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The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was the 43rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held on 9 May 1998 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and presented by Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson, the contest was held in the United Kingdom following the country's victory at the Шаблон:Escyr with the song "Love Shine a Light" by Katrina and the Waves.

Twenty-five countries participated in the contest. Six participating countries in the 1997 edition were absent, with Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty and Шаблон:Esccnty relegated due to achieving the lowest average points totals over the previous five contests and Шаблон:Esccnty actively choosing not to participate. These countries were replaced by Шаблон:Esccnty in its first contest appearance, and previously relegated and absent countries Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty and Шаблон:Esccnty.

The winner was Шаблон:Esccnty with the song "Diva", composed by Svika Pick, written by Yoav Ginai and performed by Dana International. The Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty, the Шаблон:Esccnty and Шаблон:Esccnty rounded out the top five. Dana International was the contest's first openly transgender participant and became the contest's first openly LGBTQ+ 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 televoting, 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.

Location

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National Indoor Arena, Birmingham – host venue of the 1998 contest

Шаблон:Location map many The 1998 contest took place in Birmingham, the United Kingdom, following the country's victory at the Шаблон:Escyr with the song "Love Shine a Light", performed by Katrina and the Waves. It was the eighth time that the United Kingdom had hosted the contestШаблон:Sndsetting a new contest recordШаблон:Sndwith the nation having previously hosted the contest in London in Шаблон:Escyr, Шаблон:Escyr, Шаблон:Escyr and Шаблон:Escyr, in Edinburgh in Шаблон:Escyr, in Brighton in Шаблон:Escyr and in Harrogate in Шаблон:Escyr.[1] The selected venue was the National Indoor Arena, a sporting venue and indoor arena opened in 1991 which prior to the contest had previously hosted the 1993 IBF Badminton World Championships and 1995 World Netball Championships, as well as being the principal venue for the recording of UK television programme Gladiators.[2][3][4][5]

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 Aberdeen, Belfast, Bournemouth, Brighton, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Harrogate, Inverness, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield being considered.[6] 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.[6][7]

Participating countries

Шаблон:Further Per the rules of the contest twenty-five countries were allowed to participate in the event.[8] Шаблон:Esccnty participated in the contest for the first time, having previously applied to enter the Шаблон:Escyr but failing to progress from that edition's qualifying round; due to the then-ongoing Macedonia naming dispute with Greece, the nation participated under the provisional reference "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" or its shortened form "FYR Macedonia".[9][10] Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty and Шаблон:Esccnty made a return to the contest, replacing Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty and Шаблон:Esccnty, which were relegated following the previous year's contest, and Шаблон:Esccnty which decided against entering the event. Italy would not return to the contest again until 2011.[9]

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: Danijela had previously represented Шаблон:Esccnty in Шаблон:Escyr as a member of the group Magazin;[11][12] and José Cid, a member of Alma Lusa, had represented Шаблон:Esccnty in Шаблон:Escyr.[13] 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 Шаблон:Esccnty in the Шаблон:Escyr as a member of the group Cadillac, was a backing singer for Mikel Herzog;[14] Egon Egemann, who had previously represented Шаблон:Esccnty in the Шаблон:Escyr, performed on stage as violinist for Gunvor;[15] and Paul Harrington, winner of the Шаблон:Escyr for Шаблон:Esccnty with Charlie McGettigan, providing backing vocals for Dawn Martin.[16]

