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The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the annual 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 consisted of two semi-finals and a final held on 8, 10 and 12 May 2018 respectively.

No country made its debut or withdrew from competing while Russia returned after withdrawing from the 2017 edition, following the ban of their representative from entering Ukraine, host country of 2017 contest.

It was won by Netta Barzilai who represented her home country Israel with the song "Toy". This was the country's fourth victory, coming 20 years after their previous win.

Location[]

Key[]

City Venue Capacity Notes
Braga Braga Exhibition Park 15,000 (after renovation) Agro-industrial park inaugurated in 1981 and further expanded in 1987 with a 6,500 m2 (70,000 sq ft) exhibition hall able to hold 3,000 people, and in 1990 with a congress centre and auditorium for 1,200 people. Renovation works starting in 2017 and ending in the first trimester of 2018 would increase the exhibition hall capacity to 15,000.
Gondomar Multiusos de Gondomar Coração de Ouro 8,000 Multi-purpose indoor arena inaugurated in 2007, with a total capacity for 8,000 people (4,400 seats). Hosted the 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship final tournament.
Guimarães Multiusos de Guimarães 10,000 Multi-purpose indoor arena inaugurated in 2001, with a total capacity for 10,000 people (3,000 seats) Selected by RTP to host the final of the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, the Festival da Canção, on 4 March 2018.
Lisbon MEO Arena 20,000 Multi-purpose indoor arena inaugurated in 1998, it is the country's largest indoor venue with a total capacity for 20,000 people. Hosted the Expo '98, the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, the 2000 ATP Finals, the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships, the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship, the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards, the UEFA Futsal Cup Final Four (2001–02, 2009–10 and 2014–15), and the 2016 Web Summit.
Santa Maria da Feira Europarque 11,000 Largest convention centre in the Porto Metropolitan Area, inaugurated in 1995. Hosted the European Council of June 2000, the Festival da Canção final in 2001, and the UEFA Euro 2004 final tournament draw. It was the option supported by the Metropolitan Council of Porto.

Venue[]

440px-Pavilhão Atlântico - dynamosquito

The venue of the contest, the MEO Arean in Lisbon, Portugal

The International Exhibition Centre has a capacity of approximately 11,000 attendees and is the largest exhibition centre in Kyiv. Located in the western part of the Livoberezhna microdistrict, it opened in October 2002, and its head since its construction was Anatoly Tkachenko.

Format[]

Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals will take place on 29 January 2018, . The thirty-seven semi-finalists have been allocated into six pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by the contest's official televoting partner Digame. Drawing from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called "bloc voting" and increase suspense in the semi-finals.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Participants[]

Returning artists[]

Artist Note
Waylon Represented The Netherlands as part of The Common Linnets at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen performing the song "Calm After the Storm". They finished as runner-up to Conchita Wurst.
Cesár Sampson Appeared as a backing vocalist for Bulgaria in the 2016 Contest in Stockholm and again as an off-stage vocalist for Bulgaria the following year in Kiev.
Jessica Mauboy Appeared as a guest performer in the interval act during the second semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen with her song "Sea of Flags".
SuRie Appeared as a backing singer for the 2015 and 2017 entries for Belgium in Vienna and Kiev respectively.
Lea Sirk Appeared as a backing singer and offstage vocalist for the 2014 and 2016 entries for Slovenia in Copenhagen and Stockholm respectively.
Alexander Rybak Represented his home country of Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow and gave the country its third win with the highest amount of winning points under the old voting system.

Semi Final 1[]

Flag of Portugal Portugal, Flag of Spain Spain and Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. The countries highlighted qualified for the final:

Draw Country Performer(s) Song Language Translation Place Points
01 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Aisel "X My Heart" English - 11 94
02 Flag of Iceland Iceland Ari Ólafsson "Our Choice" English - 19 15
03 Flag of Albania Albania Eugent Bushpepa "Mall" Albanian Yearning 8 162
04 Flag of Belgium Belgium Sennek "A Matter of Time" English - 12 92
05 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Mikolas Josef "Lie to Me" English - 3 232
06 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Ieva Zasimauskaitė "When We're Old" English, Lithuanian - 9 119
07 Flag of Israel Israel Netta Barzilai "Toy" English - 1 283
08 Flag of Belarus Belarus ALEKSEEV "Forever" English - 16 65
09 Flag of Estonia Estonia Elina Nechayeva "La forza" Italian The Force 5 201
10 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Equinox "Bones" English - 7 177
11 Flag of North Macedonia F.Y.R. Macedonia Eye Cue "Lost and Found" English - 18 24
12 Flag of Croatia Croatia Franka "Crazy" English - 17 63
13 Flag of Austria Austria Cesár Sampson "Nobody but You" English - 4 231
14 Flag of Greece Greece Yianna Terzi "Óneiró mou" Greek My Dream 14 81
15 Flag of Finland Finland Saara Aalto "Monsters" English - 10 108
16 Flag of Armenia Armenia Sevak Khanagyan "Qami" Armenian Wind 15 79
17 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland ZiBBZ "Stones" English - 13 86
18 Flag of Ireland Ireland Ryan O'Shaughnessy "Together" English - 6 179
19 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Eleni Foureira "Fuego" English Fire 2 262

Semi Final 2[]

