Country Slovakia Selected entrant Katarína Hasprová Final result 21st, 8 points | Selection process Internal Selection Selected song "Modlitba" 1998 • 2009► | |
Slovakia returned to the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham, United Kingdom after being relegated from the 1997 contest.
For the 1998 contest Slovenská Televízia (STV) selected Katarína Hasprová to sing for Slovakia, with the song "Modlitba" (A Prayer). The song was composed by Gabriel Dušík and Anna Wepperyová.
At Eurovision
Hasprová performed 6th on the night of the contest, following Switzerland and preceding Poland. At the close of the voting it had received 8 points (all came from Croatia), placing 21st in a field of 25.
After the contest STV withdrew from the contest, and would not return for 11 years, until the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.
References
Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA