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Eurovision Song Contest: Lisbon 2018
	; ;
; Compilation album by Eurovision Song Contest;
Released	; 20 April 2018
Genre	; Pop
Length	; ; ; 66:03 (CD 1); ; ; 62:39 (CD 2); ; ;
Label	; Universal;
; Eurovision Song Contest chronology

Eurovision Song Contest 2018
	; All Aboard!
	; ;
Dates
Semi-final 1	; 8 May 2018 (2018-05-08);
Semi-final 2	; 10 May 2018 (2018-05-10);
Final	; 12 May 2018 (2018-05-12);
Host
Venue	; Altice Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
Presenter(s)	; ; Sílvia Alberto; ; Daniela Ruah; ; Catarina Furtado; ; ; Filomena Cautela (green room); ; ;
Executive supervisor	; Jon Ola Sand;
Executive producer	; João Nuno Nogueira;
Host broadcaster	; Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP)
Opening act	; Final: Fado performances by Ana Moura ("Fado Loucura") and Mariza ("Barco Negro"),; Flag parade introducing the 26 finalist countries with live music by scratching duo Beatbombers
Interval act	; Final: "Mano a mano" and "Amar pelos dois" (together with Caetano Veloso) performed by Salvador Sobral; Electronic music performances by Branko featuring Sara Tavares ("Ter Peito e Espaço"), Dino D'Santiago ("Nova Lisboa") and Mayra Andrade ("Reserva Pra Dois")
Participants
Number of entries	; 43
Debuting countries	; None
Returning countries	; Russia;
Withdrawing countries	; None
	; ; Participation map; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Participating countries Did not qualify from the semi final Countries that participated in the past but not in 2018; ; ; ;
Vote
Voting system	; Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting.
Nul points	; None
Winning song	; Israel; "Toy"
	; ; ← 2017; ; Eurovision Song Contest; ; 2019 →; ; ;

The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place for the first time in Portugal following the country's first victory at the 2017 contest in Kiev, Ukraine with the song "Amar pelos dois", performed by Salvador Sobral. The contest was held at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May, and the final on 12 May 2018.^[2] The three live shows were hosted by Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto, Daniela Ruah and Catarina Furtado.

Forty-three countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the 2008 and 2011 editions. Russia returned after their absence from the previous edition, and for the first time since 2011, no country withdrew from the contest.
The winner was Israel with the song "Toy", performed by Netta, and written by Doron Medalie and Stav Beger. This was Israel's fourth victory in the contest, following their wins in 1978, 1979, and 1998, and their first top five placing in more than a decade. This edition also saw Cyprus and the Czech Republic achieve the best placing in their Eurovision history, coming in second and sixth place, respectively. Portugal finished in the last place, making this the third time that the host country ranked in the bottom five since 2015. For the first time since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Azerbaijan, Romania, and Russia failed to qualify for the final. No countries in the Caucasus region participated in the final for the first time since 2005 (first debut in 2006). The EBU reported that the contest had a worldwide audience of around 186 million viewers, surpassing the 2017 edition by over 4 million.^[3]

Location

The contest took place for the first time in Portugal, following the country's victory in the 2017 edition with the song "Amar pelos dois", performed by Salvador Sobral.^[4]

Venue

The venue of the contest, Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal

The Altice Arena in Lisbon is a multi-purpose indoor arena built for the Expo '98 and has a capacity of 20,000 attendees, making it the largest indoor venue in Portugal and among the largest in Europe.^[5] It is located in the Parque das Nações (Park of Nations) riverside district in the northeast of Lisbon, which was completely renovated to host the 1998 world's fair. It is connected by metro to the nearby international airport and by train (Oriente Station) to the rest of the country and Europe.^[6]

Bidding phase and host city selection

Lisbon

Guimarães

Gondomar

Santa Maria da Feira

Braga

Location of the host city (blue) and other candidate cities (red)

On the day of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 final, it was reported that Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) would accept the challenge of organising the 2018 contest in case of a victory.^[7] Following Sobral's triumph, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)'s Executive Supervisor for the Eurovision Song Contest, Jon Ola Sand, issued the hosting invitation to RTP during the winner's press conference.^[4] The following day, the director-general of RTP, Nuno Artur Silva, confirmed that the broadcaster would organise the contest in 2018 and mentioned MEO Arena (later renamed Altice Arena) in Lisbon as a likely venue to host the contest.^[8] On 15 May 2017, RTP appeared to have confirmed Lisbon as the host city,^[9]^[10] but clarified the following day that no final decision had been taken regarding both the host city and venue.^[11]

The basic requirements to select a host city were set out in a document presented by the EBU to RTP following their win in Kiev:^[12]

A suitable venue that can accommodate around 10,000 spectators.

An international press centre for 1,500 journalists with adequate facilities for all the delegates.

A good distribution of hotel rooms, at different price categories, able to accommodate at least 2,000 delegates, accredited journalists and spectators.

An efficient transport infrastructure, including a nearby international airport with readily available connections with the city, venue, and hotels.

Besides Lisbon, other cities signalled their interest in bidding to host the 2018 contest: Braga, Espinho, Faro, Gondomar, Guimarães, and Santa Maria da Feira.^[13]^[14]^[15] The mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, declared he would not be interested in "spending millions of euros" to host the contest,^[11] but he would support a bid from the Metropolitan Area of Porto (Espinho, Gondomar, and Santa Maria da Feira).^[14]

On 13 June 2017, RTP representatives met with the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group at the EBU headquarters in Geneva. During the meeting, RTP officials attended a workshop covering several topics related with hosting the Eurovision Song Contest and learned from the experience of the Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC. They also had the opportunity to present their first plans for the 2018 contest, including multiple proposals for the host city and venue.^[16]

On 25 July 2017, the EBU and RTP announced that Lisbon had been selected as the host city, overcoming confirmed bids from Braga, Gondomar, Guimarães, and Santa Maria da Feira.^[17] In addition, RTP indicated the Parque das Nações, where Altice Arena is located, as the site for the shows.^[18]

Key:
Host venue

City	Venue	Capacity	Notes
Braga	Braga Exhibition Park	15,000 (after renovation)	Agro-industrial park inaugurated in 1981 and further expanded in 1987 with a 6,500 m² (70,000 sq ft) exhibition hall able to hold 3,000 people, and in 1990 with a congress centre and auditorium for 1,200 people.^[19] Renovation works starting in 2017 and ending in the first trimester of 2018 would increase the exhibition hall capacity to 15,000.^[20]
Gondomar	Multiusos de Gondomar Coração de Ouro	8,000	Multi-purpose indoor arena inaugurated in 2007, with a total capacity for 8,000 people (4,400 seats).^[21] Hosted the 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship final tournament.^[22]
Guimarães	Multiusos de Guimarães	10,000	Multi-purpose indoor arena inaugurated in 2001, with a total capacity for 10,000 people (3,000 seats).^[23] Selected by RTP to host the final of the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, the Festival da Canção, on 4 March 2018.^[24]
Lisbon^[8]	Altice Arena	20,000	Multi-purpose indoor arena inaugurated in 1998, it is the country's largest indoor venue with a total capacity for 20,000 people. Hosted the Expo '98,^[25] the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship,^[26] the 2000 ATP Finals,^[27] the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships,^[28] the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship,^[29] the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards,^[30] the UEFA Futsal Cup Final Four (2001–02, 2009–10^[31] and 2014–15^[32]), and since 2016 (for a three-year period, renewable) the Web Summit.^[33]
Santa Maria da Feira	Europarque	11,000	Largest convention centre in the Porto Metropolitan Area, inaugurated in 1995. Hosted the European Council of June 2000, the Festival da Canção final in 2001, and the UEFA Euro 2004 final tournament draw. It was the option supported by the Metropolitan Council of Porto.^[14]

Other sites

Altice Arena

Eurovision Village and EuroClub

Airport

Opening Ceremony

Location of host venue (red) and other contest-related sites and events (blue)

The Eurovision Village was the official Eurovision Song Contest fan and sponsors area during the event weeks, where it was possible to watch performances by contest participants and local artists, as well as the live shows broadcast from the main venue. It was located in Lisbon's downtown Praça do Comércio (also called Terreiro do Paço), a large central square open to the Tagus river.^[34]

The EuroClub was the venue for the official after-parties and private performances by contest participants. Unlike the Eurovision Village, access to the EuroClub was restricted to accredited fans, delegations, and press. It was located at the "Ministerium" club, next to the Eurovision Village.^[35]

The "Blue Carpet" event, where all the contestants and their delegations are presented before the accredited press and fans, took place on 6 May 2018 at the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) in Lisbon's Belém district. This preceded the official Opening Ceremony of the 2018 contest, which took place at the nearby Electricity Museum.^[36]

Format

Visual design

The twelve supplemental emblems for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.

