document_title: List of Miami Dolphins seasons

question_text: when was the last time the dolphins went to the playoffs

text: List of Miami Dolphins seasons

text: This is a list of seasons completed by the Miami Dolphins American football franchise of the National Football League (NFL). The list documents the season-by-season records of the Dolphins franchise from 1966 to present, including postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches.

text: Although the Miami Dolphins were not successful before joining the NFL, from 1970 when they played their first season after the AFL–NFL merger until 2001 they were one of the most successful teams in the league, playing in the postseason on 22 occasions over those 32 years and winning 335 and tying two of 528 games for an overall win percentage of 63.6. Early in this period the Dolphins won their only two Super Bowls in consecutive seasons, in the process achieving the only modern-day perfect season in any major professional sports league during only their third year in the NFL. Much of this success was orchestrated by coach Don Shula who joined the team in 1970 and stayed with them until his retirement in 1995.

text: After Shula retired in 1995, the Dolphins remained a force for six years under successors Jimmy Johnson and Dave Wannstedt, but since 2002 and especially since 2004 have fallen on harder times, reaching the postseason only twice in the twelve seasons since. In 2007, they nearly suffered an imperfect season, winning only one game in overtime.

text: For complete team history, see History of the Miami Dolphins.

text: Seasons[edit]

text: Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. Italicized numbers mean that the records are subject to change each week due to regular season or postseason games being played.

text:
Super Bowl Champions (1970–present)
Conference Champions
Division Champions
Wild Card Berth
One-Game Playoff Berth

text:
Franchise records according to Pro-Football Reference.com[1]

Season
Team
League
Conference
Division
Regular Season
Post Season Results
Awards
Head coaches

Finish
Wins
Losses
Ties

1966
1966
AFL

Eastern
5th
3
11
0

George Wilson

1967
1967
AFL

Eastern
4th
4
10
0

1968
1968
AFL

Eastern
3rd
5
8
1

1969
1969
AFL

Eastern
5th
3
10
1

1970
1970
NFL
AFC
East
2nd
10
4
0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Raiders) 14–21

Don Shula

1971
1971
NFL
AFC
East
1st
10
3
1
Won Divisional Playoffs (at Chiefs) 27–24 (OT)
Won Conference Championship (Colts) 21–0
Lost Super Bowl VI (vs. Cowboys) 3–24

1972
1972
NFL
AFC
East
1st
14
0
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Browns) 20–14
Won Conference Championship (at Steelers) 21–17
Won Super Bowl VII (1) (vs. Redskins) 14–7
Don Shula (COY)
Jake Scott (SB MVP)
Earl Morrall (CBPOY)

1973
1973
NFL
AFC
East
1st
12
2
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Bengals) 34–16
Won Conference Championship (Raiders) 27–10
Won Super Bowl VIII (2) (vs. Vikings) 24–7
Dick Anderson (DPOY)
Larry Csonka (SB MVP)
Garo Yepremian (PB MVP)

1974
1974
NFL
AFC
East
1st
11
3
0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Raiders) 26–28

1975
1975
NFL
AFC
East
2nd
10
4
0

1976
1976
NFL
AFC
East
3rd
6
8
0

1977
1977
NFL
AFC
East
2nd
10
4
0

A. J. Duhe (DROY)

1978
1978
NFL
AFC
East
2nd
11
5
0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Oilers) 9–17

1979
1979
NFL
AFC
East
1st
10
6
0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Steelers) 14–34
Larry Csonka (CBPOY)

1980
1980
NFL
AFC
East
3rd
8
8
0

1981
1981
NFL
AFC
East
1st
11
4
1
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Chargers) 38–41 (OT)

1982
1982
NFL
AFC

2nd1
7
2
0
Won First Round (Patriots) 28–13
Won Second Round (Chargers) 34–13
Won Conference Championship (Jets) 14–0
Lost Super Bowl XVII (vs. Redskins) 17–27

1983
1983
NFL
AFC
East
1st
12
4
0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Seahawks) 20–27
Doug Betters (DPOY)

1984
1984
NFL
AFC
East
1st
14
2
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Seahawks) 31–10
Won Conference Championship (Steelers) 45–28
Lost Super Bowl XIX (vs. 49ers) 16–38
Dan Marino (MVP, OPOY)

1985
1985
NFL
AFC
East
1st
12
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Browns) 24–21
Lost Conference Championship (Patriots) 14–31
Dwight Stephenson (WPMOY)

1986
1986
NFL
AFC
East
3rd
8
8
0

1987
1987
NFL
AFC
East
3rd
8
7
0

Troy Stradford (OROY)

1988
1988
NFL
AFC
East
5th
6
10
0

1989
1989
NFL
AFC
East
3rd
8
8
0

1990
1990
NFL
AFC
East
2nd
12
4
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Chiefs) 17–16
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Bills) 34–44

1991
1991
NFL
AFC
East
3rd
8
8
0

1992
1992
NFL
AFC
East
1st
11
5
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Chargers) 31–0
Lost Conference Championship (Bills) 10–29

