Eurovision Song Contest 2018

The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, following the country's victory at the 2017 contest with the song "Amar pelos dois" by Salvador Sobral. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the contest was held at the Lisbon Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May, and a final on 12 May 2018.[2] The three live shows were presented by Portuguese television presenters Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto and Catarina Furtado, and Portuguese-American actress Daniela Ruah, marking the first time that the contest was presented by four hosts.

Eurovision Song Contest 2018
All Aboard!
Dates
Semi-final 18 May 2018 (2018-05-08)
Semi-final 210 May 2018 (2018-05-10)
Final12 May 2018 (2018-05-12)
Host
VenueLisbon Arena
Lisbon, Portugal
Presenter(s)
Directed by
  • Troels Lund
  • Paula Macedo
  • Pedro Miguel
Executive supervisorJon Ola Sand
Executive producerJoão Nuno Nogueira[1]
Host broadcasterRádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/lisbon-2018
Participants
Number of entries43
Number of finalists26
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries Russia
Non-returning countriesNone
Participation map
  • A coloured map of the countries of Europe
         Finalist countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2018
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs.
Winning song Israel
"Toy"

Forty-three countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the 2008 and 2011 editions. Russia returned after their absence from the previous edition, and for the first time since 2011, no country that participated in the previous edition withdrew.

The winner was Israel with the song "Toy", performed by Netta and written by Doron Medalie and Stav Beger. Cyprus, Austria, Germany and Italy rounded out the top five, with Cyprus achieving their best result to date. Israel won the public vote, and came third in the jury vote behind Austria and Sweden. Further down the table, the Czech Republic also achieved its best result to date, finishing sixth.

The EBU reported that the contest had a worldwide audience of around 186 million viewers, surpassing the 2017 edition by over 4 million.[3]

Location
Lisbon Arena, host venue of the 2018 contest.

Venue

The Lisbon Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena built for the Expo '98 and has a capacity of 20,000 attendees, making it the largest indoor venue in Portugal and among the largest in Europe.[4] It is located in the Parque das Nações (Park of Nations) riverside district in the northeast of Lisbon, which was completely renovated to host the 1998 world's fair. It is connected by metro to the nearby international airport and by train (Oriente Station) to the rest of the country and Europe.[5]

Bidding phase
Locations of the candidate cities: the chosen host city is marked in blue, while the eliminated cities are marked in red.

On the day of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 final, it was reported that Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) would accept the challenge of organising the 2018 contest in case of a victory.[6] Following Sobral's triumph, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)'s Executive Supervisor for the Eurovision Song Contest, Jon Ola Sand, issued the hosting invitation to RTP during the winner's press conference. The following day, the director-general of RTP, Nuno Artur Silva, confirmed that the broadcaster would organise the contest in 2018 and mentioned the Lisbon Arena as a likely venue to host the contest.[7] On 15 May 2017, RTP appeared to have confirmed Lisbon as the host city,[8][9] but clarified the following day that no final decision had been taken regarding both the host city and venue.[10]

The basic requirements to select a host city were set out in a document presented by the EBU to RTP following their win in Kyiv:[11]

  • A suitable venue that can accommodate around 10,000 spectators.
  • An international press centre for 1,500 journalists with adequate facilities for all the delegates.
  • A good distribution of hotel rooms, at different price categories, able to accommodate at least 2,000 delegates, accredited journalists and spectators.
  • An efficient transport infrastructure, including a nearby international airport with readily available connections with the city, venue, and hotels.

Besides Lisbon, other cities signalled their interest in bidding to host the 2018 contest: Braga, Espinho, Faro, Gondomar, Guimarães, and Santa Maria da Feira.[12][13][14] The mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, declared he would not be interested in "spending millions of euros" to host the contest,[10] but he would support a bid from the Metropolitan Area of Porto (Espinho, Gondomar, and Santa Maria da Feira).[13]

On 13 June 2017, RTP representatives met with the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group at the EBU headquarters in Geneva. During the meeting, RTP officials attended a workshop covering several topics related with hosting the Eurovision Song Contest and learned from the experience of the Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC. They also had the opportunity to present their first plans for the 2018 contest, including multiple proposals for the host city and venue.[15]

On 25 July 2017, the EBU and RTP announced that Lisbon had been selected as the host city, overcoming confirmed bids from Braga, Gondomar, Guimarães, and Santa Maria da Feira.[16] In addition, RTP indicated the Parque das Nações, where the Lisbon Arena is located, as the site for the shows.[17]

Key:  †  Host venue

City Venue Notes
Braga Braga Exhibition Park 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.[18] Renovation works starting in 2017 and ending in the first trimester of 2018 would increase the exhibition hall capacity to 15,000.[19]
Gondomar Multiusos de Gondomar Coração de Ouro Multi-purpose indoor arena inaugurated in 2007, with a total capacity for 8,000 people (4,400 seats).[20] Hosted the 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship final tournament.[21]
Guimarães Multiusos de Guimarães Multi-purpose indoor arena inaugurated in 2001, with a total capacity for 10,000 people (3,000 seats).[22] 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.[23]
Lisbon[7] Lisbon Arena † Multi-purpose indoor arena inaugurated in 1998. It is the country's largest indoor venue, with a total capacity for 20,000 people (12,500 seats). Hosted the Expo '98,[24] the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship,[25] the 2000 ATP Finals,[26] the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships,[27] the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship,[28] the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards,[29] the UEFA Futsal Cup Final Four (2001–02, 2009–10[30] and 2014–15[31]), and since 2016 (for a three-year period, renewable) the Web Summit.[32]
Santa Maria da Feira Europarque 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.[13]

Other sites
Location of host venue (red) and other contest-related sites and events (blue)

The Eurovision Village was the official Eurovision Song Contest fan and sponsors area during the event weeks, where it was possible to watch performances by contest participants and local artists, as well as the live shows broadcast from the main venue. It was located in Lisbon's downtown Praça do Comércio (also called Terreiro do Paço), a large central square open to the Tagus river.[33]

The EuroClub was the venue for the official after-parties and private performances by contest participants. Unlike the Eurovision Village, access to the EuroClub was restricted to accredited fans, delegations, and press. It was located at the "Ministerium" club, next to the Eurovision Village.[34]

The "Blue Carpet" event, where all the contestants and their delegations are presented before the accredited press and fans, took place on 6 May 2018 at the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) in Lisbon's Belém district. This preceded the official Opening Ceremony of the 2018 contest, which took place at the nearby Electricity Museum.[35]

Participating countries
Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eligibility for participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership,[36] or a special invitation from the EBU as in the case of Australia.

