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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

Malta and their open heart surgery

Malta have found their way around the lack of LED screens in Portugal by bringing their own, and what a difference it's made. There...

Eestima … there is something amiss here

... and I don't know what it is. The Estonian entry has all of the ingredients of a great song. They also have a dress...

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...

What does the web predict for the second semi-final?

And we're back ... Eurovision Song Contest fans get to settle down for a second 2018 appetizer. Eighteen songs compete for the remaining ten...

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...

Six more culled from the Lithuanian Eurovizijos very ‘long list’

There might be better ways to spend a Saturday night, but OnEuropean reporters have the interests of our readers at heart. We sit through...

San Marino … The gift that keeps on giving

Not content with making a mockery of the entire selection procedure by allowing all and sundry to enter and then, ya know, weighting the...

A Dal Semi Final 2 results

Semi Final 2 results of the never ending A Dal are now in - Again the top 3 from the jury get a ticket...

I thought we’d be together ’till we died …

It was the great Goddess of camp, Cher who once sang about what she'd do were she ever granted the powers to turn back...
Aisel

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Azerbaijan

This is easily the weakest Eurovision song from oil-rich Azerbaijan - and a bit of a jolt after the faux art-pop of 2017. No...