Eurovision Song Contest 2018
63rd Eurovision Song Contest | |
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motto | All Aboard! (German: everyone on board! ) |
date | May 10, 2018 (semi-final 2) May 12, 2018 (final) |
May 8, 2018 (semi-final 1)
Host country | Portugal |
venue | Altice Arena , Lisbon |
Broadcasting television station | |
Moderation | Daniela Ruah , Sílvia Alberto , Catarina Furtado and Filomena Cautela |
Opening act | Finale: Ana Moura : Loucura (Sou do Fado) (Music / Text: Júlio de Sousa) ; Mariza : Barco Negro (Music / Text: Caco Velho, Piratini) |
Pause filler | Finale: Salvador Sobral & Júlio Resende: Mano a Mano (music: Júlio Resende; text: Maria do Rosário Pedreira) ; Salvador Sobral & Caetano Veloso : Amar pelos dois (music / text: Luísa Sobral ) ; Branko, Sara Tavares & Plutónio: Ter Peito e Espaço (Branko remix feat. Plutónio) (Music / Text: João Pires, Sara Tavares, Edu Mundo, Branko, Dino D'Santiago) ; Branko & Dino D'Santiago: Nova Lisboa (Music / Text: Branko, PEDRO, Dino D`Santiago, Kalaf Epalanga) ; Branko & Mayra Andrade : Reserva Pra Dois (Music / Text: Branko, Mayra Andrade, Kalaf Epalanga) |
participating countries | 43 |
winner | Israel |
Returning participants | Russia |
Voting rule | Each country awards 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point / s to the ten best songs twice. The first set of points comes from the jury, the second from the televoting of the audience. |
◄ ESC 2017 • ESC 2019 ► |
The 63rd Eurovision Song Contest took place from May 8 to 12, 2018 in the Altice Arena in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon . The Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) was commissioned to host the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time after Salvador Sobral won the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev ( Ukraine ) for Portugal with the song Amar pelos dois .
The competition won for Israel Netta with the contribution Toy , which was written by Doron Medalie and Stav Beger. Israel scored 529 points, the fourth victory in its history at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Austria won the jury voting and came third in the overall ranking with 342 points. After the two victories by Udo Jürgens and Conchita Wurst , third place is Austria's most successful placement in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest.
After years of failure, Germany was able to take fourth place (340 points) and thus placed in the top 10 for the first time since 2012. It is the best German result since 2010. Switzerland was eliminated in the semi-finals for the fourth time in a row. Cyprus (2nd place) and the Czech Republic (6th place) achieved their best results this year.
venue
The following requirements were placed on the venue:
- The host arena should have space for at least 10,000 spectators.
- A press center for at least 1500 journalists should be available on the premises.
- The host city should be located near a commercial airport.
- The venue should have appropriate public transport to reach the city center, the arena and hotels.
- Sufficient hotels and hotel rooms must be available for the duration of the event in the vicinity of the venue.
At the 2017 winner press conference, the Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, Jon Ola Sand , announced that, similar to previous years, there would be an application process for the selection of the venue in Portugal. On May 15, 2017, a news broadcast by the hosting broadcaster RTP named the Portuguese capital Lisbon as the venue for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, before it was reported the following day that the venue had not yet been determined. In addition to Lisbon, the following cities have expressed their interest in hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2018: Braga , Espinho , Faro , Gondomar , Guimarães and Santa Maria da Feira .
On June 13, 2017, representatives of the Portuguese broadcaster RTP met with the so-called Reference Group of the ESC in Geneva to exchange experiences with the choice of the venue and organizational matters. At this meeting, RTP presented the first concepts and potential venues.
On July 25, 2017, RTP announced Lisbon and the Altice Arena as the venue and the date for the ESC 2018. There would have been no alternatives in the capital to the Altice Arena, with which the city had applied. The following cities were shortlisted and visited by RTP:
city | venue | Maximum capacity (at concerts) |
Remarks |
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Braga | Parque de Exposições de Braga | 15,000 | After the building was renovated, trade fairs and events were to take place there. At the moment the maximum capacity is 3,000 spectators. With the completion of the renovation, the venue should offer space for 15,000 spectators. |
Gondomar | Multiusos Gondomar | 8,000 | Venue of the Futsal European Championship 2007 , various sporting events and concerts. The city of Gondomar does not have enough hotels or an adequate public transport network. There is also little space to set up the press center. |
Guimarães | Multiusos de Guimarães | 10,000 | Venue of the Festival da Canção 2018, various concerts, sporting events and trade fairs. |
Lisbon | Altice Arena 1 | 20,000 | Venue of the Expo 98 , the U-19 basketball world championship 1999, the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 and several concerts. It is the largest multi-purpose hall in Portugal. The arena is owned by Ritmos e Blues . |
Santa Maria da Feira | Europarque de Santa Maria da Feira | 11,000 | Venue of the Festival Da Canção 2001 and various concerts. It is the largest venue in the Porto Metropolitan Area and is 35 minutes from downtown Porto. The city does not have enough hotel capacity and would therefore have to resort to hotels in the cities of Porto and São João da Madeira . |
More places
Eurovision Village
The Eurovision Village (German Eurovision settlement) was located in Praça do Comércio . It was the official area for fans and sponsors for two weeks. Various events were held there over the course of the week, such as performances by various ESC participants or DJs as well as public viewings of the three live broadcasts. The place was opened on May 4, 2018.
EuroClub
The EuroClub is the official club for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Aftershow parties and private appearances by the ESC participants will take place here. Unlike the Eurovision Village , only registered fans, delegations and the press have access here. It is located in the Lust Club in Rio in Cais do Sodré, which is close to the Eurovision Village .
Opening ceremony
The red carpet, which this year was called the blue carpet because it was right by the sea, took place on May 6, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. local time (6:00 p.m. CET ) at the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in the Belém district. This is where the artists and their delegations introduced themselves to the press and fans. This blue carpet also represented the official opening ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. However, this ceremony took place close to the blue carpet , i.e. in the electricity museum. This event was moderated by Cláudia Semedo, Inês Lopes Gonçalves, Pedro Granger and Pedro Penim. RTP1 also broadcast the event live on television.
format
On October 16, 2017, the CEO of RTP, Gonçalo Reis , announced that the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 would be the cheapest ever. In addition, he described the ESC as a great opportunity for Portugal's tourism and image.
Motto and logo
The logo and the motto for 2018 were announced at a press conference on November 7, 2017. The motto of this year's Eurovision Song Contest is All Aboard! (German: everyone on board!). RTP chose this motto because Portugal connects the rest of the world with Europe across the ocean and Portugal was the center of many central sea routes 500 years ago. In addition, the motto should also invite residents of all countries to come together.
The main logo consists of a shell , but it is not the only logo for 2018. There are a total of twelve different logos for 2018, which stand for the diversity in the ocean and also for the diversity in Europe. Gonçalo Madaíl , Creative Manager of RTP, characterizes Lisbon as a colorful city that is a great haven for cultural diversity and welcomes all visitors to the city. In addition, RTP added that the twelve different logos for 2018 will all come into their own in the show and should also be found in the streets of Lisbon.
Moderation
On January 8, 2018, RTP announced Filomena Cautela , Sílvia Alberto , Daniela Ruah and Catarina Furtado as moderators. It was the second time since 2015 that four women were to moderate the competition.
Stage design
On December 5, 2017, RTP presented the stage design for 2018. It was designed by the German stage designer Florian Wieder , who already designed the ESC stages in 2011 , 2012 , 2015 and 2017 .
Again himself said that four factors influenced him in stage design. He named these as navigation, the sea, ships and a map. With the navigation he speaks of an armillary sphere , which is included in Portugal's coat of arms. It is the main element of the stage concept. According to Wieder, the sea stands for freedom and is therefore one of the most peaceful places on earth. The stage shows a modern interpretation of a wave in its organic form. Since the Portuguese built many ships and sailed the world with them, the stage was also inspired by part of shipbuilding. The map represents sea and land at the same time, with lines extending in all directions and connecting places with one another. Lisbon becomes the center in which all lines converge.
On December 9, 2017, it was announced that there would be no LED backgrounds or other projections in 2018. They want to try out new technologies for 2018 and focus more on the performers and their songs. This concept was inspired by Salvador Sobral's victory, who won the 2017 competition with a simple stage performance. The Greenroom will be back in the arena, as it has been in 2012 and since 2014 .
The stage construction began on April 4, 2018. The first technical rehearsals with the stage took place on April 23, 2018.
Live shows and tickets
The first tickets were sold on November 30, 2017. However, only tickets for the final were sold on that day. Tickets for the jury final on May 11, 2018 and for the dress rehearsal before the final on May 12, 2018 were also available. The official ticket partner is the Portuguese ticket company Blueticket . The prices should be between 35 and 299 euros.
The tickets for the two semi-finals as well as for the respective jury shows and rehearsals were sold on January 30, 2018.
The OGAE fan clubs received a ticket contingent of 1,700 tickets. This means that around 700 more tickets were available than in 2017 .
show | Semi-final 1 | Semi-final 2 | final |
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Jury show | Mon 7 May, 9 p.m. | Wed. May 9, 9 p.m. | Fri May 11, 9 p.m. |
Dress rehearsal | Tuesday May 8th, 3 p.m. | Thursday May 10th, 3 p.m. | Sat May 12, 2 p.m. |
Tv show | Tuesday May 8th, 9 p.m. | Thursday May 10th, 9 p.m. | Sat May 12th, 9 p.m. |
"Postcards"
On October 22nd, 2017, RTP program director Daniel Deusdado announced that the so-called “postcards” - small films that are shown in the ESC broadcasts as an introduction to the respective artists - will be shot in Portugal for 2018. All the delegations traveled to Portugal to visit various attractions.
National juries
The national juries award half of all points in the Eurovision Song Contest. For this, the members of a country will meet and watch the dress rehearsal of the shows together. Each member then creates a ranking of all the evening's contributions based on the song's voice, composition and originality. Everyone should do this independently of the others. As soon as all lists have been completed, they will be checked by the EBU and converted into points. In the German-speaking countries the following jurors sit on the jury:
Belgium
Germany
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Austria
Switzerland
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New rules for jury voting
On April 27, 2018, the EBU announced that the rules for the 2018 jury voting would be slightly modified. According to the previous procedure, all five jurors from each country created a ranking. The overall result of the jury was determined by determining the average ranking of all jury members for each entry and then assigning the corresponding points to the ten best-placed entries. Each vote had the same weighting. In the past, however, this linear evaluation system was often criticized for the high influence of a strongly deviating evaluation by a juror on the overall evaluation of the jury. For example, a country could barely achieve 12 points if four jury members put a country in first place, while the remaining fifth juror put the country in 26th place. The new system provides an exponential valuation model. After that, the jurors will continue to create a ranking. However, each place is assigned an exponentially descending (not necessarily an integer) score value, starting with 12 points for the first place and one point for the last place. The upper ranking places (especially places 1 to 3) are now given a higher weighting than lower ranking places. The average score values for all jury members are then determined and points 1–8, 10 or 12 are assigned to the ten best-placed entries. The aim of this new system is to avoid that a strongly negative deviating evaluation of one juror compared to the other jurors has too much influence on the overall result.