The theme for the contest, All Aboard!, was unveiled on 7 November 2017 in a press conference held at the Lisbon Oceanarium.^[37] Its visual design features oceanic motifs that allude to Lisbon and Portugal's location on the Atlantic coast and to the country's seafaring history. Alongside the main emblem, which depicts a stylised seashell, twelve supplemental emblems were designed to symbolise different aspects of a marine ecosystem. The contest's Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand remarked that the theme and logos "resonate with Lisbon's history and underscore Eurovision's core values, including diversity, very well. The Ocean connects all of us and its variety can provide good inspiration for each of the participating broadcasters that we look forward to seeing in Lisbon next May."^[38]

Presenters

Presenters Daniela Ruah, Sílvia Alberto, Catarina Furtado, and Filomena Cautela

On 8 January 2018, RTP and EBU announced that the contest would be hosted for the first time by four female presenters, consisting of RTP hosts Sílvia Alberto, Filomena Cautela, and Catarina Furtado, together with actress Daniela Ruah.^[39] It will be the first time since 2015 that the contest did not feature a male presenter, and the second consecutive year that the presenters are all the same gender.^[40]^[39] It was confirmed on 4 May 2018 that Cautela would host the green room.^[41]

The Blue Carpet opening ceremony was hosted by actress Cláudia Semedo, radio host Inês Lopes Gonçalves, actor/TV host Pedro Granger, and actor/director Pedro Penim. Granger and Penim moderated the press conferences, as well.^[42]

Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on 29 January 2018 at 13:00 CET, at Lisbon's City Hall. The thirty-seven semi-finalists had been allocated into six pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by the contest's official televoting partner Digame. Drawing from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called "bloc voting" and increase suspense in the semi-finals. The draw also determined which semi-final would be broadcast and voted by each of the six automatic finalist countries (hosts Portugal and Big Five countries France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom). The ceremony was hosted by contest presenters Sílvia Alberto and Filomena Cautela, and included the passing of a Eurovision insignia from Vitali Klitschko, the Mayor of Kiev (host city of the previous contest), to Fernando Medina, the Mayor of Lisbon.^[43]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Albania Croatia Macedonia Montenegro Serbia Slovenia Switzerland	Denmark Finland Iceland Ireland Norway Sweden	Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Russia Ukraine	Bulgaria Cyprus Greece Hungary Moldova Romania	Australia Austria Czech Republic Israel Malta San Marino	Belgium Estonia Latvia Lithuania Netherlands Poland

Opening and interval acts

RTP released the first details regarding the opening and interval acts for the final on 12 March 2018. The opening act featured Portuguese fado singers Ana Moura and Mariza performing "Fado Loucura" and "Barco Negro", respectively, which was followed by a parade of flags introducing the 26 finalist participants, with live music by Portuguese scratching duo Beatbombers. The interval acts included Salvador Sobral, who performed his new single "Mano a mano" and his Eurovision-winning song "Amar pelos dois" (the latter in a duet with Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso), and electronic music performances by Branko featuring Sara Tavares, Mayra Andrade and Dino D'Santiago.^[44]^[45]^[46]^[47]^[48]^[49]

Participating countries

Participating countries in the first semi-final

Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final

Participating countries in the second semi-final

Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final

The EBU announced on 7 November 2017 that forty-two countries would participate in the contest. Russia confirmed their return after withdrawing from the previous edition, while Macedonia's participation was provisionally blocked by the EBU due to unpaid debts by its national broadcaster.^[38]^[50] However, ten days later, the EBU announced that Macedonia would be allowed to enter the contest, raising the number of participating countries to forty-three, equaling the highest number of participants with the 2008 and 2011 editions.^[51]

Returning artists

The contest featured two representatives who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same countries. Alexander Rybak won for Norway in 2009 performing "Fairytale" and Waylon placed second for the Netherlands in 2014 as part of The Common Linnets performing "Calm After the Storm".^[52]

The contest also featured Jessica Mauboy, representing Australia, after taking part in 2014 as the interval act for the second semi-final, performing "Sea of Flags".^[53] In addition, the contest featured four lead singers previously participating as backing vocalists, two of them for the same countries. Lea Sirk backed for Slovenia in 2014 and off-stage in 2016,^[54] and Equinox member Vlado Mihailov backed for Bulgaria in 2017.^[55]Cesár Sampson, representing Austria, backed for Bulgaria in 2016 (also as a dancer) and off-stage in 2017. SuRie, representing the United Kingdom, backed for Belgium in 2015 (also as a dancer) and was the musical director again for Belgium in 2017.^[56]Sara Tavares, who performed in the interval act, was the representative from Portugal in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Chamar a Música" reaching 8th place.

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 8 May 2018 at 20:00 WEST (21:00 CEST).^[57]
Nineteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Those countries, plus Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.^[58] The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Draw^[59]	Country^[59]	Artist^[59]	Song	Language(s)	Place^[59]	Points
01	Azerbaijan	Aisel	"X My Heart"	English	11	94
02	Iceland	Ari Ólafsson	"Our Choice"	English	19	15
03	Albania	Eugent Bushpepa	"Mall"	Albanian	8	162
04	Belgium	Sennek	"A Matter of Time"	English	12	91
05	Czech Republic	Mikolas Josef	"Lie to Me"	English	3	232
06	Lithuania	Ieva Zasimauskaitė	"When We're Old"	English^[a]	9	119
07	Israel	Netta	"Toy"	English^[b]	1	283
08	Belarus	Alekseev	"Forever"	English	16	65
09	Estonia	Elina Nechayeva	"La forza"	Italian	5	201
10	Bulgaria	Equinox	"Bones"	English	7	177
11	Macedonia	Eye Cue	"Lost and Found"	English	18	24
12	Croatia	Franka	"Crazy"	English	17	63
13	Austria	Cesár Sampson	"Nobody but You"	English	4	231
14	Greece	Yianna Terzi	"Oniro mou" (Όνειρό μου)	Greek	14	81
15	Finland	Saara Aalto	"Monsters"	English	10	108
16	Armenia	Sevak Khanagyan	"Qami" (Քամի)	Armenian	15	79
17	Switzerland	ZiBBZ	"Stones"	English	13	86
18	Ireland	Ryan O'Shaughnessy	"Together"	English	6	179
19	Cyprus	Eleni Foureira	"Fuego"	English^[c]	2	262

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 10 May 2018 at 20:00 WEST (21:00 CEST).^[57] Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Those countries, plus France, Germany and Italy voted in this semi-final.^[58]

With the approval from the Reference Group, Italy broadcast and voted in the second semi-final following a request from the broadcaster RAI, as the date of the first semi-final coincided with the scheduled final of the fifth season of The Voice of Italy.^[60]

