document_title: Who Shot Mr. Burns?

question_text: who won the who shot mr burns contest

question_tokens: who won the who shot mr burns contest

text: Who Shot Mr. Burns?

text: Plot[edit]

text: Part One[edit]

text: Principal Skinner walks into school and discovers that the class gerbil has died. As Groundskeeper Willie digs a grave, he unexpectedly strikes oil. Principal Skinner and Superintendent Chalmers lavishly think of ways to spend the school's newfound wealth, taking many student and staff requests, including Lisa's suggestion of hiring Tito Puente as a music teacher.

text: At the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Homer is disturbed that Mr. Burns can never remember his name, even after working for him for ten years. He takes a suggestion from Marge and sends Mr. Burns a box of chocolates with a family picture underneath the candy; however, Mr. Burns and Smithers are not interested in the one candy covering Homer's face and discard the box. As a result, Burns writes a "thank you" card only to Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, further angering Homer.

text: Meanwhile, Mr. Burns learns of the school's oil and immediately decides that he must have it, even as Smithers voices his disapproval. After failing to convince Principal Skinner to give him the oil, Mr. Burns establishes a slant drilling operation and beats the school to tapping the oil well. The school is told they have no legal recourse, and Willie and Puente are laid off to cover the school's losses.

text: Mr. Burns' drilling operation causes further harm and distress to many Springfield citizens: Moe's Tavern is closed due to the harmful fumes from the drilling, leaving Moe and Barney enraged; the drilling destroys the Springfield Retirement Castle, leaving Grampa homeless, forcing him to move in with the Simpsons; and Bart's treehouse is destroyed by a burst of oil from the rig, which also injures Santa's Little Helper.

text: Mr. Burns then reveals to Smithers his grandest scheme: the construction of a giant, movable disc that will permanently block out the sun in Springfield, forcing the residents to continuously use the electricity from his power plant. A horrified Smithers finally stands up to Mr. Burns, insisting that he has gone too far; Mr. Burns fires him in response.

text: Later, Homer sneaks into Mr. Burns' office and spray-paints "I am Homer Simpson" on the wall. Mr. Burns catches him in the act, but yet still seemingly does not recognize Homer. In a rage, Homer attacks him and is hauled away by security. All the citizens affected by Mr. Burns' mad schemes, including Homer and even Smithers, swear revenge.

text: A town meeting is held to discuss Mr. Burns' actions. Mr. Burns arrives, armed with a gun after his encounter with Homer. Despite the whole town standing up to him, he activates the sun-blocking device, thinking himself invincible. He walks into an alley, obscured from view, and struggles with someone until a gunshot is heard. He stumbles out into the open, wounded, and collapses on the town's sundial. The townspeople find him and Marge tells all of them that since Mr. Burns has angered so many people recently, just about anyone could have been the shooter.

text: Part Two[edit]

text: As Mr. Burns fights for life at the hospital, the Springfield police are working to find his assailant. Smithers wakes up the next morning and vaguely remembers shooting someone the night before in a drunken rage. Guilt-ridden, Smithers heads for a local church, and is promptly arrested when the confessional turns out to be a police sting. While passing the media on his way to the police station, Smithers makes a witty remark Sideshow Mel recognizes from an episode of Pardon My Zinger that aired at the same time as the shooting. Mel realizes Smithers must have watched it as well, giving him an alibi. As Smithers' memory clears, it turns out he had actually shot Jasper in his wooden leg. Meanwhile, the townsmen pull down the sun-blocker, which crushes Shelbyville to their delight.

text: With one of the prime suspects cleared, the police, aided by Lisa, eliminate other suspects, including Puente (whose revenge took the form of a "slanderous mambo"), Principal Skinner (who was found by Chalmers to be applying what he thought was camouflage make-up at the time of the shooting), Willie (who cannot fire a gun due to arthritis in his index fingers), and Moe (who is cleared via polygraph test). After a surreal dream about Lisa, Chief Wiggum finds an eyelash on Mr. Burns' suit which matches Simpson DNA. At the same time, Mr. Burns wakes up from his coma, exclaiming "Homer Simpson!" The police raid the Simpson home and find a gun under the seat of their car, covered with Homer's fingerprints and loaded with bullets that match the one fired into Mr. Burns. Homer is arrested for attempted murder, but escapes from the paddywagon when it overturns.

text: At the hospital, it is revealed "Homer Simpson" is the only thing Mr. Burns can say, suggesting his "accusation" may not have actually been one. Hoping to clear Homer's name, Lisa returns to the scene of the crime to investigate and discovers the identity of Mr. Burns' true assailant. At the same time, Homer arrives at the hospital to confront Mr. Burns and demand his boss exonerate him, despite being impressed that Mr. Burns finally remembered his name. After a police bulletin reports Homer's location, the police, Lisa, and many other citizens of Springfield race to the hospital. Upon entering Mr. Burns' room, everyone finds an enraged Homer vigorously shaking Mr. Burns, demanding he take back his accusation. Homer shaking him returns Mr. Burns' ability to speak normally, and he quickly asks who the person shaking him is. Apoplectic with fury at Mr. Burns again not remembering who he is, Homer aims Wiggum's gun at Mr. Burns' face, demanding he recant his accusations. Mr. Burns laughs at the idea and confirms Homer did not shoot him. He then reveals the true assailant: Maggie.

