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 Kyiv, 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. 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.
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 that participated in the previous edition withdrew.
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.
Results[]
First semi-final[]
| Rank | Country | EBU member station | Artist(s) | Song | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel | IPBC (Kan) | Netta | "Toy" | 283 |
| 2 | Cyprus | CyBC | Eleni Foureira | "Fuego" | 262 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | ČT | Mikolas Josef | "Lie to Me" | 232 |
| 4 | Austria | ORF | Cesár Sampson | "Nobody but You" | 231 |
| 5 | Estonia | ERR | Elina Nechayeva | "La forza" | 201 |
| 6 | Ireland | RTÉ | Ryan O'Shaughnessy | "Together" | 179 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | BNT | Equinox | "Bones" | 177 |
| 8 | Albania | RTSH | Eugent Bushpepa | "Mall" | 162 |
| 9 | Lithuania | LRT | Ieva Zasimauskaitė | "When We're Old" | 119 |
| 10 | Finland | Yle | Saara Aalto | "Monsters" | 108 |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | İTV | Aisel | "X My Heart" | 94 |
| 12 | Belgium | VRT | Sennek | "A Matter of Time" | 91 |
| 13 | Switzerland | SRG SSR | ZiBBZ | "Stones" | 86 |
| 14 | Greece | ERT | Yianna Terzi | "Oniro mou" (Όνειρό μου) | 81 |
| 15 | Armenia | ARMTV | Sevak Khanagyan | "Qami" (Քամի) | 79 |
| 16 | Belarus | BTRC | Alekseev | "Forever" | 65 |
| 17 | Croatia | HRT | Franka | "Crazy" | 63 |
| 18 | Macedonia | MRT | Eye Cue | "Lost and Found" | 24 |
| 19 | Iceland | RÚV | Ari Ólafsson | "Our Choice" | 15 |
Second semi-final[]
| Rank | Country | EBU member station | Artist(s) | Song | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | NRK | Alexander Rybak | "That's How You Write a Song" | 266 |
| 2 | Sweden | SVT | Benjamin Ingrosso | "Dance You Off" | 254 |
| 3 | Moldova | TRM | DoReDoS | "My Lucky Day" | 235 |
| 4 | Australia | SBS | Jessica Mauboy | "We Got Love" | 212 |
| 5 | Denmark | DR | Rasmussen | "Higher Ground" | 204 |
| 6 | Ukraine | UA:PBC | Mélovin | "Under the Ladder" | 179 |
| 7 | Netherlands | AVROTROS | Waylon | "Outlaw in 'Em" | 174 |
| 8 | Slovenia | RTVSLO | Lea Sirk | "Hvala, ne!" | 132 |
| 9 | Serbia | RTS | Sanja Ilić and Balkanika | "Nova deca" | 117 |
| 10 | Hungary | MTVA | AWS | "Viszlát nyár" | 111 |
| 11 | Romania | TVR | The Humans | "Goodbye" | 107 |
| 12 | Latvia | LTV | Laura Rizzoto | "Funny Girl" | 106 |
| 13 | Malta | PBS | Christabelle | "Taboo" | 101 |
| 14 | Poland | TVP | Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer | "Light Me Up" | 81 |
| 15 | Russia | Channel One | Julia Samoylova | "I Won't Break" | 65 |
| 16 | Montenegro | RTCG | Vanja Radovanović | "Inje" (Иње) | 40 |
| 17 | San Marino | SMRTV | Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening | "Who We Are" | 28 |
| 18 | Georgia | GPB | Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao | "For You" | 24 |
Finals[]
Country in gold is the winning entry, the country in silver is the host country, and the countries in lime are the "Big 5" countries which are rewarded with automatic spots in the finals.
