We have a winner! After an intense voting, where the jury voting started with six different 12 point’s, finally Netta was crowned the winner of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Next year, we’ll all be heading to Israel. Read more
In 2010, Jimmy Jump climbed stage during the Spanish performance. This evening, United Kingdom’s participant, SuRie was grabbed during her performance. It’s a tragedy for the Eurovision Song Contest, but the singer received a lot of support from fans and press. Read more
Tonight, the winner of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest will be crowned. Who has what it takes to take home the trophy? How have the current top 5 developed in odds during these two Eurovision weeks. Read more
Can you predict the winner based on the order in which the countries are voting? We have the full list for the 2018 Grand Final for you here. The list of spokespeople include a number of familiar Eurovision names. Read more
Half of the votes for the final were cast Friday evening. Juries across Europe and Australia gave their votes. Tomorrow, we’ll know the winner as the public voting is added to the final result. Who will win the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest? Read more
Eurovision predictions can be hard. Did you tonight do better than the professional bookmakers who were off with three countries in the first semi-final? Did you also beat our team of “experts”? Read more
Ukraine will open, while Italy ends the party. The producers have now made the running order for Saturday’s final, and EBU’s Reference Group approved it. Some will now be more than satisfied. Others however might struggle to put on a positive attitude. Read more
Dropped a bit, but still high in odds, favourite Alexander Rybak will perform in first half alongside Ukraine, while Sweden and Moldova both are in the second half. In a couple of hours full running order is expected. Read more
For the first time ever Russia and Romania failed to qualify for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Ukraine and Australia are now the only countries still to have a perfect strike. Read more
As expected, all three Scandinavian countries qualified for the final, but eight other countries however leave the competition with unfulfilled ambitions. With the ten qualifiers from tonight, we are now waiting for the final running order to come in a couple of hours. Read more
Half of the votes for tomorrow’s second semi-final were cast this evening as juries across Europe and Australia watched the show, and voted. Their votes will now be added to the TV ones coming from the TV viewers tomorrow evening to make the final result. Read more
When a former winner returns to the contest, it gets extra attention, but they also run a risk of failing. Johnny Logan is the only one to have won more than once. Though a few others did return to great results, just as many failed poorly. Read more
Eurovision would be boring if the bookmakers were always right, but how did they do with tonight’s first semi-final? Did you do better than them in your predictions? Read more
One of favourites, Estonia, will compete from the first half in the final, while two others, Cyprus and Israel, drew second half. Shortly after the first semi-final ended, we now know now where the lucky ten qualifiers will appear in the grand final on Saturday. Read more
For the first time ever, Azerbaijan has failed to qualify for the Eurovision final. Aisel’s “X My Heart” didn’t score enough points in tonight’s semi-final, and as such the country won’t be in the final on Saturday evening. Read more
The biggest favourites survived. With a strong semi-final, it was however obvious that we tonight would see some good songs leave the competition. Read more
Half of the votes for tomorrow’s first semi-final were cast tonight. Juries across Europe and Australia voted, and together with the public voting, they determine which ten songs qualify for the final Saturday evening. Read more
An 800 metre long blue carpet and 43 acts in their finest outfits. Press and fans were eager to get photos, short interviews and autographs. Sunday the 6th of May marked the official opening of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Read more
The six countries already in the final will today rehearse on the stage for the last time before the shows starts. Are they ready? Tonight, “Blue Carpet” will feature all the participants in their finest outfit. Read more
13 countries from second semi-final will have their final rehearsal today, before next week’s dress rehearsal. Follow our updates throughout this busy day. No need to refresh, just keep the page open in another tap and you can still do your work, if needed. Read more
Two and a half day in bed while the rush, the excitement and the fun all takes place in the press centre and in the arena, just five minutes walk away… I’ve been there before, as sad as it is, it’s quite typical I get sick at the Eurovision Song Contest. I’ve had enough! Read more
Four from semi-final 1, five from semi-final 2 and finally the so-called Big5 plus host country Portugal. That’s the agenda for today. Follow our live updates to catch it all. No refresh needed, just keep the page in another tap next to your work, to stay updated. Read more
15 countries from first semi-final will today rehearse for the second time. It’s time to fine tune their performances to make sure they are ready for the live shows next week. Read more
9 acts from the second semi-final will rehearse for the first time today. Stay tuned to follow the rehearsals from Georgia with start number 10 to Ukraine closing this semi-final in 18th position. No need to refresh, you can just keep the page open. Read more
Today, the first 9 acts in the second semi-final will rehearse on the Eurovision stage in Lisbon. Stay tuned as we keep you updated throughout the day on everything going on. Read more
The last 9 participants from first semi-final will today rehearse on the Eurovision stage in Lisbon for the first time. Don’t miss out on anything by following our live centre. Read more