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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

Worth the hype? Bulgaria breaks the silence

Way back when the 2018 Eurovision betting market opened, the shortest odds went against usual suspects Australia and Sweden, and to recent upstart Bulgaria. After...

Grow old or die trying … or watching endless selection shows

Ieva Zasimauskaitė has won 'Eurovizijos atranka 2018', the Lithuanian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, and will perform the song 'When We're Old'...

Why bother with just the one Eurovision song?

If you can't quite decide what sort of song to send to the world's longest-running musical competition, why not do what the Macedonians have...

Russian singer vows not to break

We're closer than ever to a full pack of songs for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, and the latest internal selection to surface comes...

Rybak for more with second Eurovision bid

Some Eurovision winners refuse to go away. Johnny Logan still haunts the halls like a fading ghost, and Uncle Ralph Siegal dips into his...

I appreciate it’s Mother’s Day Benjamin, but you don’t have to...

It's almost as if it was ordained by the gods. The fanw**k favourite and allround clean-living good guy with the Melodifestivalen pedigree, Benjamin Ingrosso...

Party like its 1904? – It’s a Nor-Swe final evening!

So the final Saturday of the On-Season is upon us and, frankly, after weeks of 7-8 and 9 selections, two is a blessed relief! -...

I thought we’d be together ’till we died …

It was the great Goddess of camp, Cher who once sang about what she'd do were she ever granted the powers to turn back...

Cesár Sampson pays tribute to the 80s with ‘Nobody but you’

In the 1980s, velour was hot and velvet was even hotter. For both men and women, the waistline was a little high. New technology, synthesisers,...

Sony reveals Australian Eurovision hand to ‘tragic’ fans

Sony Music has named the song that will represent Australia at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, as Jessica Mauboy brands Eurovision fans 'tragic'. The global...