Home Composed Song Contest 1998

Contest overview

Roy Vorland from Norway, who had won in 1997, declined to organise or take part in the 1998 contest. Naturally, an organiser had to be found, and Tony Olsen from Grindsted in Denmark stepped into the fray for a second successive year - though once more, he himself did not participate in the competition.

The number of participants was down slightly on the previous year, but with no withdrawals or disqualifications this time, the final scoreboard featured 12 songs from seven composers in five different countries. Germany made its debut in the event courtesy of Michael Bauer, while Christina Irving arrived to swell the ranks of the British entrants; otherwise, all of the participants had previous Home Composed experience.

In contrast to the previous year, the voting proceeded very smoothly. Despite a spirited challenge from Israel's Alon Shanni, recording easily his best result in the competition to date, Morten Boldt Hansen pulled away right at the end to claim his second Home Composed victory - and Denmark's third in total, following his debut success in 1991 and Tony Olsen's win in 1996.

Entries and results

Draw	Country	Song Title	Performer	Composer	Lyricist	Position	Points
01	Denmark	Everywhere I Look	Morten Boldt Hansen	Morten Boldt Hansen	Morten Boldt Hansen	3	45
02	United Kingdom South/West	The Days We Will Remember	Marie Bennett	Marie Bennett	Marie Bennett	7	35
03	Sweden	Världen var ond	Mårten Eklund & Henrik Lindvall	Mårten Eklund	Mårten Eklund	10	16
04	United Kingdom North/East	Soul Case	B.G.H.B.	Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner	Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner, Andrew Donaldson, George Tyson	9	18
05	Germany	Seht, ich lebe noch	Michael Bauer	Michael Bauer	Michael Bauer	5	41
06	Israel	Ulay efrach	Alon Shanni	Alon Shanni	Alon Shanni	2	53
07	United Kingdom Central	This Time Last Year	Christina Irving	Christina Irving	Christina Irving	4	43
08	Denmark	Find Your Dream	Morten Boldt Hansen	Morten Boldt Hansen	Morten Boldt Hansen	1	59
09	United Kingdom South/West	The New Boy	Marie Bennett	Marie Bennett	Marie Bennett	6	38
10	Sweden	Somna inte	Camilla Högberg & Mårten Eklund	Mårten Eklund	Mårten Eklund	12	10
11	United Kingdom North/East	Silence	B.G.H.B.	Martin Faulkner	Andrew Donaldson	11	14
12	Germany	Der Gnu-Plattler	Michael Bauer	Michael Bauer	Michael Bauer	8	34

Scoreboard

	Juries
								Total
Everywhere I Look	12	10	4	5		6	8	45
The Days We Will Remember	10	4	6	2	8	5		35
Världen var ond			1	6	3	4	2	16
Soul Case	3	3	2		4	2	4	18
Seht, ich lebe noch	5	8		8	7	7	6	41
Ulay efrach	4		12	10	12	10	5	53
This Time Last Year	2	7	7	7	10		10	43
Find Your Dream	8	5	10	12		12	12	59
The New Boy	7	6	8	3	6	8		38
Somna inte		1	3	1	1	3	1	10
Silence	1	2	5		2	1	3	14
Der Gnu-Plattler	6	12		4	5		7	34

Media

HCSC 1998 winner: Morten Boldt Hansen - Find Your Dream

Recap of all HCSC 1998 songs in draw order