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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	Lisbon Arena Lisbon, Portugal
Presenter(s)	Sílvia Alberto Daniela Ruah Catarina Furtado Filomena Cautela
Director	Troels Lund Paula Macedo Pedro Miguel
Executive supervisor	Jon Ola Sand
Executive producer	João Nuno Nogueira
Host broadcaster	Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/lisbon-2018
Participants
Number of entries	43
Number of finalists	26
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Russia
Non-returning countries	None
Participation map      Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the semi-finals     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 ten songs.
Winning song	Israel "Toy"
2017 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2019

The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, following the country's victory at the 2017 contest with the song "Amar pelos dois" by Salvador Sobral. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the contest was held at the Lisbon Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May, and a final on 12 May 2018. The three live shows were presented by Portuguese television presenters Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto and Catarina Furtado, and Portuguese-American actress Daniela Ruah, marking the first time that the contest was presented by four hosts.

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. Cyprus, Austria, Germany, and Italy rounded out the top five, with Cyprus achieving its best result to date. Israel won the public vote, and came third in the jury vote behind Austria and Sweden. Further down the table, the Czech Republic also achieved its best result to date, finishing sixth.

The EBU reported that 186 million viewers watched the contest, surpassing the 2017 edition by over 4 million.

Location

Venue

The Lisbon Arena 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. 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.

Bidding phase

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. 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 the Lisbon Arena as a likely venue to host the contest. On 15 May 2017, RTP appeared to have confirmed Lisbon as the host city, but clarified the following day that no final decision had been taken regarding both the host city and venue.

The basic requirements to select a host city were set out in a document presented by the EBU to RTP following their win in Kyiv:

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

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.

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. In addition, RTP indicated the Parque das Nações, where the Lisbon Arena is located, as the site for the shows.

Key:  †  Host venue

Other sites

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.

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.

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.

Participating countries

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

It was 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 MRT. However, ten days later, it was 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.

