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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

Azeri Aisel in the snowy Alps!?

Morning all. Not so bleary eyed despite a busy day ‘off’ yesterday and here for the first semi final day one. Five hours sleep...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 36 – Russia

Words can not do justice as to how HIDEOUS and CLAWING I find this song. It's horrific, trite nonsense that is a V's up...

Strong & slick Sweden (other adjectives are available)

Benjamin is in a black shiny leather jacket and charcoal grey slacks that are fairly snug around the ‘rumpa’ with white trainers. Has he...
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...
Belarus at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 6 – BELARUS

Forever by Alekseev It’s not a national final season without some controversy, and so often that’s come from either Belarus or Ukraine. This year one...

Morning glory from Georgia

Bom dia, Oneuropeans! Tudo bem? I’m refreshed today. I had an early night, and a good scrubbing this morning; trimmed my beard, shaved my...
Poland at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 32 – POLAND

Light Me Up by Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer I love a good banger at Eurovision, and this year Poland has one on their hands. I...

Taking the Hacksaw to Eurovision Semi 2

Now that we've seen all of the songs in the Eurovision semi-final shows here in Lisbon, we asked our occasional contributor-at-large Roy D Hacksaw to give...

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...

Three more through to Selecția Națională 2018 final

The second Romanian semi-final took place last night at the Teatrul Național "Mihai Eminescu" in Timișoara. 12 more songs competed for three spots in...