It was initially announced on 7 November 2017 that forty-two countries would participate in the contest. Russia confirmed their return after their absence the previous edition, while Macedonia's participation was provisionally blocked by the EBU due to unpaid debts by its national broadcaster MRT.[37][38] However, ten days later, it was announced that Macedonia would be allowed to enter the contest, raising the number of participating countries to forty-three, equaling the highest number of participants with the 2008 and 2011 editions.[39]

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018[40]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
 Albania RTSH Eugent Bushpepa "Mall" Albanian Eugent Bushpepa
 Armenia AMPTV Sevak Khanagyan "Qami" (Քամի) Armenian
 Australia SBS Jessica Mauboy "We Got Love" English
 Austria ORF Cesár Sampson "Nobody but You" English
 Azerbaijan İTV Aisel "X My Heart" English
 Belarus BTRC Alekseev "Forever" English
  • Yevgeny Matyushenko
  • Kirill Pavlov
 Belgium VRT Sennek "A Matter of Time" English
 Bulgaria BNT Equinox "Bones" English
 Croatia HRT Franka "Crazy" English
 Cyprus CyBC Eleni Foureira "Fuego" English[lower-alpha 1]
 Czech Republic ČT Mikolas Josef "Lie to Me" English Mikolas Josef
 Denmark DR Rasmussen "Higher Ground" English[lower-alpha 2]
  • Niclas Arn
  • Karl Eurén
 Estonia ERR Elina Nechayeva "La forza" Italian
 Finland Yle Saara Aalto "Monsters" English
 France France Télévisions Madame Monsieur "Mercy" French
 Georgia GPB Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao "For You" Georgian[lower-alpha 3]
  • David Malazonia
  • Mikheil Mdinaradze
  • Irina Sanikidze
 Germany NDR[lower-alpha 4] Michael Schulte "You Let Me Walk Alone" English
 Greece ERT Yianna Terzi "Oniro mou" (Όνειρό μου) Greek
  • Aris Kalimeris
  • Michalis Papathanasiou
  • Dimitris Stamatiou
  • Yianna Terzi
 Hungary MTVA AWS "Viszlát nyár" Hungarian
  • Bence Brucker
  • Dániel Kökényes
  • Soma Schiszler
  • Örs Siklósi
  • Áron Veress
 Iceland RÚV Ari Ólafsson "Our Choice" English Þórunn Clausen
 Ireland RTÉ Ryan O'Shaughnessy "Together" English
 Israel IPBC Netta "Toy" English[lower-alpha 5]
 Italy RAI Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro "Non mi avete fatto niente" Italian
 Latvia LTV Laura Rizzotto "Funny Girl" English Laura Rizzotto
 Lithuania LRT Ieva Zasimauskaitė "When We're Old" English[lower-alpha 6] Vytautas Bikus
 Macedonia MRT Eye Cue "Lost and Found" English
 Malta PBS Christabelle "Taboo" English
 Moldova TRM DoReDoS "My Lucky Day" English
 Montenegro RTCG Vanja Radovanović "Inje" (Иње) Montenegrin Vladimir Radovanović
 Netherlands AVROTROS Waylon "Outlaw in 'Em" English
 Norway NRK Alexander Rybak "That's How You Write a Song" English Alexander Rybak
 Poland TVP Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer "Light Me Up" English
 Portugal RTP Cláudia Pascoal[lower-alpha 7] "O jardim" Portuguese Isaura
 Romania TVR The Humans "Goodbye" English
  • Cristina Caramarcu
  • Alexandru Matei
  • Alin Neagoe
 Russia C1R Julia Samoylova "I Won't Break" English
  • Arie Burshtein
  • Leonid Gutkin
  • Netta Nimrodi
 San Marino SMRTV Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening "Who We Are" English
 Serbia RTS Sanja Ilić and Balkanika "Nova deca" (Нова деца) Serbian[lower-alpha 8]
 Slovenia RTVSLO Lea Sirk "Hvala, ne!" Slovene[lower-alpha 9]
 Spain RTVE Amaia and Alfred "Tu canción" Spanish
  • Raúl Gómez García
  • Sylvia Ruth Santoro López
 Sweden SVT Benjamin Ingrosso "Dance You Off" English
  Switzerland SRG SSR Zibbz "Stones" English
 Ukraine UA:PBC Mélovin "Under the Ladder" English
 United Kingdom BBC SuRie "Storm" English
  • Nicole Blair
  • Sean Hargreaves
  • Gil Lewis

Returning artists

The contest featured two representatives who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same countries. Alexander Rybak won for Norway in 2009 performing "Fairytale" (and also sang entry No. 1500) and Waylon placed second for the Netherlands in 2014 as part of The Common Linnets performing "Calm After the Storm".[43]

The contest also featured Jessica Mauboy, representing Australia, after taking part in 2014 as the interval act for the second semi-final, performing "Sea of Flags".[44] In addition, the contest featured four lead singers previously participating as backing vocalists, two of them for the same countries. Lea Sirk backed for Slovenia in 2014 and off-stage in 2016,[45] and Equinox member Vlado Mihailov backed for Bulgaria in 2017.[46] Cesár Sampson, representing Austria, backed for Bulgaria in 2016 (also as a dancer) and off-stage in 2017. SuRie, representing the United Kingdom, backed for Belgium in 2015 (also as a dancer) and was the musical director again for Belgium in 2017.[47] Sara Tavares, who performed in the interval act, was the representative from Portugal in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Chamar a música" reaching 8th place.

