Backup jury scores 1998

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In the backup jury there were 8 jurors, 4 women and 4 men. Each juror awarded from one to ten points to each song. Any ties for any of the first 10 positions, the order of the tying songs decided by a show of hands by the jury members.

Results of the national backup juries

POS COUNTRYFINSWENORESPFRAGERISRGRECYPSUMDIVISORAVERAGE
1United Kingdom8106412548126997,67
2Ireland1283276101086697,33
3Netherlands61210110102705896,44
4France106120-20063684,50
5Malta000120128624094,44
6Belgium00064812043493,78
7Croatia54210005233193,44
8Sweden7-83270002783,38
9Portugal2047836003093,33
10Cyprus001830112-2583,13
11Israel070061-0102483,00
12Finland-050003071581,88
13Romania0000507101391,44
14Norway10-0040501081,25
15Poland0505000001091,11
15Slovenia4200000401091,11
17Germany00700-001881,00
18Estonia330000000690,67
19Greece0000000-5580,63
20Slovakia000000030390,33
21Hungary010010000290,22
22FYR Macedonia000000000080,00
22Spain000-00000080,00
22Switzerland000000000080,00
22Turkey000000000080,00

If Finland, Sweden, Norway, Spain, France, Germany, Israel, Greece & Cyprus had given to Birmingham the points from the backup jury, the score would have been like:

POS COUNTRYPERFORMER(S)TITLEBACKUPTELEVOTES
1United KingdomImaaniWhere are you?181166
2NetherlandsEdsiliaHemel en aarde154150
3MaltaChiaraThe one that I love145165
4IsraelDana InternationalDiva129172
5IrelandDawnIs always over now?12364
6BelgiumMélanie CohlDis oui114122
7CroatiaDanijelaNeka mi ne svane109131
8GermanyGuildo HornGuildo hat Euch lieb7886
9SwedenJill JohnsonKärleken är6453
10NorwayLars A. FredriksenAlltid sommer5779
11CyprusMichalis HadjiyiannisGenesis4937
12PortugalAlma LusaSe eu te pudesse abraçar4536
13FranceMarie-LineOů aller383
14FinlandEdeaAava2622
15PolandSixteenTo takie proste2219
16EstoniaKoit ToomeMere lapsed2136
17RomaniaMalina OlinescuEu cred196
17SloveniaVili ResnikNaj bogovi slišijo1917
19FYR MacedoniaVlado JanevskiNe zori, zoro1616
20SpainMikel HerzogżQué voy a hacer sin ti?1421
21TurkeyTüzmenUnutamazsin1325
22SlovakiaKaterína HasprováModlitba118
23GreeceThalassaMia krifi evaisthissia512
24HungaryCharlieA holnap már nem lesz szomorú24
25SwitzerlandGunvorLass Ihn00

Official jury score 1998

Finnish backup jury score 1998:

# COUNTRYPERFORMER(S)TITLEPOINTSVOTES
1IrelandDawnIs always over now?6312
2FranceMarie-LineOů aller6110
3United KingdomImaaniWhere are you?608
4SwedenJill JohnsonKärleken är607
5NetherlandsEdsiliaHemel en aarde586
6CroatiaDanijelaNeka mi ne svane585
7SloveniaVili ResnikNaj bogovi slišijo504
8EstoniaKoit ToomeMere lapsed493
9PortugalAlma LusaSe eu te pudesse abraçar472
10NorwayLars A. FredriksenAlltid sommer471
11BelgiumMélanie CohlDis oui46-
12SlovakiaKaterína HasprováModlitba43-
13CyprusMichalis HadjiyiannisGenesis40-
13IsraelDana InternationalDiva40-
15SpainMikel HerzogżQué voy a hacer sin ti?37-
15SwitzerlandGunvorLass Ihn37-
17RomaniaMalina OlinescuEu cred36-
18MaltaChiaraThe one that I love35-
19PolandSixteenTo takie proste32-
19TurkeyTüzmenUnutamazsin32-
21FYR MacedoniaVlado JanevskiNe zori, zoro25-
22GreeceThalassaMia krifi evaisthissia19-
23GermanyGuildo HornGuildo hat Euch lieb18-
24HungaryCharlieA holnap már nem lesz szomorú17-
-FinlandEdeaAava--
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Thanks Werner, Ola, Philippe, Dietmar, Yo'av, Costas, Thomas & Victor for the info!