Attendees
countries
On November 17, 2017, the EBU announced that 43 broadcasters would participate in the ESC. Macedonia appeared to be suspended from the competition due to financial problems, which is why the country was not on the final list of participants published on November 7, 2017. But Macedonia was apparently able to solve the financial problems in time, so that for the first time since 2011 no country is withdrawing from the event. Russia returned to the ESC after a one-year break.
Recurring performers
Singer Alexander Rybak , who won the Eurovision Song Contest for Norway in 2009 , returned in 2018. The Dutch singer Waylon , who took second place in 2014 as part of the band The Common Linnets , also returned to the ESC in 2018. Likewise the Austrian singer Cesár Sampson , who already worked as a background singer for Bulgaria in 2016 and 2017 . Vlado Mihailov, a member of the Bulgarian participants of the band Equinox , also worked as a background singer for Bulgaria in 2017 . The British representative SuRie , who worked as a background singer for Belgium in 2015 and 2017 , also returned in 2018. In addition, the Slovenian representative Lea Sirk took part in the ESC again after working as a background singer for Slovenia in 2014 and 2016 . In addition, there was the Australian singer Jessica Mauboy , who appeared out of competition as a break filler in the second semifinals in 2014 .
country | Interpreter | Previous year of participation | Previous placement | This year's placement |
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Bulgaria | Vlado Mihailov (member of Equinox ) | 2017 ( backing vocals for Bulgaria ) | 2. | 14. (-12) |
Netherlands | Waylon | 2014 (as a member of The Common Linnets ) | 2. | 18. (-16) |
Norway | Alexander Rybak | 2009 (winner) | 1. | 15. (-14) |
Austria | Cesár Sampson | 2016 and 2017 ( backing vocals for Bulgaria ) | 4th and 2nd | 3. (+ 1 / -1) |
Slovenia | Lea Sirk | 2014 and 2016 ( backing vocals for Slovenia ) | 25th | 22. (+3) |
United Kingdom | SuRie | 2015 and 2017 ( backing vocals for Belgium ) | 4th and 4th | 24. (-20) |
National preliminary decisions
National preliminary decisions in German-speaking countries
Belgium
In accordance with the schedule, the Flemish broadcaster VRT was responsible for selecting the Belgian interpreter. Unlike in the past, the artist and the song were selected internally. On September 28, 2017, Laura Groeseneken , who also appears under her stage name Sennek , was selected in an internal selection, as the broadcaster VRT announced. On March 4th, 2018 her track "A Matter Of Time" was released.
Germany
On February 22, 2018, the German ESC preliminary decision " Our song for Lisbon " took place in Berlin , from which the singer Michael Schulte emerged as the winner with his song "You Let Me Walk Alone" . For the first time, a third of the contribution was determined from the voting results of a Eurovision panel, an international jury of experts, and television viewers in Germany.
Austria
As the ORF announced, an internal selection is used to select the Austrian interpreter - as in 2014 and 2017. Applications for this purpose could be submitted up to and including the end of August.
On December 5, 2017, the ORF presented the singer Cesár Sampson as an Austrian interpreter at the ESC. His song "Nobody but you" was officially presented on March 9, 2018. It was written by Sampson himself as well as by Sebastian Arman and Boris Milanow, who have already contributed to articles from Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia in recent years.
Switzerland
The Swiss preliminary decision took place on February 4, 2018 in Zurich. The winner was the ZiBBZ sibling duo with the song "Stones" .
Other countries
The following table shows the mode in which the remaining participating countries selected their artist and song.
1 The preliminary round was originally planned for February 22, 2018, but was canceled due to the disqualification of all other titles.
Semifinals
draw
The draw for the two semi-finals took place on January 29, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. ( CET ) in the City Hall of Lisbon. The draw was moderated by Sílvia Alberto and Filomena Cautela, two of the four presenters of the show. In the drawing, all 37 semifinal participants were divided into six pots based on their voting results in the last eleven years and each was assigned to a semifinal. The division into the six pots was done by the official televoting partner of the event, the German company Digame . The draw also determines whether a country will start in the first or second half of a semi-final. However, as has been customary since 2013 , the exact order will be taken over by the producers of the show. It will also be determined in which semi-finals Portugal and the Big Five will vote. Following a request from the Rai , Italy was given the right to vote in the second semifinals without a draw. In addition, it was determined that 19 participants will appear in the first semi-final and 18 participants in the second.
On April 3, 2018, the exact order of appearance of the participating countries in the two semi-finals was announced.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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First semi-final
The first semi-final took place on May 8, 2018 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). The top ten countries qualified for the final. They are highlighted in light green here.
In the first semifinals, Spain , the United Kingdom and the host Portugal were eligible to vote alongside the participating countries.
space | Start number | country | Interpreter | Song Music (M) and Text (T) |
language | Translation (unofficial) |
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jury | spectator | total | |||||||
1. | 7th | Israel |
Netta נטע ברזילי |
Toy M / T: Doron Medalie , Stav Beger |
English , Hebrew | toy | 167 | 116 | 283 |
2. | 19th | Cyprus |
Eleni Foureira Ελένη Φουρέιρα |
Fuego M / T: Alex Papaconstantinou, Geraldo Sandell, Anderz Wrethov, Viktor Svensson, Didrick |
English, Spanish | Fire | 89 | 173 | 262 |
3. | 5 | Czech Republic | Mikolas Josef |
Lie to Me M / T: Mikolas Josef |
English | lie to me | 98 | 134 | 232 |
4th | 13 | Austria | Cesár Sampson |
Nobody but You M / T: Cesár Sampson , Sebastian Arman, Joacim Persson, Johan Alkenäs, Borislaw Milanow |
English | No one but you | 115 | 116 | 231 |
5. | 9 | Estonia | Elina Netšajeva |
La forza M: Mihkel Mattisen, Timo Vendt; T: Ksenia Kuchukova, Elina Netšajeva |
Italian | The power | 81 | 120 | 201 |
6th | 18th | Ireland |
Ryan O'Shaughnessy Rían Ó Seachnasaigh |
Together M / T: Ryan O'Shaughnessy , Mark Caplice, Laura Elizabeth Hughes |
English | Together | 71 | 108 | 179 |
7th | 10 | Bulgaria | Equinox |
Bones M / T: Borislaw Milanow , Treyshun Campbell, Joacim Persson, Dag Lundberg |
English | bone | 107 | 70 | 177 |
8th. | 3 | Albania | Eugent Bushpepa |
Mall M / T: Eugent Bushpepa |
Albanian | nostalgia | 114 | 48 | 162 |
9. | 6th | Lithuania | Ieva Zasimauskaitė |
When We're Old M / T: Vytautas Bikus |
English, Lithuanian | When we're old | 57 | 62 | 119 |
10. | 15th | Finland | Saara Aalto |
Monsters M / T: Saara Aalto , Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Ki Fitzgerald |
English | monster | 35 | 73 | 108 |
11. | 1 | Azerbaijan | Aisel |
X My Heart M: Dimitris Kontopoulos; T: Sandra Bjurman |
English | Hand on heart | 47 | 47 | 94 |
12. | 4th | Belgium | Sennek |
A Matter of Time M / T: Laura Groeseneken , Alex Callier, Maxime Tribeche |
English | A question of time | 71 | 20th | 91 |
13. | 17th | Switzerland | ZiBBZ |
Stones M: Laurell Barker , Corinne "Co" Gfeller , Stefan Gfeller ; T: Laurell Barker, Corinne "Co" Gfeller |
English | Stones | 59 | 27 | 86 |
14th | 14th | Greece |
Gianna Terzi Γιάννα Τερζή |
Oniro Mou (Όνειρο Mου) M / T: Aris Kalimeris, Dimitris Stamatiou, Gianna Terzi , Mihalis Papathanasiou |
Greek | my dream | 28 | 53 | 81 |
15th | 16 | Armenia |
Sewak Chanaghjan Սևակ Խանաղյան |
Qami (Քամի) M: Sewak Chanaghjan ; T: Anna Danieljan, Wiktorja Malojan |
Armenian | wind | 38 | 41 | 79 |
16. | 8th | Belarus | ALEKSEEV |
Forever M: Kyrylo Pavlov; T: Yevhen Matyushenko |
English | Forever | 20th | 45 | 65 |
17th | 12 | Croatia | Franka |
Crazy M: Branimir Mihaljevic; T: Franka Batelić |
English | Insane | 46 | 17th | 63 |
18th | 11 | Macedonia | Eye cue |
Lost and Found M: Bojan Trajkovski , Darko Dimitrov; T: Bojan Trajkovski |
English | Lost and found | 18th | 6th | 24 |
19th | 2 | Iceland | Ari Ólafsson |
Our Choice M / T: Þórunn Erna Clausen |
English | Our choice | 15th | 0 | 15th |
First semi-final score table
The following table shows the jury and televoting points. The countries highlighted in green have qualified for the final. The orange highlighted line represents the televoting points, while the white or green highlighted line represents the jury points.
