Eurovision Song Contest 2018

The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, following Salvador Sobral's win at the 2017 contest in Kiev, Ukraine with the song "Amar pelos dois". It was the first time Portugal had hosted the contest - 54 years after the country made its debut. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the contest was held at the Altice Arena, 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. It was the first Eurovision Song Contest held on the Atlantic coast.

"Eurovision 2018" redirects here. For the junior contest, see Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018.

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)
Directed by	Troels Lund Paula Macedo Pedro Miguel
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	Semi-final 1: "Amar pelos dois" performed by 2017 contestants Planet Portugal (part 1) ESC-lopedia (part 1) Semi-final 2: ESC-lopedia (part 2) All of the hosts dancing to previous ESC winners Planet Portugal (part 2) 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")
Website	eurovision.tv/event/lisbon-2018
Participants
Number of entries	43
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Russia
Non-returning 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"

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.

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. Cyprus, Austria, Germany and Italy rounded out the top five. Cyprus achieved their best result in their Eurovision history. Further down the table, the Czech Republic also achieved their best result to date, finishing sixth. Portugal finished in the last place of the final, making it 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 all failed to qualify for the final. Also, for the first time since 2005, no countries of the Caucasus region (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) participated in the final. 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

Altice Arena, Lisbon - host venue of the 2018 contest

Venue

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.[4] 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.[5]

Bidding phase

Lisbon

Guimarães

Gondomar

Santa Maria da Feira

Braga

Locations of the candidate cities: the chosen host city is marked in blue, while the eliminated cities are marked in 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.[6] 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. 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.[7] On 15 May 2017, RTP appeared to have confirmed Lisbon as the host city,[8][9] but clarified the following day that no final decision had been taken regarding both the host city and venue.[10]

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:[11]

• 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.[12][13][14] The mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, declared he would not be interested in "spending millions of euros" to host the contest,[10] but he would support a bid from the Metropolitan Area of Porto (Espinho, Gondomar, and Santa Maria da Feira).[13]

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.[15]

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.[16] In addition, RTP indicated the Parque das Nações, where Altice Arena is located, as the site for the shows.[17]

Key:     Host venue

City	Venue	Notes
Braga	Braga Exhibition Park	Agro-industrial park inaugurated in 1981 and further expanded in 1987 with a 6,500 m^2 (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.[18] Renovation works starting in 2017 and ending in the first trimester of 2018 would increase the exhibition hall capacity to 15,000.[19]
Gondomar	Multiusos de Gondomar Coração de Ouro	Multi-purpose indoor arena inaugurated in 2007, with a total capacity for 8,000 people (4,400 seats).[20] Hosted the 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship final tournament.[21]
Guimarães	Multiusos de Guimarães	Multi-purpose indoor arena inaugurated in 2001, with a total capacity for 10,000 people (3,000 seats).[22] 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.[23]
Lisbon[7]	Altice Arena	Multi-purpose indoor arena inaugurated in 1998, it is the country's largest indoor venue with a total capacity for 20,000 people (12,500 seats). Hosted the Expo '98,[24] the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship,[25] the 2000 ATP Finals,[26] the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships,[27] the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship,[28] the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards,[29] the UEFA Futsal Cup Final Four (2001–02, 2009–10[30] and 2014–15[31]), and since 2016 (for a three-year period, renewable) the Web Summit.[32]
Santa Maria da Feira	Europarque	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.[13]

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.[33]

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.[34]

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.[35]

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.[36] 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."[37]

Postcards

The postcards, filmed between March and April 2018, involved the act emerging from a door into Portugal to take part in a themed activity, such as Mountain Biking, making a salad or Pastel de Nata, or visiting a popular attraction or set of them. The location in Portugal where the activity took place was written in Portuguese at the start of the postcard. At the end of the postcard, the act posed for the camera, the slogan's hashtag appeared on the bottom corner of the screen, and song information was printed onto the country's flag.[38] All the postcards had the same score, composed by Luis Figueredo.[39]

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.[40] It was the first time since 2015 that the contest did not feature a male presenter, and the second consecutive year that the presenters were all the same gender.[41][40] It was confirmed on 4 May 2018 that Cautela would host the green room.[42]

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.[43]

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.[44]

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" (which was also a smash hit in Portugal at the time) 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.[45][46][47][48][49][50]

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 initially announced on 7 November 2017 that forty-two countries would participate in the contest. Russia confirmed their return after their absence the previous edition, while Macedonia's participation was provisionally blocked by the EBU due to unpaid debts by its national broadcaster.[37][51] 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.[52]

