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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

Albania at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 1 – ALBANIA

Mall by Eugent Bushpepa My fellow OnEuropeans may be well ahead of me in Counting Down this year, but here I am - the original...
Qami

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Armenia

Sevak Khanagyan smoulders through 'Qami' in a video that includes more fingerless gloves and dry ice than a whole stack of Madonna promotional clips. It...
Czech

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 12 – The Czech Republic

So, the basic premise of this song can be summed up in a few words: Mikolas's significant other is playing away, but he don't...
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...
Cyprus

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 11 – Cyprus

Cyprus either gets it very right, or hideously wrong and their fans can be a rabid bunch to deal with, it must be said...
Franka

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 10 – Croatia.

In this instalment of Eurovision Countdown: It appears that the Croats have remember the art of Songwriting! After last year's ... thing, this is a...
Rice rice baby

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Latvia

'Funny Girl' sounds like one of those duff tracks from a rubbish musical with input from Richard Stilgoe. If you're a fan of Eastenders...
Equinox

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 9 – Bulgaria

After having a weekend away with chums from Eurovision Ireland and other places, I appear to be a little bit short on the old...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Norway

When Rybak brought 'Fairytale' to Eurovision, it was clear he'd be leaving with the trophy. And he's quickly become Eurovision royalty. Like Johnny Logan...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Switzerland

This one starts dark and dramatic, but soon descends into what sounds like yet another Swiss non-qualifier. I've heard this sort of thing so often...