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He was born for this moment. Thousands of Eurovision fans have descended on Lisbon for the final, and some of them have created outfits that put tonight's contestants to shame. Read our full interview with SuRie. "Light Me Up" performed by Gromee and Lukas Meijer was selected as the winner. How that show will look remains to be seen – but it doesn’t look as though the competition’s politics are going to dampen down any time soon. More than one hack in the Telegraph office was left with a trembling lip. ", After a couple of very downbeat songs, Slovenia has picked up the pace.  Let’s hope nothing goes wrong during their performance such as the music cutting out at a crucial moment! However, Poland's DJ-infused performance of Light Me Up in 2018 had a less successful finish coming in 14th place in the Second Semi-Final. The press huddle in Lisbon is still trying to work out what exactly went on. The show kicked off with a huge blast of fire as Ukrainian goth-vampire, Melovin, emerged from his piano crypt, whipping the crowd up with a high-octane singalong chorus. While we twiddle our thumbs through the voting, why not take a look back at our guide to the UK's former entries? That must smart, given that they’re hosting. “You let in Australia, and they're barely on the planet.” Ryan Reynolds, the Canadian actor who plays him, might well feel the same way. Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the national final format developed by PBS to select the Maltese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. "Don't give me that c--p about Canada not being part of the European family,” he complains in a new campaign video. Next year, we’re voting for Wakanda. SuRie: the United Kingdom's Eurovision entry, Israel's Eurovision winner Netta's accused of racism over costume​, Protester interrupts the UK's entry SuRie by invading the stage, Netta, Toy review: 'Israel's winning song is gloriously bizarre pop' ★★★★☆, Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Final, in pictures, The countries to give points to the UK in Eurovision, the highlight of last year's Strictly Come Dancing, The countries to give winners Israel the most points, Eurovision Song Contest 2018 - How each country votes, even though he's been rather rude about this year's entries. voted in their droves for Italy’s plucky little banjo song about the recent spate of terror attacks in Europe – which ended up finishing fifth.Â. Thanks to the support by @sakusuurhall , @estravelgram , @err_menu , Carglass, River Island and my loved ones I can represent Estonia with the great show in Eurovision 2018!🇪🇪 🇵🇹 . As a closing double-bill, Cyprus and Italy couldn't have been more different. In Lisbon, reporters are already taking their places in the venue for tonight's final. What a professional.". O’Shaughnessy responded favourably to the ban: "From the very start we've said love is love - whether it's between two guys, two girls or a guy and a girl so I think this is a really important decision," he told the BBC. The protestor was wearing a t-shirt advertising "Dr" Activism's website and urging them to buy his book on Amazon. It's a cover version of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide," from 1975. Always a risk at Eurovision, and SuRie dealt with that absolutely brilliantly.  Perhaps he's struggling to get his groove on in those drop-crotch trousers. He’s the head honcho of the show: the executive supervisor who makes sure everything runs smoothly. If the UK received a boost from sympathetic fans after the stage-invasion, we won't be seeing any sign of it yet. The stage performance is a little shambolic. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 #eurovision #HUN #Hungary. We're only a few minutes in, and some viewers are already flagging (sorry). We're digging these mellow vibes from someone called Branko. You shouldn't have. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the contest was held at the Altice Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 1… Each country gets two sets of points - one from the public phoning in, and one from a jury of five music industry professionals. There had been a slight ripple of controversy which occurred after the first semi-final on Tuesday, when a Chinese broadcaster took objection to Ireland’s same-sex dancers and refused to air it, but everything seemed to have been settled by curtain-up on Saturday. That year it was hosted in Israel, and to save money the broadcaster cut the orchestra, so every entry sang to a backing track, which became the preferred choice for the next few years, too, until all live instruments were banned in 2004 to ensure consistency from one entry to another. But who won the Eurovision Song Contest last year? Aw, shucks Latvia. However, the empowering dance song had the audience captivated and cheering. As we may have mentioned, he's related to Pepsi of Wham fame. But let's not forget about Wham. #laforza #elinanechayeva #eurovision2018 #laforzaelinanechayeva #sayyesstothedress, A post shared by Elina Nechayeva 🎶Soprano (@elinanechayeva) on Apr 23, 2018 at 1:28pm PDT. What do you think. Lithuania's Ieva Zasimauskaitė can't even be bothered to stand up for the first two minutes of her song, When We're Old. Did you know that one of this year’s entries is the nephew of a backing-singer from Wham? Now that the polls have closed, let’s refresh our memories as to how Eurovision voting actually works. Moldova snatched the crown for the night’s most ambitious staging, acting out an entire end-of-the-pier farce in their three minutes, with body doubles, costume changes and a bit of Paul Daniels magic thrown in for good measure. Like UK entry SuRie, he has taken part in