1993
1993
NFL
AFC
East
2nd
9
7
0

1994
1994
NFL
AFC
East
1st
10
6
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Chiefs) 27–17
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Chargers) 21–22
Tim Bowens (DROY)
Dan Marino (CBPOY)

1995
1995
NFL
AFC
East
3rd
9
7
0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Bills) 22–37

1996
1996
NFL
AFC
East
4th
8
8
0

Jimmy Johnson

1997
1997
NFL
AFC
East
2nd
9
7
0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Patriots) 3–17

1998
1998
NFL
AFC
East
2nd
10
6
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Bills) 24–17
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Broncos) 3–38
Dan Marino (WPMOY)

1999
1999
NFL
AFC
East
3rd
9
7
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Seahawks) 20–17
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Jaguars) 7–62

2000
2000
NFL
AFC
East
1st
11
5
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Colts) 23–17 (OT)
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Raiders) 0–27

Dave Wannstedt

2001
2001
NFL
AFC
East
2nd
11
5
0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Ravens) 3–20

2002
2002
NFL
AFC
East
3rd
9
7
0

Ricky Williams (PB MVP)

2003
2003
NFL
AFC
East
2nd
10
6
0

2004
2004
NFL
AFC
East
4th
4
12
0

Dave Wannstedt (1–8)
Jim Bates (3–4)

2005
2005
NFL
AFC
East
2nd
9
7
0

Nick Saban

2006
2006
NFL
AFC
East
4th
6
10
0

Jason Taylor (DPOY)

2007
2007
NFL
AFC
East
4th
1
15
0

Jason Taylor (WPMOY)
Cam Cameron

2008
2008
NFL
AFC
East
1st
11
5
0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Ravens) 9–27
Chad Pennington (CBPOY)
Tony Sparano

2009
2009
NFL
AFC
East
3rd
7
9
0

2010
2010
NFL
AFC
East
3rd
7
9
0

2011
2011
NFL
AFC
East
3rd
6
10
0

Brandon Marshall (PB MVP)
Tony Sparano (4–9)
Todd Bowles (2–1)

2012
2012
NFL
AFC
East
2nd
7
9
0

Joe Philbin

2013
2013
NFL
AFC
East
3rd
8
8
0

2014
2014
NFL
AFC
East
3rd
8
8
0

2015
2015
NFL
AFC
East
4th
6
10
0

Joe Philbin (1–3)
Dan Campbell (5–7)

2016
2016
NFL
AFC
East
2nd
10
6
0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Steelers) 12–30

Adam Gase

2017
2017
NFL
AFC
East
1st
1
1
0

Totals
440
342
4
All-time regular season record (1960–2016)

20
21
0
All-time postseason record (1960–2016)

460
363
4
All-time regular & postseason record (1960–2016)

text: Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2016 NFL season.

text: 1 Due to a strike-shortened season in 1982, all teams were ranked by conference instead of division.


document_title: Cecum

question_text: where does the large intestine connect to the small intestine

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text: Cecum

text: Structure[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: The cecum and appendix are formed by the enlargement of the postarterial segment of the midgut loop.  The proximal part of the bud grows rapidly to form the cecum. The lateral wall of the cecum grows much more rapidly than the medial wall, with the result that the point of attachment of the appendix comes to lie on the medial side.[citation needed]

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text: History[edit]

text: Etymology[edit]

text: The term cecum comes from the Latin caecum, literally "blind", here in the sense "blind gut" or "cul de sac".[citation needed]

text: In dissections by the Greek philosophers, the connection between the ileum of the small intestines and the cecum was not fully understood. Most of the studies of the digestive tract were done on animals and the results were compared to human structures.[citation needed]

text: The junction between the small intestine and the colon, called the ileocecal valve, is so small in some animals that it was not considered to be a connection between the small and large intestines. During a dissection, the colon could be traced from the rectum, to the sigmoid colon, through the descending, transverse, and ascending sections. The cecum is an end point for the colon with a dead-end portion terminating with the appendix.[3]

text: The connection between the end of the small intestine (ileum) and the start (as viewed from the perspective of food being processed) of the colon (cecum) is now clearly understood, and is called the ileocolic orifice. The connection between the end of the cecum and the beginning of the ascending colon is called the cecocolic orifice.

text: Clinical significance[edit]

text: A cecal carcinoid tumor is a carcinoid tumor of the cecum. An appendiceal carcinoid tumor (a carcinoid tumor of the appendix) is sometimes found next to a cecal carcinoid.[citation needed]

text: Neutropenic enterocolitis (typhlitis) is the condition of inflammation of the cecum, primarily caused by bacterial infections.

