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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

The Czech Republic of Trumpet

Mikolas up next on a plinth centre stage, accompanied by two backing dancers either side on mini platforms that illuminate aqua marine. He’s in...

Smouldering Sevak

Lovely burly and beary Sevak now for Armenia, in a ring of black slabs not too dissimilar to a modern day version of Stonehenge....

Moldovan Magic

After all the darkness of Russia, we have a Moldovan tonic now with the assistance of Russia of course! Do-Re-Dos (who sound like a...

Ukraine – I’ve *literally* run out of words

Literally run.out.of.words. Melovin starts this performance in a piano - yes *in* the piano itself, surrounded by some sort of rib cage effect. He...

Denmark – that’s pretty much it

Denmark. Meh. It’s exactly the same, and I still don’t rate it. There’s a break now though, and then we have Portugal and the...

Germany tap into the family-friendly vibe

With Monty at the Press Conference where SuRie picked which part of the show she would perform in, it's down to me to scan...

Time to catch up with what’s happening in Serbia

After generally disappointing results, Serbia is to return to the format that once did them proud at Eurovision. The Beovizija 2018 will select a...

Belgium sends another of its Lauras to Eurovision

If in doubt, send a Laura. (It's a saying, because we said it.) Belgian broadcaster VRT is the first to announce who it will...

Are German TV Execs bored of Christmas already?

Well if you remember, not so long ago, we published the long list of German candidates? No? - well you should refresh your memory...

The programme for this evening…. enjoy! (Now with first results)

Having had a good response to last week I thought I'd best keep this kind of thing up! There will be THREE live shows tonight....