Active EBU members

Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra, Luxembourg and Slovakia confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.[48][49][50] Despite hopes expressed by past Turkish representatives Sertab Erener (2003 winner), Hadise (2009) and maNga (2010),[51][52] Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Bekir Bozdağ and Turkish broadcaster TRT denied any plans for a return of the country.[53][54]

Associate EBU members

Kazakh broadcaster Khabar Agency became an associate member of the EBU on 1 January 2016. This opened up the possibility of their participation since 2017,[55] under the condition of a special invitation, as for Australia.[56] The country was not invited in 2017 but broadcast all the shows. Turkvision Song Contest 2014 winner Zhanar Dugalova expressed interest in representing her country at the 2018 contest;[57] however, the country was not invited in 2018 either and it did not appear on the final list of participants.[58]

Non-EBU members

Kosovan broadcaster RTK, with the support of national broadcasters across the Balkans (except for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia), expressed hopes to become an EBU member in order to debut at the 2018 contest;[59] however, the EBU clarified that this was not possible due to the limited international recognition of Kosovo and the country not being a UN member.[60]

Format

Visual design

The theme for the contest, "All Aboard!", was unveiled on 7 November 2017 in a press conference held at the Lisbon Oceanarium.[61] Its visual design features oceanic motifs that allude to Lisbon and Portugal's location on the Atlantic coast and to the country's seafaring history. Alongside the main emblem, which depicts a stylised seashell, twelve supplemental emblems were designed to symbolise different aspects of the marine ecosystem.[37]

Postcards

The postcards, filmed between March and April 2018, involved the act emerging from a door into Portugal to take part in a themed activity, such as mountain biking, making a salad or pastel de nata, or visiting popular attractions. The location where the activity took place was written in Portuguese at the start of the postcard. At the end of the postcard, the act posed for the camera, the slogan's hashtag appeared on the bottom corner of the screen, and song information was printed onto the country's flag.[62] All the postcards had the same score, composed by Luis Figueredo.[63]

Presenters
Presenters from left to right: Daniela Ruah, Sílvia Alberto, Catarina Furtado and Filomena Cautela

RTP and EBU announced on 8 January 2018, that the contest would be hosted for the first time by four female presenters, consisting of RTP hosts Sílvia Alberto, Filomena Cautela, and Catarina Furtado, together with actress Daniela Ruah.[64] It was the first time since 2015 that the contest did not feature a male presenter, and the second consecutive year that the presenters were all the same gender.[65][64] It was confirmed on 4 May 2018 that Cautela would also host the green room.[66]

The Blue Carpet opening ceremony was hosted by actress Cláudia Semedo, radio host Inês Lopes Goncalves, actor/TV host Pedro Granger and actor/director Pedro Penim. Granger and Penim moderated the press conferences, as well.[67]

Semi-final allocation draw
  Participating countries in the first semi-final
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final
  Participating countries in the second semi-final
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on 29 January 2018 at 13:00 CET, at the Lisbon City Hall. The thirty-seven semi-finalists were divided over six pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by the contest's official televoting partner Digame. The purpose of drawing from different pots was to reduce the chance of "bloc voting" and to increase suspense in the semi-finals. The draw also determined which semi-final each of the six automatic qualifiers – host country Portugal and "Big Five" countries France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom – would broadcast and vote in. The ceremony was hosted by contest presenters Sílvia Alberto and Filomena Cautela, and included the passing of the host city insignia from Vitali Klitschko, mayor of Kyiv (host city of the previous contest) to Fernando Medina, mayor of Lisbon.[68]

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

Opening and interval acts

RTP released the first details regarding the opening and interval acts for the final on 12 March 2018. The opening act featured Portuguese fado singers Ana Moura and Mariza performing "Fado Loucura" and "Barco Negro", respectively, which was followed by a parade of flags introducing the 26 finalist participants, with live music by Portuguese scratching duo Beatbombers. The interval acts included Salvador Sobral, who performed his new single "Mano a mano" and his Eurovision-winning song "Amar pelos dois" (the latter in a duet with Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso), and electronic music performances by Branko featuring Sara Tavares, Mayra Andrade and Dino D'Santiago.[69][70][71][72][73][74]

Contest overview

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 8 May 2018 at 20:00 WEST (21:00 CEST).[75] Nineteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Those countries, plus Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.[76] The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

  Qualifiers
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place[77]
1  Azerbaijan Aisel "X My Heart" 94 11
2  Iceland Ari Ólafsson "Our Choice" 15 19
3  Albania Eugent Bushpepa "Mall" 162 8
4  Belgium Sennek "A Matter of Time" 91 12
5  Czech Republic Mikolas Josef "Lie to Me" 232 3
6  Lithuania Ieva Zasimauskaitė "When We're Old" 119 9
7  Israel Netta "Toy" 283 1
8  Belarus Alekseev "Forever" 65 16
9  Estonia Elina Nechayeva "La forza" 201 5
10  Bulgaria Equinox "Bones" 177 7
11  Macedonia Eye Cue "Lost and Found" 24 18
12  Croatia Franka "Crazy" 63 17
13  Austria Cesár Sampson "Nobody but You" 231 4
14  Greece Yianna Terzi "Oniro mou" 81 14
15  Finland Saara Aalto "Monsters" 108 10
16  Armenia Sevak Khanagyan "Qami" 79 15
17   Switzerland Zibbz "Stones" 86 13
18  Ireland Ryan O'Shaughnessy "Together" 179 6
19  Cyprus Eleni Foureira "Fuego" 262 2

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 10 May 2018 at 20:00 WEST (21:00 CEST).[75] Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Those countries, plus France, Germany and Italy voted in this semi-final.[76] The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

With the approval from the Reference Group, Italy broadcast and voted in the second semi-final following a request from Italian broadcaster RAI, as the date of the first semi-final coincided with the scheduled final of the fifth season of The Voice of Italy.[78]

  Qualifiers
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place[79]
1  Norway Alexander Rybak "That's How You Write a Song" 266 1
2  Romania The Humans "Goodbye" 107 11
3  Serbia Sanja Ilić and Balkanika "Nova deca" 117 9
4  San Marino Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening "Who We Are" 28 17
5  Denmark Rasmussen "Higher Ground" 204 5
6  Russia Julia Samoylova "I Won't Break" 65 15
7  Moldova DoReDoS "My Lucky Day" 235 3
8  Netherlands Waylon "Outlaw in 'Em" 174 7
9  Australia Jessica Mauboy "We Got Love" 212 4
10  Georgia Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao "For You" 24 18
11  Poland Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer "Light Me Up" 81 14
12  Malta Christabelle "Taboo" 101 13
13  Hungary AWS "Viszlát nyár" 111 10
14  Latvia Laura Rizzotto "Funny Girl" 106 12
15  Sweden Benjamin Ingrosso "Dance You Off" 254 2
16  Montenegro Vanja Radovanović "Inje" 40 16
17  Slovenia Lea Sirk "Hvala, ne!" 132 8
18  Ukraine Mélovin "Under the Ladder" 179 6

Final

The final took place on 12 May 2018 at 20:00 WEST (21:00 CEST).[75] Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 43 participating countries eligible to vote. The running order for the final was revealed after the press conference of the second semi-final qualifiers on 10 May.[80]

