"Naj bogovi slišijo" was the Slovene

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

 representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Eurovision Song Contest 1998

The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was the 43rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1998 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The presenters were Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson...

. It was sung by Vili Resnik and performed in Slovenian.

On the night, the song performed twelfth (following Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

's Charlie with "A holnap már nem lesz szomorú

A Holnap Már Nem Lesz Szomorú

"A holnap már nem lesz szomorú" was the Hungarian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, performed in Hungarian by Charlie....

" and preceding Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

's Dawn Martin

Dawn Martin

- Eurovision Song Contest :In 1997 Martin appeared on The George Jones Show on BBC Radio Ulster and was heard by Gerry Morgan in which Ryan invited Martin to perform his song Is Always Over Now?. She won the right to represent Ireland with Is Always Over Now?...

 and "Is Always Over Now?

Is Always Over Now?

"Is Always Over Now?" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, performed in English by Dawn Martin.The song is a ballad, sung from the perspective of a woman at the end of a relationship...

"). At the close of voting, it had received 17 points, placing eighteenth in a field of twenty five.

It was succeeded as Slovene representative at the 1999 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1999

The Eurovision Song Contest 1999 was the 44th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 29 May 1999 in Jerusalem, Israel after Dana International won the contest the previous year in the United Kingdom. The venue for the contest was the International Convention Center...

 by Darja Švajger

Darja Švajger

Darja Švajger was born in Maribor, SR Slovenia in 1965. Darja is one of the country's most popular singers but perhaps most known internationally for representing Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest twice.-Early life:...

 with "For A Thousand Years

For A Thousand Years

"For A Thousand Years" was the Slovene entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, sung by Darja Švajger and performed in English, the first time a Slovenian entry was performed in English...

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