The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Draw^[61]	Country^[61]	Artist^[61]	Song	Language(s)	Place^[61]	Points
01	Norway	Alexander Rybak	"That's How You Write a Song"	English	1	266
02	Romania	The Humans	"Goodbye"	English	11	107
03	Serbia	Sanja Ilić & Balkanika	"Nova deca" (Нова деца)	Serbian^[d]	9	117
04	San Marino	Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening	"Who We Are"	English	17	28
05	Denmark	Rasmussen	"Higher Ground"	English^[e]	5	204
06	Russia	Julia Samoylova	"I Won't Break"	English	15	65
07	Moldova	DoReDoS	"My Lucky Day"	English	3	235
08	Netherlands	Waylon	"Outlaw in 'Em"	English	7	174
09	Australia	Jessica Mauboy	"We Got Love"	English	4	212
10	Georgia	Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao	"For You"	Georgian^[f]	18	24
11	Poland	Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer	"Light Me Up"	English	14	81
12	Malta	Christabelle	"Taboo"	English	13	101
13	Hungary	AWS	"Viszlát nyár"	Hungarian	10	111
14	Latvia	Laura Rizzotto	"Funny Girl"	English	12	106
15	Sweden	Benjamin Ingrosso	"Dance You Off"	English	2	254
16	Montenegro	Vanja Radovanović	"Inje"	Montenegrin	16	40
17	Slovenia	Lea Sirk	"Hvala, ne!"	Slovene^[g]	8	132
18	Ukraine	Mélovin	"Under the Ladder"	English	6	179

Final

The final took place on 12 May 2018 at 20:00 WEST (21:00 CEST).^[57] Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 43 participating countries eligible to vote. The running order for the final was revealed after the press conference of the second semi-final qualifiers on 10 May.^[64]

Draw^[65]	Country^[65]	Artist^[65]	Song	Language(s)	Place^[65]	Points
01	Ukraine	Mélovin	"Under the Ladder"	English	17	7002130000000000000♠130
02	Spain	Amaia & Alfred	"Tu canción"	Spanish	23	7001610000000000000♠61
03	Slovenia	Lea Sirk	"Hvala, ne!"	Slovene^[g]	22	7001640000000000000♠64
04	Lithuania	Ieva Zasimauskaitė	"When We're Old"	English^[a]	12	7002181000000000000♠181
05	Austria	Cesár Sampson	"Nobody but You"	English	3	7002342000000000000♠342
06	Estonia	Elina Nechayeva	"La forza"	Italian	8	7002245000000000000♠245
07	Norway	Alexander Rybak	"That's How You Write a Song"	English	15	7002144000000000000♠144
08	Portugal	Cláudia Pascoal^[h]	"O jardim"	Portuguese	26	7001390000000000000♠39
09	United Kingdom	SuRie	"Storm"	English	24	7001480000000000000♠48
10	Serbia	Sanja Ilić & Balkanika	"Nova deca" (Нова деца)	Serbian^[d]	19	7002113000000000000♠113
11	Germany	Michael Schulte	"You Let Me Walk Alone"	English	4	7002340000000000000♠340
12	Albania	Eugent Bushpepa	"Mall"	Albanian	11	7002184000000000000♠184
13	France	Madame Monsieur	"Mercy"	French	13	7002173000000000000♠173
14	Czech Republic	Mikolas Josef	"Lie to Me"	English	6	7002281000000000000♠281
15	Denmark	Rasmussen	"Higher Ground"	English^[e]	9	7002226000000000000♠226
16	Australia	Jessica Mauboy	"We Got Love"	English	20	7001990000000000000♠99
17	Finland	Saara Aalto	"Monsters"	English	25	7001460000000000000♠46
18	Bulgaria	Equinox	"Bones"	English	14	7002166000000000000♠166
19	Moldova	DoReDoS	"My Lucky Day"	English	10	7002209000000000000♠209
20	Sweden	Benjamin Ingrosso	"Dance You Off"	English	7	7002274000000000000♠274
21	Hungary	AWS	"Viszlát nyár"	Hungarian	21	7001930000000000000♠93
22	Israel	Netta	"Toy"	English^[b]	1	7002529000000000000♠529
23	Netherlands	Waylon	"Outlaw in 'Em"	English	18	7002121000000000000♠121
24	Ireland	Ryan O'Shaughnessy	"Together"	English	16	7002136000000000000♠136
25	Cyprus	Eleni Foureira	"Fuego"	English^[c]	2	7002436000000000000♠436
26	Italy	Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro	"Non mi avete fatto niente"	Italian	5	7002308000000000000♠308

Scoreboard

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 1
Place	Televoting	Points	Jury	Points
1	Cyprus	173	Israel	167
2	Czech Republic	134	Austria	115
3	Estonia	120	Albania	114
4	Israel	116	Bulgaria	107
5	Austria	116	Czech Republic	98
6	Ireland	108	Cyprus	89
7	Finland	73	Estonia	81
8	Bulgaria	70	Ireland	71
9	Lithuania	62	Belgium	71
10	Greece	53	Switzerland	59
11	Albania	48	Lithuania	57
12	Azerbaijan	47	Azerbaijan	47
13	Belarus	45	Croatia	46
14	Armenia	41	Armenia	38
15	Switzerland	27	Finland	35
16	Belgium	20	Greece	28
17	Croatia	17	Belarus	20
18	Macedonia	6	Macedonia	18
19	Iceland	0	Iceland	15

			.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} Televoting Score	Azerbaijan	Iceland	Albania	Belgium	Czech Republic	Lithuania	Israel	Belarus	Estonia	Bulgaria	Macedonia	Croatia	Austria	Greece	Finland	Armenia	Switzerland	Ireland	Cyprus	Portugal	Spain	United Kingdom
Voting procedure used: 100% Televoting 100% Jury vote		Voting results (Jury vote)^[66]

	Azerbaijan	94	47			5				10		3		7			12					10
	Iceland	15	0				1	4			7			2						1
	Albania	162	48	7	12		4	5	1	4	12	1	6	10	4	6	8	6	5			7	5	4	7
	Belgium	91	20		2	4		10	8			4	12		1	7		5	6		2		10
	Czech Republic	232	134		5		10		5	3	10		7	8	10	8	2		7	8	4	1	3	7
	Lithuania	119	62			1		3		2		10	10		8	2		2		7			12
	Israel	283	116	4	10	10	7	12	7		6		5	5	12	12	4	12	12	5	10	12	2	12	8
	Belarus	65	45	12		7													1
	Estonia	201	120	1	6				4					4		3	10		8	12	8	5	8	6	6
	Bulgaria	177	70	2		6	2	7	3		5	7		12	6	4	6	10		3	6	6	7	3	12
	Macedonia	24	6	6		8				1							3
	Croatia	63	17	5						6	8	2	4	6			5					4	1		5
	Austria	231	116		7		12	1	10	12	1	12	8					8	4	6	7	3	6	8	10
	Greece	81	53	10	1	3									3				2		1	8
	Finland	108	73		4				2	7	3	5	1							2	5	2		1	3
	Armenia	79	41				6	2		5	4		2			10		3					4		2
	Switzerland	86	27	3	3	2	8	6	6	8					5	1	1	1	3		3			5	4
	Ireland	179	108		8		5	8	12		2	6		1	7	5		4		10				2	1
	Cyprus	262	173	8		12	3					8	3	3	2		7	7	10	4	12			10

			Jury Score	Azerbaijan	Iceland	Albania	Belgium	Czech Republic	Lithuania	Israel	Belarus	Estonia	Bulgaria	Macedonia	Croatia	Austria	Greece	Finland	Armenia	Switzerland	Ireland	Cyprus	Portugal	Spain	United Kingdom
Voting procedure used: 100% Televoting 100% Jury vote		Voting results (Televoting vote)^[66]

	Azerbaijan	94	47		1	7		10		5				5	5	4	3						7
	Iceland	15	15
	Albania	162	114					3						12	4	1	10	1		10	1			5	1
	Belgium	91	71	2					8	2	2	3							3
	Czech Republic	232	98	8	12	2	8		7	12	8	7	3	6	10	10	6	7	7	3	4	7	1	4	2
	Lithuania	119	57	1	3		4				6	10						2			12	3	6	3	12
	Israel	283	167	10	8	4	3	12	1		10	1	7	3		6	2	10	4	8	5	8	2	7	5
	Belarus	65	20	12					6			6	2				1	3	10			5
	Estonia	201	81	3	6	6	5	5	12	7	3		4		6	3	8	12	5	1	10	6	12	2	4
	Bulgaria	177	107	4		5		2	2	3	5			8		5	7		2		3	10		8	6
	Macedonia	24	18										5		1
	Croatia	63	46											10		2			1	4
	Austria	231	115	5	7	3	10	6	10	8	4	8	8		7			8	6	12	8	1	5
	Greece	81	28			10	1						10	4	3				8	2		12			3
	Finland	108	35		10	8	2	1	3	6		12	1	2						5	6		4	6	7
	Armenia	79	38				6	8			12		6				5					4
	Switzerland	86	59		2	1				1		2		1	2	8		4			2		3	1
	Ireland	179	71	6	4		12	4	4	4	1	5			8	12	4	6		6		2	8	12	10
	Cyprus	262	89	7	5	12	7	7	5	10	7	4	12	7	12	7	12	5	12	7	7		10	10	8