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1 | Azerbaijan | 11. | 94 | 47 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 3 | 7th | - | 12 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
47 | 7th | - | 4th | - | - | - | 5 | - | 10 | - | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 5 | - | 7th | - | - | - | ||||||
2 | Iceland | 19th | 15th | 15th | - | - | - | - | 7th | 1 | - | - | - | 4th | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
3 | Albania | 8th. | 162 | 114 | 5 | 6th | 7th | 12 | 4th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6th | 8th | 12 | - | 4th | 1 | 5 | 4th | - | 7th | ||
48 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4th | - | 3 | - | 12 | 1 | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
4th | Belgium | 12. | 91 | 71 | 4th | 6th | 7th | - | - | 12 | 1 | - | 10 | 4th | 5 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 8th | 10 | - | - | - | ||
20th | - | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8th | - | - | - | - | ||||||
5 | Czech Republic | 3. | 232 | 98 | - | 7th | 8th | - | 10 | 10 | 7th | 10 | 1 | - | 8th | - | 2 | 5 | 4th | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7th | 8th | - | ||
134 | 2 | 7th | 10 | 8th | 8th | 8th | 3 | 10 | 7th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 12 | 4th | 12 | 7th | 1 | 4th | 3 | 2 | ||||||
6th | Lithuania | 9. | 119 | 57 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 10 | 8th | - | 3 | 10 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 12 | - | 7th | - | ||
62 | - | - | - | 1 | 6th | 4th | - | - | 3 | - | 10 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 12 | - | 6th | 3 | - | 12 | ||||||
7th | Israel | 1. | 283 | 167 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 4th | 6th | 7th | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | - | 5 | 12 | 4th | 10 | 10 | 7th | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8th | ||
116 | 4th | 4th | 6th | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7th | - | 8th | 12 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 8th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7th | 8th | 5 | ||||||
8th | Belarus | 16. | 65 | 20th | 7th | 1 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
45 | - | 10 | - | 12 | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | 6th | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | ||||||
9 | Estonia | 5. | 201 | 81 | - | 8th | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 4th | - | 10 | 6th | 8th | - | 4th | 8th | 6th | 12 | 6th | ||
120 | 6th | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4th | 6th | 5 | 6th | - | 12 | 8th | 6th | 10 | 7th | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4th | ||||||
10 | Bulgaria | 7th | 177 | 107 | 6th | - | 4th | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 12 | 10 | 6th | - | 6th | - | 3 | 7th | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||
70 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4th | 5 | - | - | 10 | 2 | - | 8th | - | 7th | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 8th | - | 6th | ||||||
11 | Macedonia | 18th | 24 | 18th | 8th | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
12 | Croatia | 17th | 63 | 46 | - | - | - | 5 | 8th | - | 4th | 4th | - | 2 | 6th | - | 5 | - | - | 6th | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | ||
17th | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | - | ||||||
13 | Austria | 4th | 231 | 115 | - | 4th | - | 1 | 12 | 8th | - | 3 | 1 | 12 | - | 8th | - | 7th | 7th | 12 | 10 | 6th | 8th | 6th | 10 | ||
116 | 3 | 6th | 5 | 4th | 10 | 8th | 7th | 1 | 6th | 8th | - | 8th | - | 7th | 8th | 8th | 10 | 5 | - | 12 | - | ||||||
14th | Greece | 14th | 81 | 28 | 3 | 2 | - | 10 | - | - | - | 3 | 8th | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
53 | 10 | 8th | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 3 | 12 | - | - | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | ||||||
15th | Finland | 10. | 108 | 35 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | - | 4th | 5 | 7th | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
73 | 8th | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 12 | 2 | - | 10 | 6th | 6th | 3 | 4th | 6th | 5 | 7th | ||||||
16 | Armenia | 15th | 79 | 38 | - | 10 | - | 4th | 6th | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 4th | - | - | 2 | ||
41 | - | - | - | 12 | 6th | 6th | - | 4th | 8th | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
17th | Switzerland | 13. | 86 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8th | - | 5 | - | - | 6th | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8th | 6th | - | 5 | 4th | |||
27 | 1 | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4th | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | |||||||
18th | Ireland | 6th | 179 | 71 | - | - | 5 | - | 2 | 5 | - | 7th | - | 8th | 6th | 1 | 4th | - | 8th | - | 12 | 2 | 10 | 1 | |||
108 | - | - | 12 | 6th | 1 | 12 | - | 8th | 2 | 4th | 5 | - | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 8th | 12 | 6th | 10 | ||||||
19th | Cyprus | 2. | 262 | 89 | 12 | 10 | - | 8th | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 8th | 3 | 7th | 7th | - | 12 | - | - | - | 10 | 4th | - | ||
173 | 12 | 12 | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 12 | 12 | 7th | 4th | 7th | 5 | 12 | 5 | 7th | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7th | 8th |
Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (first semi-final)
Countries in bold have reached the final.
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Second semi-final
The second semi-final took place on May 10, 2018 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). The top ten countries qualified for the final. They are highlighted in light green here.
In the second semi-final, Germany , France and Italy were entitled to vote alongside the participating countries.
space | Start number | country | Interpreter | Song Music (M) and Text (T) |
language | Translation (unofficial) |
Points | ||
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jury | spectator | total | |||||||
1. | 1 | Norway | Alexander Rybak |
That's How You Write a Song M / T: Alexander Rybak |
English | This is how you write a song | 133 | 133 | 266 |
2. | 15th | Sweden | Benjamin Ingrosso |
Dance You Off M / T: Benjamin Ingrosso , MAG, Louis Schoorl, K Nita |
English | Dance yourself out | 171 | 83 | 254 |
3. | 7th | Moldova | DoReDoS |
My Lucky Day M: Filipp Kirkorow ; T: John Ballard |
English | My lucky day | 82 | 153 | 235 |
4th | 9 | Australia | Jessica Mauboy |
We Got Love M: DNA (David Musumeci, Anthony Egizii); T: DNA (David Musumeci, Anthony Egizii), Jessica Mauboy |
English | We have love | 130 | 82 | 212 |
5. | 5 | Denmark | Rasmussen |
Higher Ground M / T: Niclas Arn, Karl Eurén |
English 1 | Higher level | 40 | 164 | 204 |
6th | 18th | Ukraine | Mélovin |
Under the Ladder M: Mélovin ; T: Mike Ryals |
English | Under the ladder | 65 | 114 | 179 |
7th | 8th | Netherlands | Waylon |
Outlaw in 'Em M / T: Jim Beavers, Willem Bijkerk , Ilya Toshinskiy |
English | Lawlessness in itself | 127 | 47 | 174 |
8th. | 17th | Slovenia | Lea Sirk |
Hvala, Ne! M: Lea Sirk , Tomy DeClerque; T: Lea Sirk |
Slovenian , Portuguese | No thanks! | 67 | 65 | 132 |
9. | 3 | Serbia |
Sanja Ilić & Balkanika Сања Илић & Балканика |
Nova deca (Нова деца) M: Aleksandar Sanja Ilić , Tatjana Karajanov Ilić; T: Danica Krstajić |
Serbian , Torlak | New children | 45 | 72 | 117 |
10. | 13 | Hungary | AWS |
Viszlát Nyár M: Dániel Kökényes , Bence Brucker , Áron Veress , Soma Schiszler ; T: Örs Siklósi |
Hungarian | Goodbye summer | 23 | 88 | 111 |
11. | 2 | Romania | The Humans |
Goodbye M: Alexandru Matei , Alin Neagoe ; T: Cristina Caramarcu |
English | Goodbye | 67 | 40 | 107 |
12. | 14th | Latvia | Laura Rizzotto |
Funny Girl M / T: Laura Rizzotto |
English | Funny girl | 92 | 14th | 106 |
13. | 12 | Malta | Christabelle |
Taboo M: Johnny Sanchez, Thomas G: son ; T: Christabelle Borg , Muxu |
English | taboo | 93 | 8th | 101 |
14th | 11 | Poland | Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer |
Light Me Up M / T: Andrzej Gromala , Lukas Meijer , Mahan Moin, Christian Rabb |
English | Light me up | 21st | 60 | 81 |
15th | 6th | Russia |
Julija Samoilowa Ю́лия Само́йлова |
I Won't Break M / T: Leonid Gutkin, Netta Nemrodi, Arie Burshtein |
English | I won't break | 14th | 51 | 65 |
16. | 16 | Montenegro |
Vanja Radovanović Вања Радовановић |
Inje (Иње) M / T: Vanja Radovanović |
Montenegrin | Hoar frost | 23 | 17th | 40 |
17th | 4th | San Marino | Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening |
Who We Are M / T: Mathias Strasser, Zoë Straub , Christof Straub , Jenifer Brening , Stefan Moessle |
English | who we are | 14th | 14th | 28 |
18th | 10 | Georgia |
Iriao ირიაო |
For You M: Davit Malazonia , Mikheil Mdinaradze; T: Irina Sanikidze |
Georgian with English title |
To you | 11 | 13 | 24 |
Second semi-final scoreboard
The following table shows the jury and televoting points. The countries highlighted in green indicate that the country has qualified for the final. The orange highlighted line represents the televoting points, while the white or green highlighted line represents the jury points.
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space | Points |
AU |
DK |
DE |
FR |
GE |
IT |
LT |
MT |
MD |
ME |
NL |
NO |
PL |
RO |
RU |
SM |
SE |
SR |
SL |
HU |
UR |
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1 | Norway | 1. | 266 | 133 | 8th | 6th | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 4th | 6th | 10 | 4th | 2 | 10 | 7th | 12 | 8th | 7th | 7th | 1 | ||
133 | 6th | 12 | 4th | 4th | 5 | 1 | 4th | 6th | 6th | 5 | 10 | 7th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 10 | 6th | 10 | 8th | 8th | ||||||
2 | Romania | 11. | 107 | 67 | - | - | - | 1 | 6th | - | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8th | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4th | - | 3 | 1 | 6th | 12 | 2 | ||
40 | - | - | - | 8th | 8th | 12 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
3 | Serbia | 9. | 117 | 45 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 12 | - | - | - | 6th | 7th | 6th | - | 4th | 6th | - | ||
72 | - | - | 6th | 10 | - | 4th | - | - | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | - | 4th | 6th | - | 4th | 12 | 2 | - | ||||||
4th | San Marino | 17th | 28 | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
14th | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
5 | Denmark | 5. | 204 | 40 | 6th | - | - | - | 10 | - | 8th | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | 4th | |||
164 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7th | 7th | 8th | 4th | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8th | 8th | 7th | 12 | 12 | 4th | 8th | 12 | 10 | ||||||
6th | Russia | 15th | 65 | 14th | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
51 | - | - | - | - | 6th | 2 | 12 | 3 | 8th | 8th | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 7th | - | - | 3 | ||||||
7th | Moldova | 3. | 235 | 82 | 10 | 2 | 4th | - | 3 | 4th | 6th | 4th | 5 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | - | 5 | - | - | ||
153 | 10 | 6th | 5 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8th | 4th | 4th | 7th | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6th | 5 | 5 | 6th | 10 | 12 | ||||||
8th | Netherlands | 7th | 174 | 127 | 1 | 5 | 7th | 8th | 10 | 3 | 8th | - | 5 | 4th | 8th | 10 | 8th | - | 4th | 6th | 10 | 10 | 8th | 12 | ||
47 | 1 | 7th | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7th | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 6th | - | 1 | 4th | - | ||||||
9 | Australia | 4th | 212 | 130 | 12 | 8th | 12 | - | 7th | 12 | 7th | 10 | 3 | 4th | 10 | 8th | - | 3 | - | 10 | 6th | 2 | 10 | 6th | ||
82 | 8th | 7th | 6th | - | - | 2 | 10 | 5 | - | 4th | 8th | 3 | 7th | 1 | 4th | 7th | 3 | 4th | 3 | - | ||||||
10 | Georgia | 18th | 24 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8th | ||
13 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | ||||||
11 | Poland | 14th | 81 | 21st | - | - | 2 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4th | - | ||
60 | - | 4th | 12 | 7th | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 6th | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | 7th | 7th | ||||||
12 | Malta | 13. | 101 | 93 | 3 | 8th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 8th | 7th | 2 | 7th | 1 | 6th | 1 | 10 | - | 8th | 4th | 4th | 8th | - | - | ||
8th | 7th | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
13 | Hungary | 10. | 111 | 23 | 4th | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | - | ||
88 | 3 | - | 8th | - | 4th | 6th | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 8th | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4th | 8th | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
14th | Latvia | 12. | 106 | 92 | 5 | 7th | 10 | 10 | 8th | - | - | 3 | - | 7th | 7th | 7th | 1 | - | 5 | 7th | 3 | - | 2 | 10 | ||
14th | - | 2 | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||||
15th | Sweden | 2. | 254 | 171 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 7th | 12 | 6th | 10 | 10 | - | 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | - | 8th | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 7th | ||
83 | 8th | 10 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 6th | 7th | 2 | 6th | 6th | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th | ||||||
16 | Montenegro | 16. | 40 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | 7th | 1 | - | 3 | ||
17th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 7th | - | - | ||||||
17th | Slovenia | 8th. | 132 | 67 | 2 | 4th | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4th | - | 6th | - | 8th | 5 | 5 | 4th | - | 3 | 8th | 2 | - | 5 | ||
65 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6th | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8th | 5 | 6th | ||||||
18th | Ukraine | 6th | 179 | 65 | 7th | 3 | - | - | 7th | - | 1 | 6th | 8th | 10 | 6th | 3 | 2 | - | 6th | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | ||
114 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8th | 10 | 2 | 7th | 7th | 2 | 4th | 12 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6th |
Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (second semi-final)
Countries in bold have reached the final.
