Eurovision Song Contest

1998

Host: 🇬🇧 Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue: National Indoor Arena
Date: 9 May 1998
Presenters: Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson
For the EBU: Christine Marchal-Ortiz
Entries: 25

Winner

“Diva”

Dana International for Israel

172 pts

Scoreboard

Final

#	Country	Song	Points
1	🇮🇱 Israel Diva	“Diva” Dana International	172
2	🇬🇧 United Kingdom Where Are You?	“Where Are You?” Imaani	166
3	🇲🇹 Malta The One That I Love	“The One That I Love” Chiara	165
4	🇳🇱 Netherlands Hemel en aarde	“Hemel en aarde” Edsilia	150
5	🇭🇷 Croatia Neka mi ne svane	“Neka mi ne svane” Danijela	131
6	🇧🇪 Belgium Dis oui	“Dis oui” Mélanie Cohl	122
7	🇩🇪 Germany Guildo hat euch lieb	“Guildo hat euch lieb” Guildo Horn	86
8	🇳🇴 Norway Alltid sommer	“Alltid sommer” Lars A. Fredriksen	79
9	🇮🇪 Ireland Is Always Over Now	“Is Always Over Now” Dawn Martin	64
10	🇸🇪 Sweden Kärleken är	“Kärleken är” Jill Johnson	53
11	🇨🇾 Cyprus Genesis	“Genesis” Michael Hajiyanni	37
12	🇵🇹 Portugal Se eu te pudesse abraçar	“Se eu te pudesse abraçar” Alma Lusa	36
12	🇪🇪 Estonia Mere lapsed	“Mere lapsed” Koit Toome	36
14	🇹🇷 Turkey Unutamazsın	“Unutamazsın” Tüzmen	25
15	🇫🇮 Finland Aava	“Aava” Edea	22
16	🇪🇸 Spain ¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?	“¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?” Mikel Herzog	21
17	🇵🇱 Poland To takie proste	“To takie proste” Sixteen	19
18	🇸🇮 Slovenia Naj bogovi slišijo	“Naj bogovi slišijo” Vili Resnik	17
19	🇲🇰 North Macedonia Ne zori, zoro	“Ne zori, zoro” Vlado Janevski	16
20	🇬🇷 Greece Mia krifi evaisthisia	“Mia krifi evaisthisia” Thalassa	12
21	🇸🇰 Slovakia Modlitba	“Modlitba” Katarína Hasprová	8
22	🇷🇴 Romania Eu cred	“Eu cred” Mălina Olinescu	6
23	🇭🇺 Hungary A holnap már nem lesz szomorú	“A holnap már nem lesz szomorú” Charlie	4
24	🇫🇷 France Où aller	“Où aller” Marie Line	3
25	🇨🇭 Switzerland Lass ihn	“Lass ihn” Gunvor	0

Play the final

25 songs

1 🇭🇷 Croatia “Neka mi ne svane” Danijela
2 🇬🇷 Greece “Mia krifi evaisthisia” Thalassa
3 🇫🇷 France “Où aller” Marie Line
4 🇪🇸 Spain “¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?” Mikel Herzog
5 🇨🇭 Switzerland “Lass ihn” Gunvor
6 🇸🇰 Slovakia “Modlitba” Katarína Hasprová
7 🇵🇱 Poland “To takie proste” Sixteen
8 🇮🇱 Israel “Diva” Dana International
9 🇩🇪 Germany “Guildo hat euch lieb” Guildo Horn
10 🇲🇹 Malta “The One That I Love” Chiara
11 🇭🇺 Hungary “A holnap már nem lesz szomorú” Charlie
12 🇸🇮 Slovenia “Naj bogovi slišijo” Vili Resnik
13 🇮🇪 Ireland “Is Always Over Now” Dawn Martin
14 🇵🇹 Portugal “Se eu te pudesse abraçar” Alma Lusa
15 🇷🇴 Romania “Eu cred” Mălina Olinescu
16 🇬🇧 United Kingdom “Where Are You?” Imaani
17 🇨🇾 Cyprus “Genesis” Michael Hajiyanni
18 🇳🇱 Netherlands “Hemel en aarde” Edsilia
19 🇸🇪 Sweden “Kärleken är” Jill Johnson
20 🇧🇪 Belgium “Dis oui” Mélanie Cohl
21 🇫🇮 Finland “Aava” Edea
22 🇳🇴 Norway “Alltid sommer” Lars A. Fredriksen
23 🇪🇪 Estonia “Mere lapsed” Koit Toome
24 🇹🇷 Turkey “Unutamazsın” Tüzmen
25 🇲🇰 North Macedonia “Ne zori, zoro” Vlado Janevski

Who voted for whom

Final

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Where it happened

Birmingham

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

1998 in numbers

Nerd corner

25entries

20languages sung

0debuts

1nul points

Languages

English3
French2
German2
Greek2
Estonian1
Spanish1
Finnish1
Croatian1

+ 12 more

Comings & goings

Back again: 🇧🇪 Belgium (last in 1996), 🇫🇮 Finland (last in 1996), 🇮🇱 Israel (last in 1996), 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (last in 1996), 🇷🇴 Romania (last in 1996), 🇸🇰 Slovakia (last in 1996)

Sat this one out: 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇷🇺 Russia

Nul Points Hall of Fame

🇨🇭 Switzerland: “Lass ihn” by Gunvor. We still love you.

How the votes worked

Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their ten favourite songs