Eurovision Thriller 1998

[foxyboy5]

it shud be like this every year !!! well do birmingham thank you !!! love you always !!!

[Bundeskaiser]

Shame on you, Europe (especially Romania and Macedonia). Malta was by far better than Israel.

[MrLee507]

Fuck macedonia!! they suck! Malta should have won!! COME ON MALTA!! WE ARE THE BEST!

[charmedgr1234]

where the fuck is fyrom poor life there

[amosamosamos1]

ISRAEL THE BEST

[JaniTheBox]

OH MY GOD. :DDDDD what a voting. XDD i've laughed louder and louder at every points until 8. :DDD wow ... i think the closest competition in the Eurovision history ... and btw i like Dana's song more. :)

[esc4all]

malta deserved to win :(

stupid romania and macedonia not giving malta one single point :\,yeah i'm from Romania

[simfarr26]

Burn to hell MACEDONIA and That TRANNY

[Buzu020]

HATE MACEDONIA !



[marmalish]

macedonia taz zobbbbbbb

[chairadbest]

Plssssss.... stop being so funny with the neighbour thing... In my oppinion and of much and millions of others, that year MALTA SHOULD HAD BE THE WINNER...... But, we'r the maltese are never going to stop showing out greatest talent.....no whatever others says....

[soccersj93]

@chairadbest you really showed your talent this year... lol.

[chairadbest]

Plssssss.... stop being so funny with the neighbour thing... In my oppinion and of much and millions of others, that year MALTA SHOULD HAD BE THE WINNER...... But, we'r the maltese are never going to stop showing out greatest talent.....

[pacevma]

foxx il liba pajjizkom demel

[starboygarik]

12 points from Armenia to Israel !

[Karolotti33]

stupid macedonias vote for dana intertrans~!

[breizhcatalonia1993]

maybe the most thrilling vote of eurovision, but you always get tension in the votes :)

[wishmaster198]

Malta was crap

[thundergas007]

@wishmaster198 Are ya deaf???

[Starisborn32]

Israel :)

[Kodeka]

Finland 1 point f*ck yeah!

[yyttroll]

CDROM.... DVDROM...... FYROM ?????????

[zerhoassoluto]

People didn't understand that it was important to Macedonia to say thanks as it was their debut. It's really like a thriller, so exciting!

[batispecela]

hahaha the tension on that night and the shivers down my spine... a night I won't foget for a long time :)

[alexsp7123456789]

fyrom

[carlstadt1579]

Thank you Macedonia for the 12 points! I still remember that! It was so exciting. Greetings from Croatia

[spirossamos]

its no fyrom no FYR.macedonia its just some gyspys guys...named slavs or else SKOPJANS!!MACEDONIA IS GREEK VIVA SERBIA-GREECE!

[breizhcatalonia1993]

@spirossamos could you just enjoy the show?

[progiagia]

FYROM.........................­.................

[Sigurr0s]

lol, the biggest thriller in the points EVER. When Israel had 8 points, and Malta still no points... who would have thought they would have not win? I also feel sorry for them...

[jeanmichelcaillou]

leuk die eurovisie filmpjes. dit jaar was zeker spannend, hoe jong ik ook nog was, dit kan ik met nog goed herinneren.

Thanks for posting Gert

[kalurank]

commentator: she's driving the public insane

one of the most dramatic AND funniest voting ever

[uniformskins]

what a night...i remember it well!

[gabajjeff]

fkn bastards they all vote for their neighbours HOW CAN THEY EVER VOTE FOR AN ENGLISH SONG WHEN NOT EVEN THEIR REPRESENTER CANT SPEAK ENGLISH????? MACEDONIA GROW UP

[BGMelodyvision]

@gabajjeff croatia and FYROM are not bordering countries... In fact there are like 3 or 4 countries between them...

[pratt68]

@BGMelodyvision: But they were all part of one country - Yugoslavia - within the same decade.

[darren9662]

I cannot stand watching this video anymore. MALTA should have really won that contest. HATE you MACEDONIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

[ronansex]

love it !!!

