Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
| Eurovision Song Contest 1998 | ||||
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| Country |
 Slovakia
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal Selection | |||
| Selected entrant | Katarína Hasprová | |||
| Selected song | "Modlitba" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 21st, 8 points | |||
| Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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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.
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.
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