United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

The United Kingdom hosted and competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, represented by Imaani with the song "Where Are You?". It received 166 points and 2nd place.

National final

The UK selection heat, The Great British Song Contest, was held on 15 March 1998 and was hosted by Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson. The final result was as follows:

The Great British Song Contest 1998
Order	Song	Artist	Writers	Place	Votes
1	When we're alone (we dream)	The Collective	Stephen Rudden, Yinka Charles, Jay Williams, Greg Lester, Debbie French and Nick Whitecross	4th	53,950
2	Where are you?	Imaani	Scott English, Phil Manikiza and Simon Stirling	1st	70,421
3	Don't it make you feel so good?	Alberta	Paul Brown and Mike Connaris	2nd	66,278
4	I'll never be lonely again	Sapphire	Richard Louis and Stephen Christopher	3rd	65,712

At Eurovision

Continuing the United Kingdom's success the previous year, the United Kingdom was the sixteenth country to perform straight after Romania. In the end Imaani finished as runner-up to Israel's Dana International with a total of 166 points from all twenty four other countries.

Points Awarded by United Kingdom

Final

12 points	Malta
10 points	Netherlands
8 points	Ireland
7 points	Belgium
6 points	Germany
5 points	Israel
4 points	Norway
3 points	Cyprus
2 points	Croatia
1 point	Sweden

Points Awarded to United Kingdom

Points Awarded to United Kingdom (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Croatia Israel Romania Turkey	Hungary Macedonia	Cyprus Estonia Finland Malta	Greece Netherlands Poland Sweden	Belgium Portugal
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Ireland Norway Slovenia		France Spain Switzerland		Germany Slovakia

Participation

~~1956~~ 1957 ~~1958~~ 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1950s	~~1956~~ Patricia Bredin ~~1958~~ Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson

1960s	Bryan Johnson The Allisons Ronnie Carroll Ronnie Carroll Matt Monro Kathy Kirby Kenneth McKellar Sandie Shaw Cliff Richard Lulu

1970s	Mary Hopkin Clodagh Rodgers The New Seekers Cliff Richard Olivia Newton-John The Shadows Brotherhood of Man Lynsey de Paul & Mike Moran Co-Co Black Lace

1980s	Prima Donna Bucks Fizz Bardo Sweet Dreams Belle and the Devotions Vikki Watson Ryder Rikki Scott Fitzgerald Live Report

1990s	Emma Samantha Janus Michael Ball Sonia Frances Ruffelle Love City Groove Gina G Katrina and the Waves Imaani Precious

2000s	Nicki French Lindsay Jessica Garlick Jemini James Fox Javine Hylton Daz Sampson Scooch Andy Abraham Jade Ewen

2010s	Josh Dubovie Blue Engelbert Humperdinck Bonnie Tyler Molly Electro Velvet

Songs

1950s	~~1956~~ "All" ~~1958~~ "Sing, Little Birdie"

1960s	"Looking High, High, High" "Are You Sure?" "Ring-A-Ding Girl" "Say Wonderful Things" "I Love the Little Things" "I Belong" "A Man Without Love" "Puppet on a String" "Congratulations" "Boom Bang-a-Bang"

1970s	"Knock, Knock Who's There?" "Jack in the Box" "Beg, Steal or Borrow" "Power to All Our Friends" "Long Live Love" "Let Me Be the One" "Save Your Kisses for Me" "Rock Bottom" "The Bad Old Days" "Mary Ann"

1980s	"Love Enough for Two" "Making Your Mind Up" "One Step Further" "I'm Never Giving Up" "Love Games" "Love Is" "Runner in the Night" "Only the Light" "Go" "Why Do I Always Get it Wrong?"

1990s	"Give a Little Love Back to the World" "A Message to Your Heart" "One Step Out of Time" "Better the Devil You Know" "Lonely Symphony (We Will Be Free)" "Love City Groove" "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" "Love Shine a Light" "Where Are You?" "Say It Again"

2000s	"Don't Play That Song Again" "No Dream Impossible" "Come Back" "Cry Baby" "Hold On to Our Love" "Touch My Fire" "Teenage Life" "Flying the Flag (for You)" "Even If" "It's My Time"

2010s	"That Sounds Good To Me" "I Can" "Love Will Set You Free" "Believe in Me" "Children of the Universe" "Still in Love with You"

(Note: Entries scored out are when United Kingdom did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Countries

Final (by final results)	Israel (winner) United Kingdom Malta Netherlands Croatia Belgium Germany Norway Ireland Sweden Cyprus Portugal Estonia Turkey Finland Spain Poland Slovenia Macedonia Greece Slovakia Romania Hungary France Switzerland

Artists

Final (by final results)	Dana International Imaani Chiara Edsilia Danijela Mélanie Cohl Guildo Horn Lars Fredriksen Dawn Martin Jill Johnson Michalis Hatzigiannis Alma Lusa Koit Toome Tüzmen Edea Mikel Herzog Sixteen Vili Resnik Vlado Janevski Thalassa Katarína Hasprová Mălina Olinescu Charlie Marie Line Gunvor

Songs

Final
(by final results)

(Note: All information are in order of appearance

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