[LeonMKD]

The Best Voting EVER!

[krstovski]

I don't get it why Europe expects us not to vote for our local stars and we'll vote for this fat girl. We like our local beat and those singers have fans here. Countries from Eastern Europe have closer relations and similar cultures.

Maybe our voting isn't correct but is it correct when the Turkish and Greek emigrants vote for their countries and UK, France ... always give 12 points to Turkey or Greece

[Garabet666]

man, no more thrillers like this. I fucking hate eurosong now, you know the winner before it even starts :(. Those were the days of the real eurosongs.

[bluesrockfan1]

Remember that Croatia voted first, and they gived 0 points to Israel, and 7 to Malta (12 to UK). And order of voting could be different, it's not all in Macedonia. And Croatian song was much better than Israeli. So...

[maltamonument]

truly the eastern europe and scandinavia just fucked this contest. every eastern country just vote to eachother :S... apart from albania and israel... a pure example is eurovision 2007.. it just truly sucks

[Vedranko100]

@maltamonument yeah it's really suck that from 1963 scandinavian country voted for eachother

[koksy]

I'm still on the edge of my seat watching this even though I was there and I know the result!

[saers]

It's quite heartbreaking watching Malta get no points. Poor Chiara she cried for hours after this. So close to winning, so close. Thought they had it when 10 went to the UK, leaving the 12 for Malta.

[RobinsonasRobinsonas]

Netherlands should win and UK 2nd

[boris1700]

Thanks god Malta didn't win, that song was sh.t ! but I wish she has won in 2005 :( in 1998, there were at least 6-7 songs much better then Malta

[ival05]

Croatia had the best song in 1998, the song was just beautiful. It's a pity however that Macedonia gave points to Israel. We haven't seen such a thriller on ESC for awhile anyway

[IsraelJew17]

fuck u

[maltamonument]

the usual neighboughring.... pft even if they didnt give us the 12 pts.... we had to get at least 1 point... AT LEAST....

[Niril89]

Already in 1998 eurovision had problem with neighbour - voting! 12 points from Fyr Macedonia to Croatia...

Malta should've won!

[boris1700]

Croatia and Macedonia are not neighbours.

[Bille994]

Graham Norton is a better commentator than Terry Wogan IMO =)

[coolL9457]

maybe u should suck your own balls you pedofile. think before you comment shitty comments regarding any country. and as for the poor remark we are not poor... just new stuff don't get releasd as soon as the usa and uk and for the asshole part we can even keep our doors unlocked to this day even if we want to leave the house. what ever country your in i hope that somthing traditional will blow right back into your face and hopefully kill you.....

[TheElen4e]

U r asshole!! If u say that again I'll kill u with my own arms u idiot!! I think coolL9457 is right. U should suck ur own balls u pedofile. I'm not from Macedonia, but think before u say anything for any country

[maltamonument]

lol lies... u ARE macedonian

[thundergas007]

malta should won those stupid macedonians voted for croatia and izrael and left the best voice of the entire eurovision out.chiara was the best .malta should have won

[Jomisan29]

THE NETHERLANDS 12 POINTS

[denizg88]

croatia should won that year...

[IronMacedonian]

Jews are our brothers :D

[OT987654321]

we screwed up Malta.

hahhah... the audience is laugfing at our presenter:D

ahahhaha

[MacedonianBoy15]

Croatia 12 points.

GG :)

[sazthechef]

It was very gripping. Well done Israel

[inspireradavstatyer]

Hahahaha! When the spokesperson said "Croatia, 12 points!" it must have been the worst anti-climax for Malta ever. (I'm not laughing at the Maltese nation, I'm just laughing at the situation.)

[kwechkwech]

what's ironic is that the maltese jury actually gave 12 points to israel, and then they get pipped out of first place by israel on the last vote.

[Gororco]

@neriku2:

it's been scandals every year since yougoslavia and CCCP split up...

better way to organise the ESC is split it up between Eastern Europe + Balkan and Western Europe. That way they can give each other as much point as they want.

