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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

From icebergs to Iceland

Iceland next. There’s not a lot they can really do with this, so it’s relatively surprise free. Apart from Ari’s outfit. He’s wearing a...

Germany (just) and Italy

I'm doing a double header, which I realise will cause that Phil a headache as it didn't fit the nice neat end of day...
Rice rice baby

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Latvia

'Funny Girl' sounds like one of those duff tracks from a rubbish musical with input from Richard Stilgoe. If you're a fan of Eastenders...

Lithuania – It’s more beautiful

Ieva and her delegation need to be applauded. They seem to have either read what most people have written, or have noticed that the...

A Dal’s Final heat – but its nowhere near over!

The final ten songs line up for A Dal from Budapest.  A quick reminder of how this will go: all ten songs will be...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 35 – RUSSIA

I Won’t Break by Julia Samoylova Russia’s rather quietly returned to Eurovision after a withdrawal in 2017 clearly designed to gain maximum PR and embarrass...

Hei fran Oslo! Monty goes to the Melodi Grand Prix

Hei fran Oslo, OnEuropeans! I’ve ditched that little old Swedish competition, because, you know, who really cares what wins it this year, and I’ve...

Icelandic Semi Final 1 Result

Song Performer(s) Heim Ari Ólafsson Q Aldrei gefast upp Fókus Hópurinn Q Ég mun skína Þórunn Antonía Litir Guðmundur Þórarinsson Ég og þú Tómas Helgi Wehmeier & Sólborg Guðbrandsdóttir Kúst og fæjó Heimilistónar Q

Why your favourite didn’t win Eurovision – Part 3: Close, but...

They may be close, but in the third part of my look back, the Juries begin to upset me! 10th Moldova Avg Jury Position  – 15.40 ...

Greece – an “innovative” solution to their age-old problem

It seems that Greek broadcaster ERT - the people that brought you a national final staged in a shopping centre and videos shot in...