Eurovision Song Contest 1998

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The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was the 43rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 9, 1998 in Birmingham, England. The presenters were Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson. Dana International was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, Diva.

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Results

**1998 Eurovision Song Contest**
Country	Artist(s)	Song	Place	Points
Belgium	Mélanie Cohl	Dis Oui	6	122
Croatia	Danijela	Neka mi ne svane	5	131
Cyprus	Michalis Hadjiyiannis	Yenesis	11	37
Estonia	Koit Toome	Mere lapsed	12	36
Finland	Edea	Aava	15	22
FYR of Macedonia	Vlado Janevski	Ne zori, zoro	19	16
France	Marie Line	Où Aller	24	3
Germany	Guildo Horn	Guildo Hat Euch Lieb	7	86
Greece	Thalassa	Mia Krifi Evesthisia	20	12
Hungary	Charlie	A Holnap Mar Nem Lesz Szomoru	23	4
Ireland	Dawn Martin	Is Always Over Now?	9	64
Israel	Dana International	Diva	1	172
Malta	Chiara	The One That I Love	3	165
Netherlands	Edsilia	Hemel En Aarde	4	150
Norway	Lars A. Fredriksen	Alltid sommer	8	79
Poland	Sixteen	To Takie Proste	17	19
Portugal	Alma Lusa	Se eu te pudesse abraçar	12	36
Romania	Malina Olinescu	Eu Cred	22	6
Slovakia	Katarina Hasprova	Modlitba	21	8
Slovenia	Vili Resnik	Naj bogovi slišijo	18	17
Spain	Mikel Herzog	Que Voy A Hacer Sin Ti	16	21
Sweden	Jill Johnson	Kärleken Är	10	53
Switzerland	Gunvor	Lass' ihn	25	0
Turkey	Tüzmen	Unutamazsin	14	25
United Kingdom	Imaani	Where are you?	2	166
Venue: National Indoor Arena - Birmingham, United Kingdom

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First appearances

Republic of Macedonia

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Voting structure

Each country had a televote, where the top ten most voted for songs were awarded the 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points, with a backup jury in case of mistakes. A Jury was used if there was exceptional reasons not to use a televote.

With just one country left to vote, it was anyone's guess as to who was going to prevail, with Israel and Malta locked in battle on the same points total (or so the scoreboard said - in fact, Spain's vote had been wrongly tallied and Malta was really one point ahead), and the United Kingdom apparently nine points behind (really nine behind Malta and eight behind Israel). When FYR Macedonia came to award the decisive points, Israel were the first of the three contenders to be mentioned, receiving eight points. That was enough to knock the UK out of contention for victory, but left plenty of room for Israel to be overtaken by their principal rival. Next, the ten points went to the UK, nudging them into what looked like being an extremely fleeting spell in second place, since most of the audience assumed the twelve points were destined for Malta. Instead, there were gasps as FYR Macedonia sent the final points of the evening to fellow Balkan nation Croatia, handing Israel their first win in the contest since "Hallelujah" in 1979.

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