Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
| Eurovision Song Contest 1998 | ||||
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal Selection | |||
| Selected entrant | Mikel Herzog | |||
| Selected song | "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 16th, 21 points | |||
| Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Spain entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, held in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Televisión Española (TVE) internally selected Mikel Herzog to represent Spain with the song "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" (What Am I Going to Do Without You?).
Herzog performed fourth in the running order, following France and preceding Switzerland. He received 21 points for his performance, coming 16th.
Spain originally gave its 12 points to Israel and 10 to Norway. After the broadcast it was announced that Spanish broadcaster wrongly tallied the votes and Germany should have got the top mark - 12 points - instead of being snubbed, as it happened. The mistake was corrected and thus Germany received the 12 points. Israel and Norway both received 2 points less than originally and Croatia, Malta, Portugal, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia and Turkey all received one point less than indicated during the broadcast.
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