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1998 - 43rd edition

Venue: National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Date: Saturday, 9 May 1998
Presentation: Ulrika Jonsson & Terry Wogan
Voting: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to its top 10 (by televote).
Number of countries: 25
Qualification: Winner of 1997 + passive countries of 1997 + 18 other countries with the highest average score over the previous five years (excl. Italy).
- Scoreboard -


Draw Order by starting order Country Order by country Title Order by song title [ONLY SHOW ESC VERSIONS] Artist(s) Pos. Order by placing Score
1. Croatia Neka mi ne svane (Croatian) less
Despair (English)
• DJ Pucko remix (Croatian) [4:54]
• instrumental version
Danijela 5 131
2. Greece Mia krifi evesthisia /
  Μια κρυφή ευαισθησία (Greek) less
Only to be with you (English)
• alternate version (English) [4:44]
• remix of alternate version (English) [3:02]
• extended remix of alternate version (English) [4:33]
Thalassa /
  Θάλασσα
20 12
3. France Où aller (French) less
• karaoke version
Marie Line 24 3
4. Spain ¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti? (Spanish) less
• extended version (Spanish) [3:30]
Mikel Herzog 16 21
5. Switzerland Lass ihn (German) less
• instrumental version
Gunvor 25 0
6. Slovakia Modlitba (Slovak) Katarína Hasprová 21 8
7. Poland To takie proste (Polish) less
When love turns to hate (English)
• karaoke version
Sixteen 17 19
8. Israel Diva /
  דיווה (Hebrew) less
Diva (English)
• new version (1999) (English) [3:58]
• new version (2000) (English) [3:46]
• C&N Project mix (English) [7:09]
• Handbaggers remix (English) [7:19]
• G's heavenly vocal remix (English) [6:05]
• G's heavenly dub (English) [7:28]
• Sleaze Sisters euro anthem remix (English) [7:04]
• Sleaze Sisters paradise revisited 7'' remix (English) [3:27]
• Sleaze Sisters paradise revisited 12'' remix (English) [6:38]
• Sleaze Sisters paradise revisited instrumental remix (English) [6:38]
Dana International /
  דנה אינטרנשיונל
1 172
9. Germany Guildo hat euch lieb! (German) less
• alternate version (German)
• club mix (German) [3:47]
• club mix radio version I (German) [3:10]
• club mix radio version II (German) [3:25]
Guildo Horn & Die Orthopädischen Strümpfe 7 86
10. Malta The one that I love (English) less
Lilek inħobb (Maltese)
Chiara 3 165
11. Hungary A holnap már nem lesz szomorú (Hungarian) less
Sadness will be over tomorrow (English)
Charlie 23 4
12. Slovenia Naj bogovi slišijo (Slovene) less
Will the gods set me free (English)
Ohne sie (German)
Vili Resnik 18 17
13. Ireland Is always over now? (English) less
• karaoke version
Dawn Martin 9 64
14. Portugal Se eu te pudesse abraçar (Portuguese) Alma Lusa 12 36
15. Romania Eu cred (Romanian) less
You live (English)
Mălina Olinescu 22 6
16. United Kingdom Where are you (English) less
• alternate version (English) [3:38]
• Blue Icon's vocal club mix (English) [6:50]
• Blue Icon's lost piano mix (English) [7:44]
Imaani 2 166
17. Cyprus Yenesis /
  Γένεσις (Greek) less
Genesis (English)
Michael Hajiyanni /
  Μιχάλης Χατζηγιάννης
11 37
18. Netherlands Hemel en aarde (Dutch) less
Walking on water (English)
• remix (Dutch)
• alternate version (English)
• dance mix (English)
• NY remix (English)
Edsilia 4 150
19. Sweden Kärleken är (Swedish) less
Eternal love (English)
• karaoke version
Jill Johnson 10 53
20. Belgium Dis oui (French) less
Easy (*) (English)
• karaoke version
Mélanie Cohl 6 122
21. Finland Aava (Finnish) less
• Illusion Rake mix (Finnish) [4:10]
• Kajasto mix (Finnish) [4:02]
Edea 15 22
22. Norway Alltid sommer (Norwegian) less
All I ever wanted (was you) (English)
• remix (English) [4:03]
• karaoke version
Lars Fredriksen 8 79
23. Estonia Mere lapsed (Estonian) less
Children of the sea (English)
• alternate version (Estonian) [2:56]
• seascape edit mix (Estonian) [3:38]
• seascape edit mix (English) [3:39]
• deep blu mix (English) [3:47]
Koit Toome 12 36
24. Turkey Unutamazsın (Turkish) less
You can not forget (English)
• instrumental version
Tüzmen 14 25
25. FYR Macedonia Ne zori, zoro /
  Не зори, зоро (Macedonian) less
Somebody stop the dawn (English)
• alternate version (Macedonian) [3:01]
Vlado Janevski /
  Владо Јаневски
19 16