| Rank | Country | EBU member station | Artist | Song | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel | IPBC (Kan) | Netta | "Toy" | 529 |
| 2 | Cyprus | CyBC | Eleni Foureira | "Fuego" | 436 |
| 3 | Austria | ORF | Cesár Sampson | "Nobody but You" | 342 |
| 4 | Germany | ARD/NDR | Michael Schulte | "You Let Me Walk Alone" | 340 |
| 5 | Italy | RAI | Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro | "Non mi avete fatto niente" | 308 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | ČT | Mikolas Josef | "Lie to Me" | 281 |
| 7 | Sweden | SVT | Benjamin Ingrosso | "Dance You Off" | 274 |
| 8 | Estonia | ERR | Elina Nechayeva | "La forza" | 245 |
| 9 | Denmark | DR | Rasmussen | "Higher Ground" | 226 |
| 10 | Moldova | TRM | DoReDoS | "My Lucky Day" | 209 |
| 11 | Albania | RTSH | Eugent Bushpepa | "Mall" | 184 |
| 12 | Lithuania | LRT | Ieva Zasimauskaitė | "When We're Old" | 181 |
| 13 | France | France Télévisions | Madame Monsieur | "Mercy" | 173 |
| 14 | Bulgaria | BNT | Equinox | "Bones" | 166 |
| 15 | Norway | NRK | Alexander Rybak | "That's How You Write a Song" | 144 |
| 16 | Ireland | RTÉ | Ryan O'Shaughnessy | "Together" | 136 |
| 17 | Ukraine | UA:PBC | Mélovin | "Under the Ladder" | 130 |
| 18 | Netherlands | AVROTROS | Waylon | "Outlaw in 'Em" | 121 |
| 19 | Serbia | RTS | Sanja Ilić & Balkanika | "Nova deca" (Нова деца) | 113 |
| 20 | Australia | SBS | Jessica Mauboy | "We Got Love" | 99 |
| 21 | Hungary | MTVA | AWS | "Viszlát nyár" | 93 |
| 22 | Slovenia | RTVSLO | Lea Sirk | "Hvala, ne!" | 64 |
| 23 | Spain | RTVE | Amaia & Alfred | "Tu canción" | 61 |
| 24 | United Kingdom | BBC | SuRie | "Storm" | 48 |
| 25 | Finland | Yle | Saara Aalto | "Monsters" | 46 |
| 26 | Portugal | RTP | Cláudia Pascoal (with uncredited live vocals by Isaura) |
"O jardim" | 39 |
Awards[]
Marcel Bezençon Awards[]
- Artistic Award - "Fuego" by Eleni Foureira (Cyprus)
- Composers Award - "Bones" by Equinox (Bulgaria)
- Press Award - "Mercy" by Madame Monsieur (France)
OGAE Poll[]
| Rank | Country | Artist(s) | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel | Netta | "Toy" | 456 |
| 2 | France | Madame Monsieur | "Mercy" | 352 |
| 3 | Finland | Saara Aalto | "Monsters" | 226 |
| 4 | Australia | Jessica Mauboy | "We Got Love" | 202 |
| 5 | Czech Republic | Mikolas Josef | "Lie to Me" | 181 |
Barbara Dex Award[]
| Rank | Country | Artist(s) | Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macedonia | Eye Cue | "Lost and Found" |
| 2 | Australia | Jessica Mauboy | "We Got Love" |
| 3 | Belgium | Sennek | "A Matter of Time" |
| 4 | Montenegro | Vanja Radovanović | "Inje" |
| 5 | Israel | Netta | "Toy" |
Broadcast[]
Participating countries[]
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Shows | Spokesperson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | RTSH, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana | Andri Xhahu | all shows | Andri Xhahu |
| Armenia | Armenia 1, Public Radio of Armenia | Avet Barseghyan, Felix Khachatryan | all shows | Arsen Grigoryan |
| Australia | SBS | Myf Warhurst, Joel Creasey | all shows | Ricardo Gonçalves |
