Eurovision Song Contest 2018

63rd Eurovision Song Contest
motto	All Aboard! (German: everyone on board! )
date	0May 8, 2018 (semi-final 1) May 10, 2018 (semi-final 2) May 12, 2018 (final)
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

Lisbon Braga Santa Maria da Feira Gondomar Guimarães

Applicant cities: Successful application, unsuccessful applicant cities

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
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 .

¹The arena was officially renamed the Altice Arena on October 16, 2017 . It was previously called MEO Arena .

More places

Eurovision Village

Entrance to the Eurovision Village

Location of the 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

Place of the 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

Eurovision logos

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

The stage under construction

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
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 country Members Known as  Belgium Bob Savenberg Singer Wouter Vander Veken music producer Lady Linn singer Laura Tesoro Singer, participant 2016 Tom Dice Singer, participant 2010 Germany country Members Known as  Germany Mary Roos Singer, participant in 1972 and 1984 Max Giesinger Singer Mike Singer Singer Sascha Stadler music producer Lotte singer

Austria country Members Known as  Austria Nathan Trent Singer, participant 2017 Monika Ballwein singer Hannes Tschürtz Music manager Ink Music Ina rain singer Florian Cojocaru music producer Switzerland country Members Known as  Switzerland Georg Schlunegger music producer Alizé Oswald singer Michael Kinzer Eva Bellomo singer Nickless Singer

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 that participated in 2018

Countries that did not qualify for the final

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 2018

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
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

→ Main article : Our song for Lisbon

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

→ Main article : ESC 2018 - Decision Show

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.

country	National preliminary decision
Albania	Festivali i Këngës 2017
Armenia	Depi Jewratessil 2018 (Դեպի Եվրատեսիլ 2018)
Azerbaijan	internal selection
Australia	internal selection
Bulgaria	internal selection
Denmark	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2018
Estonia	Eesti Laul 2018
Finland	Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) 2018
	internal selection (artist)
France	Destination Eurovision 2018
Georgia	internal selection
Greece	Ellinikós Telikós 2018 internal election 1
Ireland	internal selection
Iceland	Söngvakeppnin 2018
Israel	Hakochav Haba 2018 (הכוכב הבא 2018) (performer)
	internal selection (song)
Italy	Sanremo Festival 2018
Croatia	internal selection
Latvia	Supernova 2018
Lithuania	Eurovizijos 2018
Malta	Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Macedonia	internal selection
Moldova	O Melody Pentru Europa 2018
Montenegro	Montevizija 2018
Netherlands	internal selection
Norway	Melodi Grand Prix 2018
Austria	internal selection
Poland	Krajowe Eliminacje 2018
Portugal	Festival da Canção 2018
Romania	Selecția Națională 2018
Russia	internal selection
San Marino	1 in 360
Sweden	Melodifestivalen 2018
Serbia	Beovizija 2018 (Беовизија 2018)
Slovenia	Evrovizijska Melodija 2018
Spain	Operación Triunfo 2017: Gala OT a Eurovisión
Czech Republic	Eurovision Song CZ 2018
Ukraine	Widbir 2018 (Відбір 2018)
Hungary	A Dal 2018
United Kingdom	Eurovision 2018: You Decide
Belarus	Eurofest 2018 (Еурофест 2018)
Cyprus	internal selection

¹ The preliminary round was originally planned for February 22, 2018, but was canceled due to the disqualification of all other titles.

Semifinals

draw

Participants in the 1st semi-final

Countries entitled to vote in the 1st semi-final

Participants in the 2nd semi-final

Countries entitled to vote in the 2nd semi-final

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
Albania  Croatia  Macedonia  Montenegro  Switzerland  Serbia  Slovenia	Denmark  Finland  Ireland  Iceland  Norway  Sweden	Armenia  Azerbaijan  Georgia  Russia  Ukraine  Belarus	Bulgaria  Greece  Moldova  Romania  Hungary  Cyprus	Australia  Israel  Malta  Austria  San Marino  Czech Republic	Belgium  Estonia  Latvia  Lithuania  Netherlands  Poland