  Winner
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place[81]
1  Ukraine Mélovin "Under the Ladder" 130 17
2  Spain Amaia and Alfred "Tu canción" 61 23
3  Slovenia Lea Sirk "Hvala, ne!" 64 22
4  Lithuania Ieva Zasimauskaitė "When We're Old" 181 12
5  Austria Cesár Sampson "Nobody but You" 342 3
6  Estonia Elina Nechayeva "La forza" 245 8
7  Norway Alexander Rybak "That's How You Write a Song" 144 15
8  Portugal Cláudia Pascoal[lower-alpha 7] "O jardim" 39 26
9  United Kingdom SuRie "Storm" 48 24
10  Serbia Sanja Ilić and Balkanika "Nova deca" 113 19
11  Germany Michael Schulte "You Let Me Walk Alone" 340 4
12  Albania Eugent Bushpepa "Mall" 184 11
13  France Madame Monsieur "Mercy" 173 13
14  Czech Republic Mikolas Josef "Lie to Me" 281 6
15  Denmark Rasmussen "Higher Ground" 226 9
16  Australia Jessica Mauboy "We Got Love" 99 20
17  Finland Saara Aalto "Monsters" 46 25
18  Bulgaria Equinox "Bones" 166 14
19  Moldova DoReDoS "My Lucky Day" 209 10
20  Sweden Benjamin Ingrosso "Dance You Off" 274 7
21  Hungary AWS "Viszlát nyár" 93 21
22  Israel Netta "Toy" 529 1
23  Netherlands Waylon "Outlaw in 'Em" 121 18
24  Ireland Ryan O'Shaughnessy "Together" 136 16
25  Cyprus Eleni Foureira "Fuego" 436 2
26  Italy Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro "Non mi avete fatto niente" 308 5

Spokespersons

The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:[82]

  1.  Ukraine – Natalia Zhyzhchenko
  2.  Azerbaijan – Tural Asadov
  3.  Belarus – Naviband
  4.  San Marino – John Kennedy O'Connor
  5.  Netherlands – OG3NE
  6.  Macedonia – Jana Burčeska
  7.  Malta – Lara Azzopardi
  8.  Georgia – Tamara Gachechiladze
  9.  Spain – Nieves Álvarez
  10.  Austria – Kati Bellowitsch
  11.  Denmark – Ulla Essendrop
  12.  United Kingdom – Mel Giedroyc
  13.  Sweden – Felix Sandman
  14.  Latvia – Dagmāra Legante
  15.  Albania – Andri Xhahu
  16.  Croatia – Uršula Tolj
  17.  Ireland – Nicky Byrne
  18.  Romania – Sonia Argint-Ionescu
  19.  Czech Republic – Radka Rosická
  20.  Iceland – Edda Sif Pálsdóttir
  21.  Moldova – Djulieta Ardovan
  22.  Belgium – Danira Boukhriss
  23.  Norway – Aleksander Walmann and Jowst
  24.  France – Élodie Gossuin
  25.  Italy – Giulia Valentina Palermo
  26.  Australia – Ricardo Gonçalves
  27.  Estonia – Ott Evestus
  28.  Serbia – Dragana Kosjerina
  29.  Cyprus – Hovig
  30.  Armenia – Arsen Grigoryan
  31.  Bulgaria – Joanna Dragneva
  32.  Greece – Olina Xenopoulou
  33.  Hungary – Bence Forró
  34.  Montenegro – Nataša Šotra
  35.  Germany – Barbara Schöneberger
  36.  Finland – Anna Abreu
  37.  Russia – Alsou
  38.   Switzerland – Letícia Carvalho
  39.  Israel – Lucy Ayoub
  40.  Poland – Mateusz Szymkowiak
  41.  Lithuania – Eglė Daugėlaitė
  42.  Slovenia – Maja Keuc
  43.  Portugal – Pedro Fernandes

Detailed voting results

Semi-final 1
  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 1
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Israel 283  Israel 167  Cyprus 173
2  Cyprus 262  Austria 115  Czech Republic 134
3  Czech Republic 232  Albania 114  Estonia 120
4  Austria 231  Bulgaria 107  Israel 116
5  Estonia 201  Czech Republic 98  Austria 116
6  Ireland 179  Cyprus 89  Ireland 108
7  Bulgaria 177  Estonia 81  Finland 73
8  Albania 162  Ireland 71  Bulgaria 70
9  Lithuania 119  Belgium 71  Lithuania 62
10  Finland 108   Switzerland 59  Greece 53
11  Azerbaijan 94  Lithuania 57  Albania 48
12  Belgium 91  Azerbaijan 47  Azerbaijan 47
13   Switzerland 86  Croatia 46  Belarus 45
14  Greece 81  Armenia 38  Armenia 41
15  Armenia 79  Finland 35   Switzerland 27
16  Belarus 65  Greece 28  Belgium 20
17  Croatia 63  Belarus 20  Croatia 17
18  Macedonia 24  Macedonia 18  Macedonia 6
19  Iceland 15  Iceland 15  Iceland 0
Detailed jury voting results of semi-final 1[83]
  • Voting procedure used:
  •   100% televoting
  •   100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
 Jury vote
Azerbaijan
Iceland
Albania
Belgium
Czech Republic
Lithuania
Israel
Belarus
Estonia
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Croatia
Austria
Greece
Finland
Armenia
Switzerland
Ireland
Cyprus
Portugal
Spain
United Kingdom
Contestants
 Azerbaijan 94 47 47 510371210
Iceland 15 15 0 14721
Albania 162 114 48 7124514121610468657547
Belgium 91 71 20 241084121756210
Czech Republic 232 98 134 5105310781082784137
Lithuania 119 57 62 1321010822712
Israel 283 167 116 410107127655121241212510122128
Belarus 65 20 45 1271
Estonia 201 81 120 164431081285866
Bulgaria 177 107 70 262735712646103667312
Macedonia 24 18 6 6813
Croatia 63 46 17 5682465415
Austria 231 115 116 712110121128846736810
Greece 81 28 53 10133218
Finland 108 35 73 42735125213
Armenia 79 38 41 6254210342
Switzerland 86 59 27 332866851113354
Ireland 179 71 108 858122617541021
Cyprus 262 89 173 81238332771041210
Detailed televoting results of semi-final 1[83]
  • Voting procedure used:
  •   100% televoting
  •   100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
 Televote
Azerbaijan
Iceland
Albania
Belgium
Czech Republic
Lithuania
Israel
Belarus
Estonia
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Croatia
Austria
Greece
Finland
Armenia
Switzerland
Ireland
Cyprus
Portugal
Spain
United Kingdom
Contestants
 Azerbaijan 94 47 47 1710555437
Iceland 15 15 0
Albania 162 114 48 3124110110151
Belgium 91 71 20 282233
Czech Republic 232 98 134 8122871287361010677347142
Lithuania 119 57 62 13461021236312
Israel 283 167 116 108431211017362104858275
Belarus 65 20 45 1266213105
Estonia 201 81 120 366551273463812511061224
Bulgaria 177 107 70 452235857231086
Macedonia 24 18 6 51
Croatia 63 46 17 10214
Austria 231 115 116 57310610848878612815
Greece 81 28 53 101104382123
Finland 108 35 73 1082136121256467
Armenia 79 38 41 6812654
Switzerland 86 59 27 21121284231
Ireland 179 71 108 641244415812466281210
Cyprus 262 89 173 75127751074127127125127710108

