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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

Ieva Zasimauskaitė

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 26 – Lithuania

When you have a gazillion week semifinal procedure and then pick a song about growing old, you risk reducing your voting demographic. However, it’s the...
Eugent Bushpepa

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Part 2 – Albania

So, after sorting out the UK and nailing some colours to the mast, it’s time to get through the other fourty-two in alphabetical order… **deep...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 42 – Switzerland

The Swiss have been consistently performing under-par with their songs of late and they have been suffering from the 'UK Disease' of not getting...

Czech Republic – The man’s a trouper

Say what you like about Mikolas and the song, he's got balls and guts to even be on the stage at the moment. He's...

Fourth Swedish Semi Final result

Well after a show that felt like it was from 1984, and was about ten thousand hours long, the result of the 4th Swedish...

Poland – It needs to get better … and there is...

In the Polish national final (and on MP3), this is one of my favourite songs and I had it down as easily qualifying. On...

Slovenia – Never knowingly Superfluous – avec result!

True, i'm not quite so sure why sixteen songs have to be whittled down in Slovenia but, considering I am an EMA watcher of...

So the second set of fluffykittens singers are through to the...

Thats right - the semi final affectionately known by this site as Sonvakepnin Fluffykittens has completed it's second semifinal in Rekjavik. As is the usual...
Serbia

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Serbia

It kicks off like one of those entho-wailers from the middle of the last decade. And then the first verse kicks in and it...

Everybody’s got a little Bet Lynch in ’em

Waylon has been inspired by American country rock for this musically. Visually he’s been inspired by British soap opera, as he’s wearing the kind...