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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

Italy’s heartfelt message brings the Big 5 to a close

And talking about songs with a message, Italy closes the Big 5 rehearsals this morning, though we have an additional run from Greece to...
Iceland at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 20 – ICELAND

Our Choice by Ari Ólafsson We’re in, dear reader, what might be politely described as a lull in quality. Iceland’s entry is so mind-numbingly boring...

Mount Russiamore

After last year’s debacle with Julia Samoylova being forbidden to travel to Ukraine, you could say Russia has a mountain to climb, but in...

Moldovan Magic

After all the darkness of Russia, we have a Moldovan tonic now with the assistance of Russia of course! Do-Re-Dos (who sound like a...

Clearly being second just isn’t good enough

So, on a rather dull Thursday morning here in OnEurope towers, Dutch broadcaster AvroTros decides to release this cinematic masterpiece! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWbCnZ1cCu0 They clearly like to tease...

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,...

UK – I have no problems here

There are members of 'the press' in the area where we are that have already decided that the UK will not finish any higher...

France’s first Semi Final…. What to expect and the results!

Well, the songs were recorded last week, and now it's time to broadcast them. France 2 and TV5Monde plangoing to show the first French...

Azeri Aisel in the snowy Alps!?

Morning all. Not so bleary eyed despite a busy day ‘off’ yesterday and here for the first semi final day one. Five hours sleep...

Albania and Beardy Bushpepa

Albania is up now. Lovely furry Eugent Bushpepa. For a rocker, the first camera shots indicate he’s looking a bit brushed up in a...