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2018

The 2018 Eurovision Song Contest was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place for the first time in Lisbon, Portugal, following the country’s first victory at the 2017 contest in Kiev, with the song “Amar pelos dois”, performed by Salvador Sobral.

The contest comprised two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May, and a final on 12 May 2018 in the Altice Arena, Lisbon.
The winner of the 2018 Eurovision
The winner was Netta with ‘Toy’ representing Israel, who as she picked up her award, declare ‘Next year in Jerusalem.’ That prompted various outcries and a few suggestions of boycott, plus general talk of how it’s going to be a security nightmare and such.

See the full results from the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest

Money well spent Malta

Christabelle from Malta now, and they’ve brought four LED screens which are clustered onstage around a mini raised stage where Christabelle starts dressed tastefully...

Malta: this is how you stage a dance song

In excellent contrast to Poland, Malta now shows us what you can do with a dance track if you don’t have to accommodate a...

Cut some moves grandpa

Grandpa Gromee now and pretty boy Lukas Meier for Poland and this is delivering everything I expected but still leaving me a little bit...

Poland – It needs to get better … and there is...

In the Polish national final (and on MP3), this is one of my favourite songs and I had it down as easily qualifying. On...

Poland: the music lights me up but I’d prefer not to...

Poland is up next. I do like this song, but it’s just not right on stage. They’ve done what they can to take some...

Georgian gorgeousness

So following on from our cheesy breakfast and the cheesy pop of Australia we have Georgian ethno-jazz band Iriao bringing something very classy. Now...

Morning glory from Georgia

Bom dia, Oneuropeans! Tudo bem? I’m refreshed today. I had an early night, and a good scrubbing this morning; trimmed my beard, shaved my...

Bow down at the altar of Georgia

There are people around me in the press centre who think that they have just seen the second coming. Words like: "Can you get...
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Eurovision 2018 – Everything we said about day three

It's not everyone who wants to start their day with Alexander Rybak, but it's that sort of dedication to the cause that makes OnEurope...

Eurovision semi-final 1 gets the Hacksaw treatment

So we know what the great and good of the Eurovision press corps thinks about all the songs. But what of the thoughts of...