text: Over 99% of the bacteria in the gut are anaerobes, but in the cecum, aerobic bacteria reach high densities.[4]

text: In animals[edit]

text: A cecum is present in most amniote species, and also in lungfish, but not in any living species of amphibian. In reptiles, it is usually a single median structure, arising from the dorsal side of the large intestine. Birds typically have two paired ceca, as, unlike other mammals, do hyraxes.[5] Parrots do not have ceca.[6]

text: Most mammalian herbivores have a relatively large cecum, hosting a large number of bacteria, which aid in the enzymatic breakdown of plant materials such as cellulose; in many species, it is considerably wider than the colon. In contrast, obligatory carnivores, whose diets contain little or no plant material, have a reduced cecum, which is often partially or wholly replaced by the appendix.[5] Mammalian species which do not develop a cecum include raccoons, bears, and the red panda. Over 99% of the bacteria in the gut flora are anaerobes,[7][8][9][10][11] but in the cecum, aerobic bacteria reach high densities.[7]

text: Many fish have a number of small outpocketings, called pyloric ceca, along their intestine; despite the name they are not homologous with the cecum of amniotes, and their purpose is to increase the overall area of the digestive epithelium.[5] Some invertebrates, such as squid,[12] may also have structures with the same name, but these have no relationship with those of vertebrates.

text: Gallery[edit]

text:
Illustration of the large intestine

Diagram of human gastrointestinal tract

Cecum and ileum

Ileo-cecal valve

Cecum

Ileocecal orifice

Location of McBurney's point (#1)

The superior mesenteric artery and its branches

Arteries of cecum and vermiform process

Inferior ileocecal fossa

Interior of the cecum and lower end of ascending colon, showing colic valve

Topography of thoracic and abdominal viscera

Endoscopic image of cecum with arrow pointing to ileocecal valve in foreground

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document_title: Arkansas River

question_text: where does the arkansas river start in colorado

text: Arkansas River

text: Pronunciations[edit]

text: Name pronunciation varies by region.  Many people in western states, including Kansas and parts of Colorado, pronounce it /ɑːrˈkænzəs/ ar-KAN-zəs,[9] People in Oklahoma, Arkansas, parts of Colorado, and the majority of the remaining United States typically pronounce it /ˈɑːrkənsɔː/ AR-kən-saw, which is how the Arkansas state is always pronounced according to a state law passed in 1881.[10]

text: Physical geography[edit]

text: Course changes[edit]

text: The path of the Arkansas River has changed over time. Sediments from the river found in a palaeochannel next to Nolan, a site in the Tensas Basin, show that part of the river's meander belt flowed through up to 5200 BP. Whilst it was previously thought that this relict channel was active at the same time as another relict of Mississippi River's meander belt, it has been shown that this channel of the Arkansas was inactive approximately 400 years before the Mississippi channel was active.[11]

text: Hydrography[edit]

text: The Arkansas has three distinct sections in its long path through central North America. At its headwaters beginning near Leadville, Colorado, the Arkansas runs as a steep fast-flowing mountain river through the Rockies in its narrow valley, dropping 4,600 feet (1.4 km) in 120 miles (193 km).[12] This section supports extensive whitewater rafting, including The Numbers (near Granite, Colorado), Brown's Canyon, and the Royal Gorge.

text: At Cañon City, Colorado, the Arkansas River valley widens and flattens markedly. Just west of Pueblo, Colorado, the river enters the Great Plains. Through the rest of Colorado, Kansas, and much of Oklahoma, it is a typical Great Plains riverway, with wide, shallow banks subject to seasonal flooding and periods of dwindling flow. Tributaries include the Cimarron River and the Salt Fork Arkansas River.

text: In eastern Oklahoma the river begins to widen further into a more contained consistent channel. To maintain more reliable flow rates, a series of large reservoir lakes have been built on the Arkansas and its intersecting tributaries including the Canadian, Verdigris, Neosho (Grand), Illinois, and Poteau rivers.[13]  These locks and dams allow the river to be navigable by barges and large river craft downriver of Muskogee, Oklahoma, where the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System joins in with the Verdigris River.

text: Into western Arkansas, the river path works between the encroaching Boston and Ouachita Mountains, including many isolated, flat-topped mesas, buttes, or monadnocks such as Mount Nebo, Petit Jean Mountain, and Mount Magazine, the highest point in the state. The river valley then expands as it encounters much flatter land beginning just west of Little Rock, Arkansas. It continues eastward across the plains and forests of eastern Arkansas until it flows into the Mississippi River.

text: Water flow in the Arkansas River (as measured in central Kansas) has dropped from approximately 248 cubic feet per second (7 m³/s) average from 1944-1963 to 53 cubic feet  per second (1.5 m³/s) average from 1984–2003, largely because of the pumping of groundwater for irrigation in eastern Colorado and western Kansas.

text: Important cities along the Arkansas River include Pueblo, Colorado; Garden City, Kansas; Dodge City, Kansas; Wichita, Kansas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Fort Smith, Arkansas; and Little Rock, Arkansas.

text: The I-40 bridge disaster of May 2002 took place on I-40's crossing of Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma.

text: Allocation problems[edit]

text: Since 1902, Kansas has claimed Colorado takes too much of the river's water, resulting in a number of lawsuits before the U.S. Supreme Court that continue to this day,[14] generally under the name of Kansas v. Colorado.  The problems over the possession and use of Arkansas River water by Colorado and Kansas led to the creation of an interstate compact or agreement between the two states.[14]  While Congress approved the Arkansas River Compact in 1949,[14] the compact did not stop further disputes by the two states over water rights to the river.

