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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

Latvia … still as funny as …

<insert your own punchline> To me, and this is clearly only my opinion, Laura doesn't have the facial expressions or the kind of voice to...

Hungary – a glorious shouty mess

Spoiler alert: I still hate this song. However, having said that (and I said it on Wednesday as well), this song knows what it is....

Malta – sailing through

As you all saw during the Wednesday rehearsal (and if you didn't, you should read it now) this came as a real surprise to...

Poland – Well this got better

This has got better. It had to really, because on Wednesday it fell a bit flat. There seems to have been a lot of...

Georgia – the contrast is striking

Georgia is a 100% classier that what I just saw and should piss on Jessica's effort from a great height. There has been zero...

Australia – It’s servicable

The first time we saw this on Tuesday, I said that it was flat and today's twenty minutes have not made me think differently. The...

Netherlands – they listened …

There has been lots of press over the last few days that focussed on how this song was staged, rather than the song itself....

Moldova – In complete contrast

This is what the viewer wants ... or so it seems in the United Kingdom, based on recent televoting patterns. There are many songs...

Russia – Why do I get the feeling …

... that this is a whole load of wrong? It appears that Julia has been placed slightly lower in the chamber of magma and the...

Eurovision 2018 – On the sixth day in Lisbon …

Following a local liquor tasting incident, Mr Phil took to his bed this morning - or rather demanded some respite - and so, for...