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998[17][11][18][19]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Conductor
Шаблон:Esc RTBF Mélanie Cohl "Шаблон:Lang" French Philippe Swan Шаблон:N/A
Шаблон:Esc HRT Danijela "Шаблон:Lang" Croatian Petar Grašo Stipica Kalogjera
Шаблон:Esc CyBC Michael Hajiyanni "Шаблон:Lang" (Шаблон:Lang) Greek Шаблон:Hlist Costas Cacogiannis
Шаблон:Esc ETV Koit Toome "Шаблон:Lang" Estonian Шаблон:Hlist Heiki Vahar
Шаблон:Esc YLE Edea "Шаблон:Lang" Finnish Шаблон:Hlist Olli Ahvenlahti
Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Lang Marie Line "Шаблон:Lang" French Шаблон:Hlist Martin Koch
Шаблон:Esc NDRШаблон:Efn Guildo Horn "Шаблон:Lang" German Stefan Raab Stefan RaabШаблон:Efn
Шаблон:Esc ERT Шаблон:Lang "Шаблон:Lang" (Шаблон:Lang) Greek Шаблон:Hlist Шаблон:N/A
Шаблон:Esc MTV Charlie "Шаблон:Lang" Hungarian Шаблон:Hlist Miklós Malek
Шаблон:Esc RTÉ Dawn Martin "Is Always Over Now" English Gerry Morgan Noel Kelehan
Шаблон:Esc IBA Dana International "Diva" (Шаблон:Lang) Hebrew Шаблон:Hlist Шаблон:N/A
Шаблон:Esc MRT Vlado Janevski "Шаблон:Lang" (Шаблон:Lang) Macedonian Шаблон:Hlist Aleksandar Džambazov
Шаблон:Esc PBS Chiara "The One That I Love" English Шаблон:Hlist Шаблон:N/A
Шаблон:Esc NOS Edsilia "Шаблон:Lang" Dutch Шаблон:Hlist Dick Bakker
Шаблон:Esc NRK Lars A. Fredriksen "Шаблон:Lang" Norwegian Шаблон:Hlist Geir Langslet
Шаблон:Esc TVP Sixteen "Шаблон:Lang" Polish Шаблон:Hlist Wiesław Pieregorólka
Шаблон:Esc RTP Alma Lusa "Шаблон:Lang" Portuguese José Cid Mike Sergeant
Шаблон:Esc TVR Mălina Olinescu "Шаблон:Lang" Romanian Шаблон:Hlist Adrian Romcescu
Шаблон:Esc STV Katarína Hasprová "Шаблон:Lang" Slovak Шаблон:Hlist Vladimír Valovič
Шаблон:Esc RTVSLO Vili Resnik "Шаблон:Lang" Slovene Шаблон:Hlist Mojmir SepeШаблон:Efn
Шаблон:Esc TVE Mikel Herzog "Шаблон:Lang" Spanish Шаблон:Hlist Alberto Estébanez
Шаблон:Esc SVT Jill Johnson "Шаблон:Lang" Swedish Шаблон:Hlist Anders Berglund
Шаблон:Esc SRG SSR Gunvor "Шаблон:Lang" German Шаблон:Hlist Шаблон:N/A
Шаблон:Esc TRT Tüzmen "Шаблон:Lang" Turkish Шаблон:Hlist Ümit Eroğlu
Шаблон:Esc BBC Imaani "Where Are You?" English Шаблон:Hlist James McMillan

Qualification

Due to the high number of countries wishing to enter the contest a relegation system was introduced in Шаблон:Escyr 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.[20] 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.[6][8] 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 five contests, and any eligible countries which did not compete in the 1997 contest.[6][8] 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.[8]

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Шаблон:Esccnty, 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.[9][21] The calculations used to determine the countries relegated for the 1998 contest are outlined in the table below.