text: The Kansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River Basin Compact was created in 1965 to promote mutual consideration and equity over water use in the basin shared by those states. It led to the Kansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River Commission, which was charged with administering the compact and reducing pollution. The compact was approved and implemented by both states in 1970, and has been in force since then.[13]

text: Riverway commerce[edit]

text: The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System begins at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa on the Verdigris River, enters the Arkansas River near Muskogee, and runs via an extensive lock and dam system to the Mississippi River. Through Oklahoma and Arkansas, dams which artificially deepen and widen the river to sustain commercial barge traffic and recreational use give the river the appearance of a series of reservoirs.[citation needed]

text: The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System diverts from the Arkansas River 2.5 mi (4.0 km) upstream of the Wilbur D. Mills Dam to avoid the long winding route which the lower Arkansas River follows. This circuitous portion of the Arkansas River between the Wilbur D. Mills Dam and the Mississippi River was historically bypassed by river vessels; early steamboats instead following a network of rivers—known as the Arkansas Post Canal—which flowed north of the lower Arkansas River and followed a shorter and more direct route to the Mississippi River. When the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System was constructed between 1963 and 1970, the Arkansas Post Canal was significantly improved, while the lower Arkansas River continued to be bypassed by commercial vessels.[15]

text: The river in history[edit]

text: Many nations of Native Americans lived near, or along, the 1,450-mile (2,334-km) stretch of the Arkansas River for thousands of years. The first Europeans to see the river were members of the Spanish Coronado expedition on June 29, 1541.  Also in the 1540s, Hernando de Soto discovered the junction of the Arkansas with the Mississippi. The Spanish originally called the river Napeste.[13] "The name "Arkansas" was first applied by Father Jacques Marquette, who called the river Akansa in his journal of 1673. The Joliet-Marquette expedition travelled the Mississippi River from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin towards the Gulf of Mexico, but turned back at the mouth of the Arkansas River. By that time, they had encountered Native Americans carrying European trinkets, and feared confrontation with Spanish conquistadors.

text: Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe, a French trader, explorer and nobleman had led an expedition into what is now Oklahoma in 1718–19. His original objective was to establish a trading post near the present city of Texarkana, Arkansas, but he then extended his trip overland as far north as the Arkansas River (which he designated as the Alcansas). The explorer wrote he and 9 other men, including three Caddo guides and 22 horses loaded with trade goods had come to a native settlement overlooking the river, where there were about 6,000 natives, who gave the strangers a warm welcome. La Harpe's party were honored with the calumet ceremony and spent ten days at this location. In 1988, evidence of a native village was discovered along the Arkansas River 13 miles (21 km) south of present-day Tulsa, Oklahoma. By then, the site was known as the Lasley Vore Site.[16][a]

text: French traders and trappers who had opened up trade with Indian tribes in Canada and the areas around the Great Lakes began exploring the Mississippi and some of its northern tributaries. They soon learned that the birch-bark canoes, which had served them so well on the northern waterways, were too light for use on the southern rivers, such as the Arkansas. They turned to making and using dugout canoes, which they called pirogues, made by hollowing out the trunks of cottonwood trees.[b] Cottonwoods are plentiful along the streams of the southwest and grow to large sizes. The wood is soft and easily worked with the crude tools carried by both the French and Indians. The pirogues were sturdier and could be more for navigating the sandbars and snags of the Southern waterways.[17]

text: In 1819, the Adams–Onís Treaty set the Arkansas as part of the frontier between the United States and Spanish Mexico. This continued until the United States annexed Texas after the Mexican–American War, in 1846. The treaty was made shortly after "Old Settler" Cherokees moved to near what became known as Webbers Falls on the Arkansas River. That area, then part of Arkansas Territory would become Indian Territory and later Oklahoma, was traditional territory of the Osage, leading to conflict and a treaty in 1828 but still unresolved by the time thousands of additional Cherokee refugees moved to the area during the Trail of Tears.[18][19]

text: By the time Fort Smith was established in 1817, larger capacity watercraft became available to transport goods up and down the Arkansas. These included flatboats (bateaus) and keelboats. Along with the pirogues, they transported piles of deer, bear, otter, beaver and buffalo skins up and down the river. Agricultural products such as corn, rice, dried peaches, beans, peanuts, snake root, sarsaparilla, ginseng had grown in economic importance.[17]

text: On March 31, 1820, the Comet became the first steamboat to successfully navigate part of the Arkansas River, reaching a place called Arkansas Post,[c] about 60 miles (97 km) above the confluence of the Arkansas and the Mississippi Rivers.[20] In mid-April, 1822, the Robert Thompson, towing a keelboat, was the first steamboat to navigate the Arkansas as far as Fort Smith. For five years, Fort Smith was known as the head of navigation for steamboats on the river. It lost the title to Fort Gibson in April, 1832, when three steamboats, Velocipede, Scioto and Catawba, all arrived at Fort Gibson later that month.[17][d]

text: Later, the Santa Fe Trail followed the Arkansas through much of Kansas, picking it up near Great Bend and continuing through to La Junta, Colorado, unless users elected to take the challenging Cimarron Cutoff in Cimarron, Kansas.[21]

text: American Civil War[edit]

text: During the American Civil War, each side tried to prevent the other from using the Arkansas and its tributaries as a route for moving reinforcements. Initially, the Union Army abandoned its forts in the Indian Territory, including Fort Gibson and Fort Smith, in order to maximize its strength for campaigns elsewhere, while the Confederate Army sent troops from Texas to support its Native American allies. Union Troops returned later in the war, after defeating the Confederates at the Battle of Pea Ridge and the Battle of Fort Smith, and began recovering the position it had previously abandoned, most notably Fort Gibson, reopening the Arkansas River as a supply route. In September 1864, a body of Confederate irregulars led by General Stand Watie successfully ambushed a Union supply ship bound for Fort Gibson. The vessel was destroyed, and a part of its cargo was looted by the Confederates.