| Austria | ORF1 | Andi Knoll | all shows | Kati Bellowitsch |
| Azerbaijan | İTV | Azer Suleymanli | all shows | Tural Asadov |
| Belarus | Belarus 1, Belarus 24 | Evgeny Perlin | all shows | Naviband |
| Belgium (Dutch) | Eén | Peter Van de Veire | all shows | Danira Boukhriss Terkessidis |
| Belgium (French) | La Une | Maureen Louys, Jean-Louis Lahaye | ||
| Bulgaria | BNT1 | Elena Rosberg, Georgi Kushvaliev | all shows | Joanna Dragneva |
| Croatia | HRT 1, HR 2 | Duško Ćurlić | all shows | Uršula Tolj |
| Cyprus | CyBC | Costas Constantinou, Vaso Komninou | all shows | Hovig |
| Czech Republic | ČT2 | Libor Bouček | semi-finals | Radka Rosická |
| ČT1 | finals | |||
| Denmark | DR1 | Ole Tøpholm | all shows | Ulla Essendrop |
| Estonia (Estonian) | ETV | Marko Reikop | all shows | Ott Evestus |
| Raadio 2 | Mart Juur, Andrus Kivirähk | first semi-finals and finals | ||
| Estonia (Russian) | ETV+ | Aleksandr Hobotov, Julia Kalenda | all shows | |
| Finland (Finnish) | Yle TV2 | Mikko Silvennoinen | first semi-finals and finals | Anna Abreu |
| Mikko Silvennoinen, Saara Aalto | second semi-finals | |||
| Yle Radio Suomi | Anna Keränen | semi-finals | ||
| Anna Keränen, Aija Puurtinen, Sami Sykkö | finals | |||
| Finland (Swedish) | Yle TV2, Yle X3M | Johan Lindroos, Eva Frantz | all shows | |
| France | France 4 | Christophe Willem, André Manoukian | semi-finals | Élodie Gossuin |
| France 2 | Stéphane Bern, Christophe Willem, Alma | finals | ||
| Georgia | GPB 1 | Demetre Ergemlidze | all shows | Tamara Gachechiladze |
| Germany | One | Peter Urban | all shows | Barbara Schöneberger |
| Das Erste, Deutsche Welle | finals | |||
| Greece | ERT2, ERT HD | Alexandros Lizardos, Daphne Skalioni | all shows | Olina Xenopoulou |
| Second Programme, Voice of Greece | Dimitris Meidanis | |||
| Hungary | Duna | Krisztina Rátonyi, Freddie | all shows | Bence Forró |
| Iceland | RÚV | Gísli Marteinn Baldursson | all shows | Edda Sif Pálsdóttir |
| Ireland | RTÉ2 | Marty Whelan | semi-finals | Nicky Byrne |
| RTÉ One | finals | |||
| RTÉ 2fm | Neil Doherty, Zbyszek Zalinski | |||
| RTÉ Radio 1 | second semi-finals | |||
| Israel | Kan 11, Kan 88 | Asaf Liberman, Shir Reuven | first semi-final | Lucy Ayoub |
| Itai Herman, Goel Pinto | second semi-finals | |||
| Erez Tal, Idit Hershkowitz | finals | |||
| Italy | Rai 4 | Carolina Di Domenico, Saverio Raimondo | semi-finals | Giulia Valentina Palermo |
| Rai 1 | Serena Rossi, Federico Russo | finals | ||
| Rai Radio 2 | Carolina Di Domenico, Ema Stokholma | |||
| Latvia | LTV | Toms Grēviņš | semi-finals | Dagmāra Legante |
| Toms Grēviņš, Magnuss Eriņš | finals | |||
| Lithuania | LRT televizija, LRT Radijas | Darius Užkuraitis, Gerūta Griniūtė | all shows | Eglė Daugėlaitė |
| Macedonia | MRT 1, MRT 2 | Karolina Petkovska | all shows | Jana Burčeska |
| Malta | TVM | No commentary | Unknown | Lara Azzopardi |
| Moldova | TRM | No commentary | Unknown | Djulieta Ardovan |
| Montenegro | TVCG 1, TVCG SAT | Dražen Bauković, Tijana Mišković | all shows | Nataša Šotra |
| Netherlands | NPO 1 | Jam Smit, Cornald Maas | all shows | O'G3NE |
| Norway | NRK1 | Olav Viksmo-Slettan | all shows | Aleksander Walmann and JOWST |
