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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

It’s Franka going crazy for Croatia

Franka will sing for Croatia at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. She co-wrote her song - 'Crazy' - with Branimir Mihaljević. She's previously taken part in...

Shufflepop is dead – long live….. Vikings?

So, after a billion years of me moaning that the Danes have entered the same song, but only sung by someone different (for which'...

Meta and Moro take Sanremo crown

In the very small hours, another edition of the Sanremo festival ended with Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro winning the Italian spot at the...

Here are the Slovenian EMA Eurovision songs

It's been drip-drip-drip over in Slovenia as RTVSLO revealed four songs every few days, teasing us Eurofans ahead of their national final, the 2018...

So then, who won for the UK?

As Monty had already told you (and frankly, why haven't you read what he wrote at the press launch..... fools!) the UK have had...

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...

Anyone for Danish?

Depending on your outlook, the Danish national final is either a thing of beauty, or achingly conservative. Perhaps someone at broadcaster DR thinks the...

Stones to gather no qualification?

So, after we largely ignored the Swiss selection, they went right ahead of picked a song. ESC 2018 – Die Entscheidungsshow took place this evening at...

It’s Christabelle’s turn to sing for Malta at Eurovision

The Malta Eurovision Song Contest tends to reward those who persist. Especially if your name is Borg. And so it was for Christabelle (Borg)...

Making my mind up with the BBC

It’s about time I came out of the off season and doled my wisdom out on you, so here I am – back for...