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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

20 songs make Estonian Eurovision short list

Twenty songs have made the shortlist of the Estonian Eurovision national final - Eesti Laul. Estonian TV announced the final cut after considering 258...

20 ways Armenia plans to win Eurovision 2018

It's January, and so what better time to talk about the songs competing for the Eurovision crown this coming May. Already national broadcaster websites are...

Melodithingumy – Semi 1 – All you need to know!

So, so-called Gay Christmas if you are a Eurovision fan, Melodifestivalen, starts tonight and if you thought that the Lithuanian selection was ridiculous this...

After Super Saturday – a subdued Sunday?

Well after the mentalness that was last evening ( and feel free to check out all of the results) Eurovision moves on to a...

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...
Georgia

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Georgia

As always, Georgian TV has chosen to follow its own Eurovision path - you say banger, they say open-throat close-harmony vocal group. Sadly, this...
Belgium at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 7 – BELGIUM

A Matter of Time by Sennek Sennek is the stage name of aspiring musician Laura Groeseneken. Although she’s landed one of the biggest gigs of...

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...

Belgium – what on God’s green earth was that?

I appreciate that it's a first rehearsal, and I also appreciate that it's 12:26 in the afternoon, but Sennek puts Albania in a much...

Controversial piece number 318 – Saaaara Aalto

This song ... well ... it really does need some words to describe it, I guess. The first set of words I'm going to use...