Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country	Malta
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	6-7 February 1998
Selected entrant	Chiara
Selected song	"The One That I Love"
Finals performance
Final result	3rd, 165 points
Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1997 • 1998 • 1999►

For the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, Malta entered "The One That I Love", performed by Chiara.

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held on 6 and 7 February 1998 at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta, hosted by Angela Agius, John Demanuele, Denise Mintoff and Patrick Vella. On the first night, 22 songs were presented, 6 of which were in a special category for newcomers to the contest. Those 6 were reduced to 4 after the first night, so that on the second night there were 20 songs. The 2 songs that were eliminated after the first night were "Come Back Home" performed by Rita Pace and "That Magic In Your Eyes" performed by Tonio Cuschieri. On the second night, all 20 finalists performed, and the winner was chosen by an "expert" jury.

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Claudette Pace & 6th Above	"Listen To Our Voices"	137	3
2	Orion	"Longing Dawn"	91	7
3	Marvic Lewis	"Voice in the Night"	113	4
4	Tarcisio Barbara	"How Can I Get Over You"	82	8
5	Fiona	"Same Time Tomorrow"	76	9
6	Miriam Christine	"It's Up To You"	102	5
7	Leontine	"Children of Mother Earth"	65	13
8	Fate	"Listen"	41	19
9	Natasha Grima	"Nights Alone"	53	16
10	Marisa D'Amato	"Love Will Be Your Light"	97	6
11	Olivia Lewis	"You're The One"	59	15
12	Karen Polidano	"Searching The Seas"	63	14
13	Vince Bongailas	"Unexplained"	28	20
14	Ivan Spiteri Lucas	"Playing With My Heart"	44	18
15	Enzo Gusman	"As Far As I Can See"	47	17
16	Catherine Vigar	"Give Love More Space"	69	11
17	Fabrizio Faniello	"More Than Just A Game"	142	2
18	Chiara	"The One That I Love"	164	1
19	Lawrence Gray	"Newborn Heart"	76	9
20	Georgina	"The Morning Rain"	68	12

Detailed Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Jury 1	Jury 2	Jury 3	Jury 4	Jury 5	Jury 6	Jury 7	Total
1	"Listen To Our Voices"	20	9	22	26	20	24	16	137
2	"Longing Dawn"	13	16	7	18	5	22	10	91
3	"Voice in the Night"	9	26	18	20	14	8	18	113
4	"How Can I Get Over You"	4	11	11	22	9	5	20	82
5	"Same Time Tomorrow"	18	20	8	3	10	13	4	76
6	"It's Up To You"	12	14	13	13	22	14	14	102
7	"Children of Mother Earth"	10	4	14	11	8	16	2	65
8	"Listen"	5	12	2	5	4	7	6	41
9	"Nights Alone"	14	5	4	9	12	1	8	53
10	"Love Will Be Your Light"	22	22	12	1	16	2	22	97
11	"You're The One"	8	6	5	14	6	9	11	59
12	"Searching The Seas"	7	7	6	12	2	20	9	63
13	"Unexplained"	1	18	1	2	1	4	1	28
14	"Playing With My Heart"	3	1	3	8	13	3	13	44
15	"As Far As I Can See"	2	2	9	16	3	12	3	47
16	"Give Love More Space"	11	13	20	7	7	6	5	69
17	"More Than Just A Game"	24	24	24	4	24	18	24	142
18	"The One That I Love"	26	10	26	24	26	26	26	164
19	"Newborn Heart"	16	3	16	6	18	10	7	76
20	"The Morning Rain"	6	8	10	10	11	11	12	68

At Eurovision

The song received 165 points, finishing 3rd. This was Malta's best result along with 1992 up to that point before their second place in 2002 and 2005.

Points awarded to Malta

Points awarded to Malta

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Ireland Norway Slovakia United Kingdom	Turkey	Belgium Germany Netherlands Poland Switzerland	Croatia Hungary Israel	France Greece Sweden
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Cyprus Estonia Finland Portugal Spain		Slovenia

Points awarded by Malta

12 points	Israel
10 points	Croatia
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Netherlands
6 points	Ireland
5 points	Norway
4 points	Sweden
3 points	Belgium
2 points	Portugal
1 point	Cyprus