12 points

Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

Jury

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury in the first semi-final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
7	Israel	Armenia, Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Spain
3	Austria	Belgium, Estonia, Israel
2	Albania	Belarus, Iceland
	Bulgaria	Macedonia, United Kingdom
	Cyprus	Albania, Ireland
1	Azerbaijan	Greece
	Belarus	Azerbaijan
	Belgium	Bulgaria
	Estonia	Switzerland
	Ireland	Lithuania
	Lithuania	Portugal

Televoting

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's televote in the first semi-final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
5	Cyprus	Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece
3	Estonia	Finland, Lithuania, Portugal
3	Ireland	Austria, Belgium, Spain
2	Czech Republic	Iceland, Israel
2	Lithuania	Ireland, United Kingdom
1	Albania	Macedonia
	Armenia	Belarus
	Austria	Switzerland
	Belarus	Azerbaijan
	Finland	Estonia
	Greece	Cyprus
	Israel	Czech Republic

Semi-final 2

Semi-final 2
Place	Televoting	Points	Jury	Points
1	Denmark	164	Sweden	171
2	Moldova	153	Norway	133
3	Norway	133	Australia	130
4	Ukraine	114	Netherlands	127
5	Hungary	88	Malta	93
6	Sweden	83	Latvia	92
7	Australia	82	Moldova	82
8	Serbia	72	Romania	67
9	Slovenia	65	Slovenia	67
10	Poland	60	Ukraine	65
11	Russia	51	Serbia	45
12	Netherlands	47	Denmark	40
13	Romania	40	Hungary	23
14	Montenegro	17	Montenegro	23
15	Latvia	14	Poland	21
16	San Marino	14	San Marino	14
17	Georgia	13	Russia	14
18	Malta	8	Georgia	11

			Televoting Score	Norway	Romania	Serbia	San Marino	Denmark	Russia	Moldova	Netherlands	Australia	Georgia	Poland	Malta	Hungary	Latvia	Sweden	Montenegro	Slovenia	Ukraine	France	Germany	Italy
Voting procedure used: 100% Televoting 100% Jury vote		Voting results (Jury vote)^[67]

	Norway	266	133		2	8	7	6	10	4	10	8	5	4	12	7	5	12	6	7	1	2	5	12
	Romania	107	40	2		1			4	12	2		6	3	2	12	3	3	8	6	2	1
	Serbia	117	72		6		6	1	7						1	6			12	4			1	1
	San Marino	28	14		5				1						3									5
	Denmark	204	164			5				1		6			8	5			1		4			10
	Russia	65	51	4						7												3
	Moldova	235	153		12		10	2	12		3	10	3		4		6	2	5	5			4	4
	Netherlands	174	47	8	8	10	4	5		5		1	10	10		8	8	6	4	10	12	8	7	3
	Australia	212	82	10		6		12	3	10	4			8	7	10	12	10	3	2	6	12	8	7
	Georgia	24	13													1	2				8
	Poland	81	60	1			2		2		5					4		1				4	2
	Malta	101	8	6	10	4	8	8		2	1	3	4	1			7	4	7	8		6	6	8
	Hungary	111	88		3				5			4	2	6						3
	Latvia	106	14	7	1	3	5	7		3	7	5	8	7		2		7			10	10	10
	Sweden	254	83	12		12	12	10	8		12	12	12	12	10	3	10		2	12	7	7	12	6
	Montenegro	40	17		7	7									5					1	3
	Slovenia	132	65	5	4	2	3	4		6	8	2	1	5			4	8			5	5	3	2
	Ukraine	179	114	3			1	3	6	8	6	7	7	2	6		1	5	10

			Jury Score	Norway	Romania	Serbia	San Marino	Denmark	Russia	Moldova	Netherlands	Australia	Georgia	Poland	Malta	Hungary	Latvia	Sweden	Montenegro	Slovenia	Ukraine	France	Germany	Italy
Voting procedure used: 100% Televoting 100% Jury vote		Voting results (Televoting vote)^[67]

	Norway	266	133		6	6	7	12	8	6	10	6	5	7	6	8	4	10	5	10	8	4	4	1
	Romania	107	67							12			8									8		12
	Serbia	117	45	1	4				6	10	1					2		4	12	12		10	6	4
	San Marino	28	14									2			12
	Denmark	204	40	12	8	4	12		7	4	12	12	3	8	8	12	7	12	3	8	10	5	10	7
	Russia	65	14		1	7	1			8			6		3		12		8		3			2
	Moldova	235	82	5	12	5	6	6	12		7	10	12	2	4	10	8	5	4	6	12	12	5	10
	Netherlands	174	127	7	3		2	7		3		1	1	1	5	4	1	6	2	1			3
	Australia	212	130	8	7	3	4	8	1	5	4			3	10	3	2	7		4		6	7
	Georgia	24	11						3								5				5
	Poland	81	21	6				4			5				1	7		8			7	7	12	3
	Malta	101	93					1				7
	Hungary	111	23	2	10	12	8		4	1	8	3	4	10			3	1	1	5	2		8	6
	Latvia	106	92					2					7	4							1
	Sweden	254	171	10	2	1	5	10	5	2	6	8	2	5	7	1	6		6	2	4	1
	Montenegro	40	23			10														7
	Slovenia	132	67	3		8	3	3	2		3	4		6		5		3	10		6	2	2	5
	Ukraine	179	65	4	5	2	10	5	10	7	2	5	10	12	2	6	10	2	7	3		3	1	8

12 points

Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

Jury

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury in the second semi-final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
9	Sweden	Australia, Georgia, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia
3	Australia	Denmark, France, Latvia
3	Norway	Italy, Malta, Sweden
2	Moldova	Romania, Russia
2	Romania	Hungary, Moldova
1	Netherlands	Ukraine
1	Serbia	Montenegro

Televoting

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's televote in the second semi-final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
6	Denmark	Australia, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, San Marino, Sweden
5	Moldova	France, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Ukraine
2	Romania	Italy, Moldova
2	Serbia	Montenegro, Slovenia
1	Hungary	Serbia
	Norway	Denmark
	Poland	Germany
	Russia	Latvia
	San Marino	Malta
	Ukraine	Poland

Final

Final
Place	Televoting	Points	Jury	Points
1	Israel	317	Austria	271
2	Cyprus	253	Sweden	253
3	Italy	249	Israel	212
4	Czech Republic	215	Germany	204
5	Denmark	188	Cyprus	183
6	Germany	136	Estonia	143
7	Ukraine	119	Albania	126
8	Moldova	115	France	114
9	Estonia	102	Bulgaria	100
10	Lithuania	91	Moldova	94
11	Norway	84	Lithuania	90
12	Serbia	75	Australia	90
13	Austria	71	Netherlands	89
14	Bulgaria	66	Ireland	74
15	Hungary	65	Czech Republic	66
16	Ireland	62	Norway	60
17	France	59	Italy	59
18	Albania	58	Spain	43
19	Netherlands	32	Slovenia	41
20	United Kingdom	25	Denmark	38
21	Finland	23	Serbia	38
22	Slovenia	23	Hungary	28
23	Sweden	21	United Kingdom	23
24	Spain	18	Finland	23
25	Portugal	18	Portugal	21
26	Australia	9	Ukraine	11

			Televoting Score
Voting procedure used: 100% Televoting 100% Jury vote		Voting results (Jury vote)^[68]

