"Lass' ihn" was the Swiss

Switzerland

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 entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Eurovision Song Contest 1998

The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was the 43rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1998 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The presenters were Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson...

 in Birmingham

Birmingham

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, United Kingdom

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.

The song was sung by Gunvor

Gunvor Guggisberg

Gunvor Guggisberg , known professionally simply as Gunvor, is a Swiss singer and dancer. She is from Berne and owes her name to her Swedish grandfather....

, who wore a sleeveless, glittering dark red dress for her Eurovision appearance. The song was an ultimatum to a man who had frequently cheated on her, telling him to leave her for good.

The song performed fifth on the night, following Spain

Spain

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's Mikel Herzog

Mikel Herzog

Mikel Herzog Herzog is a Basque singer-songwriter of Jewish descent, known for his participation in the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest....

 with "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?

¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?

"¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" was the Spanish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, performed in Spanish by Mikel Herzog...

" and preceding Slovakia

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's Katarína Hasprová

Katarína Hasprová

Katarína Hasprová is a singer from Slovakia, best-known outside her home country for singing "Modlitba" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998....

 with "Modlitba

Modlitba

Not to be confused with Molitva, the winning song in 2007."Modlitba" was the Slovak entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, sung by Katarína Hasprová in the Slovak language....

". At the close of the voting it had received no points placing last in a field of 25.

It was succeeded as Swiss representative by Jane Bogaert with "La vita cos'è?" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Eurovision Song Contest 2000

The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 13 May 2000 at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, following Charlotte Nilsson's victory in Jerusalem the previous year. It was the first time since 1996 that the contest was held on mainland Europe. The...

, having being relegated from the 1999 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1999

The Eurovision Song Contest 1999 was the 44th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 29 May 1999 in Jerusalem, Israel after Dana International won the contest the previous year in the United Kingdom. The venue for the contest was the International Convention Center...

after their poor placing by Gunvor.