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	Mélanie Cohl
Selected song	"Dis oui"
Selected songwriter(s)	Philippe Swan
Finals performance
Final result	6th, 122 points
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest

Mélanie 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. The winner, "Dis oui" performed by Mélanie 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	Mélanie 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

Ahead of the contest, Belgium were considered one of the favourites among bookmakers to win the contest, featuring alongside the entries from United Kingdom, Sweden, Malta and the Netherlands.[1] Mélanie Cohl performed 20th in the running order on the night of the contest. "Dis oui" went on place 6th with 122 points.[2] It was the first time Belgium finished in the top 10 since their victory in 1986.

Voting

Points awarded to Belgium[3]
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[3]
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

"The bookies' favourites". BBC News. 8 May 1998. Archived from the original on 1 November 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
"Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
"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

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[1] "The bookies' favourites". BBC News. 8 May 1998. Archived from the original on 1 November 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

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

[1998detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Artists	Roberto Bellarosa Bob Benny Blanche Lily Castel Vanessa Chinitor Ann Christy Clouseau Robert Cogoi Mélanie Cohl Copycat Lisa del Bo Barbara Dex Tom Dice Dream Express Eliot Frédéric Etherlinck Serge and Christine Ghisoland Gustaph Axel Hirsoux Hooverphonic Jacques Hustin Ingeborg Iris Ishtar Sandra Kim The KMG's Philippe Lafontaine Fud Leclerc Linda Lepomme Claude Lombard Jérémie Makiese Micha Marah Mony Marc Lize Marke Morgane Mustii Louis Neefs Nicole and Hugo Loïc Nottet Pas de Deux Pierre Rapsat Jacques Raymond Nuno Resende Reynaert Kate Ryan Liliane Saint-Pierre Bobbejaan Schoepen Sennek Sergio and the Ladies Nathalie Sorce Emly Starr Stella Telex Laura Tesoro Tonia Urban Trad Jean Vallée Witloof Bay Xandee Jacques Zegers
Songs	"1 Life" "À la folie ou pas du tout" "Als het weer lente is" "L'Amour ça fait chanter la vie" "Avanti la vie" "Baby, Baby" "Because of You" "City Lights" "Copycat" "Dis oui" "Door de wind" "Envie de vivre" "Euro-Vision" "Fleur de liberté" "Geef het op" "Gelukkig zijn" "Goeiemorgen, morgen" "Le Grand soir" "Hey Nana" "Hou toch van mij" "Iemand als jij" "Ik heb zorgen" "J'aime la vie" "Je t'adore" "Jennifer Jennings" "Judy et Cie" "Laat me nu gaan" "Laissez briller le soleil" "Liefde is een kaartspel" "Like the Wind" "Love Kills" "Love Power" "Ma petite chatte" "Macédomienne" "A Matter of Time" "Me and My Guitar" "Messieurs les noyés de la Seine" "A Million in One, Two, Three" "Miss You" "Mon amour pour toi" "Mother" "Nous, on veut des violons" "O Julissi" "Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel" "Le Plus beau jour de ma vie" "Près de ma rivière" "Quand tu reviendras" ~~"Release Me"~~ "Rendez-vous" "Rhythm Inside" "Samson" "Sanomi" "September, gouden roos" "Si tu aimes ma musique" "Sister" "Soldiers of Love" "Straatdeuntje" "Ton nom" "Viens l'oublier" "La Voix est libre" "Waarom?" "Wake Up" "What's the Pressure" "With Love Baby" "Would You?" "The Wrong Place"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Belgium did not compete

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Countries	Belgium Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Israel Macedonia Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Alma Lusa Charlie Chiara Mélanie Cohl Dana International Danijela Edea Edsilia Lars A. Fredriksen Gunvor Michael Hajiyanni Katarína Hasprová Mikel Herzog Guildo Horn Imaani Vlado Janevski Jill Johnson Marie Line Dawn Martin Mălina Olinescu Vili Resnik Sixteen Thalassa Koit Toome Tüzmen
Songs	"A holnap már nem lesz szomorú" "Aava" "Alltid sommer" "Dis oui" "Diva" "Eu cred" "Genesis" "Guildo hat euch lieb!" "Hemel en aarde" "Is Always Over Now?" "Kärleken är" "Lass ihn" "Mere lapsed" "Mia krifi evaisthisia" "Modlitba" "Naj bogovi slišijo" "Ne zori, zoro" "Neka mi ne svane" "The One That I Love" "Où aller" "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" "Se eu te pudesse abraçar" "To takie proste" "Unutamazsın" "Where Are You?"