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)	Points
							jury	spectator	total
01.	07th	Israel	Netta נטע ברזילי	Toy M / T: Doron Medalie , Stav Beger	English , Hebrew	toy	167	116	283
02.	19th	Cyprus	Eleni Foureira Ελένη Φουρέιρα	Fuego M / T: Alex Papaconstantinou, Geraldo Sandell, Anderz Wrethov, Viktor Svensson, Didrick	English, Spanish	Fire	089	173	262
03.	05	Czech Republic	Mikolas Josef	Lie to Me M / T: Mikolas Josef	English	lie to me	098	134	232
04th	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
05.	09	Estonia	Elina Netšajeva	La forza M: Mihkel Mattisen, Timo Vendt; T: Ksenia Kuchukova, Elina Netšajeva	Italian	The power	081	120	201
06th	18th	Ireland	Ryan O'Shaughnessy Rían Ó Seachnasaigh	Together M / T: Ryan O'Shaughnessy , Mark Caplice, Laura Elizabeth Hughes	English	Together	071	108	179
07th	10	Bulgaria	Equinox	Bones M / T: Borislaw Milanow , Treyshun Campbell, Joacim Persson, Dag Lundberg	English	bone	107	070	177
08th.	03	Albania	Eugent Bushpepa	Mall M / T: Eugent Bushpepa	Albanian	nostalgia	114	048	162
09.	06th	Lithuania	Ieva Zasimauskaitė	When We're Old M / T: Vytautas Bikus	English, Lithuanian	When we're old	057	062	119
10.	15th	Finland	Saara Aalto	Monsters M / T: Saara Aalto , Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Ki Fitzgerald	English	monster	035	073	108
11.	01	Azerbaijan	Aisel	X My Heart M: Dimitris Kontopoulos; T: Sandra Bjurman	English	Hand on heart	047	047	094
12.	04th	Belgium	Sennek	A Matter of Time M / T: Laura Groeseneken , Alex Callier, Maxime Tribeche	English	A question of time	071	020th	091
13.	17th	Switzerland	ZiBBZ	Stones M: Laurell Barker , Corinne "Co" Gfeller , Stefan Gfeller ; T: Laurell Barker, Corinne "Co" Gfeller	English	Stones	059	027	086
14th	14th	Greece	Gianna Terzi Γιάννα Τερζή	Oniro Mou (Όνειρο Mου) M / T: Aris Kalimeris, Dimitris Stamatiou, Gianna Terzi , Mihalis Papathanasiou	Greek	my dream	028	053	081
15th	16	Armenia	Sewak Chanaghjan Սևակ Խանաղյան	Qami (Քամի) M: Sewak Chanaghjan ; T: Anna Danieljan, Wiktorja Malojan	Armenian	wind	038	041	079
16.	08th	Belarus	ALEKSEEV	Forever M: Kyrylo Pavlov; T: Yevhen Matyushenko	English	Forever	020th	045	065
17th	12	Croatia	Franka	Crazy M: Branimir Mihaljevic; T: Franka Batelić	English	Insane	046	017th	063
18th	11	Macedonia	Eye cue	Lost and Found M: Bojan Trajkovski , Darko Dimitrov; T: Bojan Trajkovski	English	Lost and found	018th	006th	024
19th	02	Iceland	Ari Ólafsson	Our Choice M / T: Þórunn Erna Clausen	English	Our choice	015th	000	015th

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.