Table key Шаблон:Legend Шаблон:Legend Шаблон:Legend Шаблон:Legend

Calculation of average points to determine qualification for the 1998 contestШаблон:Efn
Rank Country Average Yearly Point Totals[22][23][24][25][26]
Шаблон:Escyr Шаблон:Escyr Шаблон:Escyr Шаблон:Escyr Шаблон:Escyr
1 Шаблон:Esc 155.20 187 226 44 162 157
2 Шаблон:Esc 121.40 164 63 76 77 227
3 Шаблон:Esc 91.60 120 76 148 114 0
4 Шаблон:Esc 80.40 121 74 94 18 95
5 Шаблон:EscШаблон:Efn 79.50 45 114
6 Шаблон:Esc 75.20 69 97 76 68 66
7 Шаблон:Esc 74.60 89 48 100 100 36
8 Шаблон:Esc 66.50 166 15 31 54
9 Шаблон:Esc 63.40 17 51 79 72 98
10 Шаблон:Esc 61.40 58 17 119 17 96
11 Шаблон:Esc 59.33 2 94 82
12 Шаблон:Esc 54.67 122 3 Шаблон:N/A 39
13 Шаблон:Esc 54.20 31 27 91 98 24
14 Шаблон:Esc 52.25 10 21 57 121
15 Шаблон:Esc 50.20 64 44 68 36 39
16 Шаблон:Esc 47.50 148 15 22 5
17 Шаблон:Esc 46.00 60 73 5 92 0
18 Шаблон:Esc 44.75 92 4 78 5
19Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Esc 42.25 9 84 16 60
20Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:EscШаблон:Efn 42.25 18 128 1 Шаблон:N/A 22
21 Шаблон:Esc 42.00 9 92 Шаблон:N/A 25
22 Шаблон:Esc 40.00 70 17 Шаблон:N/A 33
23 Шаблон:Esc 39.60 32 19 67 68 12
24 Шаблон:Esc 38.20 42 49 31 51 18
25 Шаблон:Esc 23.00 27 39 14 13 22

Production

The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was produced by the British public broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Kevin Bishop served as executive producer, Guy Freeman served as producer, Geoff Posner served as director, Andrew Howe-Davies served as designer, and Martin Koch served as musical director, leading the 60-piece BBC Concert Orchestra and arranging and orchestrating the music for the opening and closing sequences and the interval act.[27][28]

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 green room, the dressing rooms, the press centre and accreditation area, and small rooms for use by each country's individual commentators.[6] 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 ballot.[6][29] 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.[30][31]

The green room was situated behind the stage, and was designed to resemble a nightclub. The arena featured three large video screens to enable the audience to follow the voting, and video walls were also constructed for use on stage, in the press centre and the green room. A 400-seat auditorium 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.[6][27][28] Much of the press centre facilities constructed for the contest were subsequently retained and augmented for use during the 24th G8 summit held in Birmingham the following week.[28][32]

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.[6] 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.[6] Stand-in studios were also prepared in Studio 4 of BBC Television Centre, London and in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham in case of an emergency at the National Indoor Arena that resulted in evacuation.[6]

Presenters

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Terry Wogan (pictured in 2015), co-presenter of the 1998 contest

The Swedish-British television presenter and model Ulrika Jonsson and the Irish television and radio presenter Terry Wogan 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 BBC One from a separate commentary booth erected behind the stage in addition to his role as the contest presenter.[6][33]

The draw to the determine the running order, held on 13 November 1997 in the National Indoor Arena, was compered by Wogan and Katrina Leskanich, lead vocalist of the 1997 contest winners Katrina and the Waves.[6][34]

Conductors

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.[8][19][35]

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.[11] Stefan Raab, 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 Mojmir Sepe instead signalling to start the track.[36][37] 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.[38]

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 Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) withdrew from the contest, a decision which was ultimately reversed minutes later.[11][21][39] 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.[39][40]

Trophy

The trophy awarded to the writers of the winning song was designed by Anongkarat Unyawong, a student at the Birmingham School of Jewellery, who had won a competition conducted at the school for the occasion.[41][42] The winning performers received a glass bowl designed by Susan Nickson bearing the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 logo.[43] The winners were heralded by the trumpeters of the Life Guards as they entered the stage, and the awards were presented by Katrina Leskanich.[44][42]

Format

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 European Broadcasting Union (EBU) onto the participating broadcasters.[8]

Entries

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.[8] Each entry was able to utilise all or part of the live orchestra and could use instrumental-only backing tracks.[8] 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 mimed by the performers.[45] 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.[8]