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 also sang entry No. 1500) and Waylon placed second for the Netherlands in 2014 as part of The Common Linnets performing "Calm After the Storm".[53]

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".[54] 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,[55] and Equinox member Vlado Mihailov backed for Bulgaria in 2017.[56] 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. 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[lower-alpha 1]	9	119
07	Israel	Netta	"Toy"	English[lower-alpha 2]	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[lower-alpha 3]	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[lower-alpha 4]	9	117
04	San Marino	Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening	"Who We Are"	English	17	28
05	Denmark	Rasmussen	"Higher Ground"	English[lower-alpha 5]	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[lower-alpha 6]	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" (Иње)	Montenegrin	16	40
17	Slovenia	Lea Sirk	"Hvala, ne!"	Slovene[lower-alpha 7]	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	130
02	Spain	Amaia & Alfred	"Tu canción"	Spanish	23	61
03	Slovenia	Lea Sirk	"Hvala, ne!"	Slovene[lower-alpha 7]	22	64
04	Lithuania	Ieva Zasimauskaitė	"When We're Old"	English[lower-alpha 1]	12	181
05	Austria	Cesár Sampson	"Nobody but You"	English	3	342
06	Estonia	Elina Nechayeva	"La forza"	Italian	8	245
07	Norway	Alexander Rybak	"That's How You Write a Song"	English	15	144
08	Portugal	Cláudia Pascoal	"O jardim"	Portuguese	26	39
09	United Kingdom	SuRie	"Storm"	English	24	48
10	Serbia	Sanja Ilić & Balkanika	"Nova deca" (Нова деца)	Serbian[lower-alpha 4]	19	113
11	Germany	Michael Schulte	"You Let Me Walk Alone"	English	4	340
12	Albania	Eugent Bushpepa	"Mall"	Albanian	11	184
13	France	Madame Monsieur	"Mercy"	French	13	173
14	Czech Republic	Mikolas Josef	"Lie to Me"	English	6	281
15	Denmark	Rasmussen	"Higher Ground"	English[lower-alpha 5]	9	226
16	Australia	Jessica Mauboy	"We Got Love"	English	20	99
17	Finland	Saara Aalto	"Monsters"	English	25	46
18	Bulgaria	Equinox	"Bones"	English	14	166
19	Moldova	DoReDoS	"My Lucky Day"	English	10	209
20	Sweden	Benjamin Ingrosso	"Dance You Off"	English	7	274
21	Hungary	AWS	"Viszlát nyár"	Hungarian	21	93
22	Israel	Netta	"Toy"	English[lower-alpha 2]	1	529
23	Netherlands	Waylon	"Outlaw in 'Em"	English	18	121
24	Ireland	Ryan O'Shaughnessy	"Together"	English	16	136
25	Cyprus	Eleni Foureira	"Fuego"	English[lower-alpha 3]	2	436
26	Italy	Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro	"Non mi avete fatto niente"	Italian	5	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

Voting procedure used:   100% Televoting   100% Jury vote		Voting results (Jury vote)[66]
		Total score	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
Contestants	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

Voting procedure used:   100% Televoting   100% Jury vote		Voting results (Televoting vote)[66]
		Total score	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
Contestants	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

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 3  Austria  Belgium  Estonia  Israel 2  Albania  Belarus  Iceland  Bulgaria  Macedonia  United Kingdom  Cyprus  Albania  Ireland

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 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  Ireland  Austria  Belgium  Spain

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 3  Austria  Belgium  Estonia  Israel 2  Czech Republic  Iceland  Israel  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

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

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

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 3  Australia  Denmark  France  Latvia  Norway  Italy  Malta  Sweden 2  Moldova  Romania  Russia  Romania  Hungary  Moldova 1  Netherlands  Ukraine  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

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 5  Moldova  France  Georgia  Romania  Russia  Ukraine 2  Romania  Italy  Moldova  Serbia  Montenegro  Slovenia

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 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

Voting procedure used:   100% Televoting   100% Jury vote		Voting results (Jury vote)[68]
		Total score	Televoting score	Ukraine	Azerbaijan	Belarus	San Marino	Netherlands	Macedonia	Malta	Georgia	Spain	Austria	Denmark	United Kingdom	Sweden	Latvia	Albania	Croatia	Ireland	Romania	Czech Republic	Iceland	Moldova	Belgium	Norway	France	Italy	Australia	Estonia	Serbia	Cyprus	Armenia	Bulgaria	Greece	Hungary	Montenegro	Germany	Finland	Russia	Switzerland	Israel	Poland	Lithuania	Slovenia	Portugal
	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