Eurovision Song Contest 2018 participants

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)
Albania	RTSH	Eugent Bushpepa	"Mall"	Albanian	Eugent Bushpepa
Armenia	AMPTV	Sevak Khanagyan	"Qami" (Քամի)	Armenian	Anna Danielyan Sevak Khanagyan Victoria Maloyan
Australia	SBS	Jessica Mauboy	"We Got Love"	English	Anthony Egizii Jessica Mauboy David Musumeci
Austria	ORF	Cesár Sampson	"Nobody but You"	English	Johan Alkenäs Sebastian Arman Borislav Milanov Joacim Persson Cesár Sampson
Azerbaijan	İTV	Aisel	"X My Heart"	English	Sandra Bjurman Dimitris Kontopoulos
Belarus	BTRC	Alekseev	"Forever"	English	Yevgeny Matyushenko Kirill Pavlov
Belgium	VRT	Sennek	"A Matter of Time"	English	Alex Callier Laura Groeseneken Maxime Tribeche
Bulgaria	BNT	Equinox	"Bones"	English	Brandon Treyshun Campbell Dag Lundberg Borislav Milanov Joacim Persson
Croatia	HRT	Franka	"Crazy"	English	Franka Batelić Branimir Mihaljević
Cyprus	CyBC	Eleni Foureira	"Fuego"	English	Didrick Alex Papaconstantinou Geraldo Sandell Viktor Svensson Anderz Wrethov
Czech Republic	ČT	Mikolas Josef	"Lie to Me"	English	Mikolas Josef
Denmark	DR	Rasmussen	"Higher Ground"	English	Niclas Arn Karl Eurén
Estonia	ERR	Elina Nechayeva	"La forza"	Italian	Ksenia Kuchukova Mihkel Mattisen Elina Nechayeva Timo Vendt
Finland	Yle	Saara Aalto	"Monsters"	English	Saara Aalto Joy Deb Linnea Deb Ki Fitzgerald
France	France Télévisions	Madame Monsieur	"Mercy"	French	Jean-Karl Lucas Émilie Satt
Georgia	GPB	Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao	"For You"	Georgian	David Malazonia Mikheil Mdinaradze Irina Sanikidze
Germany	NDR	Michael Schulte	"You Let Me Walk Alone"	English	Nisse Ingwersen Katharina Müller Michael Schulte Thomas Stengaard
Greece	ERT	Yianna Terzi	"Oniro mou" (Όνειρό μου)	Greek	Aris Kalimeris Michalis Papathanasiou Dimitris Stamatiou Yianna Terzi
Hungary	MTVA	AWS	"Viszlát nyár"	Hungarian	Bence Brucker Dániel Kökényes Soma Schiszler Örs Siklósi Áron Veress
Iceland	RÚV	Ari Ólafsson	"Our Choice"	English	Þórunn Clausen
Ireland	RTÉ	Ryan O'Shaughnessy	"Together"	English	Mark Caplice Laura Elizabeth Hughes Ryan O'Shaughnessy
Israel	IPBC	Netta	"Toy"	English	Stav Beger Doron Medalie
Italy	RAI	Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro	"Non mi avete fatto niente"	Italian	Andrea Febo Ermal Meta Fabrizio Moro
Latvia	LTV	Laura Rizzotto	"Funny Girl"	English	Laura Rizzotto
Lithuania	LRT	Ieva Zasimauskaitė	"When We're Old"	English	Vytautas Bikus
Macedonia	MRT	Eye Cue	"Lost and Found"	English	Darko Dimitrov Bojan Trajkovski
Malta	PBS	Christabelle	"Taboo"	English	Christabelle Thomas G:son Muxu Johnny Sanchez
Moldova	TRM	DoReDoS	"My Lucky Day"	English	John Ballard Philipp Kirkorov
Montenegro	RTCG	Vanja Radovanović	"Inje" (Иње)	Montenegrin	Vladimir Radovanović
Netherlands	AVROTROS	Waylon	"Outlaw in 'Em"	English	Jim Beavers Ilya Toshinskiy Waylon
Norway	NRK	Alexander Rybak	"That's How You Write a Song"	English	Alexander Rybak
Poland	TVP	Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer	"Light Me Up"	English	Andrzej Gromala Lukas Meijer Mahan Moin Christian Rabb
Portugal	RTP	Cláudia Pascoal	"O jardim"	Portuguese	Isaura
Romania	TVR	The Humans	"Goodbye"	English	Cristina Caramarcu Alexandru Matei Alin Neagoe
Russia	C1R	Julia Samoylova	"I Won't Break"	English	Arie Burshtein Leonid Gutkin Netta Nimrodi
San Marino	SMRTV	Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening	"Who We Are"	English	Jenifer Brening Stefan Moessle Mathias Strasser Christof Straub Zoë Straub
Serbia	RTS	Sanja Ilić and Balkanika	"Nova deca" (Нова деца)	Serbian	Aleksandar Sanja Ilić Tatjana Karajanov Ilić Danica Krstajić
Slovenia	RTVSLO	Lea Sirk	"Hvala, ne!"	Slovene	Tomy DeClerque Lea Sirk
Spain	RTVE	Amaia and Alfred	"Tu canción"	Spanish	Raúl Gómez García Sylvia Ruth Santoro López
Sweden	SVT	Benjamin Ingrosso	"Dance You Off"	English	Benjamin Ingrosso MAG K Nita Louis Schoorl
Switzerland	SRG SSR	Zibbz	"Stones"	English	Laurell Barker Herman Gardarfve Corinne Gfeller Stefan Gfeller
Ukraine	UA:PBC	Mélovin	"Under the Ladder"	English	Mélovin Mike Ryals
United Kingdom	BBC	SuRie	"Storm"	English	Nicole Blair Sean Hargreaves Gil Lewis

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".

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". 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, and Equinox member Vlado Mihailov backed for Bulgaria in 2017. 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.