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.[8] 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 score 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.[8]

For the first time a watermark 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.[9] 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.[46][47] In subsequent years the rules would be modified again to remove the option for entries to be accompanied by live music entirely.[48]

Voting procedure

Шаблон:Further The results of the 1998 contest were determined through the same scoring system as had first been introduced in Шаблон:Escyr: 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.[8][49] For the first time each participating country was required to use televoting to determine their points, with countries with weak telephone networks that prevented them from holding a large-scale televote being granted an exception.[8][9][42] 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.[49] 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.[43][8] 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.[43] Systems were also put in place to prevent lobby groups from one country voting for their song by travelling to other countries.[8]

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.[42][8] 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.[8]

Postcards

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.[50][51] The postcards for the 1998 contest continued the theme of the opening segment, with each clip focussing on a particular themeШаблон:Sndeither an object, place or conceptШаблон:Sndand creating a juxtaposition between its older and newer versions. Each postcard was accompanied by extracts of Britpop 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.[11][43] The various themes for each postcard, and the musical accompaniment which featured, are listed below by order of performance:[11][43]

Шаблон:Div col

  1. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndFootball; "Sight for Sore Eyes" (M People)
  2. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndBeaches; "Alright" (Supergrass)
  3. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndAircraft; "Ordinary World" (Duran Duran)
  4. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndLeisure; The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (performed by the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra)
  5. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndLoch Ness; "Enchanted Highland" (APM Celtic Players)
  6. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndJewellery; "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub" (Apollo 440)
  7. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndGlasgow, Scotland; "Slight Return" (The Bluetones)
  8. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndArt; "Common People" (Pulp)
  9. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndIronworks; "Always on My Mind" (Pet Shop Boys)
  10. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndFashion; "Mulder and Scully" (Catatonia)
  11. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndWales; "A Design for Life" (Manic Street Preachers)
  12. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndPubs; "Ocean Drive" (Lighthouse Family)
  13. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndLondon, England; "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (The Verve)
  14. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndEducation; "Beautiful Ones" (Suede)
  15. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndSailing; "Sailing" (Rod Stewart)
  16. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndCars; "Hush" (Kula Shaker)
  17. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndFood; "Born Slippy" (Underworld)
  18. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndBroadcasting; "Polo Mint City" (Texas)
  19. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndRetail; "Don't Marry Her" (The Beautiful South)
  20. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndTheatres; "She's a Star" (James)
  21. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndFilms; "The Chad Who Loved Me" (Mansun)
  22. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndMedieval; "Hail to the King" (performed by the Kneller Hall State Trumpeters)
  23. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndBelfast, Northern Ireland; "Bright Side of the Road" (Van Morrison)
  24. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndNational landmarks; Symphony No. 5, III: Romanza (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
  25. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndWeather; "Sugar Coated Iceberg" (The Lightning Seeds)

Шаблон:Div col end

Contest overview

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Violinist Vanessa-Mae performed as part of the interval act.

The contest took place on 9 May 1998 at 20:00 (BST) and lasted 3 hours.[8][11] 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 Brindleyplace and boats on the city's canal network, to music from the BBC Concert Orchestra.[6][43] A fanfare from the trumpeters of the Life Guards greeted the contest's presenters as they entered the stage.[43] 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 Katie BoyleШаблон:Sndthe only individual to host four contestsШаблон:Sndin attendance as a special guest.[43][52] Special appearances were also featured from Katrina Leskanich and Carrie Crowley, the co-presenter of the Шаблон:Escyr, who appeared via video link from Dublin.[43]