Voting result
Start number	country
		space	Points		AL	AT THE	AT	AZ	BY	BE	BG	MR	CY	CZ	EE	MK	FI	GR	IS	IE	IL	LT	PT	IT	CH	UK
1	Azerbaijan	11.	094	047	5	-	-		-	-	-	-	10	-	3	7th	-	12	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-
				047	7th	-	4th		-	-	-	5	-	10	-	5	-	3	1	-	5	-	7th	-	-	-
2	Iceland	19th	015th	015th	-	-	-	-	7th	1	-	-	-	4th	-	2	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	1	-
				000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Albania	08th.	162	114		5	6th	7th	12	4th	6th	4th	7th	5	1	10	6th	8th	12	-	4th	1	5	4th	-	7th
				048		-	1	-	-	-	-	4th	-	3	-	12	1	10	-	1	-	-	-	5	10	1
4th	Belgium	12.	091	071	4th	6th	7th	-	-		12	1	-	10	4th	5	-	-	2	2	-	8th	10	-	-	-
				020th	-	3	-	2	2		-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	8th	-	-	-	-
5	Czech Republic	03.	232	098	-	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	09.	119	057	1	-	2	-	-	-	10	8th	-	3	10	-	2	-	-	-	2		12	-	7th	-
				062	-	-	-	1	6th	4th	-	-	3	-	10	-	2	-	3	12	-		6th	3	-	12
7th	Israel	01.	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.	065	020th	7th	1	-	12		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
				045	-	10	-	12		-	2	-	5	-	6th	-	3	1	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-
9	Estonia	05.	201	081	-	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	07th	177	107	6th	-	4th	2	5	2		6th	6th	7th	7th	12	10	6th	-	6th	-	3	7th	3	3	12
				070	5	2	5	4th	5	-		-	10	2	-	8th	-	7th	-	3	3	2	-	8th	-	6th
11	Macedonia	18th	024	018th	8th	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
				006th	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	Croatia	17th	063	046	-	-	-	5	8th	-	4th		4th	-	2	6th	-	5	-	-	6th	-	1	-	-	5
				017th	-	1	2	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-
13	Austria	04th	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	081	028	3	2	-	10	-	-	-	3	8th	-	-	-	-		1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
				053	10	8th	-	-	-	1	10	3	12	-	-	4th	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3
15th	Finland	10.	108	035	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	2	-	5	-		-	4th	5	7th	2	-	1	2	3
				073	8th	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	12	2		-	10	6th	6th	3	4th	6th	5	7th
16	Armenia	15th	079	038	-		10	-	4th	6th	2	-	-	2	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	-	4th	-	-	2
				041	-		-	-	12	6th	6th	-	4th	8th	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17th	Switzerland	13.	086	059	2	3	1	3		8th	-	5	-	-	6th	-	1	1	3	3	8th	6th	-	5		4th
				027	1	-	8th	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	1	4th	-	2	2	1		3	1		-
18th	Ireland	06th	179	071	-	-	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	02.	262	089	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.

jury number country received from 7th  Israel Armenia, Finland, Croatia, Austria, Spain, Czech Republic, Cyprus 3  Austria Belgium, Estonia, Israel 2  Albania Iceland, Belarus  Bulgaria Macedonia, United Kingdom  Cyprus Albania, Ireland 1  Azerbaijan Greece  Belgium Bulgaria  Estonia Switzerland  Ireland Lithuania  Lithuania Portugal  Belarus Azerbaijan

spectator number country received from 5  Cyprus Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia 3  Estonia Finland, Lithuania, Portugal  Ireland Belgium, Austria, Spain 2  Lithuania Ireland, UK  Czech Republic Iceland, Israel 1  Albania Macedonia  Armenia Belarus  Finland Estonia  Greece Cyprus  Israel Czech Republic  Austria Switzerland  Belarus Azerbaijan