	Ukraine	130	119		6																			5
	Spain	61	18											6	1					1	10				1	2			7			7						6								2
	Slovenia	64	23	5		4	6	1	2				5				1				1	7					2															4				3
	Lithuania	181	91			5		7			2						4		12		6	1				3			3	10				10		5		4		3	8		1			6
	Austria	342	71	7		10		10		1	8	8		8	12	10	7			5	12	5	12	3	12	8	7	7	5	12	4	2	1	12		8		10	7		4	12	12	12	10	8
	Estonia	245	102	1	3		5	4	12		10	1	2	7	6		8			3	3		7	12				4	8		3	1			3		5	2		6	10				5	12
	Norway	144	84			8		3		4					5	2			5					2				12		4	6					2	7
	Portugal	39	18					2												6										3											3			7
	United Kingdom	48	25														2		2								3	6									2					8
	Serbia	113	75		10		3		8									3																	2		12
	Germany	340	136		2		10	12	3		7	7	10	12		1	3	6		8	4		6	4	5	12	8	10	10	6	10		5	6					1	4	12	5	10	5
	Albania	184	58		12	7			6		4		7		7				1	2		6	10		2						1	6		7	7	10	10						7		4	10
	France	173	59	12						8		6		2		5	10	7	6	4			3		3	7						3	4	5	5				5	2				10	2	5
	Czech Republic	281	215	4		6			4	5		4	3					1	4				1		7		4		1			5	6	8											3
	Denmark	226	188	3		3					1																	8								12	6		3			2
	Australia	99	9	2		2	2			3				10		8	6				2			7		6	10						2			7		7		5		7	4
	Finland	46	23						5						4	3						3								2												6
	Bulgaria	166	66		5					2	6		6	1	8	6		8	7	10		4		8						7									10		2	1	2			7
	Moldova	209	115		7		7											2	8		7								2		5	10	10		10		8			12					6
	Sweden	274	21	6		1	8	8	7	7	12	2	8	4	2		12	4				8	5		8	10	5	1	12	5	12	12	12	2	8	1		12	8	10	5	10	6	8	12
	Hungary	93	65		8																	2										4			6							3	3	2
	Israel	529	317	10	1		12	5	1	6	3	10	12	3	10	7		5	10	7		12	8	10	6		12	2	6		2		8	4	4	6		1	12	8	1			6	1	1
	Netherlands	121	32	8							5		1				5				8			1	10	4	6			1	7		3			4	3	5					8	3	7
	Ireland	136	62				1					5	4		3	4			3			10	4			1	1	5	4					1		3		8	2		6		5	4
	Cyprus	436	253		4	12		6	10	12		12		5		12		10		12	5		2	6	4	5		3		8			7	3	12		1	3	6	7	7			1	8
	Italy	308	249				4			10		3						12													8	8			1		4		4	1						4

			Jury Score
Voting procedure used: 100% Televoting 100% Jury vote		Voting results (Televoting vote)^[68]

	Ukraine	130	11		8	12	5		4		8						3					12		10			4	8				2	4	1			7			8		7	12			4
	Spain	61	43																								5														1					12
	Slovenia	64	41						2										7												8						6
	Lithuania	181	90	2						5	7				12	7	12			12						12				12		6						4
	Austria	342	271					3			1			10		2		2					5		3	8				6			6	4		3		5	3		4	1		3	2
	Estonia	245	143	3							6	2					10	4		4		5		1			7	6				4	2	2	4				12	3		8		12		7
	Norway	144	60		7	10		1				3		8		8	2						4	5					1	2	3	5	7		3	5				5					5
	Portugal	39	21																								8														10
	United Kingdom	48	23				1			1				3				3		10									6									1
	Serbia	113	38						10				8						12								1	1						7			12				12				12
	Germany	340	204		3		4	12		4		6	6	12	3	5		8	3	8	4	3	8	4	2	6		3	2			3			2	1					6	3	1	2	4	8
	Albania	184	126						12				2						4									12							10		10				7				1
	France	173	114	7							4	4						5					6		8	1						1	5						4			6	3	5
	Czech Republic	281	66	10	6	5	10	6	5	3		10	12	6	5	3	4		5	7	3		10	6	1	4			3	5	5	8	8	3	7	8		8	5	2		12	4	8	8
	Denmark	226	38	8		7	6	8		2	2		5		2	12	5		2	2	2	7	12		5	10	2	4	10	8	4					12		3	10	7	2	4	6	10	7	2
	Australia	99	90							6				2	1
	Finland	46	23													6							3						4	10
	Bulgaria	166	100		1	1			7	7		5			6			6	1		5	1		3							2	12			5		4
	Moldova	209	94	6	4	6	2		1		3				4		7			1	12	6					6	10	5	1	1		1	8	1	2				12		10				6
	Sweden	274	253		2									7									2			3											2			1				4
	Hungary	93	28	1		2		2					3								10			2				2		3	12			5			3	2	8				7		3
	Israel	529	212	12	12	8	12	10	3	8	12	12	7		7	10	8	1	6	6	8	10	7	12	10	7	12	7	12		7	10	10	10	6	10	1	10	7	10	5		10	1		1
	Netherlands	121	89											5		1				3					12	5										4			2
	Ireland	136	74				3	4				1	4	4	10			7			1	4			4				8									7					2			3
	Cyprus	436	183	4	10	3	7	5	8	10	10	8	1	1	8	4	1	10	8	5	7	8	1	7	7	2	3	5	7	4	10		12	12	12	7	5	6	1	4	3	2	8	6	6	5
	Italy	308	59	5	5	4	8	7	6	12	5	7	10				6	12	10		6	2		8	6		10			7	6	7	3	6	8	6	8	12	6	6	8	5	5	7	10	10

12 points

Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

Jury

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
9	Austria	Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Iceland, Israel, Lithuania, Romania, Poland, United Kingdom
8	Sweden	Armenia, Australia, Cyprus, Georgia, Germany, Latvia, Serbia, Slovenia
6	Cyprus	Belarus, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Spain, Sweden
5	Israel	Austria, Czech Republic, France, Finland, San Marino
4	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

Televoting

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
8	Israel	Australia, Azerbaijan, France, Georgia, Moldova, San Marino, Spain, Ukraine
5	Lithuania	Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Norway, United Kingdom
4	Serbia	Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Switzerland
3	Cyprus	Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece
	Denmark	Hungary, Iceland, Sweden
	Italy	Albania, Germany, Malta
	Ukraine	Belarus, Czech Republic, Poland
2	Albania	Italy, Macedonia
	Czech Republic	Austria, Israel
	Estonia	Finland, Lithuania
	Germany	Denmark, Netherlands
	Moldova	Romania, Russia
1	Bulgaria	Cyprus
	Hungary	Serbia
	Netherlands	Belgium
	Spain	Portugal

Other countries

Eligibility for participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership,^[69] or a special invitation from the EBU as in the case of Australia.

Active EBU members

Andorra – The Director General of Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra (RTVA) announced on 14 May 2017 that Andorra would not participate in the contest, due to financial difficulties and the restructuring of the company.^[70]

Bosnia and Herzegovina – On 18 September 2017, BHRT confirmed that Bosnia and Herzegovina would not return to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2018.^[71]

Luxembourg – Steve Schmit, the Director of Programming at the Luxembourgish broadcaster (RTL), explained last year the reasons against participating in the Eurovision Song Contest. He also underlined that Luxembourg's chance for success in the contest is limited: "I believe that (with) the enlargement of Eurovision, the days (of victory) are gone. With the new voting system, it is very unlikely that Luxembourg is successful. Small countries are somewhat more troubled now". Luxembourg last participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993.^[72]

Monaco – On 31 August 2017, Monegasque broadcaster TMC confirmed that Monaco would not participate in the 2018 contest.^[73]

Slovakia – Eríka Rusnáková, press spokesperson of the Slovak broadcaster Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS), confirmed on 11 September 2017 to Czech Eurovision website Eurocontest.cz that the country would not participate in the 2018 contest.^[74]