[leadjuve]

Malta should have one that year

[wishmaster198]

malta didnt deserve to win

[mabjs1986]

"Dobre vecer Virginia"

"Dobre vecer Ur-lika..."

It's Ulrika actually...

[neriku2]

biggest scandal of all esc's history.

macedonia to croatia of course..... who else?

macedonia will never get onr single point from me as long as i live.

[Ikurun]

I feel sorry for Malta. :(

[amosamosamos1]

@Ikurun fuck you

[Ikurun]

@amosamosamos1 What is wrong? :s I wanted Malta to win that year. It seems like every time I express an opinion on Eurovision stuff, I recieve so much hate...

[argea18]

poor malta

[wildboymusicuk]

you dont get this tension now, now they reveal the first 7 points straight away.

[mabjs1986]

wildboymusicuk - I agree. I know they did it to speed up the process, but I preferred it before.

[adamhadas]

This woman is great haha, and what a situation it was :):) great ! I love eurovision!!!

[NLglennNL]

who wash first?

[bravue]

fuck u macedonia .... from malta

[FutbolClubBarca1]

Fuck you!

I should slap the piss out of you.

[Bille994]

aww poor Malta =(

still Israel deserved to win

[marbellapaula]

oo god!!!i did not sleep that night..crying why malta have not won!!!she has a big voice!!!i hope that if she is going to be in 09..it is about time she wins!!!

[emre1985turkey]

0:17

What was that???

[Yudana91]

Que arte tiene la Wala Bradshaw

[jomalt222]

OMG i remember watching this, it waa the best voting of E.v since it kept me anxciouse. i loved the maltese song and the song of israel too :) both were nice in different ways.

I think we should give a chance to malta once, they always have good or not bad songs.

[oohsalmon]

He assumes Malta will score higher. Odd for them to get nulled after doing so well.

[knowledge39]

Lol at 1:33

Is Terry saying: -This means Malta's won it!?

[Jeremiemf]

Heureusement que Malte n'a pas gagné, car cette Chiara est vraiment... pathétique^^ Viva la Diva !

[xman087]

im so sick of the politics in voting. Malta should have won that year and in so many other years. Other ignorant countries support their neighbouring countries. some how all the wars in the past mean nothing, when it comes to eurovision. the quality of the winner the past couple of years has been disgusting. i cannot beliebe what this competition has turned into. Once so prestigious but now just a joke, shame on u europe!!

[WORLDMK]

haha MACEDONIA 4ever

[klarinetta]

In my opinion then this is the more thriller than when Switzerland won in 1988 and actually 2003 was also more a thriller than 88but this one sure is the biggest thriller in the Eurovision history

[johny7even]

thats a very weird comment my friend:))

[klarinetta]

No and saying that doesn't make us friends.

[johny7even]

And giving a comment like this doesnt give a less wierd image of you...Relax.

[klarinetta]

Who began ? Relax yourself and cut it.

[Eurovisia]

Croatia was very good that year, they actually deserved the first place i think.

[tonideji]

And by the way, I agree that Malta was OK but it wasn't among the best songs of the competition. I respect Chiara, I really loved her song in 2005 and I hope that Malta will win in the following years as I keep my fingers crossed for this beautiful country. But Israel and Croatia had the most beautiful songs in that year. Stop having such a good opinion on songs from your country and start being more objective by supporting songs from other countries as in ESC no country can't vote for itself.

[tonideji]

If my country would have been the last one, all of you would have criticized my country for not giving points to Malta. So stop criticizing that poor country as it's not Macedonia's fault for being the last country of the competition. And what if Croatia had been the last one? Israel would have still won but probably everyone would have criticized poor Croatia for not giving points to Israel. I hope anyone can realize how stupid is to think that a country is guilty just for being the last one.

[tonideji]

My country (Romania) and Macedonia were the only countries that didn't give any point to Malta. Croatia, Hungary and Slovakia gave no points to Israel. So Israel received points from fewer countries than Malta and it still won. My respects to Israel.