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
							jury	spectator	total
01.	01	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
02.	15th	Sweden	Benjamin Ingrosso	Dance You Off M / T: Benjamin Ingrosso , MAG, Louis Schoorl, K Nita	English	Dance yourself out	171	083	254
03.	07th	Moldova	DoReDoS	My Lucky Day M: Filipp Kirkorow ; T: John Ballard	English	My lucky day	082	153	235
04th	09	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	082	212
05.	05	Denmark	Rasmussen	Higher Ground M / T: Niclas Arn, Karl Eurén	English 1	Higher level	040	164	204
06th	18th	Ukraine	Mélovin	Under the Ladder M: Mélovin ; T: Mike Ryals	English	Under the ladder	065	114	179
07th	08th	Netherlands	Waylon	Outlaw in 'Em M / T: Jim Beavers, Willem Bijkerk , Ilya Toshinskiy	English	Lawlessness in itself	127	047	174
08th.	17th	Slovenia	Lea Sirk	Hvala, Ne! M: Lea Sirk , Tomy DeClerque; T: Lea Sirk	Slovenian , Portuguese	No thanks!	067	065	132
09.	03	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	045	072	117
10.	13	Hungary	AWS	Viszlát Nyár M: Dániel Kökényes , Bence Brucker , Áron Veress , Soma Schiszler ; T: Örs Siklósi	Hungarian	Goodbye summer	023	088	111
11.	02	Romania	The Humans	Goodbye M: Alexandru Matei , Alin Neagoe ; T: Cristina Caramarcu	English	Goodbye	067	040	107
12.	14th	Latvia	Laura Rizzotto	Funny Girl M / T: Laura Rizzotto	English	Funny girl	092	014th	106
13.	12	Malta	Christabelle	Taboo M: Johnny Sanchez, Thomas G: son ; T: Christabelle Borg , Muxu	English	taboo	093	008th	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	021st	060	081
15th	06th	Russia	Julija Samoilowa Ю́лия Само́йлова	I Won't Break M / T: Leonid Gutkin, Netta Nemrodi, Arie Burshtein	English	I won't break	014th	051	065
16.	16	Montenegro	Vanja Radovanović Вања Радовановић	Inje (Иње) M / T: Vanja Radovanović	Montenegrin	Hoar frost	023	017th	040
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	014th	014th	028
18th	10	Georgia	Iriao ირიაო	For You M: Davit Malazonia , Mikheil Mdinaradze; T: Irina Sanikidze	Georgian with English title	To you	011	013	024

¹Includes two phrases in backing vocals in Icelandic .

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.

Voting result
Start number	country
		space	Points		AU	DK	DE	FR	GE	IT	LT	MT	MD	ME	NL	NO	PL	RO	RU	SM	SE	SR	SL	HU	UR
1	Norway	01.	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	067	-	-	-	1	6th	-	3	2	12	8th	2	2	3		4th	-	3	1	6th	12	2
				040	-	-	-	8th	8th	12	-	-	12	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Serbia	09.	117	045	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	12	-	-	-	6th	7th	6th	-		4th	6th	-
				072	-	-	6th	10	-	4th	-	-	10	12	1	1	-	4th	6th	-	4th		12	2	-
4th	San Marino	17th	028	014th	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	1		-	-	-	-	-
				014th	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
5	Denmark	05.	204	040	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	065	014th	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	4th	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
				051	-	-	-	-	6th	2	12	3	8th	8th	-	-	-	1		1	-	7th	-	-	3
7th	Moldova	03.	235	082	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	07th	174	127	1	5	7th	8th	10	3	8th	-	5	4th		8th	10	8th	-	4th	6th	10	10	8th	12
				047	1	7th	3	-	1	-	1	5	3	2		7th	1	3	-	2	6th	-	1	4th	-
9	Australia	04th	212	130		12	8th	12	-	7th	12	7th	10	3	4th	10	8th	-	3	-	10	6th	2	10	6th
				082		8th	7th	6th	-	-	2	10	5	-	4th	8th	3	7th	1	4th	7th	3	4th	3	-
10	Georgia	18th	024	011	-	-	-	-		-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8th
				013	-	-	-	-		-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	5
11	Poland	14th	081	021st	-	-	2	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1		-	2	2	1	-	-	4th	-
				060	-	4th	12	7th	-	3	-	1	-	-	5	6th		-	-	-	8th	-	-	7th	7th
12	Malta	13.	101	093	3	8th	6th	6th	4th	8th	7th		2	7th	1	6th	1	10	-	8th	4th	4th	8th	-	-
				008th	7th	1	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	Hungary	10.	111	023	4th	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	3	5	-	-	-	3		-
				088	3	-	8th	-	4th	6th	3	-	1	1	8th	2	10	10	4th	8th	1	12	5		2
14th	Latvia	12.	106	092	5	7th	10	10	8th	-		-	3	-	7th	7th	7th	1	-	5	7th	3	-	2	10
				014th	-	2	-	-	7th	-		-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
15th	Sweden	02.	254	171	12	10	12	7th	12	6th	10	10	-	2	12	12	12	-	8th	12		12	12	3	7th
				083	8th	10	-	1	2	-	6th	7th	2	6th	6th	10	5	2	5	5		1	2	1	4th
16	Montenegro	16.	040	023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-		-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	7th	1	-	3
				017th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	7th	-	-
17th	Slovenia	08th.	132	067	2	4th	3	5	1	2	4th	-	6th	-	8th	5	5	4th	-	3	8th	2		-	5
				065	4th	3	2	2	-	5	-	-	-	10	3	3	6th	-	2	3	3	8th		5	6th
18th	Ukraine	06th	179	065	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.

