Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

  • Adolfo Estébanez
  • Mikel Herzog
Finals performanceFinal result16th, 21 pointsSpain in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1997 • 1998 • 1999►

Spain entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, held in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Televisión Española (TVE) internally selected Mikel Herzog to represent Spain with the song "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" (What Am I Going to Do Without You?).[1]

Before Eurovision

In order to select Spanish entry for 1998 contest, Spanish broadcaster TVE held an internal selection. Ultimately, Mikel Herzog was internally selected with the song "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?". He was announced as the representative of Spain on March 5, 1998.[1]

At Eurovision

Heading into the final of the contest, BBC reported that bookmakers ranked the entry joint 20th out of the 25 entries.[2] Herzog performed fourth in the running order, following France and preceding Switzerland. He received 21 points for his performance, coming 16th.[3] Spain originally gave its 12 points to Israel and 10 to Norway. After the broadcast it was announced that the Spanish broadcaster had wrongly tallied the votes and Germany should have received 12 points instead of zero, as shown during the broadcast. The mistake was corrected and thus Germany received the 12 points. Israel and Norway both received 2 points less than originally and Croatia, Malta, Portugal, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia and Turkey all received one point less than indicated during the broadcast.

Voting

Points awarded to Spain[4]
Score Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points   Switzerland
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point  Croatia
Points awarded by Spain[4]
Score Country
12 points  Germany
10 points  Israel
8 points  Norway
7 points  Belgium
6 points  Portugal
5 points  Malta
4 points  Netherlands
3 points  United Kingdom
2 points  Estonia
1 point  Croatia

Spain's backup jury results[5]
Score Country
12 points  Malta
10 points  Croatia
8 points  Cyprus
7 points  Portugal
6 points  Belgium
5 points  Poland
4 points  United Kingdom
3 points  Sweden
2 points  Ireland
1 point  Netherlands

References

  1. ^ a b "MIKEL HERZOG IRÁ A EUROVISIÓN". El País (in Spanish). 5 March 1998. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. ^ "The bookies' favourites". BBC News. 8 May 1998. Archived from the original on 1 November 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Backup jury score 1998".

See also

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Countries
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Songs
  • "A holnap már nem lesz szomorú"
  • "Aava"
  • "Alltid sommer"
  • "Dis oui"
  • "Diva"
  • "Eu cred"
  • "Genesis"
  • "Guildo hat euch lieb!"
  • "Hemel en aarde"
  • "Is Always Over Now?"
  • "Kärleken är"
  • "Lass ihn"
  • "Mere lapsed"
  • "Mia krifi evaisthisia"
  • "Modlitba"
  • "Naj bogovi slišijo"
  • "Ne zori, zoro"
  • "Neka mi ne svane"
  • "The One That I Love"
  • "Où aller"
  • "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?"
  • "Se eu te pudesse abraçar"
  • "To takie proste"
  • "Unutamazsın"
  • "Where Are You?"