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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

Croatia – Damn that’s duuuurty

You know when you get a certain vibe from a song and you think "Cor blimey that looks good on stage"? Well I've just...

Macedonian mess and Croatian class

Macedonia Macedonia (FYR) up now but we only get one showing in the press centre due to the feed not being ready, but one was...

Croatia – qualification hopes may not be so crazy after all

After the delay to us seeing Macedonia, and their lack of pizzazz, Croatia dazzles from the first go. Franka is first framed in close...

Macedonia – we get there in the end … Sorta …...

It’s Day 2 in the Big Brother House. Oh, no, different pressure chamber, it’s the Eurovision Press Centre. I’m recovering from a hike up...

FYR Macedonia – We get to see the last run-through

Well we have sound *and* vision for Macedonia. The first thing we see on stage is the lead singer's arse - some people might...

Eurovision 2018 – All of the first day’s nonsense in one...

From Azerbaijan to Bulgaria and all points in between. OnEuropeans were in the Altice Arena bringing you reports (and officially sanctioned photos and video)...

Is Bulgaria beyond the bones or beyond the pail?

'This song is going to be a difficult watch for a Tuesday night,' said Ewan from ESCInsight and yer know what? He's absolutely right. This...

Bona Bulgaria

Last rehearsal today comes from Bulgaria, another of the hot favourites. Star of the show here is the harmonies between the five performers (plus...

Estonia and Bulgaria to finish us off

Elina and that frock and that voice doing everything you would expect of them with this. Piercingly on point vocals and, for an opera...

Projecting an Estonian qualification

Estonia. Well. If you’ve seen this in the promo video, which is the performance from the Estonian final, then you’ll know what to expect....