The interval performance was entitled "Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity", based on music from the movement of the same name from the orchestral suite The Planets by English composer Gustav Holst.[44] A medley of vocal and instrumental pieces inspired by English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Indian and Zulu cultures, the segment included over 200 performers and featured music from the BBC Concert Orchestra and performances by soprano Lesley Garrett, violinist Vanessa-Mae, the Sutherland Pipe Band, Andrew Findon on tin whistle, Carys Hughes on harp, the bhangra dance group Nachda Sansaar, the Canoldir Male Voice Choir, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, trumpeters from the Band of the Blues and Royals and an excerpt of Patti Boulaye's Sun Dance.[43][53][54]

The winner was Шаблон:Esccnty represented by the song "Diva", composed by Svika Pick, written by Шаблон:Ill and performed by Dana International.[55] This marked Israel's third contest win, following the country's back-to-back victories in Шаблон:Escyr and Шаблон:Escyr.[56] Dana International, the contest's first openly transgender participant, also became the first openly LGBTQ+ and first openly transgender artist to win the event.[57][58] 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 Шаблон:Escyr by finishing in fourth place.[9][42]

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 Jean Paul Gaultier but which was ultimately not used for the original performance.[59] 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.[21][60]

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.[42][9][61] The tables in this article present the corrected results as published by the EBU.

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998[11][62]Шаблон:Efn
Шаблон:Abbr Country Artist Song Points Place
1 Шаблон:Esc Danijela "Шаблон:Lang" 131 5
2 Шаблон:Esc Thalassa "Шаблон:Lang" 12 20
3 Шаблон:Esc Marie Line "Шаблон:Lang" 3 24
4 Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Sortname "Шаблон:Lang" 21 16
5 Шаблон:Esc Gunvor "Шаблон:Lang" 0 25
6 Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Sortname "Шаблон:Lang" 8 21
7 Шаблон:Esc Sixteen "Шаблон:Lang" 19 17
8 Шаблон:Esc Dana International "Diva" 172 1
9 Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Sortname "Шаблон:Lang" 86 7
10 Шаблон:Esc Chiara "The One That I Love" 165 3
11 Шаблон:Esc Charlie "Шаблон:Lang" 4 23
12 Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Sortname "Шаблон:Lang" 17 18
13 Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Sortname "Is Always Over Now" 64 9
14 Шаблон:Esc Alma Lusa "Шаблон:Lang" 36 12
15 Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Sortname "Шаблон:Lang" 6 22
16 Шаблон:Esc Imaani "Where Are You?" 166 2
17 Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Sortname "Шаблон:Lang" 37 11
18 Шаблон:Esc Edsilia "Шаблон:Lang" 150 4
19 Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Sortname "Шаблон:Lang" 53 10
20 Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Sortname "Шаблон:Lang" 122 6
21 Шаблон:Esc Edea "Шаблон:Lang" 22 15
22 Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Sortname "Шаблон:Lang" 79 8
23 Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Sortname "Шаблон:Lang" 36 12
24 Шаблон:Esc Tüzmen "Шаблон:Lang" 25 14
25 Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Sortname "Шаблон:Lang" 16 19

Spokespersons

Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for their respective country.[8][63] As had been the case since the Шаблон:Escyr, the spokespersons were connected via satellite and appeared in vision during the broadcast.[64] Spokespersons at the 1998 contest are listed below.[43]

During the voting procedure Ulrika Jonsson had an unplanned comical moment with the Dutch spokesperson Conny Vandenbos; after Vandenbos had expressed her sympathy with the performers in the contestШаблон:Sndhaving previously represented the Netherlands in Шаблон:EscyrШаблон:Sndshe 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.[60]

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  1. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndШаблон:Ill
  2. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndШаблон:Ill[65]
  3. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndMarie Myriam
  4. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndBelén Fernández de Henestrosa
  5. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndRegula Elsener
  6. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndШаблон:Ill
  7. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndJan Chojnacki
  8. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndYigal Ravid
  9. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndNena
  10. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndStephanie Spiteri
  11. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndШаблон:Ill
  12. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndШаблон:Ill
  13. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndEileen Dunne[66]
  14. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndLúcia Moniz
  15. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndШаблон:Ill
  16. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndKen Bruce[42]
  17. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndMarina Maleni
  18. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndConny Vandenbos[67]
  19. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndBjörn Hedman[68]
  20. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndMarie-Hélène Vanderborght
  21. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndMarjo Wilska
  22. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndRagnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft
  23. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndUrve Tiidus[69]
  24. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndOsman Erkan
  25. Шаблон:FlaguШаблон:SndEvgenija Teodosievska

