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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

Spain: more sweet, less saccharine

Spain, and if the amount of social media attention is anything to go by then this would be the winner by a mile. The...

First Dress Rehearsal – Semi Final 1 – EI’s live feed...

With thanks to our chums at Eurovision Ireland whilst I swan around Lisbon, you get to enjoy their excellent live blog of the first Semi-...

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...
Sweden at Eurovision

Pratar du svenska? The Swedish domination of Eurovision

I'll start by making clear I adore Sweden and the Swedes. There's little I enjoy more than a plate of köttbullar. Abba produced classic...
Czech

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Czech Republic

'Lie to me' is derivative of Justin Timberlake - who wowed global audiences with his Eurovision interval act a few years back. And as...

Eurovision 2018 – Everything we said about day four

Powered by noodles, beer and pastéis de nata, the OnEuropeans reported back from the Altice Arena for a fourth day. The last nine semi-final...

Mount Russiamore

After last year’s debacle with Julia Samoylova being forbidden to travel to Ukraine, you could say Russia has a mountain to climb, but in...

Slovenia – SOMEONE NEEDS A WORD NOW!

Right - if ANYONE has a direct line to the Slovenian delegation, please please PLEASE can you call and tell them to not "do...

Iceland – it *is* too late to save this

Poor young Ari. As we know by now, he's been lumbered with this pile of shite. He's better than this. He has to be...

It’s Alekseev with “Forever” for Belarus

Alekseev won the Belarusian national selection for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Forever'. Ten acts competed with the winner being decided...