United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
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For the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

, the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 entered "Where Are You?
Where Are You?
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", performed by Imaani
Imaani
Imaani Saleem is an English singer.-Career:In 1998 she entered the A Song For Europe competition to find the UK's song for the Eurovision Song Contest. Her track "Where Are You" was a runaway winner with the British public and was selected to represent the UK...

. It received 166 points and 2nd place.

The UK selection heat, The Great British Song Contest, was held on 15 March 1998 and was hosted by Terry Wogan
Terry Wogan
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 and Ulrika Jonsson
Ulrika Jonsson
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. The final result was as follows:

Great British Song Contest 1998
Song Artist Place Votes
Where are you? Imaani
Imaani
Imaani Saleem is an English singer.-Career:In 1998 she entered the A Song For Europe competition to find the UK's song for the Eurovision Song Contest. Her track "Where Are You" was a runaway winner with the British public and was selected to represent the UK...

1st 70,421
Don't it make you feel so good? Alberta
Alberta (Singer)
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2nd 66,278
I'll never be lonely again Sapphire 3rd 65,712
When we're alone (we dream) The Collective 4th 53,950
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