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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

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 – Belarus

Most years, the Belarusian entrants stab at singing in English provides an unitended giggle, last year they stayed native, and it paid off. This...
Finland at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 14 – FINLAND

Monsters by Saara Aalto After turning around her fortunes so impressively on the UK X Factor the BBC should have snapped up Saara Aalto for...
Estonia at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 13 – ESTONIA

La Forza by Elina Nechayeva If you’re going to do a gimmick at Eurovision make sure it’s either not previously been done, or you do...
Ryan O'Shaughnessy

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 23 – Ireland

If this song is going to be remembered for anything it's going to be "oh it's the one with the gays dancing that Russia...
Ari Ólafsson

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 22 – Iceland

There are very few songs at a Eurovision that ellicit the following response from me, but this is one of them and I don't...
Yulia or Julia, your choice

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Russia

This hardly seems like the same woman behind that half-arsed effort that was never really meant to be taken seriously last year. This time...

Monty goes to the London Eurovision Party

Thursday saw the 2018 London Eurovision Party, the original preview party, now in its 11th edition. Once more I was on hand to help...
Denmark at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 12 – DENMARK

Higher Ground by Rasmussen There’s an adage that if you can’t say anything nice you shouldn’t say it at all and were it not for...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 21 – Hungary

I've been dreading doing this review for a number of reasons, not least of which being, I detest this song. To me, it's shouty...