Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Slovakia returned to the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham, United Kingdom after being relegated from the 1997 contest.

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country Slovakia
National selection
Selection processArtist: Bratislavská lýra 1997
Song: Internal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 6 June 1997
Song: Unknown
Selected entrantKatarína Hasprová
Selected song"Modlitba"
Finals performance
Final result21st, 8 points
Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1996 • 1998 • 2009►

Before Eurovision

For the 1998 contest Slovenská Televízia (STV) selected Katarína Hasprová after her win in Bratislavská lýra 1997 to sing for Slovakia, with the internal selected song "Modlitba" (A Prayer). The song was composed by Gabriel Dušík and Anna Wepperyová.

At Eurovision

Hasprová performed 6th on the night of the contest, following Switzerland and preceding Poland. At the close of the voting it had received 8 points (oddly, all of them came from first country to vote: Croatia), placing 21st in a field of 25.

After the contest STV withdrew from the contest, and would not return for 11 years, until the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.

Points awarded to Slovakia
Points awarded to Slovakia
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Slovakia
12 points Malta
10 points Croatia
8 points Estonia
7 points Belgium
6 points Netherlands
5 points Cyprus
4 points Ireland
3 points Macedonia
2 points Portugal
1 point United Kingdom

See also


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