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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

Fourth Swedish Semi Final result

Well after a show that felt like it was from 1984, and was about ten thousand hours long, the result of the 4th Swedish...

Is it time to rethink Melodifestivalen?

For years, it's been touted as the gold standard of Eurovision national selections. Swedish broadcaster SVT has been organising the Melodifestivalen for as long...

The Germans chose a faux Ed Sheeran

He's ginger. He's got floppy hair. He plays the guitar... no, it's not Ed (who said he'd be up for writing an English Eurovision...

Sanja Ilic & Balkanika heading for Eurovision (Updated with results)

Sanja Ilic & Balkanika won the right to represent Serbia at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with a song called 'Nova deca' (New children). After...

Portugal FDC First Semi Final

This is the *corrected* list after RTP admitted to an error - oops! Song Artist Jury Televote Total Psn Austrália Bruno Vasconcelos 0 0 0 13 Sem medo Rui David 2 5 7 7 Eu te amo Beatriz Pessoa 4 0 4 11 Q Para te dar abrigo Anabela 3 10 13 4 Q Para sorrir não...

After Super Saturday – a subdued Sunday?

Well after the mentalness that was last evening ( and feel free to check out all of the results) Eurovision moves on to a...

Third latvian Semi Final Results

Seems as though there was no technical issues this week as only two, as there was supposed to be, qualified from the Semi Final...

Five more through in Estonia – That second Eesti laul Semi...

A second Eesti Laul semi final? - oh OK then.  Last week's was good and this was of a similar standard in my opinion...

A Dal Semi Final 2 results

Semi Final 2 results of the never ending A Dal are now in - Again the top 3 from the jury get a ticket...

So the second set of fluffykittens singers are through to the...

Thats right - the semi final affectionately known by this site as Sonvakepnin Fluffykittens has completed it's second semifinal in Rekjavik. As is the usual...