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2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal: winners


The 63rd Eurovision Song Contest took place in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, the City of Convergence, on 8 and 10 May, with the grand final on 12 May 2018. It is the world’s largest and longest-running song contest.
In May 2017, Portuguese singer Salvador Sobral won the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. This meant that Portugal could host the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. 
Twenty-six countries contested the finals on 12 May. Entrants from the ‘Big Five’ countries automatically qualified for the finals – France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom – as well as the host country, Portugal. With them were 10 out of 19 contestants from the first semi-final and 10 out of 18 contestants from the second semi-final. People from 43 countries were eligible to vote. 

The winner is Israel: Netta with Toy

Winner: Israel: Netta with Toy
2. Cyprus: Eleni Foureira with ‘Fuego’
3. Austria: Cesar Sampson with ‘Nobody But You’
4. Germany: Michael Schulte with ‘You Let Me Walk Alone’

5. Italy: Ermal Meta e Fabrizio Moro with ‘Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente’
5. Italy: Ermal Meta e Fabrizio Moro with ‘Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente’

6. Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef with ‘Lie to Me’

7. Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso with ‘Dance You Off’
8. Estonia: Elina Nechayeva with ‘La Forza’
9. Denmark: Rasmussen with ‘Higher Ground’
10. Moldova: DoReDoS with ‘My Lucky Day’
11. Albania: Eugent Bushpepa with ‘Mall'
12. Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaite with ‘When We’re Old’
13. France: Madame Monsieur with ‘Mercy’
14. Bulgaria: Equinox with ‘Bones’
15. Norway: Alexander Rybak with ‘That’s How You Write a Song’
16. Ireland: Ryan O’Shaughnessy with ‘Together’
17. Ukraine: Melovin with ‘Under the Ladder’
18. The Netherlands: Waylon with ‘Outlaw in ‘Em’
19. Serbia: Sanja Ilic & Balkanika with ‘Nova Deca’
20. Australia: Jessica Mauboy with ‘We Got Love’
21. Hungary: AWS with ‘Viszlat Nyar’
22. Slovenia: Lea Sirk with ‘Hvala ne!’
23. Spain: Amaia y Alfred with ‘Tu Cancion’
24. United Kingdom: SuRie with ‘Storm’
25. Finland: Saara Aalto with ‘Monsters’
26. Portugal: Claudia Pascoal with ‘O Jardim’






ALL FINAL ENTRANTS (in order of appearance) 
Ukraine: Melovin with ‘Under the Ladder’
Spain: Amaia y Alfred with ‘Tu Cancion’
Slovenia: Lea Sirk with ‘Hvala ne!’
Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaite with ‘When We’re Old’
Austria: Cesar Sampson with ‘Nobody But You’
Estonia: Elina Nechayeva with ‘La Forza’
Norway: Alexander Rybak with ‘That’s How You Write a Song’
Portugal: Claudia Pascoal with ‘O Jardim’
United Kingdom: SuRie with ‘Storm’
Serbia: Sanja Ilic & Balkanika with ‘Nova Deca’
Germany: Michael Schulte with ‘You Let Me Walk Alone’
Albania: Eugent Bushpepa with ‘Mall’
France: Madame Monsieur with ‘Mercy’
Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef with ‘Lie to Me’
Denmark: Rasmussen with ‘Higher Ground’
Australia: Jessica Mauboy with ‘We Got Love’
Finland: Saara Aalto with ‘Monsters’
Bulgaria: Equinox with ‘Bones’
Moldova: DoReDoS with ‘My Lucky Day’
Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso with ‘Dance You Off’
Hungary: AWS with ‘Viszlat Nyar’
Israel: Netta with Toy
The Netherlands: Waylon with ‘Outlaw in ‘Em’
Ireland: Ryan O’Shaughnessy with ‘Together’
Cyprus: Eleni Foureira with ‘Fuego’
Italy: Ermal Meta e Fabrizio Moro with ‘Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente’



MARTINA NICOLLSis an international aid and development consultant, and the authorof:- Similar But Different in the Animal Kingdom(2017), The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).
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