)">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> Australia </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service" title="Special Broadcasting Service">SBS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SBS_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="SBS (Australian TV channel)">SBS TV</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[k]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Australia-121">[111]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> Austria </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/ORF_(broadcaster)" title="ORF (broadcaster)">ORF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ORF_1" title="ORF 1">ORF 1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ernst_Grissemann" title="Ernst Grissemann">Ernst Grissemann</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Schweiz-113">[105]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FM4" title="FM4">FM4</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stermann_%26_Grissemann" title="Stermann & Grissemann">Stermann & Grissemann</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-123">[112]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /> Denmark </th> <td><a href="/wiki/DR_(broadcaster)" title="DR (broadcaster)">DR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DR1" title="DR1">DR1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keld_Heick" title="Keld Heick">Keld Heick</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-124">[113]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> Falkland Islands </th> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Broadcasting_Service" title="British Forces Broadcasting Service">BFBS</a> </td> <td>BFBS Television </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-125">[114]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/21px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/41px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /> Faroe Islands </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sj%C3%B3nvarp_F%C3%B8roya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sjónvarp Føroya">SvF</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-126">[115]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> Greenland </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalaallit_Nunaata_Radioa" title="Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa">KNR</a> </td> <td>KNR<a href="#cite_note-128">[l]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Greenland-127">[116]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /> Iceland </th> <td><a href="/wiki/R%C3%9AV" title="RÚV">RÚV</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R%C3%9AV_(TV_channel)" title="RÚV (TV channel)">Sjónvarpið</a>, <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A1s_2" title="Rás 2">Rás 2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Oscar" title="Paul Oscar">Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-129">[117]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> Latvia </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvijas_Telev%C4%ABzija" class="mw-redirect" title="Latvijas Televīzija">LTV</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K%C4%81rlis_Streips&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kārlis Streips (page does not exist)">Kārlis Streips</a> [<a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Streips" class="extiw" title="lv:Kārlis Streips">lv</a>] </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-130">[118]</a><a href="#cite_note-131">[119]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania_%281988%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> Lithuania </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_National_Radio_and_Television" title="Lithuanian National Radio and Television">LRT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LRT_televizija" title="LRT televizija">LTV</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Wilenski-132">[120]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> Yugoslavia </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Radio_Television_of_Serbia" title="Radio Television of Serbia">RTS</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=RTS_3K&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RTS 3K (page does not exist)">RTS 3K</a> [<a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%9B%D0%B8_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%A0%D0%A2%D0%A1" class="extiw" title="sr:Трећи канал РТС">sr</a>]<a href="#cite_note-134">[m]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Yugoslavia-133">[121]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_awards">Other awards</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Other awards">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Barbara_Dex_Award">Barbara Dex Award</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Barbara Dex Award">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Dex_Award" title="Barbara Dex Award">Barbara Dex Award</a>, created in 1997 by fansite House of Eurovision, was awarded to the performer deemed to have been the "worst dressed" among the participants.<a href="#cite_note-135">[122]</a> The winner in 1998 was Germany's representative <a href="/wiki/Guildo_Horn" title="Guildo Horn">Guildo Horn</a>, as determined by the founders of the House of Eurovision site Edwin van Thillo and Rob Paardekam.<a href="#cite_note-136">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-137">[124]</a><a href="#cite_note-138">[125]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception_and_legacy">Reception and legacy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Reception and legacy">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/LGBT_visibility_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="LGBT visibility in the Eurovision Song Contest">LGBT visibility in the Eurovision Song Contest</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dana_International_performing_at_the_Miss_Israel_1998_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Dana_International_performing_at_the_Miss_Israel_1998_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Dana_International_performing_at_the_Miss_Israel_1998_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="419" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Dana_International_performing_at_the_Miss_Israel_1998_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Dana_International_performing_at_the_Miss_Israel_1998_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Dana_International_performing_at_the_Miss_Israel_1998_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Dana_International_performing_at_the_Miss_Israel_1998_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1406" data-file-height="2677" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dana_International" title="Dana International">Dana International</a> brought Israel its third victory in the contest and became the contest's first openly <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBTQ+</a> winner.</figcaption></figure> The selection of <a href="/wiki/Dana_International" title="Dana International">Dana International</a> as the Israeli representative for the contest by the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Broadcasting_Authority" title="Israel Broadcasting Authority">Israel Broadcasting Authority</a> (IBA) created uproar among members of the <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox Jewish community</a> in Israel. Taking issue with the singer's transgender status, groups mounted <a href="/wiki/Political_demonstration" title="Political demonstration">street protests</a> against her selection, and she also received <a href="/wiki/Death_threat" title="Death threat">death threats</a> ahead of the contest.<a href="#cite_note-139">[126]</a><a href="#cite_note-140">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-141">[128]</a> Her selection was also opposed by political figures, with deputy minister <a href="/wiki/Shlomo_Benizri" title="Shlomo Benizri">Shlomo Benizri</a> demanding her removal, referring to the singer as "an abomination" and her selection as "sending a message of darkness".<a href="#cite_note-142">[129]</a><a href="#cite_note-143">[130]</a> On arriving at the contest Dana International was accommodated in the <a href="/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_Birmingham" title="Hyatt Regency Birmingham">Hyatt Regency Birmingham</a>, the only hotel in Birmingham with bulletproof windows, and was accompanied in public by armed guards.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Connor2010152–155-24">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-144">[131]</a> "Diva" was subsequently nominated in 2005 to compete in <a href="/wiki/Congratulations:_50_Years_of_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest">Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest</a>, a special broadcast to determine the contest's most popular entry of its first 50 years as part of the contest's anniversary celebrations. One of 14 entries chosen to compete – the only song from the 1990s on the list – "Diva" ultimately finished in thirteenth place.<a href="#cite_note-145">[132]</a><a href="#cite_note-146">[133]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_and_references">Notes and references</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notes and references">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</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 .