text: Mr. Burns reveals, after leaving the town meeting, he came across Maggie eating a lollipop in the Simpsons' car. Mr. Burns decided to try stealing candy from a baby, but Maggie would not let go of the lollipop, resulting in a struggle. As he finally yanked it away, his gun slipped from its holster into Maggie's hands and fired at Mr. Burns. The gun and lollipop both fell beneath the car seat; Homer would later unknowingly leave fingerprints on the gun while feeling around under the seat for an ice cream cone he accidentally dropped. Lisa guesses with his last strength, Mr. Burns pointed to the "S" and "W" on the sundial (with the "W" appearing as an "M" from his perspective) to identify his assailant. Mr. Burns corrects her, saying he fell across the sundial in order to swallow his gold fillings to prevent them from being pilfered by paramedics; the positions of his arms was purely coincidental.

text: Mr. Burns demands for Maggie to be arrested, but he is dismissed by Wiggum, who says no jury would convict a baby for a crime. Marge also adds the shooting must have been an accident, considering Maggie, being an infant, is very unlikely to know how to operate a gun. In the final shot, Maggie is shown with shifty eyes, suggesting that she may have shot Mr. Burns deliberately.

text: Production[edit]

text: The idea for the episode came from Matt Groening, who had wanted to do an episode in which Mr. Burns was shot, which could be used as a publicity stunt.[6] The writers decided to write the episode in two parts with a mystery that could be used in a contest.[7] It was important for them to design a mystery that had clues, took advantage of freeze frame technology, and was structured around one character who seemed to be the obvious culprit.[7] While deciding who the culprit was, Oakley and Weinstein pitched Barney Gumble because he was a character that could go to jail and it could change the dynamic of the show.[8] Mirkin suggested Maggie because he felt it was funnier and wanted the culprit to be a Simpsons family member.[9] Oakley and Weinstein were initially unsure about having Maggie as the culprit, and it was decided that the episode would end with Maggie shifting her eyes and making it look like it was not a complete accident.[10]

text: The producers worked hard to keep the ending of the episode a secret. While it was in production, David Silverman was the only animator who knew who the culprit was.[11] Wes Archer, director of the episode, was initially unaware of the solution and directed the episode up until the conclusion.[12] When it was time to animate the ending of the show, Silverman and Archer waited until the end of the summer of 1995 to work on it. They realized they needed help with the layouts and started giving various animators small parts to work on without telling them who the culprit was.[11] The table read for the episode also ended before the third act.[10] The writers had wanted the clues that were animated to be just right, so there were many animation retakes.[10]

text: Tito Puente and his Latin jazz ensemble appear in the episode and sing the song "Señor Burns". Oakley and Weinstein were unfamiliar with Puente and wrote him into the episode because Groening is a fan. They figured he would sing the song, but later discovered that Puente was a drummer, not a singer.[10] The lyrics were sung by one of Puente's band members.[9] His band would also play their version of The Simpsons' theme over the end credits.[9]

text: Hidden clues[edit]

text: A number of subtle clues, and a few red herrings, were planted in Part One for viewers who wanted to unravel the mystery.[6]

text:
Almost every clock is set at three or nine o'clock. The point of the clocks was to teach the viewer to view the sundial at the end upside down.[6]
Mr. Burns looks from his balcony and talks about stealing candy from a baby.[7]
When Mr. Burns collapses on the sundial, he points at W and S, although from his viewpoint, the W looks like an M.[6]
Many of the suspects have the letters S and W or M in their initials and the intention was that several "obvious" suspects could be eliminated by the letters. Several characters already had names with those initials, but some were made up specifically for this episode.[6]

Principal Skinner's full name is revealed to be "W. Seymour Skinner" on a diploma in his office.[6]
Mr. Burns calls Santa's Little Helper the "Simpson Mutt".[6]
Moe's liquor license reveals that his full name is Moe Szyslak.[6]
Grampa's gun was a Smith & Wesson.[13]

Just before entering Mr. Burns' office to spray paint his name, Homer passes in front of the words "ONLY IN" on the pavement (upside down from the viewer's perspective), and very briefly blocks all of the letters except "NO" and a small arrow pointing at him.[14]
A television in Moe's Tavern shows that "Pardon My Zinger" is broadcast on weekdays at 3 p.m. on Comedy Central.[6] It is later revealed that Burns is shot at 3 p.m.. Smithers reveals at the meeting that he never misses the show, and afterward is seen heading in the opposite direction that Burns heads.[6]
During the scene at the town hall, several citizens are seen stroking guns: Smithers has a revolver, an unidentified woman also has a revolver, Moe has a shotgun, Skinner has a semi-automatic handgun with a suppressor attached, and Barney has a derringer.[6]
As Mr. Burns collapses on the sundial, it is seen that the gun he was previously carrying has gone missing. This was inserted as an intentional freeze frame clue.[6]

text: Alternate endings[edit]

text: Due to the amount of interest in the ending of this episode, David Mirkin wrote several "terrible endings" and, with just Harry Shearer, recorded several alternate endings.[7] His original intention was to fool the production staff and also leak the endings to various media outlets, but much to his surprise he was unsuccessful.[7] Several endings were animated that showed various characters shooting Mr. Burns.[9] Several of the alternate endings aired during the clip show "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular". Various clips showed Apu, Moe, Barney, Tito, and even Santa's Little Helper as the gunmen. There was also a full-length conclusion that aired in which Smithers shot Burns and explained his doing so at Burns's bedside after Homer's wild chase, and fell on "W" and S" on the compass, Waylon's initials; Burns then decides to give Smithers a 5 percent pay cut for attempting to kill him.[15]

text: Contest[edit]