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final
The final took place on May 12, 2018 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). The countries of the Big Five (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom) and the host country Portugal qualified directly for the final. There were also ten countries each from the two semi-finals, so that 26 countries competed in the final. All participating countries were entitled to vote.
The Czech Republic , Lithuania and Serbia took part in the finals for the first time in two years, Estonia , Slovenia and Albania for the first time in three years, Finland for the first time in four years and Ireland for the first time in five years. Azerbaijan , Romania and Russia failed for the first time in the semi-finals. For the first time since 2005, no country from the Caucasus region took part in the final. Australia and Ukraine are the only countries that have qualified for the finals every time they participate.
The starting order of the finals was determined by the producers and published on Friday, May 11th, 2018. The 20 finalists from the respective semi-finals drew their half, in which they will compete in the final, at the press conference after their respective semi-finals. The Big Five drew their half on May 6, 2018 after the second test run at the respective press conference. Portugal pulled its starting number in advance.
During the announcement of the points of the jury votes, a group of five countries - Sweden , Austria , Germany , Israel and Cyprus - established themselves at the top of the table of points, from which Sweden dropped out again with the fourth lowest audience points. The winner Israel received the third most jury and most spectator points
It is also noteworthy that, for the first time since 1997, neither a country from the former Yugoslavia , a country from the former Eastern Bloc nor a Scandinavian country is represented in the top five.
Results list
space | Start number | country | Interpreter | Song Music (M) and Text (T) |
language | Translation (unofficial) |
Points | image | ||
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jury | spectator | total | ||||||||
1. | 22nd | Israel |
Netta נטע ברזילי |
Toy M / T: Doron Medalie , Stav Beger |
English , Hebrew | toy | 212 | 317 | 529 | |
2. | 25th | Cyprus |
Eleni Foureira Ελένη Φουρέιρα |
Fuego M / T: Alex Papaconstantinou, Geraldo Sandell, Anderz Wrethov, Viktor Svensson, Didrick |
English, Spanish | Fire | 183 | 253 | 436 | |
3. | 5 | Austria | Cesár Sampson |
Nobody but You M / T: Cesár Sampson , Sebastian Arman, Joacim Persson, Johan Alkenäs, Borislaw Milanow |
English | No one but you | 271 | 71 | 342 | |
4th | 11 | Germany | Michael Schulte |
You Let Me Walk Alone M / T: Michael Schulte , Thomas Stengaard, Nisse Ingwersen , Katharina Müller |
English | You let me go alone | 204 | 136 | 340 | |
5. | 26th | Italy | Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro |
Non mi avete fatto niente M / T: Ermal Meta , Fabrizio Moro , Andrea Febo |
Italian | You couldn't harm me | 59 | 249 | 308 | |
6th | 14th | Czech Republic | Mikolas Josef |
Lie to Me M / T: Mikolas Josef |
English | lie to me | 66 | 215 | 281 | |
7th | 20th | Sweden | Benjamin Ingrosso |
Dance You Off M / T: Benjamin Ingrosso , MAG, Louis Schoorl, K Nita |
English | Dance yourself out | 253 | 21st | 274 | |
8th. | 6th | Estonia | Elina Netšajeva |
La forza M: Mihkel Mattisen, Timo Vendt; T: Ksenia Kuchukova, Elina Netšajeva |
Italian | The power | 143 | 102 | 245 | |
9. | 15th | Denmark | Rasmussen |
Higher Ground M / T: Niclas Arn, Karl Eurén |
English 1 | Higher level | 38 | 188 | 226 | |
10. | 19th | Moldova | DoReDoS |
My Lucky Day M: Filipp Kirkorow ; T: John Ballard |
English | My lucky day | 94 | 115 | 209 | |
11. | 12 | Albania | Eugent Bushpepa |
Mall M / T: Eugent Bushpepa |
Albanian | nostalgia | 126 | 58 | 184 | |
12. | 4th | Lithuania | Ieva Zasimauskaitė |
When We're Old M / T: Vytautas Bikus |
English, Lithuanian | When we're old | 90 | 91 | 181 | |
13. | 13 | France | Madame Monsieur |
Mercy M / T: Émilie Satt , Jean-Karl Lucas |
French | Name of the refugee child discussed in the song | 114 | 59 | 173 | |
14th | 18th | Bulgaria | Equinox |
Bones M / T: Borislaw Milanow , Treyshun Campbell, Joacim Persson, Dag Lundberg |
English | bone | 100 | 66 | 166 | |
15th | 7th | Norway | Alexander Rybak |
That's How You Write a Song M / T: Alexander Rybak |
English | This is how you write a song | 60 | 84 | 144 | |
16. | 24 | Ireland | Ryan O'Shaughnessy |
Together M / T: Ryan O'Shaughnessy , Mark Caplice, Laura Elizabeth Hughes |
English | Together | 74 | 62 | 136 | |
17th | 1 | Ukraine | Mélovin |
Under the Ladder M: Mélovin ; T: Mike Ryals |
English | Under the ladder | 11 | 119 | 130 | |
18th | 23 | Netherlands | Waylon |
Outlaw in 'Em M / T: Jim Beaver , Willem Bijkerk , Ilya Toshinskiy |
English | Lawlessness in itself | 89 | 32 | 121 | |
19th | 10 | Serbia |
Sanja Ilić & Balkanika Сања Илић & Балканика |
Nova deca (Нова деца) M: Aleksandar Sanja Ilić , Tatjana Karajanov Ilić; T: Danica Krstajić |
Serbian , Torlak | New children | 38 | 75 | 113 | |
20th | 16 | Australia | Jessica Mauboy |
We Got Love M: DNA (David Musumeci, Anthony Egizii); T: DNA (David Musumeci, Anthony Egizii), Jessica Mauboy |
English | We have love | 90 | 9 | 99 | |
21st | 21st | Hungary | AWS |
Viszlát Nyár M: Dániel Kökényes , Bence Brucker , Áron Veress , Soma Schiszler ; T: Örs Siklósi |
Hungarian | Goodbye summer | 28 | 65 | 93 | |
22nd | 3 | Slovenia | Lea Sirk |
Hvala, Ne! M: Lea Sirk , Tomy DeClerque; T: Lea Sirk |
Slovenian , Portuguese | No thanks! | 41 | 23 | 64 | |
23. | 2 | Spain | Alfred y Amaia |
Tu canción M / T: Raul Gomez Garcia, Sylvia Ruth Santoro Lopez |
Spanish | Your song | 43 | 18th | 61 | |
24. | 9 | United Kingdom | SuRie |
Storm M / T: Nicole Blair, Gil Lewis, Sean Hargreaves |
English | Storm | 23 | 25th | 48 | |
25th | 17th | Finland | Saara Aalto |
Monsters M / T: Saara Aalto , Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Ki Fitzgerald |
English | monster | 23 | 23 | 46 | |
26th | 8th | Portugal (hosts) | Cláudia Pascoal |
O Jardim M / T: Isaura |
Portuguese | The garden | 21st | 18th | 39 |
Scoreboard final
In the following table all 26 participants of the final are listed in the starting order line by line from top to bottom. The 43 voting countries are listed in columns from left to right. The points received for each participant are shown in two lines.
The jury points are shown in the first line (white background). The second line (apricot background) shows the televoting points.
Each line with the individual points starts with the total number of jury or televoting points received; to the left of this is the total number of points received over both lines, as well as the placement achieved. At the end of each line is the total number of jury or televoting votes received; to the right of this is the total number of votes received across both lines.