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury and televote in the first semi-final. Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

12 points awarded by juries
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
7  Israel Armenia,  Austria,  Croatia,  Cyprus,  Czech Republic,  Finland,  Spain
3  Austria Belgium,  Estonia,  Israel
2  Albania Belarus,  Iceland
 Bulgaria Macedonia,  United Kingdom
 Cyprus Albania,  Ireland
1  Azerbaijan Greece
 Belarus Azerbaijan
 Belgium Bulgaria
 Estonia  Switzerland
 Ireland Lithuania
 Lithuania Portugal
12 points awarded by televoting
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
5  Cyprus Albania,  Armenia,  Bulgaria,  Croatia,  Greece
3  Estonia Finland,  Lithuania,  Portugal
 Ireland Austria,  Belgium,  Spain
2  Czech Republic Iceland,  Israel
 Lithuania Ireland,  United Kingdom
1  Albania Macedonia
 Armenia Belarus
 Austria  Switzerland
 Belarus Azerbaijan
 Finland Estonia
 Greece Cyprus
 Israel Czech Republic

Semi-final 2
  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 2
Place Combined results Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Norway 266  Sweden 171  Denmark 164
2  Sweden 254  Norway 133  Moldova 153
3  Moldova 235  Australia 130  Norway 133
4  Australia 212  Netherlands 127  Ukraine 114
5  Denmark 204  Malta 93  Hungary 88
6  Ukraine 179  Latvia 92  Sweden 83
7  Netherlands 174  Moldova 82  Australia 82
8  Slovenia 132  Slovenia 67  Serbia 72
9  Serbia 117  Romania 67  Slovenia 65
10  Hungary 111  Ukraine 65  Poland 60
11  Romania 107  Serbia 45  Russia 51
12  Latvia 106  Denmark 40  Netherlands 47
13  Malta 101  Hungary 23  Romania 40
14  Poland 81  Montenegro 23  Montenegro 17
15  Russia 65  Poland 21  Latvia 14
16  Montenegro 40  San Marino 14  San Marino 14
17  San Marino 28  Russia 14  Georgia 13
18  Georgia 24  Georgia 11  Malta 8
Detailed jury voting results of semi-final 2[84]
  • Voting procedure used:
  •   100% televoting
  •   100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
 Jury vote
Norway
Romania
Serbia
San Marino
Denmark
Russia
Moldova
Netherlands
Australia
Georgia
Poland
Malta
Hungary
Latvia
Sweden
Montenegro
Slovenia
Ukraine
France
Germany
Italy
Contestants
 Norway 266 133 133 2876104108541275126712512
Romania 107 67 4021412263212338621
Serbia 117 45 72 66171612411
San Marino 28 14 145135
Denmark 204 40 164 516851410
Russia 65 14 51473
Moldova 235 82 153 121021231034625544
Netherlands 174 127 47 88104551101088641012873
Australia 212 130 82 106123104871012103261287
Georgia 24 11 13128
Poland 81 21 6012254142
Malta 101 93 8610488213417478668
Hungary 111 23 88 354263
Latvia 106 92 14713573758727101010
Sweden 254 171 83 121212108121212121031021277126
Montenegro 40 23 1777513
Slovenia 132 67 65 5423468215485532
Ukraine 179 65 114 31368677261510
Detailed televoting results of semi-final 2[84]
  • Voting procedure used:
  •   100% televoting
  •   100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
 Televote
Norway
Romania
Serbia
San Marino
Denmark
Russia
Moldova
Netherlands
Australia
Georgia
Poland
Malta
Hungary
Latvia
Sweden
Montenegro
Slovenia
Ukraine
France
Germany
Italy
Contestants
 Norway 266 133 133 667128610657684105108441
Romania 107 67 40 128812
Serbia 117 45 72 1461012412121064
San Marino 28 14 14 212
Denmark 204 40 164 1284127412123881271238105107
Russia 65 14 51 17186312832
Moldova 235 82 153 5125661271012241085461212510
Netherlands 174 127 47 732731115416213
Australia 212 130 82 87348154310327467
Georgia 24 11 13 355
Poland 81 21 60 64517877123
Malta 101 93 8 17
Hungary 111 23 88 21012841834103115286
Latvia 106 92 14 2741
Sweden 254 171 83 10215105268257166241
Montenegro 40 23 17 107
Slovenia 132 67 65 3833234653106225
Ukraine 179 65 114 4521051072510122610273318

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury and televote in the second semi-final. Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

12 points awarded by juries
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
9  Sweden Australia,  Georgia,  Germany,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Poland,  San Marino,  Serbia,  Slovenia
3  Australia Denmark,  France,  Latvia
 Norway Italy,  Malta,  Sweden
2  Moldova Romania,  Russia
 Romania Hungary,  Moldova
1  Netherlands Ukraine
 Serbia Montenegro
12 points awarded by televoting
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
6  Denmark Australia,  Hungary,  Netherlands,  Norway,  San Marino,  Sweden
5  Moldova France,  Georgia,  Romania,  Russia,  Ukraine
2  Romania Italy,  Moldova
 Serbia Montenegro,  Slovenia
1  Hungary Serbia
 Norway Denmark
 Poland Germany
 Russia Latvia
 San Marino Malta
 Ukraine Poland