Other countries

Active EBU members

Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra, Luxembourg and Slovakia confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU. Despite hopes expressed by past Turkish representatives Sertab Erener (2003 winner), Hadise (2009) and maNga (2010), Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Bekir Bozdağ and Turkish broadcaster TRT denied any plans for a return of the country.

Associate EBU members

Kazakh broadcaster Khabar Agency became an associate member of the EBU on 1 January 2016. This opened up the possibility of their participation since 2017, under the condition of a special invitation, as for Australia. The country was not invited in 2017 but broadcast all the shows. Turkvision Song Contest 2014 winner Zhanar Dugalova expressed interest in representing her country at the 2018 contest; however, the country was not invited in 2018 either and it did not appear on the final list of participants.

Non-EBU members

Kosovan broadcaster RTK, with the support of national broadcasters across the Balkans (except for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia), expressed hopes to become an EBU member in order to debut at the 2018 contest; however, the EBU clarified that this was not possible due to the limited international recognition of Kosovo and the country not being a UN member.

Production

Visual design

The theme for the contest, "All Aboard!", was unveiled on 7 November 2017 in a press conference held at the Lisbon Oceanarium. 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 the marine ecosystem.

Stage design

The stage design for the 2018 contest was revealed on 5 December 2017 and was designed by German production designer Florian Wieder, who also devised the stage concepts for the 2011–12, 2015 and 2017 contests. Drawing inspiration from Portugal's nautical heritage and culture, the circular stage consisted of a series of overhead LED edge-lit concentric circles depicting an armillary sphere, with 28 pairs of 4.5m × 13.5m vertical wooden 'ribs' at the rear of the stage to represent sea waves.

Unlike in previous years, RTP decided against implementing LED screens or projections into the stage design, influenced by the stage performance of "Amar pelos dois" the year prior and Sobral's comments upon receiving the winner's trophy, where he stated "music isn't fireworks, music is feeling." The decision was not embraced by all participating countries; some delegations opted to continue using video content, computer-generated graphics and "more than ever before" during performances, which was met by mixed reaction.

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 popular attractions. The location 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. All the postcards had the same score, composed by Luis Figueredo.

•  Albania – Aveiro
•  Armenia – Grândola
•  Australia – Lisbon
•  Austria – Monsanto
•  Azerbaijan – Monsaraz
•  Belarus – Praça do Comércio, Lisbon
•  Belgium – Tagus River, Lisbon
•  Bulgaria – Lisbon
•  Croatia – Talasnal [pt]
•  Cyprus – Mercado da Ribeira [pt]
•  Czech Republic – Podence
•  Denmark – Mafra
•  Estonia – Sintra
•  Finland – Albufeira
•  France – Viana do Castelo
•  Georgia – Lisbon
•  Germany – Calheta
•  Greece – Ílhavo
•  Hungary – Óbidos
•  Iceland – Eduardo VII Park and Museu da Marioneta, Lisbon
•  Ireland – Porto Santo Island
•  Israel – A rooftop bar, Lisbon
•  Italy – Porto
•  Latvia – Benagil
•  Lithuania – Caramulo
•  Macedonia – Palace of the Marquises of Fronteira, Lisbon
•  Malta – Alter do Chão
•  Moldova – Vidago
•  Montenegro – A flea market, Lisbon
•  Netherlands – Lisbon
•  Norway – Lisbon
•  Poland – Ericeira
•  Portugal – Tagus River
•  Romania – Arouca
•  Russia – Lisbon Oceanarium, Lisbon
•  San Marino – Funchal
•  Serbia – A winery, Porto
•  Slovenia – Faial Island
•  Spain – São Miguel Island
•  Sweden – Serra da Estrela
•   Switzerland – Porto
•  Ukraine – Vila Nova de Milfontes
•  United Kingdom – São Miguel Island

Presenters

RTP and EBU announced on 8 January 2018, 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. 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. It was confirmed on 4 May 2018 that Cautela would also host the green room.

