Eurovision 1998 - My Top 25 [with comments]

This is my personal top 25 songs in Eurovision Song Contest 1998. Enable the subtitles for the comments. Please, enjoy! Footage borrowed from: ‪@svetv‬ Source:    • Eurovision Song Contest 1998 - Full Show (...   The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was the 43rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Birmingham, United Kingdom, following the country's victory at the 1997 contest with the song "Love Shine A Light" by Katrina and the Waves. It was a record eighth time that the United Kingdom had hosted the contest - a record that remains to date. The previous hosting record was seven, set by Ireland the previous year. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the contest was held at the National Indoor Arena on 9 May 1998. The live show was presented by the BBC's Eurovision commentator Terry Wogan and Swedish-born presenter and model Ulrika Jonsson. Twenty-five countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the 1993, 1994 and 1997 editions. Macedonia made their debut this year, even though they had submitted an entry in the non-televised 1996 pre-qualifying round, which failed to qualify into the televised final of that contest. Belgium, Finland, and Slovakia returned to the contest after 1996. Despite having also taken part in the non-televised 1996 pre-qualifying round, in which they failed to qualify, Romania and Israel returned officially after their last participations in 1994 and 1995 respectively. Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Iceland, and Russia were relegated, while Italy decided not to participate. Italy would not return to the contest until 2011. The winner was Israel with the song "Diva", performed by Dana International, written by Yoav Ginai, and composed by Tzvika Pick. The United Kingdom, Malta, the Netherlands and Croatia rounded out the top five. Malta achieved their best placing in the contest thus far. This was a record fifteenth time that the United Kingdom finished in second place. Incidentally, it was the third year in a row that the entry of the host country had finished in second place, following Norway in 1996 and Ireland in 1997. After the broadcast it was announced that there had been a mistake during the voting sequence; the votes from the Spanish televote were wrongly tallied. The mistake was corrected after the contest and so Germany was placed 7th over Norway. Israel and Norway both received 2 points less than originally and Croatia, Malta, Portugal, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia and Turkey all received one point less than indicated during the broadcast. Originally Estonia, Cyprus and Portugal tied for 11th place with 37 points but because Portugal and Estonia received one point less than indicated during the broadcast, Cyprus was placed 11th over Estonia and Portugal, now sharing 12th place. Facebook:   / schlagerlucas95   Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.