text: In the months following the broadcast of Part One, there was widespread debate among fans of the series as to who shot Mr. Burns. Fox offered a contest to tie in with the mystery where callers who dialed 1-800-COLLECT were eligible and they then guessed who the culprit was.[16] It ran from August 13 to September 10 and was one of the first contests to tie together elements of television and the Internet.[17] Fox launched a new website, www.Springfield.com, devoted to the mystery which got over 500,000 hits during the summer of 1995.[16] The winner would be animated on an episode of the show. Due to contest regulations, a winner had to be selected out of a random sample of entries. The sample did not contain any correct answers, and so a winner (who had the wrong answer) was chosen at random. However, the winner, Fayla Gibson of Washington D.C., did not watch the show and opted to accept a cash prize in lieu of being animated.[7]

text: The contest is referenced at the end of the episode when Dr. Hibbert says, "Well I couldn't possibly solve this mystery... Can you?"[7]

text: Springfield's Most Wanted[edit]

text: Springfield's Most Wanted was a TV special hosted by John Walsh, host of America's Most Wanted. The special aired on September 17, 1995, before Part Two of Who Shot Mr. Burns?. A parody of Walsh's television series, this special was designed to help people find out who shot Mr. Burns, by laying out the potential clues and identifying the possible suspects. It features opinions from former Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates and predictions from Dennis Franz, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Kevin Nealon, Chris Elliott, and Andrew Shue. It was directed by Bill Brown and written by Jack Parmeter and Bob Bain.

text: The special was criticized for taking the publicity of the episode too far. Several critics said the special tainted host John Walsh's credibility and was described as gimmicky,[18] tacky,[19] and "blatant groveling for viewers".[20] The special averaged an 8.4 Nielsen Rating and finished 50th in the United States in the ratings for the week of September 11–17, 1995.[21]

text: Cultural references[edit]

text: The title and concept for these two episodes were taken from the series Dallas. In the "Who shot J. R.?" plot line, J. R. Ewing is shot in the season finale. The identity of the assailant was not revealed until the following season, leaving viewers to wonder for months which of Ewing's many enemies was the culprit.[2]

text: When Mr. Burns refers to his package at the beginning of the episode, he states that it "absolutely, positively" has to arrive in Pasadena, California, the following day, a reference to an early FedEx slogan.[7] The song Mr. Burns sings to a lamp-post echo the lyrics of Simon & Garfunkel's song "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)".[7] The musical score that ends the first episode (when the credits roll) is a parody of John Williams' Drummers' Salute, which is part of the musical score he composed for Oliver Stone's film JFK.[6] During the scene in Part One where Moe's bar is closed, an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 is playing on the television in the background following a promotion for the fictional program Pardon My Zinger at 3:00 p.m..[7]

text: The opening of Part Two, wherein Smithers realizes that he merely dreamed about shooting Mr. Burns, is a reference to the episode "Blast from the Past" from Dallas, in which the events of the entire ninth season were explained away as being merely a character's dream.[3][9] The dream itself, in which Smithers and Burns are undercover detectives on the 1960s Speedway racing circuit, parodied The Mod Squad.[3] Groundskeeper Willie's interrogation, and particularly his crossing and uncrossing his legs, is a parody of Sharon Stone's famous interrogation scene in Basic Instinct.[1] The nightclub is called 'Chez Guevara', a reference to Communist revolutionary Che Guevara.[1]

text: Homer's escape from the overturned paddy wagon is a homage to the 1993 film The Fugitive.[1] Chief Wiggum's dream in which Lisa speaks backwards is reference to Twin Peaks and Special Agent Dale Cooper's interaction with the Man from Another Place.[1] While recording Lisa's lines for the segment, Yeardley Smith recorded the part backwards; the recording was in turn reversed, a technique known as phonetic reversal, the same technique used on Twin Peaks.[9] Several other parts out of the segment are direct references to the dream, including a moving shadow on the curtain, and Wiggum's hair standing straight up after waking.[10]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Part One finished 51st with a Nielsen rating of 8.7, the fifth highest rated Fox show of the week.[22] Part Two averaged 12.3 million households and a 12.9 Nielsen rating. It finished sixteenth in the United States in the ratings for the week of September 11–17, 1995, finishing first in its time slot and was the highest rated show on the Fox network that week.[21] It helped the Fox network rank third overall for that week at a time when Fox was usually finishing fourth.[23]

text: In 2003, Entertainment Weekly published a Top 25 The Simpsons episode list and placed both parts of "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" in 25th place, saying, "a two-part comedic homage to Dallas' Who shot J.R.? stunt, [Who Shot Mr. Burns] is perhaps The Simpsons' most grandiose pop moment ever".[24] The Daily Telegraph characterized the episode as one of "The 10 Best Simpsons TV Episodes".[25]

text: The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, called it "A superb end to the season—and what's more, it's a genuine whodunnit. There's no cheating—all the clues are there."[2] Jake Rossen of Wizard called the ending the sixth greatest cliffhanger of all time but expressed disappointment in the resolution, saying, "Sometimes it's better to make up your own ending, kids."[26] In 2008, Entertainment Weekly included Part One in their list of the best television season finales of all time.[27]

text: The song "Señor Burns", which was composed by Alf Clausen and written by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 1996 for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics".[28] Tito Puente ranked 19th on AOL's list of their favorite 25 Simpsons guest stars.[29]


document_title: Eurovision Song Contest 2018

question_text: what position did the uk come in eurovision 2018

question_tokens: what position did the uk come in eurovision 2018

root

text: Eurovision Song Contest 2018

text: Location

text: The contest took place for the first time in Portugal, following the country's victory in the 2017 edition with the song "Amar pelos dois", performed by Salvador Sobral.[4]