jury number country received from 9  Sweden Australia, Germany, Georgia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia 3  Australia Denmark, France, Latvia  Norway Italy, Malta, Sweden 2  Moldova Romania, Russia  Romania Moldova, Hungary 1  Netherlands Ukraine  Serbia Montenegro

spectator number country received from 6th  Denmark Australia, Netherlands, Norway, San Marino, Sweden, Hungary 5  Moldova France, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Ukraine 2  Romania Italy, Moldova  Serbia Montenegro, Slovenia 1  Norway Denmark  Poland Germany  Russia Latvia  San Marino Malta  Hungary Serbia  Ukraine Poland

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
							jury	spectator	total
01.	22nd	Israel	Netta נטע ברזילי	Toy M / T: Doron Medalie , Stav Beger	English , Hebrew	toy	212	317	529
02.	25th	Cyprus	Eleni Foureira Ελένη Φουρέιρα	Fuego M / T: Alex Papaconstantinou, Geraldo Sandell, Anderz Wrethov, Viktor Svensson, Didrick	English, Spanish	Fire	183	253	436
03.	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	071	342
04th	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
05.	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	059	249	308
06th	14th	Czech Republic	Mikolas Josef	Lie to Me M / T: Mikolas Josef	English	lie to me	066	215	281
07th	20th	Sweden	Benjamin Ingrosso	Dance You Off M / T: Benjamin Ingrosso , MAG, Louis Schoorl, K Nita	English	Dance yourself out	253	021st	274
08th.	6th	Estonia	Elina Netšajeva	La forza M: Mihkel Mattisen, Timo Vendt; T: Ksenia Kuchukova, Elina Netšajeva	Italian	The power	143	102	245
09.	15th	Denmark	Rasmussen	Higher Ground M / T: Niclas Arn, Karl Eurén	English 1	Higher level	038	188	226
10.	19th	Moldova	DoReDoS	My Lucky Day M: Filipp Kirkorow ; T: John Ballard	English	My lucky day	094	115	209
11.	12	Albania	Eugent Bushpepa	Mall M / T: Eugent Bushpepa	Albanian	nostalgia	126	058	184
12.	4th	Lithuania	Ieva Zasimauskaitė	When We're Old M / T: Vytautas Bikus	English, Lithuanian	When we're old	090	091	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	059	173
14th	18th	Bulgaria	Equinox	Bones M / T: Borislaw Milanow , Treyshun Campbell, Joacim Persson, Dag Lundberg	English	bone	100	066	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	060	084	144
16.	24	Ireland	Ryan O'Shaughnessy	Together M / T: Ryan O'Shaughnessy , Mark Caplice, Laura Elizabeth Hughes	English	Together	074	062	136
17th	1	Ukraine	Mélovin	Under the Ladder M: Mélovin ; T: Mike Ryals	English	Under the ladder	011	119	130
18th	23	Netherlands	Waylon	Outlaw in 'Em M / T: Jim Beaver , Willem Bijkerk , Ilya Toshinskiy	English	Lawlessness in itself	089	032	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	038	075	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	090	009	99
21st	21st	Hungary	AWS	Viszlát Nyár M: Dániel Kökényes , Bence Brucker , Áron Veress , Soma Schiszler ; T: Örs Siklósi	Hungarian	Goodbye summer	028	065	093
22nd	3	Slovenia	Lea Sirk	Hvala, Ne! M: Lea Sirk , Tomy DeClerque; T: Lea Sirk	Slovenian , Portuguese	No thanks!	041	023	064
23.	2	Spain	Alfred y Amaia	Tu canción M / T: Raul Gomez Garcia, Sylvia Ruth Santoro Lopez	Spanish	Your song	043	018th	061
24.	9	United Kingdom	SuRie	Storm M / T: Nicole Blair, Gil Lewis, Sean Hargreaves	English	Storm	023	025th	048
25th	17th	Finland	Saara Aalto	Monsters M / T: Saara Aalto , Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Ki Fitzgerald	English	monster	023	023	046
26th	8th	Portugal (hosts)	Cláudia Pascoal	O Jardim M / T: Isaura	Portuguese	The garden	021st	018th	039

