Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 explained

Year:1998
Country:Spain
Preselection:Internal selection
Preselection Date:5 March 1998
Entrant:Mikel Herzog
Song:¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?
Final Result:16th, 21 points

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: MIKEL HERZOG IRÁ A EUROVISIÓN. El País. es. 5 March 1998. 28 May 2013 .
  2. Web site: The bookies' favourites . . 21 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20021101084938/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/05/98/eurovision/89453.stm . 1 November 2002 . 8 May 1998 . live.
  3. Web site: Final of Birmingham 1998 . European Broadcasting Union . 13 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210413070124/https://eurovision.tv/event/birmingham-1998/final . 13 April 2021 . live.
  4. Web site: Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998 . European Broadcasting Union . 13 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210413182733/https://eurovision.tv/event/birmingham-1998/final/results/spain . 13 April 2021 . live.
  5. Web site: Backup jury score 1998 .