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text: Venue

text: 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.[5] 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.[6]

text: Bidding phase and host city selection

text: 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.[7] 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.[4] 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.[8] On 15 May 2017, RTP appeared to have confirmed Lisbon as the host city,[9][10] but clarified the following day that no final decision had been taken regarding both the host city and venue.[11]

text: 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:[12]

text:
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.

tag: ul

text: Besides Lisbon, other cities signalled their interest in bidding to host the 2018 contest: Braga, Espinho, Faro, Gondomar, Guimarães, and Santa Maria da Feira.[13][14][15] The mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, declared he would not be interested in "spending millions of euros" to host the contest,[11] but he would support a bid from the Metropolitan Area of Porto (Espinho, Gondomar, and Santa Maria da Feira).[14]

text: 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.[16]

text: 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.[17] In addition, RTP indicated the Parque das Nações, where Altice Arena is located, as the site for the shows.[18]

text: Key:     Host venue

text:
City
Venue
Capacity
Notes

Braga
Braga Exhibition Park
15,000 (after renovation)
Agro-industrial park inaugurated in 1981 and further expanded in 1987 with a 6,500 m2 (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.[19] Renovation works starting in 2017 and ending in the first trimester of 2018 would increase the exhibition hall capacity to 15,000.[20]

Gondomar
Multiusos de Gondomar Coração de Ouro
8,000
Multi-purpose indoor arena inaugurated in 2007, with a total capacity for 8,000 people (4,400 seats).[21] Hosted the 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship final tournament.[22]

Guimarães
Multiusos de Guimarães
10,000
Multi-purpose indoor arena inaugurated in 2001, with a total capacity for 10,000 people (3,000 seats).[23] 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.[24]

Lisbon[8]
Altice Arena
20,000
Multi-purpose indoor arena inaugurated in 1998, it is the country's largest indoor venue with a total capacity for 20,000 people. Hosted the Expo '98,[25] the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship,[26] the 2000 ATP Finals,[27] the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships,[28] the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship,[29] the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards,[30] the UEFA Futsal Cup Final Four (2001–02, 2009–10[31] and 2014–15[32]), and since 2016 (for a three-year period, renewable) the Web Summit.[33]

Santa Maria da Feira
Europarque
11,000
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.[14]

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text: Other sites

text: 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.[34]

text: 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.[35]

text: 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.[36]

text: Format

text: Visual design

text: The theme for the contest, All Aboard!, was unveiled on 7 November 2017 in a press conference held at the Lisbon Oceanarium.[37] 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."[38]

text: Presenters

text: 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.[39] It will be the first time since 2015 that the contest does not feature a male presenter, and the second consecutive year that the presenters are all the same gender.[40][39] It was confirmed on 4 May 2018 that Cautela would host the green room.[41]

text: 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.[42]

text: Semi-final allocation draw

text: 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.[43]

text:
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

text: Opening and interval acts

text: 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" 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 (Portuguese representative in 1994), Mayra Andrade and Dino D'Santiago.[44][45][46][47][48][49]

text: Participating countries

text: The EBU announced on 7 November 2017 that forty-two countries would participate in the contest. Russia confirmed their return after withdrawing from the previous edition, while Macedonia's participation was provisionally blocked by the EBU due to unpaid debts by its national broadcaster.[38][50] 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.[51]

text: Returning artists

text: 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 Waylon placed second for the Netherlands in 2014 as part of The Common Linnets performing "Calm After the Storm".[52]

text: 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".[53] 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,[54] and Equinox member Vlado Mihailov backed for Bulgaria in 2017.[55] 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.[56]

text: Semi-final 1

text: 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.

text:
Draw[59]
Country[59]
Artist[59]
Song
Language(s)
Place[60]
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[a]
9
119

07
 Israel
Netta
"Toy"
English[b]
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[c]
2
262

text: Semi-final 2

text: 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]

text: 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.[61]

text: The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

text:
Draw[62]
Country[62]
Artist[62]
Song
Language(s)
Place[60]
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[d]
9
117

04
 San Marino
Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening
"Who We Are"
English
17
28

05
 Denmark
Rasmussen
"Higher Ground"
English[e]
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[f]
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"
Montenegrin
16
40

17
 Slovenia
Lea Sirk
"Hvala, ne!"
Slovene[g]
8
132

18
 Ukraine
Mélovin
"Under the Ladder"
English
6
179

text: Final

text: 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.[65]

