Eurovision Song Contest 2018

The **Eurovision Song Contest** **2018** was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Forty-three countries took part and the Grand Final was held on 12 May 2018. Israel won the competition with the song "Toy" by Netta Barzilai.

The competition was held at the Altice Arena in Lisbon after Portugal won the previous contest with Salvador Sobral's song "Amar pelois dois". The event was hosted by Silvia Alberto, Daniela Ruah, Catarina Furtado and Filomena Cautela.

## Overview

The Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 had 26 countries. These were the Big Five (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), the host country Portugal and ten countries from each semi-final.

### First Semi-Final

Nineteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Those countries, plus Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.
|scope="col"||scope="col"|Country|scope="col"|Artist|scope="col"|Song|class="unsortable" scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|No.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Azerbaijan|Aisel|"X My Heart"|Eliminated|11||||||||
|Iceland|Ari Ólafsson|"Our Choice"|Eliminated|19||||||||
|Albania|Eugent Bushpepa|"Mall"|Qualified|8||||||||
|Belgium|Sennek|"A Matter of Time"|Eliminated|12||||||||
||Mikolas Josef|"Lie to Me"|Qualified|3||||||||
|Lithuania|Ieva Zasimauskaitė|"When We're Old"|Qualified|9||||||||
|Israel|Netta Barzilai|"Toy"|Qualified|1||||||||
||Alekseev|"Forever"|Eliminated|16||||||||
|Estonia|Elina Nechayeva|"La forza"|Qualified|5||||||||
||Equinox|"Bones"|Qualified|7||||||||
||Eye Cue|"Lost and Found"|Eliminated|18||||||||
|Croatia|Franka|"Crazy"|Eliminated|17||||||||
|Austria|Cesár Sampson|"Nobody but You"|Qualified|4||||||||
|Greece|Yianna Terzi|"Oniro mou"|Eliminated|14||||||||
|Finland|Saara Aalto|"Monsters"|Qualified|10||||||||
|Armenia|Sevak Khanagyan|"Qami"|Eliminated|15||||||||
|Switzerland|Zibbz|"Stones"|Eliminated|13||||||||
|Ireland|Ryan O'Shaughnessy|"Together"|Qualified|6||||||||
|Cyprus|Eleni Foureira|"Fuego"|Qualified|2||||||||

### Second Semi-FInal

Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Those countries, plus France, Germany and Italy voted in this semi-final.
|scope="col"||scope="col"|Country|scope="col"|Artist|scope="col"|Song|class="unsortable" scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|No.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Norway|Alexander Rybak|"That's How You Write A Song"|Qualified|1||||||||
|Romania|The Humans|"Goodbye"|Eliminated|11||||||||
|Serbia|Sanja Ilić & Balkanika|"Nova deca"|Qualified|9||||||||
|San Marino|Jessika & Jenifer Brening|"Who We Are"|Eliminated|17||||||||
|Denmark|Rasmussen|"Higher Ground"|Qualified|5||||||||
||Julia Samoylova|"I Won't Break"|Eliminated|15||||||||
|Moldova|DoReDoS|"My Lucky Day"|Qualified|3||||||||
|Netherlands|Waylon|"Outlaw in 'Em"|Qualified|7||||||||
|Australia|Jessica Mauboy|"We Got Love"|Qualified|4||||||||
|Georgia|Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao|"For You"|Eliminated|18||||||||
|Poland|Gromee & Lukas Meijer|"Light Me Up"|Eliminated|14||||||||
|Malta|Christabelle|"Taboo"|Eliminated|13||||||||
||AWS|"Viszlát nyár"|Qualified|10||||||||
|Latvia|Laura Rizzotto|"Funny Girl"|Eliminated|12||||||||
|Sweden|Benjamin Ingrosso|"Dance You Off"|Qualified|2||||||||
||Vanja Radovanović|"Inje"|Eliminated|16||||||||
|Slovenia|Lea Sirk|"Hvala, ne!"|Qualified|8||||||||
|Ukraine|Mélovin|"Under the Ladder"|Qualified|6||||||||

### Final

The final took place on 12 May 2018 at 20:00 WEST (21:00 CEST). Twenty-six countries participated in the final (Portugal, the Big 5 and the twenty qualifiers from the semi-finals). All 43 participating countries were eligible to vote. The winner was decided by two votes: one from a group of musical experts from each country and one from the viewers of each participating country. The vote rankings were combined and the winner was declared.

During the performance of the United Kingdom's song, a protestor jumped on stage and stole the microphone off singer SuRie. Security guards removed the protestor from the stage shortly after and the show cut to an interview with Ukrainian contestant Mélovin in the lounge area. SuRie decided not to perform the song again.
||Country|Artist|Song|Rank|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Ukraine|Mélovin|"Under the Ladder"|17||
||Amaia & Alfred|"Tu canción"|23||
|Slovenia|Lea Sirk|"Hvala, ne!"|22||
|Lithuania|Ieva Zasimauskaitė|"When We're Old"|12||
|Austria|Cesár Sampson|"Nobody but You"|3||
|Estonia|Elina Nechayeva|"La forza"|8||
|Norway|Alexander Rybak|"That's How You Write A Song"|15||
||Cláudia Pascoal & Isaura|"O jardim"|26||
||SuRie|"Storm"|24||
|Serbia|Sanja Ilić & Balkanika|"Nova deca"|19||
||Michael Schulte|"You Let Me Walk Alone"|4||
|Albania|Eugent Bushpepa|"Mall"|11||
||Madame Monsieur|"Mercy"|13||
||Mikolas Josef|"Lie to Me"|6||
|Denmark|Rasmussen|"Higher Ground"|9||
|Australia|Jessica Mauboy|"We Got Love"|20||
|Finland|Saara Aalto|"Monsters"|25||
||Equinox|"Bones"|14||
|Moldova|DoReDoS|"My Lucky Day"|10||
|Sweden|Benjamin Ingrosso|"Dance You Off"|7||
||AWS|"Viszlát nyár"|21||
|Israel|Netta Barzilai|"Toy"|1||
|Netherlands|Waylon|"Outlaw in 'Em"|18||
|Ireland|Ryan O'Shaughnessy|"Together"|16||
|Cyprus|Eleni Foureira|"Fuego"|2||
||Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro|"Non mi avete fatto niente"|5||