Birmingham 1998
The 1998 Eurovision Song Contest from Birmingham culminated in one of the most thrilling voting sequences for years and reminded us that Europe is a more open-minded place than we might have thought.
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Episode Guide
In the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest, 25 countries competed. FYR Macedonia made its debut, and nations relegated in 1997 returned. However, Italian broadcaster RAI withdrew from the contest indefinitely. This year marked the first large-scale use of televoting, with national juries only used in countries that lacked a fully functional telephone system. A notable glitch occurred with the Spanish televote; their 12 points, intended for Germany, were mistakenly announced for Israel during the broadcast. The error was corrected shortly after the show. It was a taboo-breaking contest, highlighted by the performance of Israel's Dana International, a transsexual woman, who sang "Diva". Germany also sent an unconventional act, Guido Horn, who famously climbed all over the stage equipment during his wild performance. Due to low five-year average scores, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Denmark, Russia, and Iceland were relegated and did not compete the following year.
Birmingham 1998 FAQs
The cast of Birmingham 1998 includes Terry Wogan as Self - Presenter, Ulrika Jonsson as Self - Presenter, and Ken Bruce as Self - United Kingdom Vote Presenter.
Episodes run about 3h 15 mins. The total runtime is about 3h 15 mins.
Birmingham 1998 was released on 09 May 1998.
Birmingham 1998 has 69 seasons and 1 episode on Fanbiz. Available seasons include Lugano 1956, Frankfurt 1957, Hilversum 1958, Cannes 1959, London 1960, Cannes 1961, Luxembourg City 1962, London 1963, Copenhagen 1964, Naples 1965, Luxembourg City 1966, Vienna 1967, London 1968, Madrid 1969, Amsterdam 1970, Dublin 1971, Edinburgh 1972, Luxembourg City 1973, Brighton 1974, Stockholm 1975, The Hague 1976, London 1977, Paris 1978, Jerusalem 1979, The Hague 1980, Dublin 1981, Harrogate 1982, Munich 1983, Luxembourg City 1984, Gothenburg 1985, Bergen 1986, Brussels 1987, Dublin 1988, Lausanne 1989, Zagreb 1990, Rome 1991, Malmö 1992, Millstreet 1993, Dublin 1994, Dublin 1995, Oslo 1996, Dublin 1997, Jerusalem 1999, Stockholm 2000, Copenhagen 2001, Tallinn 2002, Riga 2003, Istanbul 2004, Kyiv 2005, Athens 2006, Helsinki 2007, Belgrade 2008, Moscow 2009, Oslo 2010, Düsseldorf 2011, Baku 2012, Malmö 2013, Copenhagen 2014, Vienna 2015, Stockholm 2016, Kyiv 2017, Lisbon 2018, Tel Aviv 2019, Rotterdam 2021, Turin 2022, Liverpool 2023, Malmö 2024, Basel 2025, and Vienna 2026.