text: Post Civil War[edit]

text: In the 1880s, Charles "Buffalo" Jones, one of the cofounders of Garden City, Kansas, organized four irrigation companies to take water one hundred miles from the Arkansas River to cultivate 75,000 acres (300 km2) of land.[22] By 1890, water from the Arkansas was being used to irrigate more than 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) of farmland in Kansas. By 1910, irrigation projects in Colorado had caused the river to stop flowing in July and August.[23]

text: Flooding in 1927 severely damaged or destroyed nearly every levee downstream  of Fort Smith, and led to the development of the Arkansas River Flood Control Association.[23] It also led to the Federal Government assigning responsibility of flood control and navigation on the Arkansas to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE).

text: Angling[edit]

text: The headwaters of the Arkansas River in central Colorado have been known for exceptional trout fishing, particularly fly fishing, since the 19th century, when greenback cutthroat trout dominated the river.[24] Today, brown trout dominate the river, which also contains rainbow trout. Trout Unlimited considers the Arkansas one of the top 100 trout streams in America,[25] a reputation the river has had since the 1950s.[26] From Leadville to Pueblo, the Arkansas River is serviced by numerous fly shops and guides operating in Buena Vista, Salida, Cañon City and Pueblo. The Colorado Division of Wildlife provides regular online fishing reports for the river.[27][28]

text: A fish kill occurred on December 29, 2010, in which an estimated 100,000 freshwater drum lined the Arkansas River bank.[29][30] An investigation, conducted by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, found the dead fish "... cover 17 miles of river from the Ozark Lock and Dam downstream to River Mile 240, directly south of Hartman, Arkansas."[30] Tests later indicated the likely cause of the kill was gas bubble trauma caused by opening the spillways on the Ozark Dam.[31]

text: Image gallery[edit]

text:
Arkansas River in downtown Pueblo, Colorado

Downtown Wichita, Kansas, skyline at night from The Keeper of the Plains at the Arkansas River

Arkansas River, looking across to North Little Rock

John Martin Dam and Reservoir on the Arkansas River in Bent County, Colorado

The Arkansas River in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Royal Gorge

Arkansas River in Salida, Colorado

The Arkansas River in Natural Steps, Arkansas

Arkansas River between Van Buren and Fort Smith, Arkansas

text: Notes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ A team led by Dr. George H. Odell, an anthropology professor from the University of Tulsa, uncovered artifacts that showed the natives were members of the Wichita people, and that the European artifacts also found there were of the same time period. Dr. Odell concluded this was most likely place that la Harpe met the natives he described.[16]

Jump up ^ Pirogues are still used in the swamps and marshes of South Louisiana by descendants of the "Cajuns," who were exiled from Canada by the British.[17]

Jump up ^ Arkansas Post is said to have been the first European settlement in the Mississippi Valley,[17]

Jump up ^ Fort Gibson had been built in 1824 on the bank of the Verdigris River in what had been called the "Three Forks" area of Indian Territory.

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document_title: Eurovision Song Contest 2018

question_text: how many countries are taking part in eurovision 2018

question_tokens: how many countries are taking part in eurovision 2018

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]

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.

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]

tag: table

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[59]

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.[60]

text: The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

text:
Draw[61]

Country[61]

Artist[61]

Song

Language(s)

Place[61]

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.[64]

text:
Draw[65]

Country[65]

Artist[65]

Song

Language(s)

Place[65]

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:
showSemi-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:
showSemi-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:
showFinal

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

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);[60] 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 Israel's Netta Barzilai's performance of 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."[why?][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 Ukrainian delegation that followed the stage invasion. The official DVD release also replaces the grand final performance with the previous evening’s jury show performance.[citation needed]

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 2018Compilation album by Eurovision Song ContestReleased
20 April 2018Genre
PopLength
66:03 (CD 1)62:39 (CD 2)Label
UniversalEurovision Song Contest chronology

Eurovision Song Contest: Kyiv 2017(2017)