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-19"><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a> On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium <a href="/wiki/ARD_(broadcaster)" title="ARD (broadcaster)">ARD</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-conductor-22">^ <a href="#cite_ref-conductor_22-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-conductor_22-1">b</a> Although a conductor was present, the song featured no orchestral accompaniment and was performed entirely to backing track.<a href="#cite_note-Raab-20">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-Sepe-21">[20]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a> Determined by totalling all points awarded in the past five contests and dividing by the number of times that country had participated<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-IT_DE-31">^ <a href="#cite_ref-IT_DE_31-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-IT_DE_31-1">b</a> As Italy decided not to participate the eliminated country with the next highest average points total, Germany, was awarded their place. </li> <li id="cite_note-SI_DE-32">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SI_DE_32-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-SI_DE_32-1">b</a> Despite having the same average score Slovenia ranked higher than Germany by virtue of receiving more points in the most recent contest.<a href="#cite_note-1998_rules-8">[8]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a> Debut appearance </li> <li id="cite_note-Spanish_vote-71">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Spanish_vote_71-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Spanish_vote_71-1">b</a> The below table reflects the official results as published by the EBU following the contest. Due to a calculation error the Spanish points were incorrectly awarded, and Germany, which should have been awarded 12 points as the highest voted song by the Spanish public, received zero points during the original broadcast. As a result of the correction, the points total of the remaining countries in the Spanish top ten were modified, with Israel and Norway being reduced by two points and Belgium, Portugal, Malta, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Estonia, Croatia and Turkey being reduced by one point.<a href="#cite_note-contestAV-51">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-ESC1998-9">[9]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-103"><a href="#cite_ref-103">^</a> Additional live broadcast on <a href="/wiki/RTP_Internacional" title="RTP Internacional">RTP Internacional</a><a href="#cite_note-TV8-102">[95]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-117"><a href="#cite_ref-117">^</a> Additional live broadcast on <a href="/wiki/TRT_International" title="TRT International">TRT Int</a><a href="#cite_note-Cumhuriyet-116">[108]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-118"><a href="#cite_ref-118">^</a> Additional live broadcast on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Prime" title="BBC Prime">BBC Prime</a><a href="#cite_note-TV8-102">[95]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-122"><a href="#cite_ref-122">^</a> Deferred broadcast on 10 May at 19:00 (<a href="/wiki/Time_in_Australia" title="Time in Australia">ACST</a>)<a href="#cite_note-Australia-121">[111]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-128"><a href="#cite_ref-128">^</a> Deferred broadcast at 22:35 (<a href="/wiki/Western_Greenland_Summer_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Greenland Summer Time">WGST</a>)<a href="#cite_note-Greenland-127">[116]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-134"><a href="#cite_ref-134">^</a> Deferred broadcast in a shortened format on 13 June 1998 at 16:30 (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)<a href="#cite_note-Yugoslavia-133">[121]</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</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-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <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 – Participation history"</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/20220619211727/https://eurovision.tv/country/united-kingdom">Archived</a> from the original on 19 June 2022. 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Song Contest 1998">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Greece</a></li> <li>Hungary</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Norway</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1998" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998">United Kingdom</a></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><a href="/wiki/Alma_Lusa" class="mw-redirect" title="Alma Lusa">Alma Lusa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_(Hungarian_singer)" title="Charlie (Hungarian singer)">Charlie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiara_Siracusa" title="Chiara Siracusa">Chiara</a></li> <li>Mélanie Cohl</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_International" title="Dana International">Dana International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danijela_Martinovi%C4%87" title="Danijela Martinović">Danijela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edea_(musical_group)" title="Edea (musical group)">Edea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edsilia_Rombley" title="Edsilia Rombley">Edsilia</a></li> <li>Lars A. Fredriksen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunvor_Guggisberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Gunvor Guggisberg">Gunvor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michalis_Hatzigiannis" title="Michalis Hatzigiannis">Michael Hajiyanni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katar%C3%ADna_Hasprov%C3%A1" title="Katarína Hasprová">Katarína Hasprová</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikel_Herzog" title="Mikel Herzog">Mikel Herzog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guildo_Horn" title="Guildo Horn">Guildo Horn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imaani" title="Imaani">Imaani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vlado_Janevski" title="Vlado Janevski">Vlado Janevski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Johnson" title="Jill Johnson">Jill Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Line" title="Marie Line">Marie Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Martin" title="Dawn Martin">Dawn Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%83lina_Olinescu" title="Mălina Olinescu">Mălina Olinescu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vili_Resnik" title="Vili Resnik">Vili Resnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixteen_(Polish_band)" title="Sixteen (Polish band)">Sixteen</a></li> <li>Thalassa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koit_Toome" title="Koit Toome">Koit Toome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarkan_T%C3%BCzmen" title="Tarkan Tüzmen">Tüzmen</a></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>"A holnap már nem lesz szomorú"</li> <li>"Aava"</li> <li>"Alltid sommer"</li> <li>"Dis oui"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Diva_(Dana_International_song)" title="Diva (Dana International song)">Diva</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Eu_cred" title="Eu cred">Eu cred</a>"</li> <li>"Genesis"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Guildo_hat_euch_lieb!" title="Guildo hat euch lieb!">Guildo hat euch lieb!</a>"</li> <li>"Hemel en aarde"</li> <li>"Is Always Over Now?"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/K%C3%A4rleken_%C3%A4r" title="Kärleken är">Kärleken är</a>"</li> <li>"Lass ihn"</li> <li>"Mere lapsed"</li> <li>"Mia krifi evaisthisia"</li> <li>"Modlitba"</li> <li>"Naj bogovi slišijo"</li> <li>"Ne zori, zoro"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Neka_mi_ne_svane" title="Neka mi ne svane">Neka mi ne svane</a>"</li> <li>"The One That I Love"</li> <li>"Où aller"</li> <li>"¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?"</li> <li>"Se eu te pudesse abraçar"</li> <li>"To takie proste"</li> <li>"Unutamazsın"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Where_Are_You%3F_(Imaani_song)" title="Where Are You? (Imaani song)">Where Are You?