Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Eurovision Song Contest 1998
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

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.

Final – 13 March 1998
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Televote	Place
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
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[]

Points awarded to Belgium^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Poland
10 points	Netherlands
8 points	Portugal
7 points	France Ireland Norway Slovakia Spain United Kingdom
6 points	Cyprus Estonia Macedonia Slovenia
5 points	Israel
4 points	Germany Greece Switzerland
3 points	Hungary Malta
2 points	Sweden
1 point	Turkey

Points awarded by Belgium^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Netherlands
10 points	Israel
8 points	Malta
7 points	Germany
6 points	United Kingdom
5 points	Croatia
4 points	Norway
3 points	Spain
2 points	Cyprus
1 point	Portugal

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[]

Belgian National Final page

[1] "Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[1998detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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