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space | Points |
AL |
AT THE |
AU |
AT |
AZ |
BY |
BE |
BG |
MR |
CY |
CZ |
DK |
EE |
MK |
FI |
FR |
GE |
DE |
GR |
HU |
IS |
IE |
IL |
IT |
LV |
LT |
MT |
MD |
ME |
NO |
PL |
PT |
RO |
RU |
SM |
RS |
SI |
IT |
SE |
CH |
NL |
UA |
UK |
Voting | |||
Ukraine | 17th | 130 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 20th | |
119 | - | 4th | - | - | 8th | 12 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 12 | - | - | 4th | - | 4th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | 8th | 3 | - | - | 10 | 7th | - | 12 | 4th | - | 8th | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18th | |||||
Spain | 23. | 61 | 43 | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 7th | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 13 | |
18th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | |||||
Slovenia | 22nd | 64 | 41 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 4th | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | 12 | 16 | |
23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | |||||
Lithuania | 12. | 181 | 90 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 5 | - | 10 | 12 | - | 1 | - | 10 | - | - | - | 2 | 4th | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4th | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 6th | 6th | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 7th | - | - | 17th | 28 | |
91 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 7th | 4th | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 12 | 5 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||||
Austria | 3. | 342 | 271 | - | 1 | 5 | - | 10 | 12 | 12 | - | 2 | 5 | 8th | 12 | - | 7th | 7th | 8th | 10 | - | 8th | 12 | 5 | 12 | 7th | 7th | 12 | 1 | 3 | - | 8th | 12 | 8th | 12 | - | - | 4th | 10 | 8th | 10 | 4th | 10 | 7th | 12 | 34 | 52 | |
71 | 2 | 6th | - | - | - | 3 | 4th | - | - | - | 10 | 6th | - | 3 | - | 1 | 5 | - | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4th | 3 | - | - | 18th | |||||
Estonia | 8th. | 245 | 143 | - | - | 8th | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 7th | 12 | - | - | 10 | 2 | 3 | - | 7th | 3 | - | 4th | 8th | - | - | 12 | 5 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 6th | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 10 | 4th | 1 | 6th | 26th | 46 | |
102 | 4th | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4th | 5 | - | - | 12 | 7th | 6th | - | 4th | - | - | 4th | 8th | 6th | 10 | 12 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 7th | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 20th | |||||
Norway | 15th | 144 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 4th | 2 | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 5 | 12 | 30th | |
84 | - | 7th | 1 | - | 7th | 10 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 8th | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 4th | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8th | - | 1 | - | - | 18th | |||||
Portugal | 26th | 39 | 21st | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 5 | 7th | |
18th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 2 | |||||
United Kingdom | 24. | 48 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 6th | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 13 | |
25th | 3 | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | |||||
Serbia | 19th | 113 | 38 | 3 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 15th | |
75 | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | 7th | 12 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 9 | |||||
Germany | 4th | 340 | 204 | 6th | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | - | 5 | 6th | - | - | - | 12 | 6th | 3 | 1 | 8th | 7th | - | - | 6th | 8th | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | - | 4th | - | 12 | 10 | - | 4th | 4th | 10 | 10 | - | 7th | 1 | 12 | 12 | - | - | 30th | 59 | |
136 | 8th | - | 2 | 6th | 3 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 8th | 8th | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 4th | 4th | - | 6th | 1 | 8th | 4th | - | 4th | - | 4th | 6th | 5 | 6th | 12 | - | 3 | 29 | |||||
Albania | 11. | 184 | 126 | - | - | 7th | 12 | 7th | 2 | 7th | 1 | 6th | 6th | - | - | 6th | - | - | 4th | - | 7th | 10 | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 7th | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | 20th | 28 | |
58 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4th | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | 8th | |||||
France | 13. | 173 | 114 | 7th | 4th | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 6th | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | 3 | 4th | - | - | 10 | 10 | 8th | - | - | 7th | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 6th | 5 | - | - | 12 | - | 21st | 33 | |
59 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4th | 4th | - | - | - | 6th | - | 6th | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | - | - | - | 7th | - | 12 | |||||
Czech Republic | 6th | 281 | 66 | 1 | 6th | 1 | 3 | - | 6th | 7th | 8th | 4th | 5 | - | - | 4th | - | 4th | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4th | - | - | - | 4th | - | 16 | 51 | |
215 | - | 8th | 3 | 12 | 6th | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8th | 6th | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 8th | 7th | 8th | 10 | 7th | 12 | - | 4th | 8th | 3 | 6th | - | 4th | 4th | - | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8th | 10 | 3 | - | 6th | 10 | 5 | 35 | |||||
Denmark | 9. | 226 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 12 | - | - | 2 | 8th | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 8th | 40 | |
188 | - | - | 10 | 5 | - | 7th | 5 | - | 2 | - | 7th | 8th | - | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4th | 4th | 5 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 10 | 6th | 2 | 2 | 7th | 6th | 4th | 7th | - | 12 | 2 | 8th | 8th | 2 | 32 | |||||
Australia | 20th | 99 | 90 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - | 7th | - | 7th | - | - | 7th | - | 6th | - | 3 | 7th | - | 6th | 4th | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | 2 | - | 17th | 20th | |
9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | |||||
Finland | 25th | 46 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 4th | 6th | 10 | |
23 | - | - | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | 4th | |||||
Bulgaria | 14th | 166 | 100 | 8th | - | - | 6th | 5 | - | - | 7th | - | 4th | 1 | 7th | - | 10 | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 8th | - | - | 2 | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 2 | - | - | 8th | 18th | 33 | |
66 | 6th | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | 3 | 4th | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 6th | 15th | |||||
Moldova | 10. | 209 | 94 | 2 | 10 | 2 | - | 7th | - | - | - | 8th | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | 7th | 12 | 7th | 5 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 46 | |
115 | - | 1 | 5 | - | 4th | 6th | - | 8th | - | - | 6th | - | 1 | 1 | - | 6th | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 10 | 10 | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 4th | 23 | |||||
Sweden | 7th | 274 | 253 | 4th | 12 | 12 | 8th | - | 1 | 8th | 2 | - | 12 | 8th | 4th | 5 | 7th | 8th | 5 | 12 | 12 | 8th | 1 | 5 | - | 10 | 1 | 12 | 8th | 7th | - | - | 10 | 6th | - | - | 10 | 8th | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 8th | 6th | 2 | 35 | 42 | |
21st | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4th | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | |||||
Hungary | 21st | 93 | 28 | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | 4th | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | 22nd | |
65 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 8th | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 7th | - | 10 | - | - | 12 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 15th | |||||
Israel | 1. | 529 | 212 | 5 | 8th | 6th | 12 | 1 | - | 6th | 4th | 10 | - | 12 | 3 | - | 1 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 2 | - | 6th | 6th | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 8th | 12 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7th | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 73 | |
317 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 7th | 12 | 8th | 10 | 10 | 6th | 10 | 10 | - | - | 3 | 7th | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6th | 10 | 7th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 1 | 8th | 12 | 1 | 7th | 10 | 1 | 8th | 10 | 12 | 7th | - | 12 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 7th | 39 | |||||
Netherlands | 18th | 121 | 89 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6th | 5 | 5 | - | 4th | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | 4th | 8th | - | 8th | - | - | 7th | 7th | - | - | - | 8th | - | 18th | 25th | |
32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4th | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 7th | |||||
Ireland | 16. | 136 | 74 | - | - | 4th | 4th | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 10 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 8th | - | 3 | 4th | - | 5 | - | 4th | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | 6th | - | - | 3 | 19th | 33 | |
62 | 7th | - | 8th | 4th | - | - | 4th | - | - | - | 4th | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 4th | - | 4th | - | 10 | 14th | |||||
Cyprus | 2. | 436 | 183 | 10 | 7th | - | - | 4th | 12 | 4th | 3 | - | - | 5 | 8th | 10 | 6th | - | - | 3 | 12 | - | 2 | 12 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 12 | 6th | 1 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 7th | - | - | 8th | 12 | 12 | 7th | 6th | - | - | 27 | 69 | |
253 | 10 | 12 | 7th | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7th | 12 | 8th | 8th | 1 | 4th | 8th | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6th | 12 | 7th | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6th | 10 | 7th | 5 | 2 | 8th | 5 | 7th | 4th | 7th | 10 | 6th | 8th | 4th | 3 | 5 | 4th | 8th | 42 | |||||
Italy | 5. | 308 | 59 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | 4th | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 4th | - | - | 4th | - | 1 | 4th | 8th | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 46 | |
249 | 12 | 3 | - | 10 | 5 | 4th | 6th | 6th | 10 | 7th | 2 | - | 7th | 6th | 6th | 10 | 5 | 12 | 8th | 6th | - | - | 5 | 6th | 7th | 12 | 8th | 8th | - | 5 | 10 | 6th | 6th | 8th | 6th | 10 | 7th | - | 8th | 7th | 5 | - | 35 |
The lowest (red background) and highest (green background) total values are marked in the table.
- Fewest jury votes: Ukraine - 2nd
- Fewest televoting votes: Portugal - 2nd
- The fewest overall votes: Portugal - 7
- Fewest jury points: Ukraine - 11
- The fewest televoting points: Australia - 9
- Fewest overall points: Portugal - 39
- Most jury votes: Sweden - 35
- Most televoting votes: Cyprus - 42
- Most total votes: Israel - 73
- Most jury points: Austria - 271
- Most televoting points: Israel - 317
- Most total points: Israel - 529
Statistics of the twelve-point award (final)
jury
number | country | received from |
---|---|---|
9 | Austria | Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Iceland, Israel, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, United Kingdom |
8th | Sweden | Armenia, Australia, Germany, Georgia, Latvia, Serbia, Slovenia, Cyprus |
6th | Cyprus | Greece, Ireland, Malta, Sweden, Spain, Belarus |
5 | Israel | France, Finland, Austria, San Marino, Czech Republic |
4th | 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 |
spectator
number | country | received from |
---|---|---|
8th | Israel | Azerbaijan, Australia, France, Georgia, Moldova, San Marino, Spain, Ukraine |
5 | Lithuania | Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Norway, United Kingdom |
4th | Serbia | Croatia, Montenegro, Switzerland, Slovenia |
3 | Denmark | Iceland, Sweden, Hungary |
Italy | Albania, Germany, Malta | |
Ukraine | Poland, Czech Republic, Belarus | |
Cyprus | Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece | |
2 | Albania | Macedonia, Italy |
Germany | Denmark, Netherlands | |
Estonia | Finland, Lithuania | |
Moldova | Romania, Russia | |
Czech Republic | Israel, Austria | |
1 | Bulgaria | Cyprus |
Netherlands | Belgium | |
Spain | Portugal | |
Hungary | Serbia |
Points speaker
The points speakers announce the results of the jury vote in their countries. The following order was determined by the EBU.
