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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

I love Belarus – but do you? – DO YOU?

Back on 3 January it was announced by BRTC that 95 songs had been submitted for the national final. The participating songs were performed...
Montenegro

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 29 – MONTENEGRO

Inje by Vanja Radovanović There was a time a rousing Balkan ballad would commonly feature amid the top 5, but those days are long gone....

Australia – It’s servicable

The first time we saw this on Tuesday, I said that it was flat and today's twenty minutes have not made me think differently. The...

Romanian misfiring

I wasn’t watching during the first run of Romania’s second rehearsal I’m afraid. I’m too busy being pleased about my lunch. Now that I’ve...

UK – am I making you proud, or could I do...

I did miss Portugal, but at least I’m here for the UK. The first go has tightened up many of the camera angles and...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Australia

Phil has started at the far end of the alphabet with the United Kingdom of Stuff. I'm heading down under for Australia. This is the...

Georgia – the contrast is striking

Georgia is a 100% classier that what I just saw and should piss on Jessica's effort from a great height. There has been zero...

Poland – Well this got better

This has got better. It had to really, because on Wednesday it fell a bit flat. There seems to have been a lot of...

Malta – sailing through

As you all saw during the Wednesday rehearsal (and if you didn't, you should read it now) this came as a real surprise to...

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...