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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

Eurovision 2018 Live Blog – Jury final

Mr Phil will be taking his last turn at the Live Blog control desk to bring you the sights, sounds and smells of the...

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...
Georgia

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Montengero

It takes mere seconds to believe this is a song you'll only hear once at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. The video throws every cliche...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – San Marino

Following a national selection process that had very little to do with either San Marino or its national broadcaster and everything to do with...

As predicted, It wasn’t the end for Israel

In a move that has stunned absolutely no one that bothers to look at these kind of things, the new Israeli broadcaster KAN *will*...

Elina through to Lisbon for Estonia

As usual Estonia broadcaster ETV put on a great show for their Eurovision national selection, Eestilaul. The show last night came live from the...

Cláudia Pascoal to sing for Eurovision host nation

Rare indeed are the years when the host nation triumphs at Eurovision. 2018 shows little sign of breaking that pattern. Last night, Cláudia Pascoal was (eventually)...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – France

It has become a tradition that fans love the French Eurovision entry. No matter what - even when last year they entered a lovely...

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...

Sanja Ilic & Balkanika heading for Eurovision (Updated with results)

Sanja Ilic & Balkanika won the right to represent Serbia at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with a song called 'Nova deca' (New children). After...