''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 1No.TitleArtistLength1."Mall" (Albania)Eugent Bushpepa3ː072."Qami" (Armenia)Sevak Khanagyan2ː573."We Got Love" (Australia)Jessica Mauboy3ː044."Nobody but You" (Austria)Cesár Sampson3ː035."X My Heart" (Azerbaijan)Aisel3ː016."A Matter of Time" (Belgium)Sennek3ː007."Bones" (Bulgaria)Equinox2ː598."Forever" (Belarus)Alekseev3ː009."Stones" (Switzerland)Zibbz2ː5710."Fuego" (Cyprus)Eleni Foureira3ː0311."Lie to Me" (Czech Republic)Mikolas Josef2ː5012."You Let Me Walk Alone" (Germany)Michael Schulte2ː5713."Higher Ground" (Denmark)Rasmussen3ː0314."Tu canción" (Spain)Amaia and Alfred2ː5915."La forza" (Estonia)Elina Nechayeva3ː0416."Monsters" (Finland)Saara Aalto3ː0017."Mercy" (France)Madame Monsieur3ː0218."Storm" (United Kingdom)SuRie2ː5719."For You" (Georgia)Iriao2ː5920."Oniro mou" (Greece)Gianna Terzi3ː0421."Crazy" (Croatia)Franka3ː0022."Viszlát nyár" (Hungary)AWS2ː57Total length:66ː03

text: CD 2No.TitleArtistLength1."Together" (Ireland)Ryan O'Shaughnessy2ː542."Our Choice" (Iceland)Ari Ólafsson2ː593."Toy" (Israel)Netta3ː004."Non mi avete fatto niente" (Italy)Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro3ː025."When We're Old" (Lithuania)Ieva Zasimauskaitė3ː006."Funny Girl" (Latvia)Laura Rizzotto3ː037."My Lucky Day" (Moldova)DoReDoS3ː028."Lost and Found" (Macedonia)Eye Cue3ː039."Taboo" (Malta)Christabelle3ː0110."Inje" (Montenegro)Vanja Radovanović3ː0011."Outlaw in 'Em" (Netherlands)Waylon2ː5412."That's How You Write a Song" (Norway)Alexander Rybak3ː0013."Light Me Up" (Poland)Gromee and Lukas Meijer3ː0014."O jardim" (Portugal)Cláudia Pascoal2ː3815."Goodbye" (Romania)The Humans2ː5816."I Won't Break" (Russia)Julia Samoylova2ː5917."Who We Are" (San Marino)Jessika and Jenifer Brening3ː0018."Nova deca" (Serbia)Sanja Ilić and Balkanika3ː0719."Hvala, ne!" (Slovenia)Lea Sirk3ː0020."Dance You Off" (Sweden)Benjamin Ingrosso3ː0021."Under the Ladder" (Ukraine)Mélovin2ː59Total 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: Nach Baliye

question_text: who is the 1st runner up of nach baliye 8

text: Nach Baliye

text: Concept[edit]

text: The show is a competition wherein 10 television celebrity couples compete against each other. Contestants dance to a different tune, different theme and different styles every week and scores are given by the judges. Each week one couple is eliminated based on public voting and their scores.But Season 8 is bit different because the contestants all are not television celebrities.

text: Seasons overview[edit]

text:
Season
Start Date
Finish Date
Winner(s)
Runner Up(s)

2nd
3rd

1
17 October 2005
19 December 2005
Sachin Pilgaonkar
Supriya Pilgaonkar
Manish Goel
Poonam Narula
Varun Badola
Rajeshwari Sachdev

2
25 September 2006
18 December 2006
Hussain Kuwajerwala
Tina Kuwajerwala
Yash Tonk
Gauri Tonk
Bakhtiyaar Irani
Tanaaz Irani

3
21 September 2007
22 December 2007
Aamir Ali
Sanjeeda Sheikh
Abhishek Avasthi
Rakhi Sawant
Krushna Abhishek
Kashmira Shah

4
17 October 2008
1 February 2009
Shaleen Bhanot
Daljit Kaur
Vineet
Tanushree Kaushal
Amit Gupta
Reshmi Ghosh

5
29 December 2012
23 March 2013
Jay Bhanushali
Mahii Vij
Ravi Dubey
Sargun Mehta
Arvind Kumar
Neelu Vaghela

6
9 November 2013
1 February 2014
Rithvik Dhanjani
Asha Negi
Gurmeet Chaudhary
Debina Bonnerjee
Ripudaman Handa
Shivangi

7
26 April 2015
19 July 2015
Himmanshoo A. Malhotra
Amruta Khanvilkar Malhotra
Nandish Singh
Rashami Desai
Upen Patel
Karishma Tanna

8
2 April 2017
25 June 2017
Vivek Dahiya
Divyanka Tripathi
Sanam Johar
Abigail Pande
Mohit Sehgal
Sanaya Irani

text: Season 1[edit]

text: The judges were Saroj Khan, Malaika Arora Khan and Farhan Akhtar with Sangeeta Ghosh and Shabbir Ahluwalia serving as the hosts.[1] The series is produced by SOL Productions.

