Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
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Eurovision Song Contest 1998 | ||||
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Country | Belgium | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Finale Nationale Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1998 | |||
Selection date(s) | 13 March 1998 | |||
Selected entrant | Melanie Cohl | |||
Selected song | "Dis oui" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Philippe Swan | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 6th, 122 points | |||
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Melanie Cohl represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 after winning the national final selection with the song "Dis oui".
Before Eurovision[]
Finale Nationale Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1998[]
The final took place on 13 March 1998 at the RTBF studios in Brussels, hosted by Jean-Pierre Hautier and accompanied by the big orchestra of RTBF. The winner, "Dis oui" performed by Melanie Cohl, was determined solely by a public televote. The results of the public televote were revealed by Belgium's six regions (four Walloon provinces with votes from Namur and Luxembourg being combined, a "Rest of Belgium" region covering the five Flemish provinces and Brussels) and led to the victory of Cohl with 15,424 votes.
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Televote | Place |
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1 | Alexis | "Rien qu'une passagère" | Jacques Broun, Alexis Vanderheyden | 2,661 | 5 |
2 | Betty | "Ferme la porte à tes larmes" | Pierre Theunis | 1,761 | 7 |
3 | Valérie Buggea | "Dans quel monde" | Daniel Willem, Joseph Reynaerts, Damir Ceric | 1,131 | 10 |
4 | Curt Close | "Ton image" | Curt Close | 2,503 | 6 |
5 | Melanie Cohl | "Dis oui" | Philippe Swan | 15,424 | 1 |
6 | Alain Colard and Sabrine | "Pour t'entendre encore" | Alain Colard | 2,700 | 4 |
7 | Maira | "Ma séduction" | Christian Vidal, Wota, M. Pools | 1,217 | 9 |
8 | Les Mas | "Ils sont là" | Asukulu Yunu Mukalay | 11,021 | 2 |
9 | Dida Robbert | "Tant besoin de toi" | Luc Mourinet | 1,227 | 8 |
10 | Manon Selyn | "Tu es libre" | Martine Cugnon, Adelin Deltenre | 4,831 | 3 |
Detailed Regional Televoting Results | ||||||||
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Draw | Song | Walloon Brabant |
Hainaut | Namur and Luxembourg |
Liège | Rest of Belgium |
Brussels | Total |
1 | "Rien qu'une passagère" | 53 | 147 | 159 | 2,008 | 112 | 182 | 2,661 |
2 | "Ferme la porte à tes larmes" | 75 | 434 | 216 | 650 | 121 | 265 | 1,761 |
3 | "Dans quel monde" | 103 | 128 | 80 | 459 | 151 | 210 | 1,131 |
4 | "Ton image" | 159 | 378 | 229 | 704 | 450 | 583 | 2,503 |
5 | "Dis oui" | 1,002 | 5,281 | 1,690 | 2,228 | 2,565 | 2,658 | 15,424 |
6 | "Pour t'entendre encore" | 229 | 546 | 375 | 434 | 290 | 756 | 2,700 |
7 | "Ma séduction" | 69 | 219 | 147 | 404 | 174 | 204 | 1,217 |
8 | "Ils sont là" | 942 | 3,851 | 1,211 | 1,443 | 1,303 | 2,271 | 11,021 |
9 | "Tant besoin de toi" | 79 | 217 | 129 | 152 | 190 | 460 | 1,227 |
10 | "Tu es libre" | 326 | 896 | 1,054 | 727 | 540 | 1,288 | 4,831 |
At Eurovision[]
Melanie Cohl performed 20th in the running order on the night of the contest. "Dis oui" went on place 6th with 122 points.[1] It was the first time Belgium finished in the top 10 since their victory in 1986.
Voting[]
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References[]
- ^ "Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
External links[]
- Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
- 1998 in Belgian television