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

Format

Voting system changes

On 27 April 2018, the EBU announced changes to the jury voting system for the 2018 contest. Each ranking position between first and last would be assigned a predefined value, starting with the value of 12 for a first rank and decreasing exponentially for lower ranks. The sum of these scores for all twenty-six songs from the five jury members then create the national jury result for each participating country. The exponential weight model gives more weight to higher-ranked songs, thereby lessening the impact of an individual juror placing a song lower in their rankings on the final result.

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 the Lisbon City Hall. The thirty-seven semi-finalists were divided over six pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by the contest's official televoting partner Digame. The purpose of drawing from different pots was to reduce the chance of "bloc voting" and to increase suspense in the semi-finals. The draw also determined which semi-final each of the six automatic qualifiers – host country Portugal and "Big Five" countries France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom – would broadcast and vote in. The ceremony was hosted by contest presenters Sílvia Alberto and Filomena Cautela, and included the passing of the host city insignia from Vitali Klitschko, mayor of Kyiv (host city of the previous contest) to Fernando Medina, mayor of Lisbon.

With the approval from the contest's reference group, Italy broadcast and voted in the second semi-final following a request from Italian broadcaster RAI, as the date of the first semi-final coincided with the scheduled final of the fifth season of The Voice of Italy.

Contest overview

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 8 May 2018 at 20:00 WEST (21:00 CEST). Nineteen countries participated in this semi-final, with the running order published on 3 April 2018. Israel won the most points, followed by Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Austria, Estonia, Ireland, Bulgaria, Albania, Lithuania and Finland. The countries that failed to reach the final were Azerbaijan, Belgium, Switzerland, Greece, Armenia, Belarus, Croatia, Macedonia, and Iceland. All the countries competing in this semi-final were eligible to vote, plus Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

The interval, which solely consisted of pre-recorded segments, included a performance of "Amar pelos dois" by 2017 entrants Alma, Blanche, Kristian Kostov, Manel Navarro, Martina Bárta, Norma John, and Svala; "Planet Portugal", a video sketch inspired by National Geographic featuring Herman José; and "Esclopedia", a video skit about the contest's history. The Portuguese, Spanish and British artists were then interviewed, and clips of their competing songs were played.

Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Azerbaijan	Aisel	"X My Heart"	94	11
2	Iceland	Ari Ólafsson	"Our Choice"	15	19
3	Albania	Eugent Bushpepa	"Mall"	162	8
4	Belgium	Sennek	"A Matter of Time"	91	12
5	Czech Republic	Mikolas Josef	"Lie to Me"	232	3
6	Lithuania	Ieva Zasimauskaitė	"When We're Old"	119	9
7	Israel	Netta	"Toy"	283	1
8	Belarus	Alekseev	"Forever"	65	16
9	Estonia	Elina Nechayeva	"La forza"	201	5
10	Bulgaria	Equinox	"Bones"	177	7
11	Macedonia	Eye Cue	"Lost and Found"	24	18
12	Croatia	Franka	"Crazy"	63	17
13	Austria	Cesár Sampson	"Nobody but You"	231	4
14	Greece	Yianna Terzi	"Oniro mou"	81	14
15	Finland	Saara Aalto	"Monsters"	108	10
16	Armenia	Sevak Khanagyan	"Qami"	79	15
17	Switzerland	Zibbz	"Stones"	86	13
18	Ireland	Ryan O'Shaughnessy	"Together"	179	6
19	Cyprus	Eleni Foureira	"Fuego"	262	2

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 10 May 2018 at 20:00 WEST (21:00 CEST). Eighteen countries participated in this semi-final, with the running order published on 3 April 2018. Norway won the most points, followed by Sweden, Moldova, Australia, Denmark, Ukraine, Netherlands, Slovenia, Serbia, and Hungary. The countries that failed to reach the final were Romania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Russia, Montenegro, San Marino, and Georgia. All the countries competing in this semi-final were eligible to vote, plus France, Germany and Italy.