Final
  Winner
Split results of the final
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Israel 529  Austria 271  Israel 317
2  Cyprus 436  Sweden 253  Cyprus 253
3  Austria 342  Israel 212  Italy 249
4  Germany 340  Germany 204  Czech Republic 215
5  Italy 308  Cyprus 183  Denmark 188
6  Czech Republic 281  Estonia 143  Germany 136
7  Sweden 274  Albania 126  Ukraine 119
8  Estonia 245  France 114  Moldova 115
9  Denmark 226  Bulgaria 100  Estonia 102
10  Moldova 209  Moldova 94  Lithuania 91
11  Albania 184  Lithuania 90  Norway 84
12  Lithuania 181  Australia 90  Serbia 75
13  France 173  Netherlands 89  Austria 71
14  Bulgaria 166  Ireland 74  Bulgaria 66
15  Norway 144  Czech Republic 66  Hungary 65
16  Ireland 136  Norway 60  Ireland 62
17  Ukraine 130  Italy 59  France 59
18  Netherlands 121  Spain 43  Albania 58
19  Serbia 113  Slovenia 41  Netherlands 32
20  Australia 99  Denmark 38  United Kingdom 25
21  Hungary 93  Serbia 38  Finland 23
22  Slovenia 64  Hungary 28  Slovenia 23
23  Spain 61  United Kingdom 23  Sweden 21
24  United Kingdom 48  Finland 23  Spain 18
25  Finland 46  Portugal 21  Portugal 18
26  Portugal 39  Ukraine 11  Australia 9
Detailed jury voting results of the final[85]
  • Voting procedure used:
  •   100% televoting
  •   100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
 Jury vote
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
Belarus
San Marino
Netherlands
Macedonia
Malta
Georgia
Spain
Austria
Denmark
United Kingdom
Sweden
Latvia
Albania
Croatia
Ireland
Romania
Czech Republic
Iceland
Moldova
Belgium
Norway
France
Italy
Australia
Estonia
Serbia
Cyprus
Armenia
Bulgaria
Greece
Hungary
Montenegro
Germany
Finland
Russia
Switzerland
Israel
Poland
Lithuania
Slovenia
Portugal
Contestants
 Ukraine 130 11 119 65
Spain 61 43 18 61110127762
Slovenia 64 41 23 546125117243
Lithuania 181 90 91 57241261331010543816
Austria 342 271 71 710101888121075125123128775124211281074121212108
Estonia 245 143 102 1354121012768337124831352610512
Norway 144 60 84 8345252124627
Portugal 39 21 18 26337
United Kingdom 48 23 25 223628
Serbia 113 38 75 10383212
Germany 340 204 136 2101237710121368464512810106105614125105
Albania 184 126 58 1276477126102167710107410
France 173 114 59 128625107643373455521025
Czech Republic 281 66 215 4645431417415683
Denmark 226 38 188 331812632
Australia 99 90 9 2223108627610277574
Finland 46 23 23 543326
Bulgaria 166 100 66 52661868710487102127
Moldova 209 94 115 77287251010108126
Sweden 274 253 21 6188771228421248581051125121212281128105106812
Hungary 93 28 65 8246332
Israel 529 212 317 10112516310123107510712810612262844611281611
Netherlands 121 89 32 8515811046173435837
Ireland 136 74 62 15434310411541382654
Cyprus 436 183 253 41261012125121012526453873121367718
Italy 308 59 249 4103128814414
Detailed televoting results of the final[85]
  • Voting procedure used:
  •   100% televoting
  •   100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
 Televote
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
Belarus
San Marino
Netherlands
Macedonia
Malta
Georgia
Spain
Austria
Denmark
United Kingdom
Sweden
Latvia
Albania
Croatia
Ireland
Romania
Czech Republic
Iceland
Moldova
Belgium
Norway
France
Italy
Australia
Estonia
Serbia
Cyprus
Armenia
Bulgaria
Greece
Hungary
Montenegro
Germany
Finland
Russia
Switzerland
Israel
Poland
Lithuania
Slovenia
Portugal
Contestants
 Ukraine 130 11 119 8125483121048241787124
Spain 61 43 18 5112
Slovenia 64 41 23 2786
Lithuania 181 90 91 2571271212121264
Austria 342 271 71 3110225386643534132
Estonia 245 143 102 3621044517642241238127
Norway 144 60 84 7101388245123573555
Portugal 39 21 18 810
United Kingdom 48 23 25 11331061
Serbia 113 38 75 10812117121212
Germany 340 204 136 3412466123583843842632321631248
Albania 184 126 58 122412101071
France 173 114 59 7445681154635
Czech Republic 281 66 215 10651065310126534573106143558837885212488
Denmark 226 38 188 876822521252227125102410841231072461072
Australia 99 90 9 621
Finland 46 23 23 63410
Bulgaria 166 100 66 1177566151321254
Moldova 209 94 115 646213471126610511181212106
Sweden 274 253 21 2723214
Hungary 93 28 65 12231022312532873
Israel 529 212 317 1212812103812127710816681071210712712710101061011071051011
Netherlands 121 89 32 51312542
Ireland 136 74 62 341441071448723
Cyprus 436 183 253 41037581010811841108578177235741012121275614328665
Italy 308 59 249 5548761257106121062861076736868126685571010

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury and televote in the final. Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

12 points awarded by juries
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
9  Austria Belgium,  Bulgaria,  Estonia,  Iceland,  Israel,  Lithuania,  Poland,  Romania,  United Kingdom
8  Sweden Armenia,  Australia,  Cyprus,  Georgia,  Germany,  Latvia,  Serbia,  Slovenia
6  Cyprus Belarus,  Greece,  Ireland,  Malta,  Spain,  Sweden
5  Israel Austria,  Czech Republic,  Finland,  France,  San Marino
4  Germany Denmark,  Netherlands,  Norway,   Switzerland
3  Estonia Macedonia,  Moldova,  Portugal
1  Albania Azerbaijan
 Denmark Hungary
 France Ukraine
 Italy Albania
 Lithuania Croatia
 Moldova Russia
 Norway Italy
 Serbia Montenegro
12 points awarded by televoting
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
8  Israel Australia,  Azerbaijan,  France,  Georgia,  Moldova,  San Marino,  Spain,  Ukraine
5  Lithuania Estonia,  Ireland,  Latvia,  Norway,  United Kingdom
4  Serbia Croatia,  Montenegro,  Slovenia,   Switzerland
3  Cyprus Armenia,  Bulgaria,  Greece
 Denmark Hungary,  Iceland,  Sweden
 Italy Albania,  Germany,  Malta
 Ukraine Belarus,  Czech Republic,  Poland
2  Albania Italy,  Macedonia
 Czech Republic Austria,  Israel
 Estonia Finland,  Lithuania
 Germany Denmark,  Netherlands
 Moldova Romania,  Russia
1  Bulgaria Cyprus
 Hungary Serbia
 Netherlands Belgium
 Spain Portugal

