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The participants list of 25 countries was composed by last years winner (United Kingdom), the other 3 countries of the so-called big four (Germany, France and Spain), all countries that failed to qual.. More..

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Date of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998: 9 May 1998
Location: National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Broadcaster: BBC
Host(s): Ulrika Jonsson and Terry Wogan
Participating countries: 25
Voting: Each country allocated 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point to the top 10 of the national jury in descending order.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1998

		country	participant(s)	song	pts	rnk
	8	Israel	Dana International	Diva	172	1
	16	United Kingdom	Imaani	Where are you?	166	2
	10	Malta	Chiara	The one that I love	165	3
	18	The Netherlands	Edsilia Rombley	Hemel en aarde	150	4
	1	Croatia	Danijela	Neka mi ne svane	131	5
	20	Belgium	Mélanie Cohl	Dis oui	122	6
	9	Germany	Guildo Horn	Guildo hat euch lieb	86	7
	22	Norway	Lars A. Fredriksen	Alltid sommer	79	8
	13	Ireland	Dawn	Is always over now?	64	9
	19	Sweden	Jill Johnson	Kärleken är	53	10
	17	Cyprus	Michael Hajiyanni	Genesis	37	11
	23	Estonia	Koit Toome	Mere lapsed	36	12
	14	Portugal	Alma Lusa	Se eu te pudesse abraçar	36	12
	24	Turkey	Tüzmen	Unutamazsin	25	14
	21	Finland	Edea	Aava	22	15
	4	Spain	Mikel Herzog	¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?	21	16
	7	Poland	Sixteen	To takie proste	19	17
	12	Slovenia	Vili Resnik	Naj bogovi slišijo	17	18
	25	FYR Macedonia	Vlado Janevski	Ne zori, zoro	16	19
	2	Greece	Dionysia and Thalassa group	Mia krifi evaisthissia	12	20
	6	Slovakia	Katarína Hasprová	Modlitba	8	21
	15	Romania	Malina Olinescu	Eu cred	6	22
	11	Hungary	Charlie	A holnap már ném lesz szomorú	4	23
	3	France	Marie-Line	Où aller	3	24
	5	Switzerland	Gunvor	Lass ihn	0	25

Click here for a full crostable of the votes (available after the contest)

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The participants list of 25 countries was composed by last years winner (United Kingdom), the other 3 countries of the so-called big four (Germany, France and Spain), all countries that failed to qualify for last years contest (including debutant FYR Macedonia), complemented with the top of the 5-years average list introduced last year. The controversial Israelian candidate got all the attention on forehand, because she was a transsexual! Dana International, born as a boy (Yaron Cohen), presented herself and her song to Europe, giving Israel it's 3rd contest-victory.