Turkey – On 12 July 2017, Sertab Erener, who won for Turkey in 2003, announced on an Instagram live chat that Turkey would return and wished luck to the next representative.^[75]maNga, the 2010 Turkish representatives,^[76] and Hadise, the 2009 Turkish representative, also expressed their interests for Turkey returning to the contest. Despite these statements, on 7 August 2017, the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Bekir Bozdağ, issued a statement saying that there were no plans for a return.^[77] The same day, TRT confirmed their non-participation in the 2018 contest.^[78]

Associate EBU members

Kazakhstan – Khabar Agency became an associate member of the EBU on 1 January 2016, opening up the possibility of future participation.^[79] They broadcast all the shows in 2017. Furthermore, the winner of the Turkvision Song Contest 2014, Zhanar Dugalova, said she would be interested in representing Kazakhstan in the contest.^[80] However, on 25 September, Khabar Agency told Esctoday that: "We have no information about Kazakshtan’s participation in Eurovison 2018 yet", maintaining the possibility of the country being invited by the EBU, as it is entirely at the EBU’s discretion to extend an invitation like in the case of Australia.^[81] The EBU however, chose not to invite Kazakhstan, as seen in the list of participants.^[82] On 22 December 2017, it was claimed that Channel 31 had finalised negotiations with the EBU, allowing Kazakhstan to debut in 2019,^[83] however, on 23 December 2017, the EBU told Esctoday that: "Channel 31 Kazakhstan has indeed expressed interest in becoming a Member of the EBU and hence participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. However, since Channel 31 is outside the European Broadcasting Area and is also not a member of the Council of Europe, it is not eligible to become an active Member of the EBU".^[84]

Non-EBU members

Kosovo – Kosovar media reported that RTK was hopeful that they would debut in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal. In an article published by RTK the Director of Television at the Kosovar broadcaster stated that he had received the support of national broadcasters across the Balkans to participate in the competition. However, both Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia had opposed such participation.^[85] The EBU then sent a letter to RTK explaining that Kosovo cannot participate in the ESC, because it is not a UN member and it is not a fully recognised state.^[86]

Liechtenstein – On 1 September 2017, 1 FL TV, the national broadcaster of the Principality of Liechtenstein confirmed that the country would not debut in 2018.^[87] However, on 4 November 2017, 1 FL TV announced that they are planning a debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2019.^[88]

Commentators and spokespersons

Spokespersons

The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:^[89]

Ukraine – Natalia Zhyzhchenko

Azerbaijan – Tural Asadov

Belarus – Naviband (Belarusian representative in 2017)

San Marino – John Kennedy O'Connor

Netherlands – O'G3NE (Dutch representatives in 2017)

Macedonia – Jana Burčeska (Macedonian representative in 2017)

Malta – Lara Azzopardi

Georgia – Tamara Gachechiladze (Georgian representative in 2017)

Spain – Nieves Álvarez

Austria – Kati Bellowitsch

Denmark – Ulla Essendrop

United Kingdom – Mel Giedroyc

Sweden – Felix Sandman

Latvia – Dagmāra Legante

Albania – Andri Xhahu

Croatia – Uršula Tolj

Ireland – Nicky Byrne (Irish representative in 2016)

Romania – Sonia Argint-Ionescu

Czech Republic – Radka Rosická

Iceland – Edda Sif Pálsdóttir

Moldova – Djulieta Ardovan

Belgium – Danira Boukhriss Terkessidis

Norway – Aleksander Walmann and JOWST (Norwegian representatives in 2017)

France – Élodie Gossuin

Italy – Giulia Valentina Palermo

Australia – Ricardo Gonçalves

Estonia – Ott Evestus

Serbia – Dragana Kosjerina

Cyprus – Hovig (Cypriot representative in 2017)

Armenia – Arsen Grigoryan

Bulgaria – Joanna Dragneva (Bulgarian representative in 2008)

Greece – Olina Xenopoulou

Hungary – Bence Forró

Montenegro – Nataša Šotra

Germany – Barbara Schöneberger

Finland – Anna Abreu

Russia – Alsou (Russian representative in 2000 and host of the final in 2009)

Switzerland – Letícia Carvalho

Israel – Lucy Ayoub

Poland – Mateusz Szymkowiak

Lithuania – Eglė Daugėlaitė

Slovenia – Maja Keuc (Slovenian representative in 2011)

Portugal – Pedro Fernandes

Commentators

Most countries sent commentators to Lisbon or commented from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information.

Albania – Andri Xhahu (RTSH, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana, all shows)

Armenia – Avet Barseghyan and Felix Khachatryan (Armenia 1 and Public Radio of Armenia, all shows)^[90]

Australia – Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey (SBS, all shows)^[91]

Austria – Andi Knoll (ORF eins, all shows)

Azerbaijan – Azer Suleymanli (İTV, all shows)

Belarus – Evgeny Perlin (Belarus-1 and Belarus 24, all shows)

Belgium – Dutch: Peter Van de Veire (één, all shows);^[92]French: Maureen Louys and Jean-Louis Lahaye (La Une, all shows; second semi-final 90-minute-delayed, first semi-final and final live)

Bulgaria – Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev (BNT 1, all shows)

Croatia – Duško Ćurlić (HRT 1 and HR 2, all shows)^[93]^[94]^[95]

Cyprus – Costas Constantinou and Vaso Komninou (CyBC, all shows)^[96]

Czech Republic – Libor Bouček (ČT2, semi-finals and ČT1, final)

Denmark – Ole Tøpholm (DR 1, all shows)^[97]

Estonia – Estonian: Marko Reikop (ETV, all shows);^[98] Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk (Raadio 2, first semi-final and final);^[99]Russian: Aleksandr Hobotov, Julia Kalenda (ETV+, all shows)^[100]

Finland – Finnish: Mikko Silvennoinen (with Saara Aalto in the second semi-final); Swedish: Johan Lindroos and Eva Frantz (Yle TV2, Yle X3M, all shows); Anna Keränen (Yle Radio Suomi, semi-finals); Anna Keränen, Aija Puurtinen, Sami Sykkö (Yle Radio Suomi, final)^[101]

France – Christophe Willem and André Manoukian (France 4, semi-finals); Stéphane Bern, Christophe Willem and Alma (France 2, final)^[102]^[103]

Georgia – Demetre Ergemlidze (GPB First Channel, all shows)^[104]

Germany – Peter Urban (One, semi-finals and Das Erste, final)^[105]^[106]

Greece – Alexandros Lizardos and Daphne Skalioni (ERT1, ERT HD, ERA 2, Voice of Greece, all shows)^[107]

Hungary – Krisztina Rátonyi and Freddie (Duna, all shows)^[108]

Iceland – Gísli Marteinn Baldursson (RÚV, all shows)

Ireland – Marty Whelan (RTÉ 2, semi-finals and RTÉ One, final); Neil Doherty and Zbyszek Zalinski (RTÉ Radio 1, first semi-final and final)

Israel – Asaf Liberman and Shir Reuven (Kan 11, first semi-final); Itai Herman and Goel Pinto (Kan 11, second semi-final); Erez Tal and Idit Hershkowitz (Kan 11, final)

Italy – Carolina Di Domenico and Saverio Raimondo (Rai 4, semi-finals);^[60]Serena Rossi and Federico Russo (Rai 1, final); Carolina Di Domenico and Ema Stokholma (Rai Radio 2, final)

Latvia – Toms Grēviņš (LTV, all shows) Magnuss Eriņš (final)^[109]

Lithuania – Darius Užkuraitis and Gerūta Griniūtė (LRT televizija, LRT Radijas, all shows)

Macedonia – Karolina Petkovska (MRT 1, MRT 2, Macedonian radio, all shows)^[110]^[111]

Malta – No commentary

Moldova – Djulieta Ardovan^[112] (Moldova 1, Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical, Radio Moldova Tineret, semi-finals);^[113] Doina Stimpovschii (Moldova 1, Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical, Radio Moldova Tineret, final)^[114]

Montenegro – Dražen Bauković and Tijana Mišković (TVCG 1 and TVCG SAT, all shows)^[115]