text:
Draw[65]
Country[65]
Artist[65]
Song
Language(s)
Place
Points

01
 Ukraine
Mélovin
"Under the Ladder"
English
17
7002130000000000000♠130

02
 Spain
Amaia & Alfred
"Tu canción"
Spanish
23
7001610000000000000♠61

03
 Slovenia
Lea Sirk
"Hvala, ne!"
Slovene[g]
22
7001640000000000000♠64

04
 Lithuania
Ieva Zasimauskaitė
"When We're Old"
English[a]
12
7002181000000000000♠181

05
 Austria
Cesár Sampson
"Nobody but You"
English
3
7002342000000000000♠342

06
 Estonia
Elina Nechayeva
"La forza"
Italian
8
7002245000000000000♠245

07
 Norway
Alexander Rybak
"That's How You Write a Song"
English
15
7002144000000000000♠144

08
 Portugal
Cláudia Pascoal[h]
"O jardim"
Portuguese
26
7001390000000000000♠39

09
 United Kingdom
SuRie
"Storm"
English
24
7001480000000000000♠48

10
 Serbia
Sanja Ilić & Balkanika
"Nova deca" (Нова деца)
Serbian[d]
19
7002113000000000000♠113

11
 Germany
Michael Schulte
"You Let Me Walk Alone"
English
4
7002340000000000000♠340

12
 Albania
Eugent Bushpepa
"Mall"
Albanian
11
7002184000000000000♠184

13
 France
Madame Monsieur
"Mercy"
French
13
7002173000000000000♠173

14
 Czech Republic
Mikolas Josef
"Lie to Me"
English
6
7002281000000000000♠281

15
 Denmark
Rasmussen
"Higher Ground"
English[e]
9
7002226000000000000♠226

16
 Australia
Jessica Mauboy
"We Got Love"
English
20
7001990000000000000♠99

17
 Finland
Saara Aalto
"Monsters"
English
25
7001460000000000000♠46

18
 Bulgaria
Equinox
"Bones"
English
14
7002166000000000000♠166

19
 Moldova
DoReDoS
"My Lucky Day"
English
10
7002209000000000000♠209

20
 Sweden
Benjamin Ingrosso
"Dance You Off"
English
7
7002274000000000000♠274

21
 Hungary
AWS
"Viszlát nyár"
Hungarian
21
7001930000000000000♠93

22
 Israel
Netta
"Toy"
English[b]
1
7002529000000000000♠529

23
 Netherlands
Waylon
"Outlaw in 'Em"
English
18
7002121000000000000♠121

24
 Ireland
Ryan O'Shaughnessy
"Together"
English
16
7002136000000000000♠136

25
 Cyprus
Eleni Foureira
"Fuego"
English[c]
2
7002436000000000000♠436

26
 Italy
Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro
"Non mi avete fatto niente"
Italian
5
7002308000000000000♠308

text: Scoreboard

text: Semi-final 1

text:
[show]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

text:
Voting procedure used:
  100% Televoting
  100% Jury vote

Voting results (Jury vote)[66]

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

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

text:
Voting procedure used:
  100% Televoting
  100% Jury vote

Voting results (Televoting vote)[66]

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

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

text: 12 points

text: Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

text: Jury

text: Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury in the first semi-final:

text:
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

text: Televoting

text: Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's televote in the first semi-final:

text:
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

text: Semi-final 2

text:
[show]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

text:
Voting procedure used:
  100% Televoting
  100% Jury vote

Voting results (Jury vote)[67]

Televoting Score

Norway

Romania

Serbia

San Marino

Denmark

Russia

Moldova

Netherlands

Australia

Georgia

Poland

Malta

Hungary

Latvia

Sweden

Montenegro

Slovenia

Ukraine

France

Germany

Italy

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

text:
Voting procedure used:
  100% Televoting
  100% Jury vote

Voting results (Televoting vote)[67]

Jury Score

Norway

Romania

Serbia

San Marino

Denmark

Russia

Moldova

Netherlands

Australia

Georgia

Poland

Malta

Hungary

Latvia

Sweden

Montenegro

Slovenia

Ukraine

France

Germany

Italy

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

text: 12 points

text: Jury

text: Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury in the second semi-final:

text:
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

text: Televoting

text: Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's televote in the second semi-final:

text:
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

text: Final

text:
[show]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

text:
Voting procedure used:
  100% Televoting
  100% Jury vote

Voting results (Jury vote)[68]

Televoting Score

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

text:
Voting procedure used:
  100% Televoting
  100% Jury vote

Voting results (Televoting vote)[68]

Jury Score

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

text: 12 points

text: Jury

text:
N.
Contestant
Nation(s) giving 12 points

9
Austria
Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Iceland, Israel, Lithuania, Romania, Poland, United Kingdom

8
Sweden
Armenia, Australia, Cyprus, Georgia, Germany, Latvia, Serbia, Slovenia

6
Cyprus
Belarus, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Spain, Sweden

5
Israel
Austria, Czech Republic, France, Finland, San Marino

4
Germany
Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland

3
Estonia
Macedonia, Moldova, Portugal

1
Albania
Azerbaijan

Denmark
Hungary

France
Ukraine

Italy
Albania

Lithuania
Croatia

Moldova
Russia

Norway
Italy

Serbia
Montenegro

text: Televoting

text:
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

3
Cyprus
Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece

Denmark
Hungary, Iceland, Sweden

Italy
Albania, Germany, Malta

Ukraine
Belarus, Czech Republic, Poland

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

text: Other countries

text: 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.

text: Active EBU members

text:
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 the Eurovision Song Contest 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]

text: Associate EBU members

text: 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 Eurovison 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]

text: Non-EBU members

text:
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]

text: Commentators and spokespersons

text: Spokespersons

text: The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:[89]

text:
Ukraine – Natalia Zhyzhchenko
 Azerbaijan – Tural Asadov
 Belarus – Naviband (Belarusian representative in 2017)
 San Marino – John Kennedy O'Connor
 Netherlands – O'G3NE (Dutch representatives in 2017)
 Macedonia – Jana Burčeska (Macedonian representative in 2017)
 Malta – Lara Azzopardi
 Georgia – Tamara Gachechiladze (Georgian representative in 2017)
 Spain – Nieves Álvarez
 Austria – Kati Bellowitsch
 Denmark – Ulla Essendrop
 United Kingdom – Mel Giedroyc
 Sweden – Felix Sandman
 Latvia – Dagmāra Legante
 Albania – Andri Xhahu
 Croatia – Uršula Tolj
 Ireland – Nicky Byrne (Irish representative in 2016)
 Romania – Sonia Argint-Ionescu
 Czech Republic – Radka Rosická
 Iceland – Edda Sif Pálsdóttir
 Moldova – Djulieta Ardovan
 Belgium – Danira Boukhriss Terkessidis
 Norway – Aleksander Walmann and JOWST (Norwegian representatives in 2017)
 France – Élodie Gossuin
 Italy – Giulia Valentina Palermo
 Australia – Ricardo Gonçalves
 Estonia – Ott Evestus
 Serbia – Dragana Kosjerina
 Cyprus – Hovig (Cypriot representative in 2017)
 Armenia – Arsen Grigoryan
 Bulgaria – Joanna Dragneva (Bulgarian representative in 2008)
 Greece – Olina Xenopoulou
 Hungary – Bence Forró
 Montenegro – Nataša Šotra
 Germany – Barbara Schöneberger
 Finland – Anna Abreu
 Russia – Alsou (Russian representative in 2000 and host of the final in 2009)
  Switzerland – Letícia Carvalho
 Israel – Lucy Ayoub
 Poland – Mateusz Szymkowiak
 Lithuania – Eglė Daugėlaitė
 Slovenia – Maja Keuc (Slovenian representative in 2011)
 Portugal – Pedro Fernandes