Eurovision before as a backing singer, supporting Bulgaria in 2016 and 2017. Huzzah! She has a close relationship with her fan-base, and even ended up getting engaged to a fan called Meri. With its billowing sails and haunting lyrics, Higher Ground could be the theme song for any of the popular swords-and-sex television series du jour, and Rasmussen’s similarity to a certain Game of Thrones character has not gone unnoticed. Israel has won the contest four times, and has hosted the contest in Jerusalem twice in 1979 and 1999. Eurovision 2018 “chose different” this year, handing the win to Israel’s Netta Barzilai. O’Shaughnessy’s performance was censored from a recent Chinese broadcast, allegedly because the choreography features a love story between two male dancers. One Hungarian journalist in particular was going crazy with his applause in rehearsals yesterday, screaming full-throatedly after two songs: their own metal opus and (weirdly) Australia's entry, Jessica Mauboy's We Got Love...". #yellowface. The Telegraph’s Charlotte Runcie loved Cláudia Pascoal’s electropop ballad, but it seems the juries do not feel the same. Real-life couple Amaia and Alfred have only been together a few months, but their chemistry during this tender ballad is undeniable. "Apparently they're in talks as to whether she can go on again. Domenico Modugno: ‘Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu’ (third place, Italy, 1958) Domenico Modugno’s ‘Nel Blu … For context, earlier this week bookies were offering 500-1 on her.Â. Cesár Sampson: inspired by Madness's Baggy Trousers? Netta - TOY - Israel - Official Music Video - Eurovision 2018 #tbt the last gig as TTA and the first as Hair Metal Heröes - a goddamn beautiful Nite of the prettiest Rock N Roll #hairmetal #heroes #glammetal #wigs #glitter and #makeup #BonJones #AxXx #LöveStyle #MaryKillBürne #KraiZt #WildChild #bonjovi #defleppard #warrant #motleycrue and all the other greats! Viewers around the world must be grateful for the clarification. Also, the song just isn’t as good as Fairytale was.". The album also includes backing vocals (well, a poetry recital) from her biochemist grandfather. Along with SuRie and Lea Sirk, Cláudia is the third woman to be sporting rose-tinted hair at Eurovision. The United Kingdom’s entry  is a classically trained pianist: for proof, here she is applying her full musical chops to the oeuvre of the Spice Girls. "They've gone crazy for Netta in the Eurovision Village Square (Praça do Comércio) too. After a bit of impromptu host-and-crowd patter – which is almost uniformly awkward and uncomfortable to watch, even when things are running smoothly – things were quickly back to normal. That's the kind of pedantic accuracy that brings a patriotic lump to the throat, isn't it? His aunt is Helen "Pepsi" DeMacque, of Pepsi &  Shirlie. There's a reason for the dress, too – this trio are dressed in the colours of Moldova's flag. pic.twitter.com/Uh1H17cWGs. It's a welcome return for former winner Rybak's fake violin-playing. She kept going and if anything it gave her song an added edge of determination and power. Our man on the ground, Chris Lochery, writes: "The Hungarian press corps are the most gregarious currently – wearing some bright wigs and with red, white and green balloons filling their table. We thought the pastel-pink hair trend had died in 2017; will these singers bring the look back into fashion? Salvador Sobral's favourite musician, currently singing with him on stage, is a 75-year-old Brazilian jazz legend. You’ve awakened a sleeping moose, Europe. It’s the bloody singing olympics indeed. Once again: these votes are not based on tonight's show, but on last night's dress rehearsal. Austria and Sweden looked all but unshakable in their eyes, so it wasn’t until we got the results from the viewers at home when Israel barrelled to victory. . Two whole points? Ladbrokes is now putting SuRie's chances at just 14/1. If you have a smartphone, you can also vote using the official Eurovision app - visit bbc.co.uk/eurovision for more info. And even five seconds of Salvador Sobral's winning song is enough to tug our heartstrings. . After an admirably brief acceptance speech ("Thank you for accepting differences between us – thank you for celebrating diversity"), a visibly moved Netta was back onstage to make clucking noises one final time. A post shared by Hair Metal Heröes (@hairmetalheroes) on Apr 13, 2016 at 12:22pm PDT, Next up is Czech Republic's Mikolas Josef with Lie to Me. Israel has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 42 times since making its debut in 1973.Israel was able to enter the contest as the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which is responsible for the event. According to the official rules, “No messages promoting any organization, institution, political cause or other, company, brand, products or services shall be allowed in the shows.” Perhaps they’re loosening up about this: San Marino were allowed to mention Twitter in their song, which was knocked out in the semi-finals. Refresh your memory of the full line-up with our expert guide. The contest’s major incident occurred during the show’s ninth song (Storm by UK entrant, SuRie) when an invader managed to rush the stage, running up to the singer and wresting the mic from her hand.Â. Barzilai’s win means the next Eurovision contest will be hosted by Israel. To find about a bit more about SuRie (who can also play the oboe!) It's a bit late for the backlash to start now, but if enough people feel this way it could scupper for the former favourite's chances.