Voting procedure used:   100% Televoting   100% Jury vote		Voting results (Televoting vote)[68]
		Total score	Jury score	Ukraine	Azerbaijan	Belarus	San Marino	Netherlands	Macedonia	Malta	Georgia	Spain	Austria	Denmark	United Kingdom	Sweden	Latvia	Albania	Croatia	Ireland	Romania	Czech Republic	Iceland	Moldova	Belgium	Norway	France	Italy	Australia	Estonia	Serbia	Cyprus	Armenia	Bulgaria	Greece	Hungary	Montenegro	Germany	Finland	Russia	Switzerland	Israel	Poland	Lithuania	Slovenia	Portugal
	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  Poland  Romania  United Kingdom 8  Sweden  Armenia  Australia  Cyprus  Georgia  Germany  Latvia  Serbia  Slovenia

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 6  Cyprus  Belarus  Greece  Ireland  Malta  Spain  Sweden 5  Israel  Austria  Czech Republic  Finland  France  San Marino 4  Germany  Denmark  Netherlands  Norway   Switzerland

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 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

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 3  Cyprus  Armenia  Bulgaria  Greece  Denmark  Hungary  Iceland  Sweden  Italy  Albania  Germany  Malta  Ukraine  Belarus  Czech Republic  Poland

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 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

Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 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 Eurovision 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]

Broadcasters, commentators and spokespersons

The European Broadcasting Union provided international live streams of both semi-finals and the grand final through their official YouTube channel with no commentary. The live streams were geo-blocked to viewers in Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela due to "rights limitations." [89]

Spokespersons

The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:[90]

1.  Ukraine – Natalia Zhyzhchenko
2.  Azerbaijan – Tural Asadov
3.  Belarus – Naviband (Belarusian representative in 2017)
4.  San Marino – John Kennedy O'Connor
5.  Netherlands – O'G3NE (Dutch representatives in 2017)
6.  Macedonia – Jana Burčeska (Macedonian representative in 2017)
7.  Malta – Lara Azzopardi
8.  Georgia – Tamara Gachechiladze (Georgian representative in 2017)
9.  Spain – Nieves Álvarez
10.  Austria – Kati Bellowitsch
11.  Denmark – Ulla Essendrop
12.  United Kingdom – Mel Giedroyc
13.  Sweden – Felix Sandman
14.  Latvia – Dagmāra Legante
15.  Albania – Andri Xhahu
16.  Croatia – Uršula Tolj
17.  Ireland – Nicky Byrne (Irish representative in 2016)
18.  Romania – Sonia Argint-Ionescu
19.  Czech Republic – Radka Rosická
20.  Iceland – Edda Sif Pálsdóttir
21.  Moldova – Djulieta Ardovan
22.  Belgium – Danira Boukhriss Terkessidis
23.  Norway – Aleksander Walmann and JOWST (Norwegian representatives in 2017)
24.  France – Élodie Gossuin
25.  Italy – Giulia Valentina Palermo
26.  Australia – Ricardo Gonçalves
27.  Estonia – Ott Evestus
28.  Serbia – Dragana Kosjerina
29.  Cyprus – Hovig (Cypriot representative in 2017)
30.  Armenia – Arsen Grigoryan
31.  Bulgaria – Joanna Dragneva (Bulgarian representative in 2008)
32.  Greece – Olina Xenopoulou
33.  Hungary – Bence Forró
34.  Montenegro – Nataša Šotra
35.  Germany – Barbara Schöneberger
36.  Finland – Anna Abreu
37.  Russia – Alsou (Russian representative in 2000 and host of the final in 2009)
38.   Switzerland – Letícia Carvalho
39.  Israel – Lucy Ayoub (Co-presenter in 2019)
40.  Poland – Mateusz Szymkowiak
41.  Lithuania – Eglė Daugėlaitė
42.  Slovenia – Maja Keuc (Slovenian representative in 2011)
43.  Portugal – Pedro Fernandes

Broadcasters and commentators

Countries may add commentary from commentators working on-location or remotely at the broadcaster. Commentators can add insight to the participating entries and the provision of voting information.