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text: Commentators

text: Most countries sent commentators to Lisbon or commented from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information.

text:
Albania – Andri Xhahu (RTSH, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana, all shows)
 Armenia – Avet Barseghyan and Felix Khachatryan (Armenia 1 and Public Radio of Armenia, all shows)[90]
 Australia – Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey (SBS, all shows)[91]
 Austria – Andi Knoll (ORF eins, all shows)
 Azerbaijan – Azer Suleymanli (İTV, all shows)
 Belarus – Evgeny Perlin (Belarus-1 and Belarus 24, all shows)
 Belgium – Dutch: Peter Van de Veire (één, all shows);[92] French: Maureen Louys and Jean-Louis Lahaye (La Une, all shows; second semi-final 90-minute-delayed, first semi-final and final live)
 Bulgaria – Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev (BNT 1, all shows)
 Croatia – Duško Ćurlić (HRT 1 and HR 2, all shows)[93][94][95]
 Cyprus – Costas Constantinou and Vaso Komninou (CyBC, all shows)[96]
 Czech Republic – Libor Bouček (ČT2, semi-finals and ČT1, final)
 Denmark – Ole Tøpholm (DR 1, all shows)[97]
 Estonia – Estonian: Marko Reikop (ETV, all shows);[98] Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk (Raadio 2, first semi-final and final);[99] Russian: Aleksandr Hobotov, Julia Kalenda (ETV+, all shows)[100]
 Finland – Finnish: Mikko Silvennoinen (with Saara Aalto in the second semi-final); Swedish: Johan Lindroos and Eva Frantz (Yle TV2, Yle X3M, all shows); Anna Keränen (Yle Radio Suomi, semi-finals); Anna Keränen, Aija Puurtinen, Sami Sykkö (Yle Radio Suomi, final)[101]
 France – Christophe Willem and André Manoukian (France 4, semi-finals); Stéphane Bern, Christophe Willem and Alma (France 2, final)[102][103]
 Georgia – Demetre Ergemlidze (GPB First Channel, all shows)[104]
 Germany – Peter Urban (One, semi-finals and Das Erste, final)[105][106]
 Greece – Alexandros Lizardos and Daphne Skalioni (ERT1, ERT HD, ERA 2, Voice of Greece, all shows)[107]
 Hungary – Krisztina Rátonyi and Freddie (Duna, all shows)[108]
 Iceland – Gísli Marteinn Baldursson (RÚV, all shows)
 Ireland – Marty Whelan (RTÉ 2, semi-finals and RTÉ One, final); Neil Doherty and Zbyszek Zalinski (RTÉ Radio 1, first semi-final and final)
 Israel – Asaf Liberman and Shir Reuven (Kan 11, first semi-final); Itai Herman and Goel Pinto (Kan 11, second semi-final); Erez Tal and Idit Hershkowitz (Kan 11, final)
 Italy – Carolina Di Domenico and Saverio Raimondo (Rai 4, semi-finals);[61] Serena Rossi and Federico Russo (Rai 1, final); Carolina Di Domenico and Ema Stokholma (Rai Radio 2, final)
 Latvia – Toms Grēviņš (LTV, all shows) Magnuss Eriņš (final)[109]
 Lithuania – Darius Užkuraitis and Gerūta Griniūtė (LRT televizija, LRT Radijas, all shows)
 Macedonia – Karolina Petkovska (MRT 1, MRT 2, Macedonian radio, all shows)[110][111]
 Malta – No commentary
 Moldova – Djulieta Ardovan[112] (Moldova 1, Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical, Radio Moldova Tineret, semi-finals);[113] Doina Stimpovschii (Moldova 1, Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical, Radio Moldova Tineret, final)[114]
 Montenegro – Dražen Bauković and Tijana Mišković (TVCG 1 and TVCG SAT, all shows)[115]
 Netherlands – Cornald Maas and Jan Smit (NPO 1, all shows)[116]
 Norway – Olav Viksmo-Slettan (NRK1, all shows);[117] Ronny Brede Aase, Silje Nordnes and Markus Neby (NRK3, final);[118] Ole Christian Øen (NRK P1, final)[119]
 Poland – Artur Orzech (TVP1, TVP Polonia, all shows)[120]
 Portugal – Nuno Galopim and Hélder Reis (RTP1, RTP África, RTP Internacional, all shows)
 Romania – Liliana Ștefan and Radu Andrei Tudor (TVR1, TVR HD, TVRi, all shows)[121]
 Russia – Yuriy Aksuta and Yana Churikova (Channel One, all shows; first semi-final 110-minute-delayed, second semi-final and final live)
 San Marino – Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo (San Marino RTV and Radio San Marino, all shows)[122]
 Serbia – Silvana Grujić and Tamara Petković (RTS1, RTS HD, RTS Svet, RTS Planeta, first semi-final); Duška Vučinić (RTS1, RTS HD, RTS Svet, RTS Planeta, second semi-final and final)[123][124][125]
 Slovenia – Andrej Hofer (TV Slovenija 2, semi-finals and TV Slovenija 1, final)
 Spain – Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela (La 2, semi-finals; La 1, final)[126][127]
 Sweden – Sanna Nielsen and Edward af Sillén (SVT1, all shows)[128]
  Switzerland – German: Sven Epiney (SRF zwei, semi-finals and SRF 1, final);[129] Italian: Clarissa Tami (RSI La 2, semi-finals and RSI La 1, final);[130] French: Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner (RTS Deux, semi-finals and RTS Un, final)
 Ukraine – Serhiy Prytula (STB, all shows);[131] Timur Miroshnychenko (UA:First, all shows); Mariya Yaremchuk (UA:First, first semi-final); Alyosha (UA:First, second semi-final); Jamala (UA:First, final)[132]
 United Kingdom – Scott Mills and Rylan Clark-Neal (BBC Four, semi-finals); Graham Norton (BBC One, final); Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2, final)[133][134]