Broadcasts

The European Broadcasting Union provided international live streams of both semi-finals and the grand final through their official YouTube channel with no commentary. The live streams were geo-blocked to viewers in Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela due to rights limitations.[86][87][88]

Countries may add commentary from commentators working on-location or remotely at the broadcaster. Commentators can add insight to the participating entries and the provision of voting information.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Show(s) Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Albania All shows RTSH, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana Andri Xhahu [89]
 Armenia All shows Armenia 1, Public Radio of Armenia Avet Barseghyan and Felix Khachatryan [90]
 Australia All shows SBS Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey [91]
 Austria All shows ORF eins Andi Knoll
 Azerbaijan All shows İTV Azer Suleymanli
 Belarus All shows Belarus-1, Belarus 24 Evgeny Perlin
 Belgium All shows één Peter Van de Veire [92]
All shows[lower-alpha 10] La Une Jean-Louis Lahaye and Maureen Louys [93]
 Bulgaria All shows BNT 1 Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev
 Croatia All shows HRT 1, HR 2 Duško Ćurlić [94][95][96]
 Cyprus All shows CyBC Costas Constantinou and Vaso Komninou [97]
 Czech Republic Semi-finals ČT2 Libor Bouček
Final ČT1
 Denmark All shows DR1 Ole Tøpholm [98]
 Estonia All shows ETV Marko Reikop [99]
ETV+ Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda [100]
SF1/Final Raadio 2 Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk [101]
 Finland All shows Yle TV2
[102]
SF2 Finnish: Saara Aalto
All shows Yle Radio Suomi Anna Keränen
Final Aija Puurtinen and Sami Sykkö
All shows Yle X3M Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
 France Semi-finals France 4 Christophe Willem and André Manoukian [103][104]
Final France 2 Stéphane Bern, Christophe Willem and Alma
 Georgia All shows 1TV Demetre Ergemlidze [105]
 Germany All shows One Peter Urban [106][107]
Final Das Erste, Deutsche Welle
 Greece All shows ERT2, ERT HD Alexandros Lizardos and Daphne Skalioni [108]
Deftero Programma, Voice of Greece Dimitris Meidanis [109]
 Hungary All shows Duna Krisztina Rátonyi and Freddie [110]
 Iceland All shows RÚV Gísli Marteinn Baldursson
 Ireland Semi-finals RTÉ2 Marty Whelan [111]
Final RTÉ One
SF2 RTÉ Radio 1 Neil Doherty and Zbyszek Zalinski
Final RTÉ 2fm
 Israel SF1 Kan 11, Kan 88 Asaf Liberman and Shir Reuven
SF2 Itai Herman and Goel Pinto
Final Erez Tal and Idit Hershkowitz
 Italy Semi-finals Rai 4 Carolina Di Domenico and Saverio Raimondo [78]
Final Rai 1 Serena Rossi and Federico Russo [112]
Rai Radio 2 Carolina Di Domenico and Ema Stokholma
 Latvia Semi-finals LTV Toms Grēviņš [113]
Final Toms Grēviņš and Magnuss Eriņš
 Lithuania All shows LRT, LRT Radijas Darius Užkuraitis and Gerūta Griniūtė [114]
 Macedonia All shows MRT 1, MRT 2 Karolina Petkovska [115][116]
 Malta Un­known TVM — [117]
 Moldova Un­known TRM — [118]
 Montenegro All shows TVCG 1, TVCG SAT Dražen Bauković and Tijana Mišković [119]
 Netherlands All shows NPO 1 Jan Smit and Cornald Maas [120]
 Norway All shows NRK1 Olav Viksmo-Slettan [121]
Final NRK3 Ronny Brede Aase, Silje Nordnes and Markus Neby [122]
NRK P1 Ole-Christian Øen [123]
 Poland All shows TVP1, TVP Polonia Artur Orzech [124]
 Portugal All shows RTP1, RTP África, RTP Internacional Hélder Reis and Nuno Galopim
Final Antena 1, RDP África, RDP Internacional Noémia Gonçalves, António Macedo and Tozé Brito [125][126][127]
 Romania All shows TVR 1, TVR HD, TVRi Liliana Ștefan and Radu Andrei Tudor [128]
 Russia All shows[lower-alpha 11] Channel One Yana Churikova and Yuriy Aksyuta [129]
 San Marino All shows San Marino RTV, Radio San Marino Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo [130]
 Serbia SF1 RTS1, RTS HD, RTS SAT, RTS Planeta Silvana Grujić and Tamara Petković [131][132][133]
SF2/Final Duška Vučinić
 Slovenia Semi-finals TV SLO 2 Andrej Hofer [134][135][136][137]
Final TV SLO 1
 Spain Semi-finals La 2 Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela [138][139]
Final La 1
 Sweden All shows SVT1 Sanna Nielsen and Edward af Sillén [140]
  Switzerland Semi-finals SRF zwei Sven Epiney [141]
Final SRF 1
SF2 RTS Deux Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner [142]
Final RTS Un
Semi-finals RSI La 2 Clarissa Tami [143]
Final RSI La 1
 Ukraine All shows STB Serhiy Prytula [144]
SF1 UA:First Timur Miroshnychenko and Mariya Yaremchuk [145]
SF2 Timur Miroshnychenko and Alyosha
Final Timur Miroshnychenko and Jamala
 United Kingdom Semi-finals BBC Four Scott Mills and Rylan Clark-Neal [146]
Final BBC One Graham Norton
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country/Territory Show(s) Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 China SF1 Mango TV Duan Yixuan and Hei Nan [lower-alpha 12]
 Kazakhstan All shows Khabar TV Diana Snegina and Kaldybek Zhaysanbay [149]
 Kosovo All shows RTK Alma Bektashi and Agron Krasniqi [150]
 Slovakia Final Rádio FM Daniel Baláž, Pavol Hubinák, Juraj Malíček, Ela Tolstová and Celeste Buckingham [151]
 United States Final Logo TV Ross Mathews and Shangela [152]
WJFD-FM
[153]