No. | country | Points speaker | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ukraine | Natalija Shyshchenko | Break filler in the 2017 final |
2 | Azerbaijan | Tural Asadov | Points speaker 2015 - 2017 |
3 | Belarus | NAVI | Participant for Belarus 2017 |
4th | San Marino | John Kennedy O'Connor | Points speaker 2013 |
5 | Netherlands | O'G3NE | Participants for the Netherlands 2017 |
6th | Macedonia | Jana Burčeska | Participant for Macedonia 2017 |
7th | Malta | Lara Azzopardi | Maltese presenter |
8th | Georgia | Tamara Gatchechiladze | Participant for Georgia 2017 |
9 | Spain | Nieves Álvarez | Points spokeswoman 2017 |
10 | Austria | Kati Bellowitsch | Points spokesperson 2011 - 2016 |
11 | Denmark | Ulla Essendrop | Points spokesperson 2016 and 2017 |
12 | United Kingdom | Mel Giedroyc | Moderator of the British preliminary round 2016– 2018 |
13 | Sweden | Felix Sandman | Runner-up at Melodifestivalen 2018 |
14th | Latvia | Dagmāra Legante | Moderator of the Latvian preliminary decision 2018 |
15th | Albania | Andri Xhahu | Points speaker 2012 - 2017 |
16 | Croatia | Uršula Tolj | Points spokeswoman 2013 and 2017 |
17th | Ireland | Nicky Byrne | Participant for Ireland 2016 , points speaker 2013 - 2015 , 2017 |
18th | Romania | Sonia Argint-Ionescu | Points spokeswoman 2013 - 2015 , 2017 |
19th | Czech Republic | Radka Rosická | Points spokeswoman 2017 |
20th | Iceland | Edda Sif Pálsdóttir | Icelandic model |
21st | Moldova | Djulieta Ardovan | Moldovan presenter and actress |
22nd | Belgium | Danira Boukhriss Terkessidis | Belgian singer |
23 | Norway | JOWST & Aleksander Walmann | Participant for Norway 2017 |
24 | France | Élodie Gossuin | Points spokesperson 2016 and 2017 |
25th | Italy | Giulia Valentina | Points spokeswoman 2017 |
26th | Australia | Ricardo Goncalves | Australian-Portuguese presenter and actor |
27 | Estonia | Ott Evestus | Participant in the Estonian preliminary round Eesti Laul 2018 |
28 | Serbia | Dragana Kosjerina | Moderator of the Serbian preliminary decision Beovizija 2018 |
29 | Cyprus | Hovig | Participants for Cyprus 2017 |
30th | Armenia | Arsen Grigoryan | Participant in the Armenian preliminary round Depi Evratesil 2018 |
31 | Bulgaria | Joanna Dragneva | Participant for Bulgaria 2008 , points spokesperson 2009 and 2013 |
32 | Greece | Olina Xenopoulou | Greek actress |
33 | Hungary | Bence Forró | Co-moderator of the Hungarian preliminary decision 2018 |
34 | Montenegro | Nataša Šotra | Montenegrin presenter |
35 | Germany | Barbara Schöneberger | Points speaker 2015 - 2017 , moderator of the German preliminary decision 2014–2017 |
36 | Finland | REFLECTION | Finnish singer |
37 | Russia | Alsou | Participant for Russia 2000 , points spokesperson 2013 and 2014 |
38 | Switzerland | Leticia Carvalho | Portuguese-Swiss singer |
39 | Israel | Lucy Ayoub | Israeli actress |
40 | Poland | Mateusz Szymkowiak | Polish singer and music producer |
41 | Lithuania | Eglė Daugėlaitė | Points spokeswoman 2017 |
42 | Slovenia | Amaya | Participant for Slovenia 2011 |
43 | Portugal | Pedro Fernandes | Portuguese actor and presenter |
Marcel Bezençon Prize
This year's winners of the Marcel Bezençon Prize , which has been awarded since 2002, are:
- Press award for the best song: France - Mercy - Madame Monsieur
- Artist award for the best artist: Cyprus - Eleni Foureira - Fuego
- Composer Prize for the best composition / text: Bulgaria - Borislaw Milanow , Treyshun Campbell, Joacim Persson, Dag Lundberg - Equinox - Bones
Cancel
Cancellation and thus no return to the ESC
country | Reason and remark | last participation |
---|---|---|
Andorra | On May 14, 2017, RTVA confirmed that Andorra will not return to the ESC in 2018 due to the lack of personnel and financial resources. | 2009 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | The Bosnian broadcaster BHRT announced on August 14, 2017 that it was unlikely to participate in 2018. Even if there is a regulated source of income at the broadcaster, there are still high debts that have to be eliminated first. On September 18, 2017, BHRT finally announced that Bosnia and Herzegovina would not participate in Lisbon in 2018. | 2016 |
Luxembourg | On May 22, 2017, RTL canceled due to the low chance of winning and possibly high hosting costs for 2018. | 1993 |
Morocco | Since Morocco is not on the official list of participants, the North African country will not return in 2018 either. | 1980 |
Monaco | TMC announced on May 28, 2017 that it would not return in 2018 either. | 2006 |
Slovakia | On September 11, 2017, RTVS announced that they would not return in 2018 either. As in previous years, no specific reason was given. | 2012 |
Turkey | On August 7, 2017, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Government Spokesman Bekir Bozdağ confirmed that Turkey will not return to the ESC in 2018. Rumors of a possible return emerged after the Turkish singer Sertab Erener , winner of the ESC 2003 , announced in an Instagram livestream on July 13, 2017 that Turkey would return to the ESC in 2018. In addition, the Turkish singer Sinan Akçıl announced that he would like to represent Turkey at the ESC in 2018 together with the Romanian singer Otilla. | 2012 |
Cancellation and thus no debut at the ESC
country | Reason and remark |
---|---|
Kazakhstan | The broadcaster Khabar gained associate membership of the EBU in 2016. After a rule change, associated members can now also take part in the ESC if they are invited by the EBU. However, Kazakhstan is not on the official participant list. |
Kosovo | The Kosovar state broadcaster RTK announced that the country will take part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time if a country that has recognized the Republic of Kosovo as an independent state wins. As Portugal recognized Kosovo, there was a possibility, according to EBU guidelines, that Kosovo will take part in the ESC for the first time in 2018. However, on September 27, 2017, the station announced that Kosovo would not debut in 2018 either. As the EBU informed the broadcaster, Kosovo must be a member of the United Nations (UN) in order to participate. RTK then expressed a lack of understanding, as UN membership has so far only been a condition for EBU membership, but not for ESC participation. Despite this cancellation, the broadcaster will continue to try to participate in the ESC in the future. |
Lebanon | Since the failed attempt to participate in 2005 and the three-year ESC ban that was subsequently imposed, the Lebanese state broadcaster Télé Liban has not made any further attempts to participate , so that it is not on the official list of participants in 2018. |
Liechtenstein | 1 FL TV announced on September 1, 2017 that it would not debut in 2018 either. The broadcaster is currently neither an active member of the EBU, nor are the financial resources available to enable participation. As announced on November 4, 2017, Liechtenstein is planning its debut at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest . For this purpose, preparations for EBU membership are already underway and the necessary funding is guaranteed until 2019. |
transmission
Audience
The 2018 competition was followed by a total of 186 million viewers, 6 million more than in 2017 . At 35.8%, the market share was as high as in previous years.
German-speaking countries
Germany
This year, the two semi-finals were only broadcast on One with commentary from Peter Urban . The preliminary and follow-up reports for the final were broadcast by Das Erste and One. These reports were moderated by Barbara Schöneberger from the public viewing at Spielbudenplatz in Hamburg . The final broadcast was then broadcast with commentary by Peter Urban on Das Erste, One and Deutsche Welle . It is the second year in a row that Deutsche Welle is broadcasting the final worldwide for German-speaking viewers abroad. Unlike 2017, however, the semi-finals were not broadcast. All three live shows were also broadcast live on the internet at eurovision.de .
At its peak, 8.89 million viewers followed Michael Schulte's appearance in the first.
date | broadcast | Time | TV channel | Moderation / comment | spectator | Market share | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
total | 14 to 49 years | total | 14 to 49 years | |||||
May 8, 2018 | First semi-final | 9:00 p.m. | Commentator: Peter Urban | 0.39 million | 0.18 million | 1.6% | 2.3% | |
May 10, 2018 | Second semi-final | 0.47 million | 1.8% | 2.6% | ||||
May 12, 2018 | Countdown to Lisbon | 8:15 pm |
|
Moderation: Barbara Schöneberger | 4.05 million | 16.6% | 23.7% | |
Final from Lisbon | 9:00 p.m. |
|
Commentator: Peter Urban
Points spokesperson: Barbara Schöneberger |
7.71 million (the first) 0.50 million (one) |
3.40 million (the first) |
33.3% | 42% (The First) 2.2% (One) |
|
Grand Prix Party | 00:30 am | Moderation: Barbara Schöneberger | 2.47 million | 27.2% | 28.1% |
Austria
date | broadcast | Time | TV channel | Moderation / comment | spectator | Market share | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
total | 12 to 49 years | total | 12 to 49 years | |||||
May 8, 2018 | Mr. Song Contest proudly presents | 8:15 pm | Moderator: Andi Knoll | 0.338 million | 13% | |||
First semi-final | 9:00 p.m. | Commentator: Andi Knoll | 0.551 million | 32% | ||||
May 10, 2018 | Mr. Song Contest proudly presents | 8:15 pm | Moderator: Andi Knoll | 0.276 million | 10% | |||
Second semi-final | 9:00 p.m. | Commentator: Andi Knoll | 0.422 million | 20% | ||||
May 12, 2018 | Third and final episode - Mr. Song Contest proudly presents |
8:15 pm | Moderator: Andi Knoll | 0.458 million | 19% | |||
final | 9:00 p.m. | Commentator: Andi Knoll Points spokesperson: Kati Bellowitsch |
1.015 million | 42% |
Switzerland
date | broadcast | Time | TV channel | Moderation / comment | language | spectator | Market share | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
total | 15 to 59 years | total | 15 to 59 years | ||||||
May 8, 2018 | First semi-final | 9:00 p.m. | Commentator: Sven Epiney | German | 0.122 million | 0.071 million | 10.1% | 10.3% | |
Commentator: Clarissa Tami | Italian | ||||||||
May 10, 2018 | Destino Lisboa | 8:10 pm | German | 0.059 million | 0.045 million | 3.6% | 5.2% | ||
Second semi-final | 9:00 p.m. | Commentator: Sven Epiney | 0.089 million | 0.056 million | 6.8% | 7.3% | |||
May 12, 2018 | Aeschbacher special - from Lisbon | 8:10 pm | Moderator: Kurt Aeschbacher | German | 0.200 million | 0.056 million | 16.7% | 9.2% | |
final | 9:00 p.m. | Commentator: Sven Epiney Two- channel sound: Stefan Büsser , Jonny Fischer |
0.234 million | 0.149 million | 23.1% | 23.9% | |||