The interval acts included a dance medley of "Puppet on a String", "Dschinghis Khan", "Making Your Mind Up", "Euphoria" and Riverdance, performed by the presenters; a pre-recorded segment depicting the recording of the postcards; a short documentary about the Portuguese 1974 entry "E depois do adeus" and its impact on the Carnation Revolution; plus new instalments of "Esclopedia" and "Planet Portugal". The French, German and Italian artists were then interviewed, and clips of their competing songs were played.

Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

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

Final

The final took place on 12 May 2018 at 20:00 WEST (21:00 CEST). Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all forty-three participating countries eligible to vote. The running order for the final was published on 10 May 2023. Israel won the contest with the song "Toy", performed by Netta and written by Doron Medalie and Stav Beger. Israel won with 529 points, also winning the televote. Cyprus came second with 436 points, with Austria (who won the jury vote), Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, and Moldova completing the top ten. Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom, Finland, and Portugal occupied the bottom five positions.

The final was opened by Portuguese fado singers Ana Moura and Mariza performing "Fado loucura" and "Barco negro" respectively. This was followed by the flag parade, introducing all twenty-six finalists, accompanied with music by Portuguese scratching duo Beatbombers. The interval acts included a medley of "Ter peito e espaço", "Nova Lisboa", and "Reserva pra dois", performed by DJ Branko and featuring Sara Tavares, Dino D'Santiago, and Mayra Andrade respectively; a video sketch about the history of Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest, featuring Suzy; an interview with Polina Bogusevich, winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017; and Salvador Sobral, who performed his new single "Mano a mano" and his winning song "Amar pelos dois", the latter in a duet with Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso, with both songs featuring piano accompaniment by Júlio Resende.

Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Ukraine	Mélovin	"Under the Ladder"	130	17
2	Spain	Amaia and Alfred	"Tu canción"	61	23
3	Slovenia	Lea Sirk	"Hvala, ne!"	64	22
4	Lithuania	Ieva Zasimauskaitė	"When We're Old"	181	12
5	Austria	Cesár Sampson	"Nobody but You"	342	3
6	Estonia	Elina Nechayeva	"La forza"	245	8
7	Norway	Alexander Rybak	"That's How You Write a Song"	144	15
8	Portugal	Cláudia Pascoal	"O jardim"	39	26
9	United Kingdom	SuRie	"Storm"	48	24
10	Serbia	Sanja Ilić and Balkanika	"Nova deca"	113	19
11	Germany	Michael Schulte	"You Let Me Walk Alone"	340	4
12	Albania	Eugent Bushpepa	"Mall"	184	11
13	France	Madame Monsieur	"Mercy"	173	13
14	Czech Republic	Mikolas Josef	"Lie to Me"	281	6
15	Denmark	Rasmussen	"Higher Ground"	226	9
16	Australia	Jessica Mauboy	"We Got Love"	99	20
17	Finland	Saara Aalto	"Monsters"	46	25
18	Bulgaria	Equinox	"Bones"	166	14
19	Moldova	DoReDoS	"My Lucky Day"	209	10
20	Sweden	Benjamin Ingrosso	"Dance You Off"	274	7
21	Hungary	AWS	"Viszlát nyár"	93	21
22	Israel	Netta	"Toy"	529	1
23	Netherlands	Waylon	"Outlaw in 'Em"	121	18
24	Ireland	Ryan O'Shaughnessy	"Together"	136	16
25	Cyprus	Eleni Foureira	"Fuego"	436	2
26	Italy	Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro	"Non mi avete fatto niente"	308	5

