The 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lisbon, Portugal, and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May, and the grand final on 12 May 2018. According to the Eurovision rules, each participating country, except the host country and the "Big 5", consisting of , , , and the , were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals to compete for the grand final, although, the top ten countries from the respective semi-final progress to the grand final. On 29 January 2018, it was announced that "Mall" would be performed in the first half of the first semi-final of the contest.