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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

Russia – I’m not sure if it’s a deliberate ploy

...but this is either trolling on the highest level, or a grave miscalculation from Russia. First of all Yulia is sitting atop a MOUNTAIN on...

Cool and steady doesn’t win Eurovision

Rasmussen next up with his Viking ‘cut and paste’ from the Danish final. It’s IDENTICAL save for the addition of a large white flag...

Denmark – Same same, different, but still the same

I don't know what to think or type here. I love this song, and can't hide that and when I saw it in the...

Denmark – no need to even rehearse this

Denmark. It’s exactly the same as in the Danish final. That’s it. I’m off to stalk Mladen from Serbia at his press conference... Monty x

San Mari-NO

Oh my! San Marino. We thought this might be cheap but it’s even cheaper than we hoped. The robots are here – and they’ve...

No, baby no!

My my my, San Marino courtesy of Malta, Germany via Bratislava give the ‘what the actual fuck’ moment this year and certainly will have...

San Marino – If this is the best you can come...

Then you really need to go and have a word with yourselves and consider your participation. I have just witnessed three of the most painful,...

Serbian striding and strutting

Hhm. Serbia’s not great. Musically this has plenty to stand out, but visually they’re making a bit of a fist of it. There’s some...

I balkanika this, but not a lot!

Balkanika next up for Serbia and I really like this song. The staging is pretty much as I would have expected with the old...

Serbia – what a load of old Balkans …

If you are talking generic and if you are talking about songs that clearly know their audience, then Serbia should be right at the...