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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

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...

Até já, Portugal, shalom Israel

Bom dia, Oneuropeans! Tudo bem? I may be back in the UK but my heart is still in Lisbon. As the dust settles on...

Are the BBC going to be heroes … or buggered by...

The BBC has finally announced that Eurovision:You Decide will take place on Wednesday (yes I don't get that either) 7th February at 7.30pm live...

Want to hear something from Moldova?

Of course you do! It's Eurovision on-season and time to plough through more songs than you can shake a stick at. Today, it's the turn...

A Dal’s Final heat – but its nowhere near over!

The final ten songs line up for A Dal from Budapest.  A quick reminder of how this will go: all ten songs will be...

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...

Rybak for more with second Eurovision bid

Some Eurovision winners refuse to go away. Johnny Logan still haunts the halls like a fading ghost, and Uncle Ralph Siegal dips into his...
Israel at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 22 – ISRAEL

Toy by Netta I last spoke to you about Ireland, a Eurovision nation whose approach seems stuck in the past. In contrast, Israel’s couldn’t be...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 42 – UKRAINE

Under The Ladder by Mélovin “The project MELOVIN started in Odesa in 2012. The name comes from a combination of the holiday Halloween and the...

Will you still show us Tel Aviv?

Netta brings her Toys (plural) to the stage - two tall cabinets chock full of golden Chinese waving cats to be precise, oh and...