[tonideji]

OK so Macedonia should award some points to Malta, you say ! But Macedonia could award the 8 points to Malta, for instance, and give 10 points to Israel and Israel would have still won. It's important that Macedonia gave more points to Israel than Malta.

[shr444]

THIS LUCK IS LUCK FROM GOD good job israel!

AND MALTA DONT HAD TO WIN!

[shr444]

monkeydoinians was cant give us some 12 points then 8!

WELLL ISRAEL STILL WON AND STIL THE BEST!

[mthomaki]

This is not Macedonia!!!!!!!BUT FYROM DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND FYROM FYROM FYROM YOU BASTARDS, FYROM!!!!!!

[angooo1]

145 countries call that country "Macedonia" so...

[aljaz]

No it is Macedonia! :)

[aljaz]

It's Macedonia, yes ;)

[123chin123]

I barley remeber this...hate macedonia hehe, we should have won!!

[YOUPIDOU1]

the same year israel won the eurovision song contest and the title of miss world!!!!!what a surprise!!political votes!what a shame!

[XXxxBlackpearlxxXX]

SHAME SHAM SHAME!!!!! MALTA HAD TO WIN!!!!!! not israel!!! thansk MAcedonia!! u were soo unfair!

[thea1004]

fuck uuuuuuu macadonia!!!!!!!!!!! u wer sooo unfairrr!!

[PetarDeljan]

wooow thx for the comment :) but did Malta give to Macedonia some points??

In 1998 Croatia and UK had the best songs ever.

[thea1004]

well that shows that the maltese people know what i good song is and it shows that we dont give votes to crappy songs like the one macedonia had thats y they didnt recive any points from Malta :)

[PetarDeljan]

....and for the same reason, macedonians did`t give a point to Malta. :)

[thea1004]

yeah thats because you cant rly realise what good music is boohoo! :D

[PetarDeljan]

De gustibus non est disputandum.

Ba ha ha ha ha :)))

[cilproductions]

OMG>.I remember this...here in malta everyone was so...soooooo Excited...anyway still a good result!

[alias609]

israel were very worthy winners. malta's winner was plain bland

[angooo1]

Israel and UK was the best.

[badijala]

we decided thah year :)))))

[Eurovisia]

It was a fair contest after all, as none of Israel and Malta got neighbours.

[Eurovisia]

My top five of ESC 1998 is:

1. Malta

2. Croatia

3. Netherlands

4. United Kingdom

5. Israel

[AB5309]

imaani had the best song that year. but congratulations israel.

[aljaz]

haha ..that year malta's song was bad.

And one question..

DID MALTA GAVE TO MACEDONIA SOME POINTS?? umm, NO!!

[vaki3085]

fuck off you ;xu

[xujhdhei]

i hate macedonia fuck you you son of a bitches , you made us lose the eurovision you fucks!!!!!!! :@:@:@:@:@

[thea1004]

i agreeeee !!!!! malta was the best and they didnt even give malta 1 piont!!! i hate you macedonia!!!!!

[caravag10]

MALTA SHOULD HAVE  WON NOT ISRAEL

[cilproductions]

Malta Should have WON!

[kalindoscopy]

fuck tha macedonians. Alexander wuz a fag.

[pratt68]

Ulrika was fabulous as a presenter this year - insulting the Dutch spokeswoman, telling the Macedonian spokeswoman to get on with it. We need more presenters like this instead of those who shout or 'fall in love' with their co-presenter. How right Terry Wogan was over the whole Danish farce in 2001.

[oxfordruse]

Even though I remember this like yesterday, and even though I obviously know the result, I was still :-O open mouthed watching this video.

One of the best moments in Eurovision history! (Though not quite the best for us in the UK).

[tecktogueshx]

It was so so so so exiting vote!

[jasyman]

at the time i wanted malta to win but the winning song grew on me and can see why other countries voted for it. It was an exciting vote in 1998!!!!!

[shr444]

israel ISRAEL ISRAEL!!!!!!!!!