</a>"</li></ul> </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" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Template:Eurovision Song Contest"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_Eurovision_Song_Contest_entries_(2004%E2%80%93present)" title="List of Eurovision Song Contest entries (2004–present)">2004–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="History of the Eurovision Song Contest">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Eurovision_Song_Contest_host_cities" title="List of Eurovision Song Contest host cities">Host cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_languages_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="List of languages in the Eurovision Song Contest">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_visibility_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="LGBT visibility in the Eurovision Song Contest">LGBT visibility</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_LGBT_participants_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="List of LGBT participants in the Eurovision Song Contest">LGBT participants</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_controversies_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="Political controversies in the Eurovision Song Contest">Political controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Eurovision_Song_Contest_presenters" title="List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters">Presenters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rules_of_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest">Rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voting_at_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest">Voting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Eurovision_Song_Contest_winners" title="List of Eurovision Song Contest winners">Winners</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_winners_discography" title="Eurovision Song Contest winners discography">Discography</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Contests</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1956" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1956">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1957" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1957">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1958" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1958">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1959" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1959">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1960" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1960">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1961" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1961">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1962" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1962">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1963" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1963">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1964" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1964">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1965" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1965">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1966" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1966">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1967" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1967">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1968" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1968">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1969" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1969">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1970" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1970">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1971" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1971">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1972" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1972">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1973" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1973">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1974" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1974">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1975" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1975">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1976" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1976">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1977" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1977">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1978" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1978">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1979" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1979">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1980" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1980">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1981" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1981">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1982" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1982">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1983" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1983">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1984" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1984">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1985" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1985">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1986" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1986">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1987" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1987">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1988" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1988">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1989" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1989">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1990" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1990">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1991" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1991">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1992" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1992">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1993" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1993">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1994" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1994">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1995" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1995">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1996">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1997">1997</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1999">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2000" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2000">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2001" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2001">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2002" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2002">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2003" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2003">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2004" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2004">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2005" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2005">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2006" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2006">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2007" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2007">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2008">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2009" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2009">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2010" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2010">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2011" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2011">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2012" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2012">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2013" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2013">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2014" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2014">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2015" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2015">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2016" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2016">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2017" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2017">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2018" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2018">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2019" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2019">2019</a></li> <li><s><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2020" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2020">2020</a></s></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2021" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2021">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2022" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2022">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2023" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2023">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2024" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2024">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2025" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2025">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest">Countries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Active</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italy_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldova_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegro_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Marino_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukraine_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Inactive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andorra_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monaco_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morocco_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Morocco in the Eurovision Song Contest">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovakia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest">Turkey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ineligible</th><td 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