Incidents

Accusations of cultural appropriation

Following eventual winner Netta's performance of her song "Toy", critics of the song accused Netta of culturally appropriating Japanese culture, with several users taking to social media to call the performance "offensive". The accusations were made after she wore a kimono and buns, as well as Maneki-nekos being shown during the performance.[154][155][156]

The topic was debated on British morning show Good Morning Britain on 14 May 2018 in response,[157] with television presenters Trisha Goddard and Piers Morgan defending Netta by stating that she was simply implementing elements of Japanese culture due to her own appreciation of it. English journalist Rebecca Reid disagreed, arguing, "It's not a beautiful, loving representation of real Japanese culture. It's a costume".[158]

Belarusian song submission

On 10 January 2018, it had emerged on Russian social media site VK that Alekseev had performed a Russian-language version of his EuroFest entry "Forever" (as "Navsegda") in May 2017 in Stavropol – before 1 September 2017, the submission deadline set by the EBU, potentially violating the rules of the contest.[159] Six artists threatened to withdraw from the selection if it were allowed to compete,[160] with Sofi Lapina actually doing so.[161] Alekseev was ultimately allowed to compete by BTRC following a melodic revamp of the song, and went on to win the selection, thus earning the right to represent Belarus in the contest.[162] However, on 23 February 2018, it was reported that the EBU had given Alekseev permission to perform his original English-language version of the song at the contest, and he would opt to sing that version of the song in May.[163] A few weeks after that announcement, on 28 March 2018, Alekseev premiered a new version of his entry with a lighter intro and additional choir at the end of the track. He also confirmed that this version would be the one performed in Lisbon.[164]

Czech rehearsal injuries

On 29 April 2018, during the first rehearsal of the Czech Republic's performance, Mikolas Josef reportedly sustained injuries to his back while rehearsing and was subsequently hospitalised. Josef subsequently posted an update on his Istagram, stating, "I can confirm that I got injured during the rehearsal and the situation got worse after several hours. I can't even walk now. Got back from the first hospital and I am now heading to another one". He also stated that he would, however, "perform no matter what".[165] Josef's performance in the first semi-final on 8 May was slightly altered to accommodate his injuries.

Censorship in the Chinese broadcast

During the Chinese broadcast of the first semi-final on Mango TV, the performances of Albania and Ireland were edited out of the show, along with their snippets in the recap of all 19 entries.[166] Albania was cut 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.[167] In addition, the LGBT flag and tattoos on other performers were also blurred out from the broadcast.[168] As a result, the EBU terminated its partnership with Mango TV, citing that censorship "is not in line with the EBU's values of universality and inclusivity and its proud tradition of celebrating diversity through music," which led to a ban on televising the second semi-final and the final in the country.[148][169] A spokesperson for the broadcaster's owner Hunan TV said they "weren't aware" of the edits made to the programme.[170] Ireland's representative Ryan O'Shaughnessy told the BBC in an interview that "they haven't taken this lightly and I think it's a move in the right direction, so I'm happy about it."[168]

United Kingdom stage invasion

The performance of SuRie, who represented the United Kingdom, in the final was disrupted by a man who rushed onto the stage and grabbed her microphone, reportedly shouting "For the Nazis of the UK media, we demand freedom! War is not peace."[171][172] The man, later identified as 'Dr ACactivism', a political activist from London,[173] climbed into a camera run to get access to the stage.[174] SuRie was able to complete her performance, and after the song the broadcast cut to an unscheduled interview in the green room.[175][176] The EBU offered SuRie and her team the opportunity to perform again, but she declined.[171] SuRie later revealed that she had suffered several bruises on her right hand.[177] Shortly after the live broadcast on YouTube, the final was taken down and reuploaded in its entirety, with SuRie's interrupted performance edited out and substituted with her jury show performance from the previous evening. The official reupload also retains the unscheduled green room interview with the Ukrainian delegation that followed the stage invasion. The official DVD release also replaces the interrupted final performance with the previous evening's jury show performance.[178] However, the BBC uploaded the original performance, including the stage invasion, to its YouTube channel.

Other awards

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE, "General Organisation of Eurovision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest.

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final.[179] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award.[180] The winners were revealed shortly before the Eurovision final on 12 May.

Category Country Song Performer(s) Songwriter(s)
Artistic Award  Cyprus "Fuego" Eleni Foureira
Composers Award  Bulgaria "Bones" Equinox
Press Award  France "Mercy" Madame Monsieur
  • Émilie Satt
  • Jean-Karl Lucas

OGAE

OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 2018 poll was also the winner of the contest, "Toy" performed by Netta; the top five results are shown below.[181][182][183]

Country Song Performer(s) OGAE result
 Israel "Toy" Netta 456
 France "Mercy" Madame Monsieur 352
 Finland "Monsters" Saara Aalto 226
 Australia "We Got Love" Jessica Mauboy 202
 Czech Republic "Lie to Me" Mikolas Josef 181

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after Belgium's representative who came last in the 1993 contest, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite Songfestival.be since 2017.

Place Country Performer(s)
1  Macedonia Eye Cue
2  Australia Jessica Mauboy
3  Belgium Sennek
4  Montenegro Vanja Radovanović
5  Israel Netta

Official album
Cover art of the official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Lisbon 2018 is the official compilation album of the contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group digitally on 6 April 2018 and physically on 20 April 2018.[184] The album features all 43 participating entries, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify for the grand final.

Charts
Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[185] 14
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[186] 22
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[187] 2
Irish Compilation Albums (IRMA)[188] 3
Greek Albums (IFPI)[189] 9

See also

Notes
  1. Although the lyrics are in English, the Spanish title 'Fuego' is repeated throughout the song.
  2. Contains a phrase repeated twice in Icelandic
  3. Although the title is in English, the song itself is entirely in Georgian.
  4. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[41]
  5. Contains several words in Hebrew
  6. Contains two lines in Lithuanian
  7. Performance contains uncredited live vocals from Isaura
  8. Contains some phrases in the Torlakian dialect[42]
  9. Contains a phrase in Portuguese
  10. The second semi-final 90-minute-delayed while the first semi-final and the grand final aired live.
  11. Channel One aired the first semi-final on a 90-minute delay while the second semi-final and the grand final was aired live.
  12. Mango TV, an online video streaming platform, was initially scheduled to transmit all three shows in China.[147] After showing the first semi-final on a nine-hour delay the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) terminated their agreement with Mango TV and banned the service from transmitting the second semi-final and grand final in China due to its censorship of the first semi-final.[148]

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