text: The Contestants for Season 1 were:

text:
Supriya Pilgaonkar and Sachin Pilgaonkar, Winner
Poonam Narula and Manish Goel, Runner-up
Rajeshwari Sachdev and Varun Badola, 3rd Position
Delnaaz Irani and Rajeev Paul, 4th Position
Archana Puran Singh and Parmeet Sethi, 5th Position
Shilpa Saklani and Apurva Agnihotri, 6th Position
Neeru Bajwa and Amit Sadh, 7th Position
Sai Deodhar and Shakti Anand, 8th Position
Manini Mishra and Mihir Mishra, 9th Position
Manasi Joshi Roy and Rohit Roy, 10th position

text: Season 2[edit]

text: Nach Bailye 2 started on 25 September 2006, and ended on 18 December 2006, with Tina and Hussain Kuwajerwala as winners. Saroj Khan, Malaika Arora Khan and Kunal Kohli were the judges. Sangeeta Ghosh and Shabbir Ahluwalia hosted the season.[2] SOL Productions is producing the second season and airs on STAR One.

text: The following were the Contestants of Season 2:

text:
Tina Kuwajerwala and Hussain Kuwajerwala, Winner
Gauri Tonk and Yash Tonk, Runner-up
Tanaaz Currim and Bakhtiyaar Irani, 3rd Position
Gauri Pradhan Tejwani and Hiten Tejwani, 4th Position
Shweta Kawatra and Manav Gohil, 5th Position
Shweta Tiwari and Raja Choudhary, 6th Position
Gurdeep Kohli and Arjun Punj, 7th Position
Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar and Sharad Kelkar, 8th Position
Narayani Shastri and Gaurav Chopra, 9th Position
Ketki Dave and Rasik Dave, 10th Position

text: Season 3[edit]

text: The judges were Vaibhavi Merchant, Isha Koppikar, David Dhawan. The winners for the second season, Hussain Kuwajerwala and Tina Kuwajerwala hosted the show. The show is produced by Diamond Pictures and will move from STAR One to STAR Plus.

text: The following were the Contestants of Season 3:

text:
Sanjeeda Sheikh and Aamir Ali - Winners
Rakhi Sawant and Abhishek Awasthi - 1st runner ups
Kashmira Shah and Krushna Abhishek - 2nd runner ups
Karan Patel and Amita Chandekar - 4th position
Indraneil Sengupta and Barkha Bisht Sengupta - 5th position
Sweta Keswani and Alexx O'Nell - 6th position
Pooja Bedi and Hanif Hilal - 7th position
Karan Grover and Kavita Kaushik - 8th position
Amita Sethi and Vikas Sethi - 9th position
Shakti Kapoor and Shivangi Kapoor - 10th position (Quit)
Kiran Janjani and Ritu Janjani - 11th position.

text: Season 4[edit]

text: Nach Bailye 4 started on 17 October 2008 in India and the United States. The broadcast of the series began on 3 January 2009 in the United Kingdom. It finished on 1 February 2009 in India, with Shaleen and Daljit as winners.[3]

text: The hosts were initially Sanjeeda Sheikh and Aamir Ali, for Season 3 winners. Celebrity hosts Sara Khan and Ali Merchant hosted on week 5. Hiten Tejwani and Gauri Pradhan Tejwani became the hosts on Week 8.

text: Farah Khan, Karisma Kapoor, and Arjun Rampal served as the judges.

text: The Contestants for Season 4 were,

text:
Shaleen Bhanot and Daljeet Kaur Bhanot Winners
Vineet and Tanushree Eliminated
Reshmi Ghosh and Amit Gupta Eliminated
Karanvir Bohra and Teejay Sidhu Bohra Quit
Naman Shaw and Megha Gupta Runners up
Kapil Nirmal and Anjali Abrol Made it to the semi-finals
Mohit Malik and Aditi Shirwaker Eliminated
Sudeep Sahir and Anantika Sahir Eliminated
Mazher Sayed and Mouli Ganguly Eliminated
Jaspal Bhatti and Savita Bhatti Eliminated
Jatin Shah and Priya Bathija First Jodi to be eliminated
Abhijeet Sawant and Shilpa Sawant Eliminated
Chetan Hansraj and Lavinia Pereira *wildcard entry Eliminated
Yash Tonk and Gauri Tonk *wildcard entry Made it to the semi-finals

text: Created by Anil Jha Star Plus

text: Season 5[edit]

text: Nach Baliye 5 started in 2012 and ended in March 2013 on StarPlus, and Nach Baliye 5 will air on Glow TV (DStv 167 and OVHD 108).

text: Karan Wahi and Gautam Rode hosted the program. For season 5, the judges were Shilpa Shetty, Sajid Khan and Terrence Lewis.

text: The following were the Contestants for Season 5:

text:
Mahii Vij and Jay Bhanushali Winners on March 23, 2013
Sargun Mehta and Ravi Dubey First runner up March 23, 2013
Neelu Vaghela and Arvind Kumar second runner up March 23, 2013
Suhasi Goradia Dhami and Jaisheel Dhami third Runner-up March 23, 2013
Nisha Rawal and Karan Mehra eliminated on March 16, 2013
Charlie Chauhan and Kunwar Amarjeet Singh Eliminated on March 9, 2013[4]
Shefali Zariwala and Parag Tyagi eliminated on March 2, 2013 [5]
Dimpy Mahajan and Rahul Mahajan Eliminated on February 23, 2013
Elena Boeva and Kushal Tandon eliminated on February 3, 2013
Smita Bansal and Ankush Mohla eliminated on January 27, 2013[6]
Deepshika Nagpal and Keshav Arora eliminated on January 13, 2013 [7]

