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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

Germany: too much swirl

It’s all go this morning, so I only saw half of Germany, again. It’s too busy for me. They’ve brought their own projection backdrop...

Which half will the UK sing in?

I've just been in the UK's press conference. The design team is reasonably happy with the amendments to the production, and SuRie was as...

Spain: sounding good, but switch back to the first outfits

It’s Spain now, and I unashamedly, unabashedly love this! I thought they’d got a fairly good sense of it by Friday, so there’s not...

Portugal: Home and dry

With just a few rehearsals to get through today, it's a shorter stint for Monty and Rose, who will be your guides. They're en...

UK – am I making you proud, or could I do...

I did miss Portugal, but at least I’m here for the UK. The first go has tightened up many of the camera angles and...

Eurovision 2018 – Day seven – highlights and low points

Today was the last 'big day' of rehearsals - tomorrow it's a half day with the Big Five and Portugal. In a week's time,...

Ukraine – more over the top than under the ladder

For reasons undisclosed, the feed from the hall cut out and we only got half of the song during the first two rehearsals. On the...

Again, Novenia

They still include an eighteen-second break - attributed to a supposed 'technical difficulty' - in this rehearsal, and it looks as hideous as it...

Monteneg-no

Just like on Wednesday, this catches me in my rehearsal lull, where energy levels are low and I'm start to wonder why I'm still...

Sweden – safe and sound

I had to go and do something, so I only saw a little bit of Sweden. It's the same as it was back on Wednesday....