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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

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 34 – ROMANIA

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Sanremo ‘big names’ revealed by Italian TV

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Sony reveals Australian Eurovision hand to ‘tragic’ fans

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As predicted, It wasn’t the end for Israel

In a move that has stunned absolutely no one that bothers to look at these kind of things, the new Israeli broadcaster KAN *will*...

A night with a legend

Bom dia, OnEuropeans! Tudo bem? Well, there I as bemoaning my lack of party invites and I only go and get to one of...

Italy – Fundamental mistake ahoy

The Italian delegation has committed one of the major cardinal sins of Eurovision staging. They have made "projections" of words a part of the...
Austria

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 4 – AUSTRIA

Nobody But You by Cesár Sampson Such is the recent success of Bulgaria at Eurovision that the team behind this has been drafted into other...

Latvia … still as funny as …

<insert your own punchline> To me, and this is clearly only my opinion, Laura doesn't have the facial expressions or the kind of voice to...

Is Eurovision over for one country?

After failing once again to make the Grand Final, one consistent Eurovision under-achiever looks set to withdraw from the competition. The Director General of SMRTV...

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...