text: Shilpa cancelled her shoot as her nine-month-old son was hospitalized.[8]

text: Nach Baliye Shriman verses Shrimati[edit]

text: Nach Baliye Shriman v/s Shrimati is an extension of the Nach Baliye series, and ran in April 2013. In Shriman vs Shrimati, the celebrity couples did not dance together but instead competed against each other. The series ended in a tie.[9]

text: Gurmeet Choudhary was declared the Best Performer Of The Series.[10]

text: Season 6[edit]

text: The sixth season of Nach Baliye premiered on 9 November 2013 on Star Plus channel, airing on Saturday and Sunday evenings. Eleven celebrity couples competed in the series. Shilpa Shetty, Sajid Khan and Terrence Lewis are the Judges and Gautam Rode and Karan Wahi hosts the season, once again.

text:
TV Actors Rithvik Dhanjani and Asha Negi were declared the Winning Couple of Nach Baliye Season 6 on 1 February 2014.[11] Gurmeet Choudhary and Debina Bonnerjee were declared the runners up.[12]
Sara Khan done Cameo Dance Performance in wild card special episode along with Paras Chhabra.

text: Writing for Rediff.com, Paloma Sharma gave the show 2.5 stars out of 5 in its first week, stating "perhaps the hosts and the judges could keep their clothes on and refrain from excessive flirting since Nach Baliye does happen to be a 'family show'."[13]

text: Celebrity Jodi contestants were:

text:
Rithvik Dhanjani & Asha Negi winners
Gurmeet Chaudhary & Debina Bonnerjee Runner ups
Ripudaman Handa & Shivangi
Vinod and Raksha Thakur (India's got talent)
Raqesh Vashisth & Riddhi Dogra
Bruna Abdullah & Omar Herror
Kiku Sharda & Priyanka Sharda
Kanika Maheshwari & Ankur Ghai
Raju Srivastav & Shikha
Amrapali Gupta & Yash Sinha
Sanjeev Seth & Lata Sabharwal

text: Season 7[edit]

text: The seventh season premiered on 26 April 2015 on Star Plus.[14][15] the series is produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under their banner Balaji Telefilms.[16] The series airs from Monday to Saturday nights and on Sunday evenings. The show ended on 19 July 2015.

text: The show was hosted by Rithvik Dhanjani And Karan Patel. Marzi Pestonji, Preity Zinta and Chetan Bhagat were the judges.[17][18]

text: Kunwar Amar, Karanvir Bohra, Mukti Mohan, Sargun Mehta and Salman Yusuf Khan also appeared for special episode.[19][20]

text: The list of Contestants for Season 7 is as follows:

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Amruta Khanvilkar and Himmanshoo A. Malhotra - The winners
Nandish Sandhu and Rashami Desai - Runners-up
Upen Patel and Karishma Tanna - (3rd position)[21]
Mayuresh Wadkar and Ajisha Shah - (4th position) (Wildcard entry)
Sana Saeed and Deepesh Sharma - (5th position) (Wildcard entry)
Rohit Nag and Aishwarya Sakhuja - (6th position)
Shefali Zariwala and Parag Tyagi - (7th position) (Wildcard entry)
Sharad Chandra Tripathi and Mrunal Thakur - (8th position)
Sangram Singh and Payal Rohatgi - (9th position)
Arpit Ranka and Nidhi Ranka - (10th position)
Jay Soni and Pooja Soni - (11th position)
Shakti Arora and Neha Saxena - (12th position) (QUIT)
Vineet Bhangera and Smiley Suri - (13th position)

text: Season 8[edit]

text: Nach Baliye 8 premiered on 2 April 2017 on STAR Plus. The show is produced by BBC Worldwide. Sonakshi Sinha, Terence Lewis and Mohit Suri are judging the show. Karan Tacker and Upasana Singh are the hosts for the show. Ten Jodis have been finalized to take part in Nach Baliye. Divyanka Tripathi and Vivek Dahiya were declared the Winning Couple of Nach Baliye 8.[22]

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Divyanka Tripathi and Vivek Dahiya, The Winners
Abigail Pande and Sanam Johar, First Runner up
Sanaya Irani and Mohit Sehgal, Second Runner up
Dipika Kakar and Shoaib Ibrahim (4th position) ( Eliminated on 17 June 2017)
Trupti Akkalwar and Siddhartha Jadhav (Eliminated on 23 April 2017 ; Re-entered as WildCard on 21st May 2017) (5th position) (Re-eliminated on 11 June 2017)
Aashka Goradia and Brent Goble (Eliminated on 14 May 2017 ; Re-entered as WildCard on 21st May 2017) (6th position) (Re-eliminated on 4 June 2017)
Bharti Singh and Harsh Limbachiyya (7th position) (Eliminated on 20 May 2017)
Monalisa and Vikrant Singh Rajpoot (8th position) (Eliminated on 7 May 2017)
Amanjot Kaur and RJ Pritam Singh (9th position) (Eliminated on 30 April 2017)
Utkarsha Naik and Manoj Verma (10th position) (Eliminated on 16th April 2017)