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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

Latvian Supernova Results First Semi Final

I had forgotten that Supernova had started today - Bad fan - must do better next week. They had Seven songs and Two of them...

No, baby no!

My my my, San Marino courtesy of Malta, Germany via Bratislava give the ‘what the actual fuck’ moment this year and certainly will have...

Controversial piece number 318 – Saaaara Aalto

This song ... well ... it really does need some words to describe it, I guess. The first set of words I'm going to use...

It’s loud and I like it

The Hungarian boys from AWS now and this will wake anyone up who perhaps nodded off during the commercial break that precedes them. They...

Czech Republic go for a NF

It seems this winning the Eurovision Song Contest malarky isn't the bad thing that its cracked up to be. The usually shy and reserved...

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....

Seventeen in the running for Serbian Eurovision song

Serbian TV is treating us to Beovizija once more after a run of internal selections. Broadcaster RTS has announced the seventeen songs (picked from a starting...

If it’s Monday, it must be the Spanish national final

When it comes to picking winning Eurovision songs, what better time to do it than very late on a Monday night at the end...
Sevak

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 3 – Armenia

Armenia’s song – Qami (presumably pronounced differently than it is spelled) doesn’t start off that promisingly. It has a lilting lullaby rhythm for the...
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,...