text: Non-participating countries

text:
China – Duan Yixuan and Hei Nan (Mango TV, semi-final 1[i] 9-hour-delay)[135][136]
 Kazakhstan – Kaldybek Zhaysanbay and Diana Snegina (Khabar TV, all shows)[137]
 Kosovo – Alma Bektashi and Agron Krasniqi (RTK, all shows)[138]
 Slovakia – Daniel Baláž, Pavol Hubinák, Juraj Malíček, Ela Tolstová and Celeste Buckingham (Radio FM, final)[139]
 United States – English: Ross Mathews and Shangela (Logo TV, final);[140] Ewan Spence and Lisa-Jayne Lewis (WJFD-FM radio, final);[141] Portuguese: Ana Filipa Rosa (WJFD-FM radio, final)[141]

text: Incidents

text: Accusations of cultural appropriation

text: Following the performance of Israel's Netta Barzilai and 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.[142][143][144]

text: The topic was debated on British morning show Good Morning Britain on 14 May 2018 in response[145], 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".[146]

text: Belarusian song submission

text: 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.[147] Six artists threatened to withdraw from the selection if it were allowed to compete,[148] with Sofi Lapina actually doing so.[149] 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.[150] 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.[151] 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.[152]

text: Czech rehearsal injuries

text: 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 rushed 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".[153] 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 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.[citation needed]

text: Mango TV censorship

text: 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.[154] 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.[155] In addition, the LGBT flag and tattoos on other performers were also blurred out from the broadcast.[156] 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.[136][157] A spokesperson for the broadcaster's parent company Hunan TV said they "weren't aware" of the edits made to the programme.[158] 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."[156]

text: United Kingdom stage invasion

text: 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."[159][160] The man, later identified as 'Dr ACactivism', a political activist from London,[161] climbed into a camera run to get access to the stage.[162] SuRie was able to complete her performance, and after the song the broadcast cut to an unscheduled interview in the green room.[163][164] The EBU offered SuRie and her team the opportunity to perform again, but she declined.[159] SuRie later revealed that she had suffered several bruises on her right hand.[165] 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 Ukranian delegation that followed the stage invasion.

text: Other awards

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

text: Marcel Bezençon Awards

text: 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.[166] The awards are divided into three categories: Press Award, Artistic Award, and Composer Award. The winners are revealed shortly before the Eurovision final.

text:
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

text: OGAE

text: 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.[167] 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.[168] 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.

text:
Country
Performer(s)
Song
OGAE result[169]

 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

text: *Table reflects the 2018 voting results from all 44 OGAE clubs.

text: Barbara Dex Award

text: 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.

text:
Place
Country
Performer(s)

1
 Macedonia
Eye Cue

2
 Australia
Jessica Mauboy

3
 Belgium
Sennek

4
 Montenegro
Vanja Radovanović

5
 Israel
Netta

text: Official album

text:
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: Kyiv 20172017
Eurovision Song Contest: Lisbon 2018
(2018)

text: 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.[170] The album features all 43 participating entries, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify for the grand final.

text:
CD 1

No.
Title
Artist
Length

1.
"Mall" (Albania)
Eugent Bushpepa
3ː07

2.
"Qami" (Armenia)
Sevak Khanagyan
2ː57

3.
"We Got Love" (Australia)
Jessica Mauboy
3ː04

4.
"Nobody but You" (Austria)
Cesár Sampson
3ː03

5.
"X My Heart" (Azerbaijan)
Aisel
3ː01

6.
"A Matter of Time" (Belgium)
Sennek
3ː00

7.
"Bones" (Bulgaria)
Equinox
2ː59

8.
"Forever" (Belarus)
Alekseev
3ː00

9.
"Stones" (Switzerland)
Zibbz
2ː57

10.
"Fuego" (Cyprus)
Eleni Foureira
3ː03

11.
"Lie to Me" (Czech Republic)
Mikolas Josef
2ː50

12.
"You Let Me Walk Alone" (Germany)
Michael Schulte
2ː57

13.
"Higher Ground" (Denmark)
Rasmussen
3ː03

14.
"Tu canción" (Spain)
Amaia and Alfred
2ː59

15.
"La forza" (Estonia)
Elina Nechayeva
3ː04

16.
"Monsters" (Finland)
Saara Aalto
3ː00

17.
"Mercy" (France)
Madame Monsieur
3ː02

18.
"Storm" (United Kingdom)
SuRie
2ː57

19.
"For You" (Georgia)
Iriao
2ː59

20.
"Oniro mou" (Greece)
Gianna Terzi
3ː04

21.
"Crazy" (Croatia)
Franka
3ː00

22.
"Viszlát nyár" (Hungary)
AWS
2ː57

Total length:
66ː03

text:
CD 2

No.
Title
Artist
Length

1.
"Together" (Ireland)
Ryan O'Shaughnessy
2ː54

2.
"Our Choice" (Iceland)
Ari Ólafsson
2ː59

3.
"Toy" (Israel)
Netta
3ː00

4.
"Non mi avete fatto niente" (Italy)
Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro
3ː02