Netherlands – Cornald Maas and Jan Smit (NPO 1, all shows)^[116]

Norway – Olav Viksmo-Slettan (NRK1, all shows);^[117] Ronny Brede Aase, Silje Nordnes and Markus Neby (NRK3, final);^[118] Ole Christian Øen (NRK P1, final)^[119]

Poland – Artur Orzech (TVP1, TVP Polonia, all shows)^[120]

Portugal – Nuno Galopim and Hélder Reis (RTP1, RTP África, RTP Internacional, all shows)

Romania – Liliana Ștefan and Radu Andrei Tudor (TVR1, TVR HD, TVRi, all shows)^[121]

Russia – Yuriy Aksuta and Yana Churikova (Channel One, all shows; first semi-final 110-minute-delayed, second semi-final and final live)

San Marino – Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo (San Marino RTV and Radio San Marino, all shows)^[122]

Serbia – Silvana Grujić and Tamara Petković (RTS1, RTS HD, RTS Svet, RTS Planeta, first semi-final); Duška Vučinić (RTS1, RTS HD, RTS Svet, RTS Planeta, second semi-final and final)^[123]^[124]^[125]

Slovenia – Andrej Hofer (TV Slovenija 2, semi-finals and TV Slovenija 1, final)

Spain – Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela (La 2, semi-finals; La 1, final)^[126]^[127]

Sweden – Sanna Nielsen and Edward af Sillén (SVT1, all shows)^[128]

Switzerland – German: Sven Epiney (SRF zwei, semi-finals and SRF 1, final);^[129]Italian: Clarissa Tami (RSI La 2, semi-finals and RSI La 1, final);^[130]French: Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner (RTS Deux, semi-finals and RTS Un, final)

Ukraine – Serhiy Prytula (STB, all shows);^[131]Timur Miroshnychenko (UA:First, all shows); Mariya Yaremchuk (UA:First, first semi-final); Alyosha (UA:First, second semi-final); Jamala (UA:First, final)^[132]

United Kingdom – Scott Mills and Rylan Clark-Neal (BBC Four, semi-finals); Graham Norton (BBC One, final); Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2, final)^[133]^[134]

Non-participating countries

China – Duan Yixuan and Hei Nan (Mango TV, semi-final 1^[i] 9-hour-delay)^[135]^[136]

Kazakhstan – Kaldybek Zhaysanbay and Diana Snegina (Khabar TV, all shows)^[137]

Kosovo – Alma Bektashi and Agron Krasniqi (RTK, all shows)^[138]

Slovakia – Daniel Baláž, Pavol Hubinák, Juraj Malíček, Ela Tolstová and Celeste Buckingham (Radio FM, final)^[139]

United States – English: Ross Mathews and Shangela (Logo TV, final);^[140] Ewan Spence and Lisa-Jayne Lewis (WJFD-FM radio, final);^[141]Portuguese: Ana Filipa Rosa (WJFD-FM radio, final)^[141]

Incidents

Accusations of cultural appropriation

Following Israel's Netta Barzilai's performance of her song "Toy", critics of the song accused Netta of culturally appropriating Japanese culture, with several users taking to social media such as Twitter to call the performance "offensive". The accusations were made after she wore a kimono and buns, as well as Maneki-nekos being shown during the performance.^[142]^[143]^[144]

The topic was debated on British morning show Good Morning Britain on 14 May 2018 in response,^[145] with television presenters Trisha Goddard and Piers Morgan defending Netta by stating that she was simply implementing elements of Japanese culture due to her own appreciation of it. English journalist Rebecca Reid disagreed, arguing "It's not a beautiful, loving representation of real Japanese culture. It's a costume".^[146]

Belarusian song submission

On 10 January 2018, it had emerged on Russian networking site VK that Ukrainian singer Alekseev had performed a Russian-language version of his EuroFest entry "Forever" (as Navsegda) in May 2017 in Stavropol – before 1 September 2017, the submission deadline set by the EBU, potentially violating the rules of the contest.^[147] Six artists threatened to withdraw from the selection if it were allowed to compete,^[148] with Sofi Lapina actually doing so.^[149] Alekseev was ultimately allowed to compete by BTRC following a melodic revamp of the song, and went on to win the selection, thus representing Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.^[150] However, on 23 February 2018, it was reported that the EBU had given Alekseev permission to perform his original English-language version of the song at the contest, and he would opt to sing that version of the song in May.^[151] A few weeks after that announcement, on 28 March 2018 Alekseev premiered a new official version of his Eurovision entry with a lighter intro and additional choir at the end of the track. He also confirmed that this version would be the one performed in Lisbon.^[152]

Czech rehearsal injuries

On 29 April 2018, during the first rehearsal of the Czech Republic's performance, singer Mikolas Josef reportedly sustained injuries to his back while rehearsing and was subsequently rushed to hospital. The singer updated his fans on Instagram, stating "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". He stated that he would, however, "perform no matter what".^[153] Josef performed in the first semi-final on 8 May with a slightly altered performance, owing to his injuries, and ultimately finished 6th in the Grand Final on 12 May, achieving Czech Republic's best result to date. He was also the second Czech contestant to qualify for the Grand Final, the other being Gabriela Gunčíková in 2016.

Mango TV censorship

During the Chinese broadcast of the first semi-final on Mango TV, both Albania and Ireland were edited out of the show, along with their snippets in the recap of all 19 entries.^[154] Albania was skipped due to a ban on television performers displaying tattoos that took effect in January 2018, while Ireland was censored due to its representation of a homosexual couple on-stage.^[155] In addition, the LGBT flag and tattoos on other performers were also blurred out from the broadcast.^[156] As a result, the EBU has terminated its partnership with Mango TV, citing that censorship "is not in line with the EBU's values of universality and inclusivity and its proud tradition of celebrating diversity through music," which led to a ban on televising the second semi-final and the grand final in the country.^[136]^[157] A spokesperson for the broadcaster's parent company Hunan TV said they "weren't aware" of the edits made to the programme.^[158] Ireland's representative, Ryan O'Shaughnessy told the BBC in an interview, "they haven't taken this lightly and I think it's a move in the right direction, so I'm happy about it."^[156]

United Kingdom stage invasion

The performance of SuRie, representing the United Kingdom, in the final was disrupted by a man who rushed onto the stage and grabbed her microphone, reportedly shouting "Modern Nazis of the UK media, we demand freedom! War is not peace."^[why?]^[159]^[160] The man, later identified as 'Dr ACactivism', a political activist from London,^[161] climbed into a camera run to get access to the stage.^[162] SuRie was able to complete her performance, and after the song the broadcast cut to an unscheduled interview in the green room.^[163]^[164] The EBU offered SuRie and her team the opportunity to perform again, but she declined.^[159] SuRie later revealed that she had suffered several bruises on her right hand.^[165] For official release on YouTube, Eurovision edited out the interrupted performance and substituted SuRie's Jury Night performance from the previous evening. The official video retains the unscheduled green room interview with the Ukrainian delegation that followed the stage invasion. The official DVD release also replaces the grand final performance with the previous evening’s jury show performance.^{[citation needed]}

Other awards

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award will be contested during the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Additionally, the OGAE voting poll took place before the final.

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia, honouring the best competing songs in the final. Founded by Christer Björkman (Sweden's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 and the current Head of Delegation for Sweden) and Richard Herrey (a member of the Herreys and the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 winner from Sweden), the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezençon.^[166] The awards are divided into three categories: Press Award, Artistic Award, and Composer Award. The winners are revealed shortly before the Eurovision final.

Category	Country	Song	Performer(s)	Composer(s)
Artistic Award	Cyprus	"Fuego"	Eleni Foureira	Alex Papaconstantinou, Geraldo Sandell, Viktor Svensson, Anderz Wrethov Didrick
Composer Award	Bulgaria	"Bones"	Equinox	Borislav Milanov, Trey Campbell, Joacim Persson, Dag Lundberg
Press Award	France	"Mercy"	Madame Monsieur	Émilie Satt, Jean-Karl Lucas

OGAE

Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision (more commonly known as OGAE) is an international organisation that was founded in 1984 in Savonlinna, Finland by Jari-Pekka Koikkalainen.^[167] The organisation consists of a network of over 40 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, and is a non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit company.^[168] In what has become an annual tradition for the OGAE fan clubs, a voting poll took place before the main Eurovision Song Contest allowing members from over 40 clubs to vote for their favourite songs of the contest.

