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. 
CountryArtistSongResultNo.1 AzerbaijanAisel"X My Heart"Eliminated112 IcelandAri Ólafsson"Our Choice"Eliminated193 AlbaniaEugent Bushpepa"Mall"Qualified84 BelgiumSennek"A Matter of Time"Eliminated125Mikolas Josef"Lie to Me"Qualified36 LithuaniaIeva Zasimauskaitė"When We're Old"Qualified97 IsraelNetta Barzilai"Toy"Qualified18Alekseev"Forever"Eliminated169 EstoniaElina Nechayeva"La forza"Qualified510Equinox"Bones"Qualified711Eye Cue"Lost and Found"Eliminated1812 CroatiaFranka"Crazy"Eliminated1713 AustriaCesár Sampson"Nobody but You"Qualified414 GreeceYianna Terzi"Oniro mou"Eliminated1415 FinlandSaara Aalto"Monsters"Qualified1016 ArmeniaSevak Khanagyan"Qami"Eliminated1517 SwitzerlandZibbz"Stones"Eliminated1318 IrelandRyan O'Shaughnessy"Together"Qualified619 CyprusEleni Foureira"Fuego"Qualified2

Second Semi-FInal
Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Those countries, plus France, Germany and Italy voted in this semi-final.
CountryArtistSongResultNo.1 NorwayAlexander Rybak"That's How You Write A Song"Qualified12 RomaniaThe Humans"Goodbye"Eliminated113 SerbiaSanja Ilić & Balkanika"Nova deca"Qualified94 San MarinoJessika & Jenifer Brening"Who We Are"Eliminated175 DenmarkRasmussen"Higher Ground"Qualified56Julia Samoylova"I Won't Break"Eliminated157 MoldovaDoReDoS"My Lucky Day"Qualified38 NetherlandsWaylon"Outlaw in 'Em"Qualified79 AustraliaJessica Mauboy"We Got Love"Qualified410 GeorgiaEthno-Jazz Band Iriao"For You"Eliminated1811 PolandGromee & Lukas Meijer"Light Me Up"Eliminated1412 MaltaChristabelle"Taboo"Eliminated1313AWS "Viszlát nyár"Qualified1014 LatviaLaura Rizzotto"Funny Girl"Eliminated1215 SwedenBenjamin Ingrosso"Dance You Off"Qualified216Vanja Radovanović"Inje"Eliminated1617 SloveniaLea Sirk"Hvala, ne!"Qualified818 UkraineMélovin"Under the Ladder"Qualified6

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.
CountryArtistSongRank1 UkraineMélovin"Under the Ladder"172Amaia & Alfred"Tu canción"233 SloveniaLea Sirk"Hvala, ne!"224 LithuaniaIeva Zasimauskaitė"When We're Old"125 AustriaCesár Sampson"Nobody but You"36 EstoniaElina Nechayeva"La forza"87 NorwayAlexander Rybak"That's How You Write A Song"158Cláudia Pascoal & Isaura"O jardim"269SuRie"Storm"2410 SerbiaSanja Ilić & Balkanika"Nova deca"1911Michael Schulte"You Let Me Walk Alone"412 AlbaniaEugent Bushpepa"Mall"1113Madame Monsieur"Mercy"1314Mikolas Josef"Lie to Me"615 DenmarkRasmussen"Higher Ground"916 AustraliaJessica Mauboy"We Got Love"2017 FinlandSaara Aalto"Monsters"2518Equinox"Bones"1419 MoldovaDoReDoS"My Lucky Day"1020 SwedenBenjamin Ingrosso"Dance You Off"721AWS "Viszlát nyár"2122 IsraelNetta Barzilai"Toy"123 NetherlandsWaylon"Outlaw in 'Em"1824 IrelandRyan O'Shaughnessy"Together"1625 CyprusEleni Foureira"Fuego"226Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro"Non mi avete fatto niente"5

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