Birmingham, Saturday, 9 May 1998
Eurovision 1998, vote by vote
25 songs, 25 countries voting. Israel won with “Diva (דיווה)” on 172 points, 6 ahead of the United Kingdom.
The result
In finishing order, with the countries that gave each song their highest mark.
- 1 172 pts
- 2 166 pts
United Kingdom Imaani “Where Are You?”
Sang no. 16
Top marks from Croatia, Israel, Romania and Turkey
- 3 165 pts
Malta Chiara “The One That I Love”
Sang no. 10
Top marks from Slovakia, Ireland, United Kingdom and Norway
- 4 150 pts
- 5 131 pts
- 6 122 pts
- 7 86 pts
Germany Guildo Horn “Guildo hat euch lieb”
Sang no. 9
Top marks from Spain, Switzerland and Netherlands
- 8 79 pts
- 9 64 pts
Ireland Dawn Martin “Is Always Over Now”
Sang no. 13
- 10 53 pts
- 11 37 pts
- 12 36 pts
- 12 36 pts
- 14 25 pts
- 15 22 pts
- 16 21 pts
Spain Mikel Herzog “¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?”
Sang no. 4
- 17 19 pts
- 18 17 pts
Slovenia Vili Resnik “Naj bogovi slišijo”
Sang no. 12
- 19 16 pts
Macedonia Vlado Janevski “Ne zori, zoro (Не зори, зоро)”
Sang no. 25
- 20 12 pts
- 21 8 pts
Slovakia Katarína Hasprová “Modlitba”
Sang no. 6
- 22 6 pts
Romania Mălina Olinescu “Eu cred”
Sang no. 15
- 23 4 pts
- 24 3 pts
France Marie Line “Où aller”
Sang no. 3
- 25 0 pts
Switzerland Gunvor “Lass ihn”
Sang no. 5
Who gave what
Every country that voted, in the order the votes were announced, with its points from the highest down and the spokesperson who read them out, where our source names one.
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Croatia
read out by Davor Meštrović
- 12 United Kingdom
- 10 Netherlands
- 8 Slovakia
- 7 Malta
- 6 Macedonia
- 5 Turkey
- 4 Cyprus
- 3 Slovenia
- 2 Ireland
- 1 Spain
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Greece
read out by Alexis Kostalas
- 12 Cyprus
- 10 Israel
- 8 Netherlands
- 7 United Kingdom
- 6 Malta
- 5 Croatia
- 4 Belgium
- 3 Germany
- 2 Slovenia
- 1 Portugal
-
France
read out by Marie Myriam
- 12 Israel
- 10 Portugal
- 8 Croatia
- 7 Belgium
- 6 Malta
- 5 Netherlands
- 4 Spain
- 3 United Kingdom
- 2 Poland
- 1 Hungary
-
Spain
read out by Belén Fernández de Henestrosa
- 12 Germany
- 10 Israel
- 8 Norway
- 7 Belgium
- 6 Portugal
- 5 Malta
- 4 Netherlands
- 3 United Kingdom
- 2 Estonia
- 1 Croatia
-
Switzerland
read out by Regula Elsener
- 12 Germany
- 10 Israel
- 8 Malta
- 7 Netherlands
- 6 Spain
- 5 Croatia
- 4 Belgium
- 3 United Kingdom
- 2 Ireland
- 1 Norway
-
Slovakia
read out by Alena Heribanová
- 12 Malta
- 10 Croatia
- 8 Estonia
- 7 Belgium
- 6 Netherlands
- 5 Cyprus
- 4 Ireland
- 3 Macedonia
- 2 Portugal
- 1 United Kingdom
-
Poland
read out by Jan Chojnacki
- 12 Belgium
- 10 Israel
- 8 Malta
- 7 United Kingdom
- 6 Croatia
- 5 Netherlands
- 4 Norway
- 3 Sweden
- 2 Ireland
- 1 Estonia
-
Israel
read out by Yigal Ravid
- 12 United Kingdom
- 10 Croatia
- 8 Netherlands
- 7 Malta
- 6 Romania
- 5 Belgium
- 4 Norway
- 3 Spain
- 2 Portugal
- 1 Cyprus
-
Germany
read out by Nena
- 12 Turkey
- 10 Croatia
- 8 Malta
- 7 Israel
- 6 Netherlands
- 5 Poland
- 4 Belgium
- 3 Norway
- 2 Ireland
- 1 United Kingdom
-
Malta
read out by Stephanie Spiteri
- 12 Israel
- 10 Croatia
- 8 United Kingdom
- 7 Netherlands
- 6 Ireland
- 5 Norway
- 4 Sweden
- 3 Belgium
- 2 Portugal
- 1 Cyprus
-
Hungary
read out by Barna Héder
- 12 Netherlands
- 10 United Kingdom
- 8 Sweden
- 7 Malta
- 6 Ireland
- 5 Norway
- 4 Estonia
- 3 Belgium
- 2 Poland
- 1 Cyprus
-
Slovenia
read out by Mojca Mavec
- 12 Croatia
- 10 Norway
- 8 Germany
- 7 Israel
- 6 Belgium
- 5 United Kingdom
- 4 Macedonia
- 3 Malta
- 2 Estonia
- 1 Ireland
-
Ireland