Шаблон:Div col end

Detailed voting results

Televoting was used to determine the points awarded by all countries, except Hungary, Romania and Turkey.[42] 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.[43][8] The detailed breakdown of the points awarded by each country is listed in the tables below.

Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998[42][70][71]Шаблон:Efn
Voting procedure used:
Шаблон:LegendШаблон:Legend
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rowspan="25" Шаблон:Vert header Croatia 131 5 8 1 5 10 6 10 10 10 12 3 2 2 7 4 3 5 3 6 3 4 12
Greece 12 12
France 3 1 2
Spain 21 1 4 6 3 4 3
Switzerland 0
Slovakia 8 8
Poland 19 2 5 2 10
Israel 172 10 12 10 10 10 7 12 7 6 12 7 5 10 6 5 10 10 3 7 5 8
Germany 86 3 12 12 8 8 10 6 6 12 7 1 1
Malta 165 7 6 6 5 8 12 8 7 8 7 3 12 5 12 5 8 6 8 5 12 5 10
Hungary 4 1 1 2
Slovenia 17 3 2 5 4 3
Ireland 64 2 2 4 2 2 6 6 1 1 8 8 1 4 2 8 7
Portugal 36 1 10 6 2 2 2 2 1 6 4
Romania 6 6
United Kingdom 166 12 7 3 3 3 1 7 12 1 8 10 5 5 6 12 8 7 7 6 8 5 8 12 10
Cyprus 37 4 12 5 1 1 1 4 4 3 2
Netherlands 150 10 8 5 4 7 6 5 8 6 7 12 10 7 10 8 12 7 8 7 3
Sweden 53 3 4 8 2 1 5 6 10 12 2
Belgium 122 4 7 7 4 7 12 5 4 3 3 6 7 8 7 6 10 2 7 6 1 6
Finland 22 10 1 10 1
Norway 79 8 1 4 4 3 5 5 10 4 3 4 3 3 12 4 2 4
Estonia 36 2 8 1 4 2 1 2 4 12
Turkey 25 5 12 2 1 5
Macedonia 16 6 3 4 3

12 points

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.[70][71]

Distribution of 12 points awarded at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998[70][71]
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
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Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Esc, Шаблон:Esc, Шаблон:Esc, Шаблон:Esc
3 Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Esc, Шаблон:Esc, Шаблон:Esc
Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Esc, Шаблон:Esc, Шаблон:Esc
2 Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Esc, Шаблон:Esc
Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Esc, Шаблон:Esc
1 Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Esc
Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Esc
Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Esc
Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Esc
Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Esc
Шаблон:Esc Шаблон:Esc
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Broadcasts

