Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
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Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "Script error: No such module "Lang".", written by Philippe Swan, and performed by Mélanie Cohl. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Walloon Script error: No such module "Lang". (RTBF), selected its entry through a national final. The entry placed sixth out of the 25 entries, scoring 122 points.
Background
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Before Eurovision
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Script error: No such module "Lang". 1998 was the national final organised by RTBF to select its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. 128 entries were received for the competition following a submission period, from which ten acts were selected by a committee chaired by Head of the RTBF variety and entertainment department Pierre Meyer and announced on 12 December 1997.[2] The national final was broadcast live at 20:20 (CET) on 13 March 1998 on La Une from Studio 6 in the RTBF Studios in Brussels and was hosted by Jean-Pierre Hautier.[3] The winner, "Dis oui" performed by Mélanie Cohl, was selected solely by public televoting with the results being revealed by Belgium's six regions: four provinces in Wallonia with votes from Namur and Luxembourg being combined, a "Rest of Belgium" region made up of votes from Flanders, and Brussels.[4][5]
| 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 | 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 |
| 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
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the eight countries which had obtained the lowest average number of points over the last five contests competed in the final on 9 May 1998. On 13 November 1997, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Belgium was set to perform in position 20, following the entry from Template:Esccnty and before the entry from Template:Esccnty.[6][7] Belgium finished in sixth place with 122 points.[8]
The contest was broadcast in Belgium by both the Walloon and Flemish broadcasters. RTBF televised the show on La Une with commentary in French by Jean-Pierre Hautier.[9][10] VRT broadcast the show on TV1 and Radio 2 with commentary in Dutch by André Vermeulen and Andrea Croonenberghs.[9][11][12] RTBF appointed Marie-Hélène Vanderborght as its spokesperson to announce the results of the Belgian televote during the final.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Belgium and awarded by Belgium in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points in the contest to the Netherlands.[13]
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