| NRK3 | Ronny Brede Aase, Silje Nordnes, Markus Neby | finals | ||
| NRK P1 | Ole Christian Øen | |||
| Poland | TVP1, TVP Polonia | Artur Orzech | all shows | Mateusz Szymkowiak |
| Portugal | RTP1, RTP África, RTP Internacional | Nuno Galopim, Hélder Reis | all shows | Pedro Fernandes |
| Antena 1, RDP África, RDP Internacional | Noémia Gonçalves, António Macedo, Tozé Brito | finals | ||
| Romania | TVR1, TVR HD, TVRi | Liliana Ștefan, Radu Andrei Tudor | all shows | Sonia Argint-Ionescu |
| Russia | Channel One | Yuriy Aksuta, Yana Churikova | all shows | Alsou |
| San Marino | San Marino RTV, Radio San Marino | Lia Fiorio, Gigi Restivo | all shows | John Kennedy O'Connor |
| Serbia | RTS1, RTS HD, RTS Svet, RTS Planeta | Silvana Grujić, Tamara Petković | first semi-finals | Dragana Kosjerina |
| Duška Vučinić | second semi-finals and finals | |||
| Slovenia | RTV SLO2 | Andrej Hofer | semi-finals | Maja Keuc |
| RTV SLO1 | finals | |||
| Spain | La 2 | Tony Aguilar, Julia Varela | semi-finals | Nieves Álvarez |
| La 1 | finals | |||
| Sweden | SVT1 | Sanna Nielsen, Edward af Sillén | all shows | Felix Sandman |
| Switzerland (German) | SRF zwei | Sven Epiney | semi-finals | Letícia Carvalho |
| SRF 1 | finals | |||
| Switzerland (Italian) | RSI La 2 | Clarissa Tami | semi-finals | |
| RSI La 1 | finals | |||
| Switzerland (French) | RTS Deux | Jean-Marc Richard, Nicolas Tanner | second semi-finals | |
| RTS Un | finals | |||
| Ukraine | STB | Serhiy Prytula | all shows | Natalia Zhyzhchenko |
| UA:First | Timur Miroshnychenko, Mariya Yaremchuk | first semi-finals | ||
| Timur Miroshnychenko, Alyosha | second semi-finals | |||
| Timur Miroshnychenko, Jamala | finals | |||
| United Kingdom | BBC Four | Scott Mills, Rylan Clark-Neal | semi-finals | Mel Giedroyc |
| BBC One | Graham Norton | finals | ||
| BBC Radio 2 | Ken Bruce |
Non-participating countries[]
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentators | Shows |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | Mango TV | Duan Yixuan, Hei Nan | first semi-finals |
| Kazakhstan | Khabar TV | Kaldybek Zhaysanbay, Diana Snegina | all shows |
| Kosovo | RTK | Alma Bektashi, Agron Krasniqi | all shows |
| Slovakia | Radio FM | Daniel Baláž, Pavol Hubinák, Juraj Malíček, Ela Tolstová, Celeste Buckingham | finals |
| United States (English) | Logo TV | Ross Mathews, Shangela | finals |
| WJFD-FM | Ewan Spence, Lisa-Jayne Lewis | ||
| United States (Portuguese) | Ana Filipa Rosa | finals |
Broadcast notes[]
- Belgium - La Une aired the second semi-final with a 90-minute delay while the first semi-final and the grand final was aired live.
- China - Mango TV was supposed to transmit all shows in the country but after showing the first semi-final on a nine-hour delay, the EBU terminated their agreement with the streaming platform and banned the service from transmitting the second semi-final and grand final in China due to its censorship of the first semi-final.
- Russia - Channel One aired the first semi-final on a 90-minute delay while the second semi-final and the grand final was aired live.