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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

Franka gets gritty for Eurovision

With the deadline to reveal Eurovision 2018 songs fast approaching, another internal selection aired today. The Croatian broadcaster HRT, revealed details of 'Crazy', the song...

Cláudia Pascoal to sing for Eurovision host nation

Rare indeed are the years when the host nation triumphs at Eurovision. 2018 shows little sign of breaking that pattern. Last night, Cláudia Pascoal was (eventually)...

A matter of timing for Belgian Eurovision song

A full 24-hours ahead of schedule, the Belgians have revealed their Eurovision hand. 'A Matter of time' by Sennek (aka Laura Groeseneken) was officially...

Some good reasons not to make a ‘lyric video’

Lyric videos rose to prominence in the 2010s, even though George Michael and Prince had already toyed with the concept in the 1980s and early 1990s...

Maltese singer wins jury vote in (Slovakian) San Marino final

The Schaub-family money-spinner aimed at picking a song to represent San Marino at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest has ended in the only way...

Mums might go to Iceland but ‘Our Choice’ – literally goes...

Six songs got through two semi finals to battle it out for business class seats with Icelandair to Lisbon. There were two rounds of voting....

and they’re off – for another Super Saturday Stakes! – All...

Only the seven shows to choose from this week then! - Runners and riders for this weeks Eurovision handicap are listed in the table below. ...

It’s the wrong trousers Gromee

After an exciting voting sequence that saw the leading act frequently change, Gromee won Krajowe Eliminacje 2018 with "Light me up" and will represent Poland...

Elina through to Lisbon for Estonia

As usual Estonia broadcaster ETV put on a great show for their Eurovision national selection, Eestilaul. The show last night came live from the...

Finland in totally predictable shocker!

In (possibly) the most predictable final ever, the song that everyone thought would win, (Monsters), did indeed qualify for Lisbon by topping both the...