Â, Is... is Israel doing yellowface? Glad you asked. Her three dancers add nothing to the performance to be honest. The pillock who climbed onstage during SuRie's performance is reportedly one "Dr AC Activism" – who has perpetrated similar stunts at the National Television Awards earlier this year, and on The Voice in 2017. A four-strong line-up of Portuguese TV personalities will be hosting tonight's final: Portugal's Got Talent presenter Sílvia Alberto, TV presenter Filomena Cautela, actress Catarina Furtado and NCIS: Los Angeles star Daniela Ruah. Number of participants: 43 in Eurovision 2018, 26 in the Grand Final. Israeli singer Netta wins the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with Toy Israel's Eurovision winner Netta's accused of racism over costume​ Protester interrupts the … After last year's winner, Pascoal has a tough act to follow. . "It's a slow start..." says Graham Norton. If she were telling us that Pikachu is brilliant, the powers that be might be less relaxed about it. Israel massacred 62 Palestinians in Gaza, including six children, just two days after its May 12th 2018 Eurovision win. If anything, she’s more worried about her costume: “There’s always a trip hazard with a 'bum cape', but I’ve got it under control,” she told The Telegraph. EUROVISION 2018 is in full flow now with the second semi-final this evening. ... May 12, 2018. There's a camel in the official music video for this song. That's all the judges votes in, and we're lagging behind on the wrong side of the board.Â. Step forward Scottish comedian and News Quiz panellist Susan Calman. One of our live-bloggers, Tristram Saunders, gave his take on relative merits of these two songs earlier today. And watching him embrace his favourite musician, before duetting on that song? There were plenty of hand-claps, but not much in the way of group singing. Just like the violin, you can't talk about the use of instruments in Eurovision without mentioning the live orchestra, which accompanied the Contest from 1956 all the way to 1998. As Netta would put it: "Mbuck-mbucka-mh? behind-the-scenes material and our regular updates. It’s time to dust down your glitterball, cover everything you own in sequins and start practicing your flag-waving skills. Dressed like a butterfly in a black and pink kimono-style dress, against a back wall of Japanese maneki-neko “beckoning cat” ornaments, her song Toy was nothing if not arresting.Â. As the winning nation, Israel is now invited to host the show in 2019. Hopefully it'll be all androids next year. channel for music videos, live show footage, historic moments, exclusive Netta won the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon with the song Toy. The song and the singer were internally selected in January 2018 by the Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) to represent the nation at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. Anyone who's been following this blog all evening will remember we promised the dramatic revelation of which Eurovision singer was the nephew of a Wham! If it's not the doctor himself, it's certainly the fan. . in the last decade, you can find out with our interactive tool. Italy managed to pack more of the real fire, with their defiant song about terrorism. . A solid base of standard dance-pop songs, a smattering of dreamy/dreary ballads, then seasoned with a couple of truly stand-out stage-shows. We know Norway is in a different time-zone, but it seems they're in a different century, too, with a robot announcer. The European Broadcast Union terminated their relationship with Chinese station Mango TV, who will not be able to air tonight’s grand final. Â. Alternatively, it could be because the toys are framed in a negative context: "I'm not your toy," she sings. Aww... No, you're crying. As we wait for more updates on that stage invasion - during an otherwise flawless rendition of her song Storm -  here's a bit of background on SuRie, or Susanna Marie Cork. Don’t be alarmed.]. "A solid heavy metal number is a brave choice for a Eurovision entry," says our Eurovision expert Charlotte Runcie. Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Together", performed by Ryan O'Shaughnessy and written by himself, Mark Caplice and Laura Elizabeth Hughes. We think we understand why: middle-aged joint pain is, of course, the best topic for anthemic pop. SuRie could be given the chance to perform Storm from the top, after "a man grabbed the mic, started shouting about war," reports Chris Lochery in Lisbon. Say you'll be there UK. 48 points. "However worth noting that apparently 15% of tickets for these shows were sold to Brits.". People on social media have started accusing the singer of "yellowface", for choosing an Asian-inspired pink top. We (Tristram and Zoah) will be following every moment of the action, and providing the very best obscure Eurovision trivia. Read our community guidelines in full, The latest offers and discount codes from popular brands on Telegraph Voucher Codes, Israel's Netta reacting to her Eurovision win, A man takes the microphone from Britain's singer Susanna Marie Cork aka SuRie as she performs "Storm"Â, Israel's singer Netta Barzilai aka Netta celebrates with the trophy after winning the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, Well, it's one way to boost your book-sales, Estonia's Elina Nechayeva is somewhere in there, presumably. Graham graciously gave a nod to a one familiar face during the flag-waving: Alexander Rybak. Whilst Sampson’s music video inspired much toe-tapping in the office (and even some rhythmic swaying), this performance feels a little flat. Marvel superhero Deadpool feels that his home country of Canada has been snubbed, and he wants the world to know about it. He was jailed for his political activism in his home country in 1969, and later spent two years living in London.Â. 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