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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: this is how you stage a dance song

In excellent contrast to Poland, Malta now shows us what you can do with a dance track if you don’t have to accommodate a...

Portugal – Not Fado but Fad-ish

There are two schools of thought on this. Mine is that this song is a 2:38 moan by one girl about the other girl's dead...

Grow old or die trying … or watching endless selection shows

Ieva Zasimauskaitė has won 'Eurovizijos atranka 2018', the Lithuanian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, and will perform the song 'When We're Old'...

Cool and steady doesn’t win Eurovision

Rasmussen next up with his Viking ‘cut and paste’ from the Danish final. It’s IDENTICAL save for the addition of a large white flag...

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...
Eleni

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Cyprus

I'm going to put aside the fact that Panick Records seem to film all their Eurovision videos in much the same big room, this...

Why Julia Samoylova should consider a fully flexible plane ticket

Remember back in March when the world and his wife had an opinion on Julia Samoylova? And how Russian telly bosses insisted she'd get her...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 42 – UKRAINE

Under The Ladder by Mélovin “The project MELOVIN started in Odesa in 2012. The name comes from a combination of the holiday Halloween and the...
Hungary at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 19 – HUNGARY

Viszlát Nyár by AWS One of the greatest joys of being a Eurovision fan is my fellow fans, and what I can learn from them....
Jessica Mauboy

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 4 – Australia

Now, whilst I am against Australia’s participation in the Eurovision but not for the reasons you think and I won’t be swayed from that,...