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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

So who has succeeded Slavko as the next Montenegrin to the...

Tonight you have had your answer. The Montenegrins, clearly on a budget, had a five song final entitled "Montevizija" (harking back to the good old...

Lithuanian semi-final results

It's been real. It's taken forever and there have been many many songs that have fallen along the way. Lithuania is almost there with its...
Spain

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Spain

Male/female duos don't tend to win Eurovision - although I give you Ell and Nikki - whose victory still has many stumped. It's hard to...
Germany

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 17 – GERMANY

You Let Me Walk Alone by Michael Schulte After having waited so long for a second victory, Lena’s 2010 win with Satellite must already seem...
Portugal at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 33 – PORTUGAL

O Jardim by Cláudia Pascoal And now for the home entry from Portugal. Wow. Can you believe how many years we’ve been waiting to hear...

Iceland – Hello, is that 1992 … they want their song...

Ari looks silly on the screens. He's got a silver suit on with some preposterous red trimming that I hoped would light up and...

Austria – Have we just seen a contender?

ORF have done a thing! Whenever I say things like that, my heart usually sinks and I hide behind the sofa crying mercilessly. This time,...

Serbian striding and strutting

Hhm. Serbia’s not great. Musically this has plenty to stand out, but visually they’re making a bit of a fist of it. There’s some...

Sweden – It’s just made me do a yawn

It's not you Benjamin, it really is me. Although having said that, the song is generic to the point of me wanting to launch...

Armenia to start Day 6

Armenia is first today, and as in the first go this is pretty much ready to go. My only concern about this is that...