Flag of France France, Flag of Germany Germany and Flag of Italy Italy voted in this semi-final. The countries highlighted qualified for the final:

Draw Country Performer(s) Song Language Translation Place Points
01 Flag of Norway Norway Alexander Rybak "That's How You Write a Song" English - 1 266
02 Flag of Romania Romania The Humans "Goodbye" English - 11 107
03 Flag of Serbia Serbia Sanja Ilić & Balkanika "Nova deca" Serbian New Children 9 117
04 Flag of San Marino San Marino Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening "Who We Are" English - 17 28
05 Flag of Denmark Denmark Rasmussen "Higher Ground" English - 5 204
06 Flag of Russia Russia Julia Samoylova "I Won't Break" English - 15 65
07 Flag of Moldova Moldova DoReDoS "My Lucky Day" English - 3 235
08 Flag of the Netherlands.svg The Netherlands Waylon "Outlaw in 'Em" English - 7 174
09 Flag of Australia Australia Jessica Mauboy "We Got Love" English - 4 212
10 Flag of Georgia Georgia Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao "Sheni gulistvis" Georgian, English For You 18 24
11 Flag of Poland Poland Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer "Light Me Up" English - 14 81
12 Flag of Malta Malta Christabelle "Taboo" English - 13 101
13 Flag of Hungary Hungary AWS "Viszlát nyár" Hungarian Summer, Gone 10 111
14 Flag of Latvia Latvia Laura Rizzotto "Funny Girl" English - 12 106
15 Flag of Sweden Sweden Benjamin Ingrosso "Dance You Off" English - 2 254
16 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro Vanja Radovanović "Inje" Montenegrin And is 16 40
17 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Lea Sirk "Hvala, ne!" Slovene Thanks, no! 8 132
18 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine MÉLOVIN "Under the Ladder" English - 6 179

Final[]

Draw Country Performer(s) Song Language Translation Place Points
01 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine MÉLOVIN "Under the Ladder" English - 17 130
02 Flag of Spain Spain Amaia & Alfred "Tu canción" Spanish Your Song 23 61
03 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Lea Sirk "Hvala, ne!" Slovene, Portuguese Thanks, no! 22 64
04 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Ieva Zasimauskaitė "When We're Old" English - 12 181
05 Flag of Austria Austria Cesár Sampson "Nobody but You" English - 3 342
06 Flag of Estonia Estonia Elina Nechayeva "La forza" Italian The Force 8 245
07 Flag of Norway Norway Alexander Rybak "That's How You Write a Song" English - 15 144
08 Flag of Portugal Portugal Cláudia Pascoal "O jardim" Portuguese The Garden 26 39
09 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom SuRie "Storm" English - 24 48
10 Flag of Serbia Serbia Sanja Ilić & Balkanika "Nova deca" Serbian New Children 19 113
11 Flag of Germany Germany Michael Schulte "You Let Me Walk Alone" English - 4 340
12 Flag of Albania Albania Eugent Bushpepa "Mall" Albanian Yearning 11 184
13 Flag of France France Madame Monsieur "Mercy" French - 13 173
14 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Mikolas Josef "Lie to Me" English - 6 281
15 Flag of Denmark Denmark Rasmussen "Higher Ground" English - 9 226
16 Flag of Australia Australia Jessica Mauboy "We Got Love" English - 20 99
17 Flag of Finland Finland Saara Aalto "Monsters" English - 25 46
18 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Equinox "Bones" English - 14 166
19 Flag of Moldova Moldova DoReDoS "My Lucky Day" English - 10 209
20 Flag of Sweden Sweden Benjamin Ingrosso "Dance You Off" English - 7 274
21 Flag of Hungary Hungary AWS "Viszlát nyár" Hungarian Summer, Gone 21 93
22 Flag of Israel Israel Netta Barzilai "Toy" English - 1 529
23 Flag of the Netherlands.svg The Netherlands Waylon "Outlaw in 'Em" English - 18 121
24 Flag of Ireland Ireland Ryan O'Shaughnessy "Together" English - 16 136
25 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Eleni Foureira "Fuego" English, Spanish Fire 2 436
26 Flag of Italy Italy Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro "Non mi avete fatto niente" Italian You haven't done anything to me 5 308

Incidents[]

Chinese broadcaster censorship[]

During the Chinese broadcast of the first semi-final on Mango TV, both Albania and Ireland were edited out of the show, along with their snippets in the recap of all 19 entries. Albania was skipped due to a ban on television performers displaying tattoos that took effect in January 2018 while Ireland was censored due to its representation of a homosexual couple on-stage. A spokesperson for the broadcaster's parent company Hunan TV said they "weren't aware" of the edits made to the programme but nonetheless the EBU terminated its contract with Mango TV. Ireland's representative, Ryan O'Shaughnessy told the BBC in an interview, "they haven't taken this lightly and I think it's a move in the right direction, so I'm happy about it."

Stage invasion[]

During the United Kingdom's performance, a protester ran onto the stage and grabbed the microphone from the nation's representative SuRie, which left her shaken. The man was quickly tackled by security and taken away. She was given the opportunity to perform the song again after the other acts had performed, which she declined.

Scoreboard[]

ESC 2018 scoreboard

Gallery[]

External links[]

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