Country	Performer(s)	Song	OGAE result^[169]
Israel	Netta	"Toy"	456
France	Madame Monsieur	"Mercy"	352
Finland	Saara Aalto	"Monsters"	226
Australia	Jessica Mauboy	"We Got Love"	202
Czech Republic	Mikolas Josef	"Lie to Me"	181

*Table reflects the 2018 voting results from all 44 OGAE clubs.

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award is a fan award originally awarded by House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016, and since 2017 by songfestival.be. This is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist each year in the contest, and was named after the Belgian artist, Barbara Dex, who came last in the 1993, in which she wore her own self-designed dress.

Place	Country	Performer(s)
1	Macedonia	Eye Cue
2	Australia	Jessica Mauboy
3	Belgium	Sennek
4	Montenegro	Vanja Radovanović
5	Israel	Netta

Official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Lisbon 2018 is the official compilation album of the contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group digitally on 6 April 2018 and physically on 20 April 2018.^[170] The album features all 43 participating entries, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify for the grand final.

CD 1
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Mall" (Albania)	Eugent Bushpepa	3ː07
2.	"Qami" (Armenia)	Sevak Khanagyan	2ː57
3.	"We Got Love" (Australia)	Jessica Mauboy	3ː04
4.	"Nobody but You" (Austria)	Cesár Sampson	3ː03
5.	"X My Heart" (Azerbaijan)	Aisel	3ː01
6.	"A Matter of Time" (Belgium)	Sennek	3ː00
7.	"Bones" (Bulgaria)	Equinox	2ː59
8.	"Forever" (Belarus)	Alekseev	3ː00
9.	"Stones" (Switzerland)	Zibbz	2ː57
10.	"Fuego" (Cyprus)	Eleni Foureira	3ː03
11.	"Lie to Me" (Czech Republic)	Mikolas Josef	2ː50
12.	"You Let Me Walk Alone" (Germany)	Michael Schulte	2ː57
13.	"Higher Ground" (Denmark)	Rasmussen	3ː03
14.	"Tu canción" (Spain)	Amaia and Alfred	2ː59
15.	"La forza" (Estonia)	Elina Nechayeva	3ː04
16.	"Monsters" (Finland)	Saara Aalto	3ː00
17.	"Mercy" (France)	Madame Monsieur	3ː02
18.	"Storm" (United Kingdom)	SuRie	2ː57
19.	"For You" (Georgia)	Iriao	2ː59
20.	"Oniro mou" (Greece)	Yianna Terzi	3ː04
21.	"Crazy" (Croatia)	Franka	3ː00
22.	"Viszlát nyár" (Hungary)	AWS	2ː57
Total length:			66ː03

CD 2
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Together" (Ireland)	Ryan O'Shaughnessy	2ː54
2.	"Our Choice" (Iceland)	Ari Ólafsson	2ː59
3.	"Toy" (Israel)	Netta	3ː00
4.	"Non mi avete fatto niente" (Italy)	Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro	3ː02
5.	"When We're Old" (Lithuania)	Ieva Zasimauskaitė	3ː00
6.	"Funny Girl" (Latvia)	Laura Rizzotto	3ː03
7.	"My Lucky Day" (Moldova)	DoReDoS	3ː02
8.	"Lost and Found" (Macedonia)	Eye Cue	3ː03
9.	"Taboo" (Malta)	Christabelle	3ː01
10.	"Inje" (Montenegro)	Vanja Radovanović	3ː00
11.	"Outlaw in 'Em" (Netherlands)	Waylon	2ː54
12.	"That's How You Write a Song" (Norway)	Alexander Rybak	3ː00
13.	"Light Me Up" (Poland)	Gromee and Lukas Meijer	3ː00
14.	"O jardim" (Portugal)	Cláudia Pascoal	2ː38
15.	"Goodbye" (Romania)	The Humans	2ː58
16.	"I Won't Break" (Russia)	Julia Samoylova	2ː59
17.	"Who We Are" (San Marino)	Jessika and Jenifer Brening	3ː00
18.	"Nova deca" (Serbia)	Sanja Ilić and Balkanika	3ː07
19.	"Hvala, ne!" (Slovenia)	Lea Sirk	3ː00
20.	"Dance You Off" (Sweden)	Benjamin Ingrosso	3ː00
21.	"Under the Ladder" (Ukraine)	Mélovin	2ː59
Total length:			62ː39

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[171]	14
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[172]	22
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[173]	2
Greek Albums (IFPI)^[174]	9

Notes

^ ^a^b Contains two lines in Lithuanian.

^ ^a^b Contains several words in Hebrew.

^ ^a^b Although the lyrics are in English, the Spanish title 'Fuego' is repeated throughout the song.

^ ^a^b Contains some phrases in the Torlakian dialect.^[62]

^ ^a^b Contains a phrase repeated twice in Icelandic.^[63]

^ Although the title is in English, the song itself is entirely in Georgian.

^ ^a^b Contains some phrases in Portuguese.

^ "O jardim" features uncredited vocals from Portuguese singer Isaura.

^ Mango TV was banned from transmitting the second semi-final and grand final due to its censorship of the first semi-final.

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[il-61] Contains several words in Hebrew.

[cy-62] Although the lyrics are in English, the Spanish title 'Fuego' is repeated throughout the song.

[rs-66] Contains some phrases in the Torlakian dialect.^[62]

[dk-68] Contains a phrase repeated twice in Icelandic.^[63]

[ge-69] Although the title is in English, the song itself is entirely in Georgian.

[sl-70] Contains some phrases in Portuguese.

[pt-73] "O jardim" features uncredited vocals from Portuguese singer Isaura.

[cn-143] Mango TV was banned from transmitting the second semi-final and grand final due to its censorship of the first semi-final.

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Eurovision Song Contest 2018
All Aboard!

Dates
Semi-final 1	8 May 2018 (2018-05-08)
Semi-final 2	10 May 2018 (2018-05-10)
Final	12 May 2018 (2018-05-12)
Host
Venue	Altice Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
Presenter(s)	Sílvia Alberto Daniela Ruah Catarina Furtado Filomena Cautela (green room)
Executive supervisor	Jon Ola Sand
Executive producer	João Nuno Nogueira^[1]
Host broadcaster	Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP)
Opening act	Final: Fado performances by Ana Moura ("Fado Loucura") and Mariza ("Barco Negro"), Flag parade introducing the 26 finalist countries with live music by scratching duo Beatbombers
Interval act	Final: "Mano a mano" and "Amar pelos dois" (together with Caetano Veloso) performed by Salvador Sobral Electronic music performances by Branko featuring Sara Tavares ("Ter Peito e Espaço"), Dino D'Santiago ("Nova Lisboa") and Mayra Andrade ("Reserva Pra Dois")
Participants
Number of entries	43
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Russia
Withdrawing countries	None
Participation map Participating countries Did not qualify from the semi final Countries that participated in the past but not in 2018
Vote
Voting system	Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting.
Nul points	None
Winning song	Israel "Toy"
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Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Contents

Location

Venue

Bidding phase and host city selection

Other sites

Format

Visual design

Presenters

Semi-final allocation draw

Opening and interval acts

Participating countries

Returning artists

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 2

Final

Scoreboard

Semi-final 1

12 points

Jury

Televoting

Semi-final 2

12 points

Jury

Televoting

Final

12 points

Jury

Televoting

Other countries

Active EBU members

Associate EBU members

Non-EBU members

Commentators and spokespersons

Spokespersons

Commentators

Non-participating countries

Incidents

Accusations of cultural appropriation

Belarusian song submission

Czech rehearsal injuries

Mango TV censorship

United Kingdom stage invasion

Other awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

OGAE

Barbara Dex Award

Official album

Charts

See also

Notes

References

External links

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