read out by Eileen Dunne
- 12 Malta
- 10 Netherlands
- 8 Germany
- 7 Belgium
- 6 Israel
- 5 United Kingdom
- 4 Norway
- 3 Croatia
- 2 Sweden
- 1 Estonia
-
Portugal
read out by Lúcia Moniz
- 12 Israel
- 10 Germany
- 8 Belgium
- 7 Netherlands
- 6 United Kingdom
- 5 Malta
- 4 Cyprus
- 3 Norway
- 2 Croatia
- 1 Ireland
-
Romania
read out by Anca Țurcașiu
- 12 United Kingdom
- 10 Poland
- 8 Ireland
- 7 Israel
- 6 Germany
- 5 Slovenia
- 4 Cyprus
- 3 Macedonia
- 2 Turkey
- 1 Hungary
-
United Kingdom
read out by Ken Bruce
- 12 Malta
- 10 Netherlands
- 8 Ireland
- 7 Belgium
- 6 Germany
- 5 Israel
- 4 Norway
- 3 Cyprus
- 2 Croatia
- 1 Sweden
-
Cyprus
read out by Marina Maleni
- 12 Greece
- 10 Israel
- 8 United Kingdom
- 7 Croatia
- 6 Belgium
- 5 Malta
- 4 Spain
- 3 Norway
- 2 Portugal
- 1 France
-
Netherlands
read out by Conny Vandenbos
- 12 Germany
- 10 Belgium
- 8 Malta
- 7 United Kingdom
- 6 Israel
- 5 Sweden
- 4 Croatia
- 3 Norway
- 2 Estonia
- 1 Turkey
-
Sweden
read out by Björn Hedman
- 12 Norway
- 10 Finland
- 8 Netherlands
- 7 United Kingdom
- 6 Malta
- 5 Israel
- 4 Estonia
- 3 Croatia
- 2 Belgium
- 1 Ireland
-
Belgium
read out by Marie-Hélène Vanderborght
- 12 Netherlands
- 10 Israel
- 8 Malta
- 7 Germany
- 6 United Kingdom
- 5 Croatia
- 4 Norway
- 3 Spain
- 2 Cyprus
- 1 Portugal
-
Finland
read out by Marjo Wilska
- 12 Estonia
- 10 Israel
- 8 United Kingdom
- 7 Netherlands
- 6 Sweden
- 5 Malta
- 4 Slovenia
- 3 Croatia
- 2 Norway
- 1 Germany
-
Norway
read out by Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft
- 12 Malta
- 10 Sweden
- 8 Netherlands
- 7 Belgium
- 6 Croatia
- 5 United Kingdom
- 4 Ireland
- 3 Israel
- 2 Hungary
- 1 Finland
-
Estonia
read out by Urve Tiidus
- 12 Sweden
- 10 Finland
- 8 United Kingdom
- 7 Israel
- 6 Belgium
- 5 Malta
- 4 Norway
- 3 Croatia
- 2 Ireland
- 1 Germany
-
Turkey
read out by Osman Erkan
- 12 United Kingdom
- 10 Malta
- 8 Ireland
- 7 Netherlands
- 6 Portugal
- 5 Israel
- 4 Croatia
- 3 Slovenia
- 2 Sweden
- 1 Belgium
-
Macedonia
read out by Evgenija Teodosievska
- 12 Croatia
- 10 United Kingdom
- 8 Israel
- 7 Ireland
- 6 Belgium
- 5 Turkey
- 4 Portugal
- 3 Netherlands
- 2 France
- 1 Finland
The full scoreboard
Songs down the side, voters across the top in the order they were called. A voter’s highest mark is highlighted.
The grid is 25 columns wide, so it is shown on wider screens. Every number in it is in the lists above.
| Song | Total | Croatia | Greece | France | Spain | Switzerland | Slovakia | Poland | Israel | Germany | Malta | Hungary | Slovenia | Ireland | Portugal | Romania | United Kingdom | Cyprus | Netherlands | Sweden | Belgium | Finland | Norway | Estonia | Turkey | Macedonia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
On the night
What opened the show, and what filled the interval while the votes came in.
- opened by
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- “Birmingham, Old and New” a film laying the city of 1998 over archive pictures, to music from the BBC Concert Orchestra
- in the interval
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- “Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity” more than 200 performers on a theme from Holst’s The Planets, among them the soprano Lesley Garrett, the violinist Vanessa-Mae, the Sutherland Pipe Band, the Canoldir Male Voice Choir and the Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Results and votes as published by the European Broadcasting Union and recorded on the contest’s Wikipedia article. Every row here has been checked to add up to its total. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.