Spokespersons

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

1.  Ukraine – Natalia Zhyzhchenko [uk]
2.  Azerbaijan – Tural Asadov
3.  Belarus – Naviband
4.  San Marino – John Kennedy O'Connor
5.  Netherlands – OG3NE
6.  Macedonia – Jana Burčeska
7.  Malta – Lara Azzopardi
8.  Georgia – Tamara Gachechiladze
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
18.  Romania – Sonia Argint-Ionescu
19.  Czech Republic – Radka Rosická [cs]
20.  Iceland – Edda Sif Pálsdóttir
21.  Moldova – Djulieta Ardovan
22.  Belgium – Danira Boukhriss
23.  Norway – Aleksander Walmann and Jowst
24.  France – Élodie Gossuin
25.  Italy – Giulia Valentina Palermo
26.  Australia – Ricardo Gonçalves
27.  Estonia – Ott Evestus [et]
28.  Serbia – Dragana Kosjerina
29.  Cyprus – Hovig
30.  Armenia – Arsen Grigoryan
31.  Bulgaria – Joanna Dragneva [bg]
32.  Greece – Olina Xenopoulou
33.  Hungary – Bence Forró [hu]
34.  Montenegro – Nataša Šotra
35.  Germany – Barbara Schöneberger
36.  Finland – Anna Abreu
37.  Russia – Alsou
38.   Switzerland – Letícia Carvalho
39.  Israel – Lucy Ayoub
40.  Poland – Mateusz Szymkowiak
41.  Lithuania – Eglė Daugėlaitė
42.  Slovenia – Maja Keuc
43.  Portugal – Pedro Fernandes [pt]

Detailed voting results

Semi-final 1

Split results of semi-final 1

Place	Combined		Jury		Televoting
	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	Israel	283	Israel	167	Cyprus	173
2	Cyprus	262	Austria	115	Czech Republic	134
3	Czech Republic	232	Albania	114	Estonia	120
4	Austria	231	Bulgaria	107	Israel	116
5	Estonia	201	Czech Republic	98	Austria	116
6	Ireland	179	Cyprus	89	Ireland	108
7	Bulgaria	177	Estonia	81	Finland	73
8	Albania	162	Ireland	71	Bulgaria	70
9	Lithuania	119	Belgium	71	Lithuania	62
10	Finland	108	Switzerland	59	Greece	53
11	Azerbaijan	94	Lithuania	57	Albania	48
12	Belgium	91	Azerbaijan	47	Azerbaijan	47
13	Switzerland	86	Croatia	46	Belarus	45
14	Greece	81	Armenia	38	Armenia	41
15	Armenia	79	Finland	35	Switzerland	27
16	Belarus	65	Greece	28	Belgium	20
17	Croatia	63	Belarus	20	Croatia	17
18	Macedonia	24	Macedonia	18	Macedonia	6
19	Iceland	15	Iceland	15	Iceland	0

The ten qualifiers from the first semi-final were determined by televoting and/or SMS-voting (50%) and five-member juries (50%). All nineteen countries competing in the first semi-final voted, alongside Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The ten qualifying countries were announced in no particular order, and the full results of how each country voted was published after the final had been held.

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received in the first semi-final. In the jury vote, Israel received the maximum score of 12 points from seven countries, with Austria receiving three sets of 12 points. Albania, Bulgaria, and Cyprus were awarded two sets of 12 points each, and Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, and Lithuania were each awarded one set of 12 points. In the public vote, Cyprus received the maximum score of 12 points from five countries, with Estonia and Ireland receiving three sets of 12 points. Czech Republic and Lithuania were awarded two sets of 12 points each, and Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Finland, Greece, and Israel were each awarded one set of 12 points.

