1998 Worldvision Song Contest

The 1998 Worldvision Song Contest was the ninth edition of Worldvision Song Contest, and was held in Moscow, Russia. It was reported that The Netherlands would not make a return to the Worldvision Song Contest. Germany won the contest for a record second time, with Lana and her song "Return to Wonderland".
==Format==
Citizens of each participating country vote by telephone and SMS message, which counts for 50%, while a jury in each country also has a 50% say in the outcome. Each country's 10 favourites are awarded 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points. The semi-final format from the 1997 contest was brought back. The group of 29 participating countries were split into two groups. Another rule not implemented in the previous year was that the preceding year's winner automatically qualifies for the final. 
==Returning artists==
Artist 	Country	Previous year(s)
Bethany 	 	1990, 1992
Solayoh Vaollya	 	1995
Lana 	 	1994, 1995
==Results==
===Semi-Final 1===
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	English translation	Place	Points
01 	 	Krissy Edwards 	"Kiss Bliss" 	– 	10 	47
02 	 	Solayoh Vaollya 	"Rhythm of Love" 	– 	1 	75
03 	 	Ezer 	"Troubles" 	– 	2 	73
04 	 	Bethany 	"Police" 	– 	5 	64
05 	 	Kim Dung-Yee 	"Emerald" 	– 	12 	41
06 	 	Rose Callif 	"Opportunity" 	– 	8 	55
07 	 	Borfe 3 	"Хвала вечно" 	Thank you eternally	11 	46
08 	 	Polishe Voan 	"Discount" 	– 	9 	53
09 	 	Giovanni Fratello	"Fratello Ragazzo"	Brother Boy 	4 	69
10 	 	Rosa Mendes 	"Veneno" 	Poison 	7 	61
11 	 	Vinny Palenta 	"Italian" 	– 	13 	34
12 	 	Ulysses Forzé 	"Lilypad" 	– 	8 	60
13 	 	Zoran Simic 	"Believe" 	– 	6 	62
14 	 	Bozzef 	"I Wanna Leave" 	– 	3 	72
===Semi-Final 2===
During what was supposed to be debuting country Moldova's performance, Loryu Cafona from Slovakia performed, unknowing to the producers of the audience. It was later revealed that Cafona was another act from Slovakia, hired by a Slovakian jury in order for Slovakia to have a greater odd of winning. Worldvision executive producers banned Slovakia from the live final and from the contest indefinitely. After Slovakia was disqualified, every country ranked lower than them moved up. Austria had moved to eighth place, qualifying them for the final. Moldova also took their place.
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	English translation	Place	Points
01 	 	Calryi Voys 	"Scream My Pain" 	– 	11 	47
02 	 	Urzula Vanmaskta	"Wiedząc" 	Knowing 	4 	63
03 	 	Tessa Dumring 	"Turning Tables" 	– 	10 	50
04 	 	Marina Kazec 	"Range" 	– 	14 	35
05 	 	Rosalina Mondo 	"Enemigo" 	Enemy 	13 	40
06 	 	Lesia Tsurenko 	"Triple Threat" 	– 	6 	61
07 	 	Lana 	"Return to Wonderland"	– 	6 	61
08 	 	Misuko Carushi 	"Love Story" 	– 	12 	43
09 	 	Carl Bell 	"Livin' on the Lord" 	– 	9 	57
10 	 	Lharil Etna 	"Hour of Darkness" 	– 	4 	63
11 	 	Vocal 6 	"DNA" 	– 	1 	79
12 	 	Oasis 	"Mirage" 	– 	2 	72
13 	 	Natalia Kellie 	"Burn my Dread" 	– 	8 	59
14 	 	Frannie Gravis 	"Good News" 	– 	3 	65
15 	 	Loryu Cafoha 	"Vyrovnat" 	Level up 	2 	75
===Final===
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	English translation 	Place	Points
01 	 	Lharil Etna 	"Hour of Darkness" 	– 	5 	108
02 	 	Vocal 6 	"DNA" 	– 	6 	105
03 	 	Oasis 	"Mirage" 	– 	18 	61
04 	 	Lesia Tsurenko 	"Triple Threat" 	– 	14 	77
05 	 	Lana 	"Return to Wonderland" 	– 	1 	141
06 	 	Cassandra Balluyyu	"The Golden Road" 	– 	3 	113
07 	 	Zoran Simic 	"Believe" 	– 	11 	85
08 	 	Bozzef 	"I Wanna Leave" 	– 	13 	82
09 	 	Urzula Vanmaskta 	"Wiedząc" 	Knowing 	10 	90
10 	 	Solayoh Vaollya 	"Rhythm of Love" 	– 	11 	85
11 	 	Ezer 	"Troubles" 	– 	4 	111
12 	 	Bethany 	"Police" 	– 	2 	130
13 	 	Giovanni Fratello 	"Fratello Ragazzo" 	Brother Boy 	8 	96
14 	 	Rosa Mendes 	"Veneno" 	Poison 	7 	103
15 	 	Mikhail Faustin 	"Передача своей любви к тебе"	Transfer my love to you	9 	94
16 	 	Frannie Gravis 	"Good News" 	– 	17 	65
17 	 	Rose Callif 	"Opportunity" 	– 	16 	67
18 	 	Natalia Kellie 	"Burn my Dread" 	– 	15 	69
==Scoreboard==
===Semi-Final 1===
===Semi-Final 2===
===Final===