Country	Show(s)	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Participating countries
Albania	All shows	RTSH, RTSH Muzikë and Radio Tirana	Andri Xhahu
Armenia	All shows	Armenia 1 and Public Radio of Armenia	Avet Barseghyan and Felix Khachatryan	[91]
Australia	All shows	SBS	Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey	[92]
Austria	All shows	ORF1	Andi Knoll
Azerbaijan	All shows	iTV	Azər Süleymanlı
Belarus	All shows	Belarus 1 and Belarus 24	Evgeny Perlin
Belgium	All shows	Eén	Dutch: Peter Van de Veire	[93]
	All shows	La Une	French: Maureen Louys and Jean-Louis Lahaye	[94][lower-alpha 8]
Bulgaria	All shows	BNT 1	Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev
Croatia	All shows	HRT 1 and HR 2	Duško Ćurlić	[95][96][97]
Cyprus	All shows	CyBC	Costas Constantinou and Vaso Komninou	[98]
Czech Republic	Both semifinals	ČT2	Libor Bouček
	Final	ČT1
Denmark	All shows	DR1	Ole Tøpholm	[99]
Estonia	All shows	ETV	Estonian: Marko Reikop	[100]
	1st semi-final and final	Raadio 2	Estonian: Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk	[101]
	All shows	ETV+	Russian: Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda	[102]
Finland	1st semi-final and final	Yle TV2	Finnish: Mikko Silvennoinen	[103]
	2nd semi-final		Finnish: Mikko Silvennoinen and Saara Aalto
	Both semifinals	Yle Radio Suomi	Finnish: Anna Keränen
	Final		Finnish: Anna Keränen, Aija Puurtinen, and Sami Sykkö
	All shows	Yle TV2 and Yle X3M	Swedish: Johan Lindroos and Eva Frantz
France	Both semifinals	France 4	Christophe Willem and André Manoukian	[104][105]
	Final	France 2	Stéphane Bern, Christophe Willem and Alma
Georgia	All shows	GPB 1	Demetre Ergemlidze	[106]
Germany	Both semifinals	One	Peter Urban	[107][108]
	Final	One, Das Erste, and Deutsche Welle
Greece	All shows	ERT2, ERT Sports HD and Voice of Greece	Alexandros Lizardos and Daphne Skalioni	[109]
Hungary	All shows	Duna	Krisztina Rátonyi and Freddie	[110]
Iceland	All shows	RÚV	Gísli Marteinn Baldursson
Ireland	Both semifinals	RTÉ2	Marty Whelan	[111]
	Final	RTÉ One
	2nd semi-final	RTÉ Radio 1	Neil Doherty and Zbyszek Zalinski
	Final	RTÉ 2fm
Israel	1st semi-final	Kan 11 and Kan 88	Asaf Liberman and Shir Reuven
	2nd semi-final		Itai Herman and Goel Pinto
	Final		Erez Tal and Idit Hershkowitz
Italy	Both semifinals	Rai 4	Carolina Di Domenico and Saverio Raimondo	[60]
	Final	Rai 1	Serena Rossi and Federico Russo	[112]
		Rai Radio 2	Carolina Di Domenico and Ema Stokholma
Latvia	Both semifinals	LTV	Toms Grēviņš	[113]
	Final		Toms Grēviņš and Magnuss Eriņš
Lithuania	All shows	LRT televizija and LRT Radijas	Darius Užkuraitis and Gerūta Griniūtė	[114]
Macedonia	All shows	MRT 1, MRT 2, Macedonian radio	Karolina Petkovska	[115][116]
Malta	Unknown	TVM	N/A	[117]
Moldova	Unknown	Teleradio-Moldova	N/A	[118]
Montenegro	All shows	TVCG 1 and TVCG SAT	Dražen Bauković and Tijana Mišković	[119]
Netherlands	All shows	NPO 1	Jan Smit and Cornald Maas	[120]
Norway	All shows	NRK1	Olav Viksmo-Slettan	[121]
	Final	NRK3	Ronny Brede Aase, Silje Nordnes and Markus Neby	[122]
		NRK P1	Ole-Christian Øen	[123]
Poland	All shows	TVP1, TVP Polonia	Artur Orzech	[124]
Portugal	All shows	RTP1, RTP África, RTP Internacional	Nuno Galopim and Hélder Reis
Romania	All shows	TVR1, TVR HD, TVRi	Liliana Ștefan and Radu Andrei Tudor	[125]
Russia	All shows	Channel One	Yuriy Aksuta and Yana Churikova	[lower-alpha 9]
San Marino	All shows	San Marino RTV and Radio San Marino	Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo	[127]
Serbia	1st semi-final	RTS1, RTS HD, RTS Svet, RTS Planeta	Silvana Grujić and Tamara Petković	[128][129][130]
	2nd-semi-final and final		Duška Vučinić
Slovenia	Both semifinals	RTVSLO2	Andrej Hofer	[lower-alpha 10]
	Final	RTVSLO1
Spain	Both semifinals	La 2	Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela	[135][136]
	Final	La 1
Sweden	All shows	SVT1	Sanna Nielsen and Edward af Sillén	[137]
Switzerland	Both semifinals	SRF zwei	German: Sven Epiney	[138]
	Final	SRF 1
	Both semifinals	RSI La 2	Italian: Clarissa Tami	[139]
	Final	RSI La 1
	2nd semi-final	RTS Deux	French: Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner	[140]
	Final	RTS Un
Ukraine	All shows	STB	Serhiy Prytula	[141]
	1st semi-final	UA:First	Timur Miroshnychenko and Mariya Yaremchuk	[142]
	2nd semi-final		Timur Miroshnychenko and Alyosha
	Final		Timur Miroshnychenko and Jamala
United Kingdom	Both semifinals	BBC Four	Scott Mills and Rylan Clark-Neal	[143]
	Final	BBC One	Graham Norton
		BBC Radio 2	Ken Bruce
Non-participating countries
China	1st semi-final	Mango TV	Duan Yixuan and Hei Nan	[lower-alpha 11]
Kazakhstan	All shows	Khabar TV	Kaldybek Zhaysanbay and Diana Snegina	[146]
Kosovo	All shows	RTK	Alma Bektashi and Agron Krasniqi	[147]
Slovakia	Final	Radio FM	Daniel Baláž, Pavol Hubinák, Juraj Malíček, Ela Tolstová and Celeste Buckingham	[148]
United States	Final	Logo TV	English: Ross Mathews and Shangela	[149]
		WJFD-FM	English: Ewan Spence and Lisa-Jayne Lewis	[150]
			Portuguese: Ana Filipa Rosa