Commentator: Jean-Marc Richard & Nicolas Tanner | French | ||||||||
Commentator: Clarissa Tami | Italian |
Other countries
Television broadcast
country | First semi-final | Second semi-final | final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Channel | Moderation / comment | Channel | Moderation / comment | Channel | Moderation / comment | |
participating countries | ||||||
Albania | RTSH 1 , RTSH Muzikë | Andri Xhahu | RTSH 1 , RTSH Muzikë | Andri Xhahu | RTSH 1 , RTSH Muzikë | Andri Xhahu |
Armenia | ARMTV | Avet Barseghyan & Felix Khachatryan | ARMTV | Avet Barseghyan & Felix Khachatryan | ARMTV | Avet Barseghyan & Felix Khachatryan |
Azerbaijan | İTV | Azer Suleymanli | İTV | Azer Suleymanli | İTV | Azer Suleymanli |
Australia | SBS One | Myf Warhurst & Joel Creasey | SBS One | Myf Warhurst & Joel Creasey | SBS One | Myf Warhurst & Joel Creasey |
Belgium | Eén | Peter Van de Veire ( Dutch ) | Eén | Peter Van de Veire ( Dutch ) | Eén | Peter Van de Veire ( Dutch ) |
La Une | Maureen Louys & Jean-Louis Lahaye ( French ) | La Une | Maureen Louys & Jean-Louis Lahaye ( French ) | La Une | Maureen Louys & Jean-Louis Lahaye ( French ) | |
Bulgaria | BNT 1 | Elena Rosberg & Georgi Kushvaliev | BNT 1 | Elena Rosberg & Georgi Kushvaliev | BNT 1 | Elena Rosberg & Georgi Kushvaliev |
Denmark | DR1 | Ole Tøpholm | DR1 | Ole Tøpholm | DR1 | Ole Tøpholm |
Estonia | ETV | Marko Reikop ( Estonian ) | ETV | Marko Reikop ( Estonian ) | ETV | Marko Reikop ( Estonian ) |
ETV + | Julii Kalenda & Aleksandr Hobotov ( Russian ) | ETV + | Julii Kalenda & Aleksandr Hobotov ( Russian ) | ETV + | Julii Kalenda u. Aleksandr Hobotov ( Russian ) | |
Finland | Yle TV2 , TV Finland | Mikko Silvennoinen ( Finnish ) | Yle TV2 , TV Finland | Mikko Silvennoinen & Saara Aalto ( Finnish ) | Yle TV2 , TV Finland | Mikko Silvennoinen ( Finnish ) |
Yle TV2 | Johan Lindroos & Eva Frantz ( Swedish ) | Yle TV2 | Johan Lindroos & Eva Frantz ( Swedish ) | Yle TV2 | Johan Lindroos & Eva Frantz ( Swedish ) | |
France | France 4 | Christophe Willem & André Manoukian | France 4 | Christophe Willem & André Manoukian | France 2 | Christophe Willem , Stéphane Bern & Alma |
Georgia | SSM | Demetre Ergemlidze | SSM | Demetre Ergemlidze | SSM | Demetre Ergemlidze |
Greece | ERT1 , ERT HD, ERT World, ERA 2, Voice of Greece | Alexander Lizardos & Daphne Skalioni | ERT1 , ERT HD, ERT World, ERA 2, Voice of Greece | Alexander Lizardos & Daphne Skalioni | ERT1 , ERT HD, ERT World, ERA 2, Voice of Greece | Alexander Lizardos & Daphne Skalioni |
Iceland | RÚV | Gísli Marteinn Baldursson | RÚV | Gísli Marteinn Baldursson | RÚV | Gísli Marteinn Baldursson |
Ireland | RTÉ Two | Marty Whelan | RTÉ Two | Marty Whelan | RTÉ One | Marty Whelan |
Israel | Can 11 | Asaf Liberman & Shir Reuven | Can 11 | Itai Herman & Goel Pint | Can 11 | Erez Tal & Idit Hershkowitz |
Italy | Rai 4 | Carolina Di Domenico & Saverio Raimondo | Rai 4 | Carolina Di Domenico & Saverio Raimondo | Rai 1 | Federico Russo & Serena Rossi |
Croatia | HRT1 | Duško Ćurlić | HRT1 | Duško Ćurlić | HRT1 | Duško Ćurlić |
Latvia | LTV1 | Toms Grēviņš | LTV1 | Toms Grēviņš | LTV1 | Toms Grēviņš & Magnuss Eriņš |
Lithuania | LRT televizija | Darius Užkuraitis & Gerūta Griniūtė | LRT televizija | Darius Užkuraitis & Gerūta Griniūtė | LRT televizija | Darius Užkuraitis & Gerūta Griniūtė |
Malta | No comment | |||||
Macedonia | MRI 1, MRI 2 | Karolina Petkovska | MRI 1, MRI 2 | Karolina Petkovska | MRI 1, MRI 2 | Karolina Petkovska |
Moldova | Moldova 1 | Djulieta Ardovan | Moldova 1 | Djulieta Ardovan | Moldova 1 | Doina Stimpovschii |
Montenegro | TVCG 1 | Dražen Bauković & Tijana Mišković | TVCG 1 | Dražen Bauković & Tijana Mišković | TVCG 1 | Dražen Bauković & Tijana Mišković |
Netherlands | NPO 1 , BVN | Cornald Maas & Jan Smit | NPO 1 , BVN | Cornald Maas & Jan Smit | NPO 1 , BVN | Cornald Maas & Jan Smit |
Norway | NRK1 | Olav Viksmo-Slettan | NRK1 | Olav Viksmo-Slettan | NRK1 | Olav Viksmo-Slettan |
No transfer | NRK3 | Ronny Brede Aase, Silje Nordnes & Markus Neby | ||||
Poland | TVP1 , TVP Polonia | Artur Orzech | TVP1 , TVP Polonia | Artur Orzech | TVP1 , TVP Polonia | Artur Orzech |
Portugal | RTP1 , RTP África , RTP Internacional , RTP Internacional América, RTP Internacional Ásia | Nuno Galopim & Hélder Reis | RTP1 , RTP África , RTP Internacional , RTP Internacional América, RTP Internacional Ásia | Nuno Galopim & Hélder Reis | RTP1 , RTP África , RTP Internacional , RTP Internacional América, RTP Internacional Ásia | Nuno Galopim & Hélder Reis |
Romania | TVR 1 , TVR HD, TVRi | Liliana Ștefan & Radu Andrei Tudor | TVR 1 , TVR HD, TVRi | Liliana Ștefan & Radu Andrei Tudor | TVR 1 , TVR HD, TVRi | Liliana Ștefan & Radu Andrei Tudor |
Russia | Perwy canal | Yuriy Aksuta & Yana Churikova | Perwy canal | Yuriy Aksuta & Yana Churikova | Perwy canal | Yuriy Aksuta & Yana Churikova |
San Marino | SMRTV | Lia Fiorio & Gigi Restivo | SMRTV | Lia Fiorio & Gigi Restivo | SMRTV | Lia Fiorio & Gigi Restivo |
Sweden | SVT 1 | Sanna Nielsen & Edward af Sillén | SVT 1 | Sanna Nielsen & Edward af Sillén | SVT 1 | Sanna Nielsen & Edward af Sillén |
SVT24 | Sign language | SVT24 | Sign language | SVT24 | Sign language | |
Serbia | RTS 1 , RTS HD, RTS Svet, RTS Planeta | Silvana Grujić & Tamara Petković | RTS 1 , RTS HD, RTS Svet, RTS Planeta | Duška Vučinić-Lučić | RTS 1 , RTS HD, RTS Svet, RTS Planeta | Duška Vučinić-Lučić |
Slovenia | RTV SLO2 | Andrej Hofer | RTV SLO2 | Andrej Hofer | RTV SLO1 | Andrej Hofer |
Spain | La 2 | Tony Aguilar & Julia Varela | La 2 | Tony Aguilar & Julia Varela | La 1 | Tony Aguilar & Julia Varela |
Czech Republic | ČT2 | Libor Bouček | ČT2 | Libor Bouček | ČT1 | Libor Bouček |
Ukraine | WP: Perschyj | Timur Miroschnytschenko & Marija Yaremchuk | WP: Perschyj | Timur Miroshnychenko & Alyosha | WP: Perschyj | Timur Miroshnychenko & Jamala |
STB | Serhiy Prytula | STB | Serhiy Prytula | STB | Serhiy Prytula | |
Hungary | Duna | Freddie & Kriszta Rátonyi | Duna | Freddie & Kriszta Rátonyi | Duna | Freddie & Kriszta Rátonyi |
United Kingdom | BBC Four | Rylan Clark-Neal & Scott Mills | BBC Four | Rylan Clark-Neal & Scott Mills | BBC One | Graham Norton |
Belarus | Belarus 1 , Belarus 24 | Evgeny Perlin | Belarus 1 , Belarus 24 | Evgeny Perlin | Belarus 1 , Belarus 24 | Evgeny Perlin |
Cyprus | CyBC | Costas Constantinou & Vaso Kominou | CyBC | Costas Constantinou & Vaso Kominou | CyBC | Costas Constantinou & Vaso Kominou |
Countries not participating | ||||||
Kazakhstan | Khabar | Kaldybek Zhaysanbay & Diana Snegina | Khabar | Kaldybek Zhaysanbay & Diana Snegina | Khabar | Kaldybek Zhaysanbay & Diana Snegina |
United States | logo | Ross Mathews & Shangela | logo | Ross Mathews & Shangela | logo | Ross Mathews & Shangela |
Radio broadcast
country | First semi-final | Second semi-final | final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Channel | Moderation / comment | Channel | Moderation / comment | Channel | Moderation / comment | |
participating countries | ||||||
Albania | Radio Tirana 1 | Andri Xhahu | Radio Tirana 1 | Andri Xhahu | Radio Tirana 1 | Andri Xhahu |
Armenia | Armenian National Radio | Avet Barseghyan & Felix Khachatryan | Armenian National Radio | Avet Barseghyan & Felix Khachatryan | Armenian National Radio | Avet Barseghyan & Felix Khachatryan |
Australia | SBS radio | Myf Warhurst & Joel Creasey | SBS radio | Myf Warhurst & Joel Creasey | SBS radio | Myf Warhurst & Joel Creasey |
Estonia | Raadio 2 | Mart Juur & Andrus Kivirähk | No transfer | Raadio 2 | Mart Juur & Andrus Kivirähk | |
Finland | Yle Radio Suomi | Anna Keränen ( Finnish ) | Yle Radio Suomi | Anna Keränen ( Finnish ) | Yle Radio Suomi | Anna Keränen, Aija Puurtinen, Sami Sykkö ( Finnish ) |
Yle X3M | Johan Lindroos & Eva Frantz ( Swedish ) | Yle X3M | Johan Lindroos & Eva Frantz ( Swedish ) | Yle X3M | Johan Lindroos & Eva Frantz ( Swedish ) | |
Ireland | RTÉ Radio 1 | Neil Doherty & Zbyszek Zalinski | No transfer | RTÉ Radio 1 | Neil Doherty & Zbyszek Zalinski | |
Iceland | Rás 2 | Gísli Marteinn Baldursson | No transfer | Rás 2 | Gísli Marteinn Baldursson | |
Italy | No transfer | Rai Radio 2 | Carolina Di Domenico & Ema Stokholma | |||
Lithuania | LRT Radijas | Darius Užkuraitis & Gerūta Griniūtė | LRT Radijas | Darius Užkuraitis & Gerūta Griniūtė | LRT Radijas | Darius Užkuraitis & Gerūta Griniūtė |
Moldova | Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical, Radio Moldova Tineret | Djulieta Ardovan | Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical, Radio Moldova Tineret | Djulieta Ardovan | Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical, Radio Moldova Tineret | Doina Stimpovschii |
Norway | No transfer | NRK P1 | Ole Christian Øen | |||
San Marino | Radio San Marino | Lia Fiorio & Gigi Restivo | Radio San Marino | Lia Fiorio & Gigi Restivo | Radio San Marino | Lia Fiorio & Gigi Restivo |
Sweden | Sveriges radio P4 | Carolina Norén & Björn Kjellman | Sveriges radio P4 | Carolina Norén & Björn Kjellman | Sveriges radio P4 | Carolina Norén & Björn Kjellman |
Slovenia | No transfer | VAL202 | Andrej Hofer | VAL202 | Andrej Hofer | |
United Kingdom | No transfer | BBC Radio 2 | Ken Bruce | |||
Countries not participating | ||||||
Slovakia | No transfer | Rádio FM | Daniel Baláž, Pavol Hubinák, Juraj Malíček, Ela Tolstová & Celeste Buckingham | |||
United States | WJFD 97.3 FM | Ewan Spence & Lisa-Jayne Lewis ( English ) | WJFD 97.3 FM | Ewan Spence & Lisa-Jayne Lewis ( English ) | WJFD 97.3 FM | Ewan Spence & Lisa-Jayne Lewis ( English ) |
WJFD 97.3 FM | Ana Filipa Rosa ( Portuguese ) | WJFD 97.3 FM | Ana Filipa Rosa ( Portuguese ) | WJFD 97.3 FM | Ana Filipa Rosa ( Portuguese ) |
Internet transmission
country | First semi-final | Second semi-final | final | |||
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Channel | Moderation / comment | Channel | Moderation / comment | Channel | Moderation / comment | |
participating countries | ||||||
Italy | RaiPlay | Federico Russo & Serena Rossi | RaiPlay | Federico Russo & Serena Rossi | RaiPlay | Federico Russo & Serena Rossi |
Countries not participating | ||||||
People's Republic of China | Hunan TV | No comment, only Chinese subtitles | No transfer |
Eurovision preview parties
Every year before the actual ESC there are still a few promotional events where the participants present themselves to the press and fans abroad. The preview parties are used for this purpose , although they are not a mandatory event for participants in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year there were six parties in six different countries with different performers.