[erazordjinn]

I think Malta should have won, and the UK shouldn't have done so well (I'm from the UK, BTW). Poor Switzerland though.

[maltazep]

malta defenetley had to win, and Chiara had to win for Malta even in 2005.

[yiannis777yiannis]

i agree that the maltese song was more eurovision-like, but can you seriously compare that orka-fat singer who could barely move to the greek gazelle, helena paparizou? in my humble opinion switzerland should have won that contest although i am greek

[xxlovemaltaxx]

its simple we will never win...for one reason becausce we dont have any neighbours !!

[Christoffeltje]

The Netherlands were great winners!!! Nice songs.

[yiannis777yiannis]

i share your view. the netherlands had to win by a landslide, and the same regarding the contest in 1993. remember ruth jacott?

[brignano22]

malta had to win

[Fuck1Greece]

We really messed up,didn't we?

[inedibleJo]

it was frustrating not to win when we were so close, but tough shit. Why discussing 10 years later?

Some countries hate ballads. That's the "game" Eurovision plays. You have to find the perfect balance between cultures, political favours and promotion to win. If we didn't win up till now, we did not deserve to. We might have liked OUR song, but that doesnt mean that the rest of the world has to like the same song. We're only 400,000 citizens faced with millions of others out there.

[59100turk]

Yeeeeeeeeee !

Turkey 5 five points !

Thank you

[goten11]

We simply don't like Chiara (its probably that)! Anyway, we gave Ira Losco 10 points. Whats the deal here? If Macedonia voted first, things woulded be different. Like Malta won't blame Macedonia.

[ChiaraFan]

No it cannot be...you can't simply not loving chiara just for the sake to say it...chiara has a wonderful voice , her performances (both) were extremely great- Therefore I think that ppl don't want malta to host this festival - that's it!

[patra1234]

I can't understand what that P.S. has to do with this issue. Silly comments from retard people.

[AstraionMK]

I really hate that we had to be partypoppers in this situation and I understand maltese people are mad at Macedonians for this. Sorry :)) . Hope Malta will win someday and we'll give 12 points.

P.S. fuck gipsy greeks .

[AstraionMK]

to all maltese .

macedonia has nothing against malta

it is just the televouting. Simply they liked the israel song better than the maltese . Honestly , I didn't think malta's balad deserved to win . I also didn't think the travestite should win . Better luck next time. Maltese people take eurovision to seriously . It's just a stupid song contest . The neighbour voting sucks! scandi, baltic, soviet, yugo blocks.

[Oskitaralvarenga]

Bueno, era la mejor cancion la de Israel, eso no se puede negar.

[tonideji]

You are perfectly right, Oskitaralvarenga !

[jasyman]

I love the eurovision and hope one day that scotland can take part on its own. However i feel something has to be done about the unfair voting that goes on. If you are a country outside the eastern block then you have no chance of winning anymore. Maybe award points made up of half public and half jury votes??

[angiale]

mk 4ever! jas sum od novo konijarevo!

[Maltamyfavourite]

Macedonia was and will remain malta's eurovision enemy for this action. I thnk they have something for Chiara since they geave her nul points in 2005 in Kiev also.

[aletem]

hahaha lol.. maybe this will be the third lucky time :D

...or not

[wishmaster198]

probably not...

[JadeDragon007]

what the fuck is this about?! crazyass euros. your mama 1000pts

[eltsc]

The commentator sounded kinda disappointed when Israel won...

[MT4Ever]

Well, he *is* British. ;)

[headphone355]

How did he feel when Switzerland got zip?

[deustomola]

Qué cojones hace ahí Israel??? ISRAELLL, EUROPA??? ESTAMOS LOCOS?

[YOUPIDOU1]

chiara de malte était la meilleure mais dana représentait l image de la tolérance et le droit a la différence surement le + bel eurovision

[d347b2]

When did Israel become a European country?

[alexsalvin]

because is a member of the european broadcasting (i don't know the full name). go to wikipedia and find out more countries who are in the festival and they're no european...

[vidox78]

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