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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

Estonia at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 13 – ESTONIA

La Forza by Elina Nechayeva If you’re going to do a gimmick at Eurovision make sure it’s either not previously been done, or you do...

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....

Grow old or die trying … or watching endless selection shows

Ieva Zasimauskaitė has won 'Eurovizijos atranka 2018', the Lithuanian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, and will perform the song 'When We're Old'...

Eurovision 2018 – Day two at a glance

From the Macedonian closed rehearsal (um problema technicao) through to the Cypriot feugo, today brought us the second half of the first semi-final. Nobody...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Denmark

What is it with Danish Eurovision entries? They always sound solidly professional. Someone works overtime to get the very best from both singer and...
Surie

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Part 1 – The United Kingdom

I usually start the countdown at the beginning, after all it is a very good place to start, but this year in a cynical...

The uncomfortable truth?

Julia Samoylova now atop her green and blue tinged mountain trying not to break. Three backing vocalists in white to the right hand side...

Benjamin brings new energy to Sweden

No real surprises with Sweden; Benjamin’s performance is almost identical to the one in Melodifestivalen, except it’s even better. The live backing vocals, and...
Slovenia

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Slovenia

Starting out like New Order's magnificent Blue Monday, this 'song' soon heads in a very different direction. Slovenia never really seemed to get Eurovision. It...

(The royal) we’ve got love

Thanks to Ewan over at Escinsight for that tag line! Jessica Mauboy better be being paid well because they’ve got her doing almost everything on...