12 points awarded by juries

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

12 points awarded by televoting

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
5	Cyprus	Albania,  Armenia,  Bulgaria,  Croatia,  Greece
3	Estonia	Finland,  Lithuania,  Portugal
	Ireland	Austria,  Belgium,  Spain
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

Split results of semi-final 2

Place	Combined results		Jury		Televoting
	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	Norway	266	Sweden	171	Denmark	164
2	Sweden	254	Norway	133	Moldova	153
3	Moldova	235	Australia	130	Norway	133
4	Australia	212	Netherlands	127	Ukraine	114
5	Denmark	204	Malta	93	Hungary	88
6	Ukraine	179	Latvia	92	Sweden	83
7	Netherlands	174	Moldova	82	Australia	82
8	Slovenia	132	Slovenia	67	Serbia	72
9	Serbia	117	Romania	67	Slovenia	65
10	Hungary	111	Ukraine	65	Poland	60
11	Romania	107	Serbia	45	Russia	51
12	Latvia	106	Denmark	40	Netherlands	47
13	Malta	101	Hungary	23	Romania	40
14	Poland	81	Montenegro	23	Montenegro	17
15	Russia	65	Poland	21	Latvia	14
16	Montenegro	40	San Marino	14	San Marino	14
17	San Marino	28	Russia	14	Georgia	13
18	Georgia	24	Georgia	11	Malta	8

The ten qualifiers from the second semi-final were determined by televoting and/or SMS-voting (50%) and five-member juries (50%). All eighteen countries competing in the second semi-final voted, alongside France, Germany, and Italy. The ten qualifying countries were announced in no particular order, and the full results of how each country voted was published after the final had been held.

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received in the second semi-final. In the jury vote, Sweden received the maximum score of 12 points from nine countries, with Australia and Norway receiving three sets of 12 points. Moldova and Romania were awarded two sets of 12 points each, and the Netherlands and Serbia were each awarded one set of 12 points. In the public vote, Denmark received the maximum score of 12 points from six countries, with Moldova receiving five sets of 12 points. Romania and Serbia were awarded two sets of 12 points each, and Hungary, Norway, Poland, Russia, San Marino, and Ukraine were each awarded one set of 12 points.

12 points awarded by juries

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

12 points awarded by televoting

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
	Serbia	Montenegro,  Slovenia
1	Hungary	Serbia
	Norway	Denmark
	Poland	Germany
	Russia	Latvia
	San Marino	Malta
	Ukraine	Poland

Final

Split results of the final

Place	Combined		Jury		Televoting
	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	Israel	529	Austria	271	Israel	317
2	Cyprus	436	Sweden	253	Cyprus	253
3	Austria	342	Israel	212	Italy	249
4	Germany	340	Germany	204	Czech Republic	215
5	Italy	308	Cyprus	183	Denmark	188
6	Czech Republic	281	Estonia	143	Germany	136
7	Sweden	274	Albania	126	Ukraine	119
8	Estonia	245	France	114	Moldova	115
9	Denmark	226	Bulgaria	100	Estonia	102
10	Moldova	209	Moldova	94	Lithuania	91
11	Albania	184	Lithuania	90	Norway	84
12	Lithuania	181	Australia	90	Serbia	75
13	France	173	Netherlands	89	Austria	71
14	Bulgaria	166	Ireland	74	Bulgaria	66
15	Norway	144	Czech Republic	66	Hungary	65
16	Ireland	136	Norway	60	Ireland	62
17	Ukraine	130	Italy	59	France	59
18	Netherlands	121	Spain	43	Albania	58
19	Serbia	113	Slovenia	41	Netherlands	32
20	Australia	99	Denmark	38	United Kingdom	25
21	Hungary	93	Serbia	38	Finland	23
22	Slovenia	64	Hungary	28	Slovenia	23
23	Spain	61	United Kingdom	23	Sweden	21
24	United Kingdom	48	Finland	23	Spain	18
25	Finland	46	Portugal	21	Portugal	18
26	Portugal	39	Ukraine	11	Australia	9

The results of the final were determined by televoting and jury voting in all forty-three participating countries. The announcement of the jury points was conducted by each country individually, with the country's spokesperson announcing their jury's favourite entry that received 12 points, with the remaining points shown on screen. Following the completion of the jury points announcement, the public points were announced as an aggregate by the contest hosts in ascending order starting from the country which received the fewest points from the televoting.