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.[151][152][153]

The topic was debated on British morning show Good Morning Britain on 14 May 2018 in response,[154] 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".[155]

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.[156] Six artists threatened to withdraw from the selection if it were allowed to compete,[157] with Sofi Lapina actually doing so.[158] 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.[159] 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.[160] 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.[161]

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 taken 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".[162] 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 the 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.[163] 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.[164] In addition, the LGBT flag and tattoos on other performers were also blurred out from the broadcast.[165] 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.[145][166] A spokesperson for the broadcaster's owner Hunan TV said they "weren't aware" of the edits made to the programme.[167] 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."[165]

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."[168][169] The man, later identified as 'Dr ACactivism', a political activist from London,[170] climbed into a camera run to get access to the stage.[171] SuRie was able to complete her performance, and after the song the broadcast cut to an unscheduled interview in the green room.[172][173] The EBU offered SuRie and her team the opportunity to perform again, but she declined.[168] SuRie later revealed that she had suffered several bruises on her right hand.[174] 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. However, the United Kingdom's national broadcaster, the BBC uploaded the Saturday performance, including the stage invasion, to their YouTube channel.

Other awards

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

Marcel Bezençon Awards

Further information: 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.[175] 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

Further information: 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.[176] 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.[177] 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[178]
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

Further information: 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
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: Kyiv 2017 (2017) Eurovision Song Contest: Lisbon 2018 (2018) Eurovision Song Contest: Tel Aviv 2019 (2019)

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.[179] The album features all 43 participating entries, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify for the grand final.

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[180]	14
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[181]	22
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[182]	2
Greek Albums (IFPI)[183]	9

See also

• Eurovision Young Musicians 2018
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Notes

1. Contains two lines in Lithuanian.
2. Contains several words in Hebrew.
3. Although the lyrics are in English, the Spanish title 'Fuego' is repeated throughout the song.
4. Contains some phrases in the Torlakian dialect.[62]
5. Contains a phrase repeated twice in Icelandic.[63]
6. Although the title is in English, the song itself is entirely in Georgian.
7. Contains some phrases in Portuguese.
8. The second semi-final 90-minute-delayed while the first semi-final and the grand final aired live.
9. Channel One aired first semi-final on a 90-minute delay while the second semi-final and the grand final was aired live with xx as commentators for all shows.[126]
10. RTVSLO2 transmitted the two semi-finals while RTVSLO1 transmitted the grand final.[131][132][133] Andrej Hofer provided commentary for the broadcasts.[134]
11. Mango TV, an online video streaming platform, was initially scheduled to transmit all three shows in China.[144] After showing the first semi-final on a nine-hour delay the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) terminated their agreement with Mango TV and banned the service from transmitting the second semi-final and grand final in China due to its censorship of the first semi-final.[145]

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