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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 – No, it’s not funny love

Every time I hear this, I get excited because I keep expecting that the song itself is going to be a sultry number, which...
Ari Ólafsson

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 22 – Iceland

There are very few songs at a Eurovision that ellicit the following response from me, but this is one of them and I don't...
Malta at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 27 – MALTA

Taboo by Christabelle Borg Watching the Maltese final, you’d be forgiven for forgetting there are any songs and that the whole thing is just an...

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...

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...
Equinox

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Bulgaria

I adored the Bulgarian song last year, and knowing the same team is behind 'Bones' set expectations high. I'm disappointed. Were this to be the Bulgarian...

San Mari-NO

Oh my! San Marino. We thought this might be cheap but it’s even cheaper than we hoped. The robots are here – and they’ve...
Albania at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 1 – ALBANIA

Mall by Eugent Bushpepa My fellow OnEuropeans may be well ahead of me in Counting Down this year, but here I am - the original...

French second Semi Final – Full Results

The French and International Juries cast votes 2-4-6-8-10-12 to six of the 9 songs.   The top 4 songs advance to the final. Song Performer(s) International Jury Francophone Jury Total Psn My...

Slovenia pushing THAT button

So ... I popped out to relieve myself, and got caught in a gaggle of press and fans surrounding Eleni Foureira, and then another...