5.
"When We're Old" (Lithuania)
Ieva Zasimauskaitė
3ː00

6.
"Funny Girl" (Latvia)
Laura Rizzotto
3ː03

7.
"My Lucky Day" (Moldova)
DoReDoS
3ː02

8.
"Lost and Found" (Macedonia)
Eye Cue
3ː03

9.
"Taboo" (Malta)
Christabelle
3ː01

10.
"Inje" (Montenegro)
Vanja Radovanović
3ː00

11.
"Outlaw in 'Em" (Netherlands)
Waylon
2ː54

12.
"That's How You Write a Song" (Norway)
Alexander Rybak
3ː00

13.
"Light Me Up" (Poland)
Gromee and Lukas Meijer
3ː00

14.
"O jardim" (Portugal)
Cláudia Pascoal
2ː38

15.
"Goodbye" (Romania)
The Humans
2ː58

16.
"I Won't Break" (Russia)
Julia Samoylova
2ː59

17.
"Who We Are" (San Marino)
Jessika and Jenifer Brening
3ː00

18.
"Nova deca" (Serbia)
Sanja Ilić and Balkanika
3ː07

19.
"Hvala, ne!" (Slovenia)
Lea Sirk
3ː00

20.
"Dance You Off" (Sweden)
Benjamin Ingrosso
3ː00

21.
"Under the Ladder" (Ukraine)
Mélovin
2ː59

Total length:
62ː39

text: Charts

text:
Chart (2018)
Peak
position

Australian Albums (ARIA)[171]
14

Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[172]
22

German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[173]
2

Greek Albums (IFPI)[174]
9


document_title: Christopher Kimball

question_text: where is christopher kimball from cook's country

question_tokens: where is christopher kimball from cook 's country

text: Christopher Kimball

text: Early life and education[edit]

text: Kimball was born and raised in Westchester County, New York, the son of Mary Alice White and Edward Norris Kimball.[6] The family had a cabin in southwestern Vermont.[1]

text: He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and then Columbia University (1973) with a degree in Primitive Art.[1][2]

text: Career[edit]

text: Early career[edit]

text: After graduating from Columbia, he went to work with his stepbrother in a publishing company. Soon after, he worked for The Center for Direct Marketing in Westport, Connecticut and also started taking cooking courses.[1] After securing $100,000 in angel investments from friends and family, he started Cook’s Magazine from a tiny office in Weston, Connecticut in 1980 when he was 29 years old.[1] He sold the magazine to the Bonnier Group in 1989 and moved on to other publishing ventures.[1]

text: America's Test Kitchen[edit]

text: Kimball was a co-founder and has been editor and publisher of America's Test Kitchen, which produces television and radio shows, and publishes magazines, including Cook's Illustrated,[6] which Kimball launched in 1993. It also publishes Cook's Country magazine, which was launched in 2004,[1] and former publisher of the now-defunct Cook's Magazine.[citation needed] The company's revenue comes from its readers, rather than advertisers, which differentiates them from the competitors.[1]

text: Its cookbook publisher division is Two Pigs Farm. Boston Common Press, a private partnership between Kimball, Eliot Wadsworth II, and George P. Denny III, owns Kimball’s publishing activities.[1] Kimball also hosted the syndicated Public Television cooking shows America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen.

text: On November 16, 2015, a news release from Boston Common Press, parent company of Cooks Country/Cooks Illustrated/America's Test Kitchen, announced the departure of Christopher Kimball. The 2016 TV programs had already been filmed and Kimball appeared as host, but his direct participation in the company ended immediately.[7] He remains a minority stockholder in the closely held company.

text: Christopher Kimball's Milk Street[edit]

text: In 2016, he embarked on a new venture, Christopher Kimball's Milk Street, located on Milk Street in Boston, Massachusetts.[8]

text: On October 31, 2016, the company behind America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Illustrated Magazine filed a lawsuit against Kimball in Suffolk Superior Court, claiming that Kimball "literally and conceptually ripped off" his former employer.[9] In the lawsuit, America's Test Kitchen claims that Kimball built his new venture while still on their payroll, using company resources in the form of recipes and databases to help shape Milk Street Kitchen into a direct competitor[10][11].

text: Other[edit]

text: He is the author of The Cook's Bible, The Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook, Dear Charlie, The Dessert Bible and Fannie's Last Supper, and is a columnist for the New York Daily News and the Boston-based Tab Communications.

text: Other television appearances include This Old House and the morning shows Weekend Today and The Early Show. He is a regular contributor on National Public Radio. On January 8, 2011, Kimball began hosting WGBH-FM's America's Test Kitchen Radio distributed by PRX.

text: Personal life[edit]

text: He has been married three times. He had a son and three daughters with his second wife, Adrienne. They divorced in December 2012.[3][4][5] On June 30, 2013, Kimball married Melissa Lee Baldino, executive producer of the America's Test Kitchen television show.[6] She is now co-founder of Christopher Kimball's Milk Street.[12]

text: Their son, Oliver Kimball, was born on May 4, 2017.