¹Includes two phrases in backing vocals in Icelandic .

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.

country
	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

Jury points for the winning song from Israel

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

Televoting points for the winning song from Israel

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
01	Ukraine	Natalija Shyshchenko	Break filler in the 2017 final
02	Azerbaijan	Tural Asadov	Points speaker 2015 - 2017
03	Belarus	NAVI	Participant for Belarus 2017
04th	San Marino	John Kennedy O'Connor	Points speaker 2013
05	Netherlands	O'G3NE	Participants for the Netherlands 2017
06th	Macedonia	Jana Burčeska	Participant for Macedonia 2017
07th	Malta	Lara Azzopardi	Maltese presenter
08th	Georgia	Tamara Gatchechiladze	Participant for Georgia 2017
09	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.

Broadcasts on German television

date	broadcast	Time	TV channel	Moderation / comment	spectator		Market share
					total	14 to 49 years	total	14 to 49 years
0May 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

Broadcasts on Austrian television

date	broadcast	Time	TV channel	Moderation / comment	spectator		Market share
					total	12 to 49 years	total	12 to 49 years
0May 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

Broadcasts on Swiss television

date	broadcast	Time	TV channel	Moderation / comment	language	spectator		Market share
						total	15 to 59 years	total	15 to 59 years
0May 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
	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:

•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Moldova
•  Czech Republic

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:

•  Australia
•  Bulgaria
•  Denmark
•  Germany
•  Finland
•  France
•  Ireland
•  Iceland
•  Lithuania
•  Montenegro
•  Austria
•  Poland
•  San Marino
•  Sweden
•  Switzerland
•  Spain
•  Czech Republic
•  United Kingdom

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:

•  Armenia
•  Azerbaijan
•  Malta
•  Moldova
•  Russia

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:

•  Armenia
•  Azerbaijan
•  Australia
•  Belgium
•  Denmark
•  France
•  Georgia
•  Ireland
•  Iceland
•  Israel
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Macedonia
•  Moldova
•  Montenegro
•  Austria
•  Romania
•  San Marino
•  Switzerland
•  Serbia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Czech Republic
•  United Kingdom
•  Belarus

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

AFAS Live, venue of the 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:

•  Albania
•  Armenia
•  Australia
•  Belgium
•  Bulgaria
•  Denmark
•  Germany
•  Finland
•  France
•  Ireland
•  Iceland
•  Israel
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Malta
•  Macedonia
•  Moldova
•  Montenegro
•  Netherlands
•  Austria
•  Poland
•  San Marino
•  Sweden
•  Switzerland
•  Serbia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Czech Republic
•  Ukraine
•  Hungary
•  United Kingdom
•  Belarus

Sandra Kim , who won the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest for Belgium , also appeared as a guest .

Eurovision Spain Pre-Party 2018

The 21 participants at the 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:

•  Albania
•  Armenia
•  Belgium
•  Germany
•  France
•  Ireland
•  Iceland
•  Latvia
•  Macedonia
•  Moldova
•  Montenegro
•  Portugal
•  Romania
•  San Marino
•  Switzerland
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Czech Republic
•  Hungary
•  United Kingdom
•  Belarus

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

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest
• Song contest

Web links

Commons : Eurovision Song Contest 2018  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Eurovision Song Contest (English)
• ARD website for the Eurovision Song Contest

Individual evidence

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