Eurovision Pre-Party Riga
The Eurovision Pre-Party Riga took place on March 24th 2018 at the Crystal Club in Riga ( Latvia ). The event was moderated by Roberto Meloni , who represented Latvia at the ESC in 2007 and 2008 . The following four countries took part in the event:
Other guests were Markus Riva, who tried to represent Latvia several times, and Amber , who represented Malta at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest .
London Eurovision Party
The London Eurovision Party took place on April 5, 2018 at the Café de Paris in London . It was the eleventh edition of this event. The following 18 countries took part:
Further guests were Corinne Hermès , winner for Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 , Stella Mwangi & Alexandra Rotan, who both participated in the Melodi Grand Prix 2018 and of whom the former already represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf , Margaret Berger , Norway Represented at the ESC in 2013 , Suzy , who represented Portugal at the ESC in 2014 , Lucie Jones , who represented the United Kingdom in 2017 and Felix Sandman, who came second at the Melodifestivalen 2018 . Albania was actually supposed to take part in the event, but Eugent Bushpepa's performance had to be canceled due to technical problems.
Moscow Eurovision Party
The Moscow Eurovision Party took place on April 7, 2018 at the Vegas City Hall in Moscow . The following five countries took part:
Other guests were Filipp Kirkorow , who represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 , Ivan , who represented Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 , Dina Garipowa , who represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 , Dimitry Koldun , who represented Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 , Kristian Kostow , who represented Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 , the Tolmachevy Sisters , who represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 and Polina Bogusevich , who won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 for Russia.
Israel Calling 2018
Israel Calling 2018 (German Israel calls 2018 ) took place from April 8 to 11, 2018 in Israel . Over four days the participants did various activities in Israel, such as planting a tree. On April 10, 2018, the concert took place in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv , where fans and press were also on site and all 25 participants sang their songs. This event was moderated by Galit Gutman. The following participants were there:
Other guests at the concert were the drag queen girl group Holy Wings , Izhar Cohen , who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1978 for Israel and again took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1985 , and Dana International , who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998 for Israel and at Eurovision Song Contest 2011 participated. Albania was actually supposed to take part in the event, but Eugent Bushpepa's performance had to be canceled due to technical problems.
Eurovision In Concert
The Eurovision In Concert took place on April 14, 2018 at AFAS Live, a concert hall in Amsterdam that can hold up to 5000 spectators. Have moderated edsilia rombley by the Netherlands in 1998 and 2007 represented, and Cornald Maas, who moderated the event with Rombley already, 2015. It is the longest running promotion event of the ESC and this year celebrated its tenth anniversary. The following 32 countries took part in this event:
Sandra Kim , who won the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest for Belgium , also appeared as a guest .
Eurovision Spain Pre-Party 2018
The Eurovision Spain Pre-Party 2018 took place on April 21, 2018 in the Sala La Riviera in Madrid . The event was moderated by Soraya Arnelas , who represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 . It was the last promotional event before the actual Eurovision Song Contest. The following 21 countries took part in the event:
Lucía Pérez , who represented Spain at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest , also appeared as a guest .
Trivia
Belarus contribution
On January 10, 2018, it was announced via the Russian network VK that the Ukrainian singer Alekseev had already performed his song " Forever" , with which he applied to the Belarusian Eurofest , in May 2017 in Stavropol . However, this was the Russian-language version of the song called " Navsegda" . However, according to EBU rules, it is not allowed to release your song before September 1st of the previous year. As a result of this incident, Sofi Lapina, a participant in the Belarusian preliminary round, resigned because she felt it was unfair that Alekseev was still allowed to participate. In response, the Belarusian broadcaster BTRC announced that Alekseev would have to revise his song in order to participate. After he did this, he was allowed to participate and even won the preliminary round. After the preliminary decision, however, it was unclear whether the EBU would allow the song at the ESC. On February 23, 2018, however, the EBU announced that Alekseev could compete with his song "Forever" . On March 28, 2018, a new version of "Forever" was published, which was also performed in Lisbon at the competition. While the lyrics have stayed the same in this version, the music has been changed and a choir has been added at the end of the song.
Czech rehearsal accident
During the first rehearsal on April 29, 2018, Mikolas Josef injured his back while performing parts of his dance. A doctor advised him to go to a hospital. On the same day Josef wrote on Instagram : “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. "(German:" I can confirm that I injured myself during rehearsals and that the situation got worse after a few hours. I can no longer walk. Came just got back from the first hospital and am going to the next one. ”) He added that he will definitely perform at the ESC. On May 1, 2018, he announced that he could walk again and felt better. With a few changes to his appearance, he started his second rehearsal on May 3, 2018 without any problems.
Censorship in China
For the delayed transmission of the first semi-final on Hunan TV, the Albanian, Irish and parts of the Swiss contribution were removed from the transmission. It is not allowed to show tattoos on Chinese television , which was the case in Albania and Switzerland. Ireland, on the other hand, was removed from the broadcast because of the portrayal of a gay couple. The censorship affected both the appearances and the summaries of the appearances in fast-forward mode. Even before the second semi-final was broadcast, the EBU announced the end of its cooperation with the Chinese broadcasting group.
Disturbance of the British contribution
The contribution of the British singer SuRie was disturbed in the finale by the rapper and activist Konstantin alias Dr ACactivism , who stormed onto the stage, snatched the microphone from her and called into it: "For the Nazis of the UK media, we demand freedom." : "This is for the Nazis from the British press! We demand freedom!") Folder tore him from the stage, the director showed the audience during the incident until SuRie took up the microphone again after a few seconds and could continue singing. She was given the opportunity to perform again after the last regular starter, but she declined.
Israeli foreign policy
The Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman used his country's victory at the ESC to make foreign policy statements against Iran and Syria . Lieberman told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad via Twitter that he should “learn what happens today” and tell the Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamene'i that he was “not his toy” (הצעצוע) because Iran is in Syria "Nothing to look for".
Others
- Armenia : Armenia performed a title entirely in Armenian for the first time .
- Azerbaijan : Azerbaijan failed to qualify for the final at the ESC for the first time in its history, as Aisel only reached eleventh place in the first semi-final.
- Australia : In 2018, Australia took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the fourth time. With 99 points and 20th overall, it was Australia's worst performance since its debut in 2015 . In addition, Australia achieved the fewest televoting points of all the countries participating in this year's final with 9 points from the televoting.
- Germany : Michael Schulte achieved the best German result since 2010 with 340 points , and it was also the first time in eight years that Germany got 12 points. Germany has been back in the top 10 since 2012 . In addition, Germany had the same starting number as the previous year's winner for the third time in a row.
- Estonia : For the first time, the Estonian contribution was sung entirely in Italian .
- Italy : The Italian competitor Ermel Meta and Eleni Foureira, representative of Cyprus , were both born in the Albanian city of Fier in the 1980s . Eugent Bushpepa, who competed for Albania , was born in Rrëshen , northern Albania , but like Ermal Meta emigrated to Italy at a young age.
- Macedonia : Eye Cue received the Barbara Dex Award for the worst outfit .
- Austria : Austria achieved the third best result in the country's history at the Eurovision Song Contest.
- Romania : Romania failed in the semi-finals for the first time in its entire ESC history.
- Russia : Russia also failed in the semi-finals for the first time, leaving Ukraine and Australia as the only countries that have always made it to the final.
- Sweden : Sweden received 253 points in the jury vote and 21 points in the televoting. Since the introduction of the new points system, the difference between the jury and spectator votes has never been greater at 232 points, so that the record difference of 214 points that the Pole Michał Szpak achieved in 2016 was set.
- Ukraine : Mélovin was the last to appear in the second semifinals, but first in the final. It is the third time in a row that the last participant in the second semi-final has opened the final, after the Belgian Laura Tesoro in 2016 and the Israeli Imri Ziv in 2017 .
- Cyprus : Cyprus achieved its best result since its debut in 1981 with a second place finish . Cyprus was the only country to receive televoting points from all participating countries in both the semi-finals and the final.
- Czech Republic : For the first time, the Czech Republic received the highest rating of 12 points from a country.
See also
Web links
- Official website of the Eurovision Song Contest (English)
- ARD website for the Eurovision Song Contest
Individual evidence
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