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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

TV Slovenia gives us SIXTEEN for an EMA! – It’s like...

One of this webmaster's favourite national finals, EMA, has come round again and RTVSLO has given the world a list of songs and singers...

RTSH reveals Bum Bum and 21 others for Eurovision

The glory of picking a song and singer for Eurovision at Christmas is almost upon us. Albanian broadcaster RTSH retains its crown as the...

Latvian TV offers early Christmas pressie with Supernova previews

If you're already done with Christmas, and screaming at the telly to stop showing you that disturbing John Lewis ad with the farting monster...

Cesar to avenge the Sampson name at Eurovision

Cesár Sampson has vowed to avenge the ills showered upon his family name with a second Sampson shot at the Eurovision Song Contest. With the...

The Swede smell of success?

It's nearly Christmas, so time for Swedish tellymakers SVT to reveal the acts who will compete to represent them at the Eurovision Contest of...

Eurovision tickets on sale from 30 November

The first wave of tickets for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest go on sale on Thursday, 30 November at 11:00 CET from the official ticketing...

In, out, in, out … shake it all about

In news that must surely surprise nobody, (the Former Yugoslav Republic of) Macedonia is back in Eurovision. An EBU press release today stated: "The EBU and...

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...

20 songs make Estonian Eurovision short list

Twenty songs have made the shortlist of the Estonian Eurovision national final - Eesti Laul. Estonian TV announced the final cut after considering 258...

Three names in the frame for Greek Eurovision job

Three acts will compete to sing for Greece at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Canny but skint broadcaster ERT challenged the nation's record companies...