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.[8] 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 South Korea.[6][27] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators, are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster[8] Channel(s) Commentator(s) Шаблон:Abbr
Шаблон:Flagu RTBF Шаблон:Lang Jean-Pierre Hautier [72][73]
VRT TV1, Radio 2 André Vermeulen and Шаблон:Ill [72][74][75]
Шаблон:Flagu HRT HRT 1 Aleksandar Kostadinov [76][77]
Шаблон:Flagu CyBC Шаблон:N/A Evi Papamichail [78]
Шаблон:Flagu ETV Шаблон:Ill [79][80]
ER Шаблон:Lang Marko Reikop
Шаблон:Flagu YLE TV1 Maria Guzenina and Шаблон:Ill [79][81][82]
Шаблон:Lang Sanna Kojo [83]
Radio Vega Шаблон:N/A [84]
Шаблон:Flagu Шаблон:Lang France 2 Chris and Laura Mayne [85][86]
Шаблон:Flagu ARD Шаблон:Lang Peter Urban [86][87]
Шаблон:Flagu ERT Шаблон:N/A Giorgos Mitropoulos [88]
Шаблон:Flagu MTV Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:Ill [89]
Шаблон:Flagu RTÉ RTÉ One Pat Kenny [90][91]
RTÉ Radio 1 Larry Gogan [90][92]
Шаблон:Flagu IBA Channel 1 Шаблон:N/A [93]
Шаблон:Flagu MRT Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A
Шаблон:Flagu PBS TVM Шаблон:N/A [94]
Шаблон:Flagu NOS TV2 Willem van Beusekom [72][95]
Radio 2 Шаблон:N/A
Шаблон:Flagu NRK NRK1 Jostein Pedersen [96]
NRK P1 Шаблон:Ill [96][97]
Шаблон:Flagu TVP Шаблон:N/A Artur Orzech [98]
Шаблон:Flagu RTP RTP1, Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Ill [86][99][100]
Шаблон:Flagu TVR TVR 1 Leonard Miron [101][102]
Шаблон:Flagu STV Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A
Шаблон:Flagu RTVSLO Шаблон:Ill Шаблон:N/A [76]
Шаблон:Flagu TVE Шаблон:Lang José Luis Uribarri [103]
Шаблон:Flagu SVT SVT2 Pernilla Månsson and Christer Björkman [68][96]
SR SR P4 Anna Hötzel and Claes-Johan Larsson [68]
Шаблон:Flagu SRG SSR SF 2 Шаблон:N/A [85][86]
TSR 1 Jean-Marc Richard
TSI 1 Шаблон:N/A
Шаблон:Flagu TRT TRT 1, TRT Int Bülend Özveren [104]
Шаблон:Flagu BBC BBC One, BBC Prime Terry Wogan [11][86][105]
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce [11][106]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Шаблон:Abbr
Шаблон:Flagu SBS SBS TVШаблон:Efn Шаблон:N/A [107]
Шаблон:Flagu ORF ORF 1 Ernst Grissemann [86][108]
FM4 Stermann & Grissemann [109]
Шаблон:Flagu DR DR1 Jørgen de Mylius [96][110]
Шаблон:Flagu RÚV Шаблон:Lang Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson [111]
Шаблон:Flagu LTV Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:Ill [112][113]
Шаблон:Flagu LRT LTV Шаблон:N/A [114]

Other awards

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award, created in 1997 by fansite House of Eurovision, was awarded to the performer deemed to have been the "worst dressed" among the participants.[115] The winner in 1998 was Germany's representative Guildo Horn, as determined by the founders of the House of Eurovision site Edwin van Thillo and Rob Paardekam.[116][117][118]

Reception and legacy

Шаблон:See also

Файл:Dana International performing at the Miss Israel 1998 (cropped).jpg
Dana International brought Israel its third victory in the contest and became the contest's first openly LGBTQ+ winner.

The selection of Dana International as the Israeli representative for the contest by the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) created uproar among members of the Orthodox Jewish community in Israel. Taking issue with the singer's transgender status, groups mounted street protests against her selection, and she also received death threats ahead of the contest.[119][120][121] Her selection was also opposed by political figures, with deputy minister Shlomo Benizri demanding her removal, referring to the singer as "an abomination" and her selection as "sending a message of darkness".[122][123] On arriving at the contest Dana International was accommodated in the Hyatt Regency Birmingham, the only hotel in Birmingham with bulletproof windows, and was accompanied in public by armed guards.[21][124]

"Diva" was subsequently nominated in 2005 to compete in Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, 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 competeШаблон:Sndthe only song from the 1990s on the listШаблон:Snd"Diva" ultimately finished in thirteenth place.[125][126]

Notes and references

Notes

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References

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External links

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