Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

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]

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country Spain
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selected entrantMikel Herzog
Selected song"¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result16th, 21 points
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
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At Eurovision

Herzog performed fourth in the running order, following France and preceding Switzerland. He received 21 points for his performance, coming 16th.

Points awarded by Spain

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.

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

Backup jury points[2]
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

Points awarded to Spain
Points awarded to Spain
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

References
  1. "MIKEL HERZOG IRÁ A EUROVISIÓN" (in Spanish). El País. 5 March 1998. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. "Results of the national backup juries". Retrieved 7 July 2020.

See also
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