Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon - Winner is ISRAEL!

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China banned from airing Eurovision!

Poor Chinese people!

https://attitude.co.uk/article/ryan-oshaugnessy-welcomes-decision-to-ban-china-from-airing-eurovision-song-contest-1/17862/

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On 2018-05-09 at 7:11 PM, Bellatrix said:

 

[PerfectCure 4,752]

Cyprus will win. Bookmark me or whatever. 

[Dutch 89,788]

1 hour ago, mister max said:

How does I won't break already have 2M views  

edit: sksksks the likes/dislikes  7,4K/43K

she really doesnt deserve all this hate

Because Russia is huge and people came to hate.

[Skinny Legend 770]

2 hours ago, americlanos said:

Eleni Foureira - Fuego

iTunes:

#1 Cyprus

#1 Greece

#7 Spain

#22 Israel

#22 Netherlands

#26 Denmark

#27 Sweden

#32 Ireland

#34 Austria

#43 Armenia

#50 Norway

#77 Belgium

#83 Switzerland

#98 United Kingdom

#136 Australia

#138 Germany

Queen Eleni Slaying since she was on that girl group 10 years ago.

[Bellatrix 34,639]

I'm too lazy to rank all songs, so my (current) top 10 for the final is enough for me.

1. 🇸🇪 Sweden (in a completely objective point of view of course )
2. 🇮🇱 Israel
3. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
4. 🇱🇹 Lithuania
5. 🇺🇦 Ukraine
6. 🇳🇱 The Netherlands
7. 🇩🇪 Germany
8. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
9. 🇦🇱 Albania
10. 🇫🇷 France

[Bellatrix 34,639]

Here is the voting order with all the spokespersons

1. Ukraine - Nataliia Zhyzhchenko - Lead singer of 2017 interval act ONUKA
2. Azerbaijan - Asadov Tural - TV presenter
3. Belarus - NAVIBAND - Belarusian Eurovision 2017 participant
4. San Marino - John Kennedy O'Connor - Eurovision historian
5. The Netherlands - OG3NE - Dutch 2017 participant
6. F.Y.R. Macedonia - Jana Burcheska - Macedonian 2017 participant
7. Malta - Lara Azzopardi - Actress and TV presenter
8. Georgia - Tako Gachechiladze - Georgian 2017 participant
9. Spain - Nieves Alvarez - TV presenter and model
10. Austria - Kati Bellowitsch - Radio and TV presenter
11. Denmark - Ulla Essendrop - TV presenter
12. United Kingdom - Mel Giedroyc - TV presenter
13. Sweden - Felix Sandman - Runner-up in Swedish national selection
14. Latvia - Dagmāra Legante - TV presenter and comedian
15. Albania - Andri Xhahu - Radio journalist
16. Croatia - Uršula Tolj - Presenter
17. Ireland - NIcky Byrne - Irish 2016 participant
18. Romania - Sonia Argint-Ionescu - TV presenter
19. Czech Republic - Radka Rosická - Presenter and fashion model
20. Iceland - Edda Sif Pálsdóttir - TV presenter and sports reporter
21. Moldova - Julieta Ardovan - TV journalist
22. Belgium - Danira Boukhriss Terkessidis - TV host
23. Norway - Aleksander Walmann & JOWST - Norwegian 2017 participant
24. France - Élodie Gossuin - TV and radio presenter
25. Italy - Giulia Valentina Palermo - Presenter
26. Australia - Ricardo Goncalves - SBS World News presenter
27. Estonia - Ott Evestus - Singer
28. Serbia - Dragana Kosjerina - Show host and presenter
29. Cyprus - Hovig - Cypriot 2017 participant
30. Armenia - Arsen Grigoryan - Actor and singer
31. Bulgaria - Joanna Dragneva - Bulgarian 2008 participant
32. Greece - Olyna (Olympia) Xenopoulou - Radio and TV presenter, actress
33. Hungary - Bence Forró - TV presenter
34. Montenegro - Natasa Sotra - Director of Science and Children Programme
35. Germany - Barbara Schöneberger - TV presenter
36. Finland - ABREU - Singer
37. Russia - Alsou - Russian 2000 participant and Eurovision 2009 presenter
38. Switzerland - Leticia Carvalho - Teacher and singer
39. Israel - Lucy Ayoub - Journalist and TV presenter
40. Poland - Marcelina Zawadzka - Presenter, model and journalist
41. Lithuania - Eglė Daugėlaitė - Presenter and journalist
42. Slovenia - Amaya - Slovenian 2011 participant (as Maja Keuc)
43. Portugal - Pedro Ricardo Pacheco Fernandes - Television presenter

[DesertWolf 45,301]

5 minutes ago, Bellatrix said:

26. Australia - Ricardo Goncalves - SBS World News presenter

Who? Where's Lee Lin Chin? 

[Dutch 89,788]

So, I'm reliving our past years again.

The moment everything changed for the Netherlands. Now I'm listening to it again, I love it even more. Maybe because I do get the song now. This should've been so much higher. Thank god Anouk did this and we're doing so much better now. Here is Anouk with Birds:

 

From this moment Anouk opened doors in the Netherlands. Now we are sending our best artists to Eurovision and I do think Anouk inspired more countries to send quality again. But so did Waylon and Ilse DeLange with The Common Linnets. Who would've thought in 2012 that we would score a #2 placing two years later? Nobody in the world, not even when they released Calm After The Storm. After The Netherlands was over the moon to be in the final again with Anouk, we almost won (and maybe deserved to win too). This is one of the best stagings in the Eurovision history:

 

But then everything went wrong. We picked Trijntje and everything went wrong. She is one of the best singers from the Netherlands, but Why, ay, ay, ay she picked a mediocre radio song? I liked it, but it's not her genre, it not authentic. And to make it even worse the staging happened. After The Common Linnets it's weird to see us fail so hard again. The song was good enough to qualify, but the staging totally ruined it.

 

We picked up the pieces and licked our wounds. We learned our lesson. We picked a smaller artist this time without a big name in the Netherlands. But once again a singer with a own style, good vocals and good looks. Douwe Bob learned from Trijntje and picked a song that was totally his style and authentic to him. The staging was a little bit like The Common Linnets, but less magical. The little moment of silence made it memorable. We qualified again and Douwe Bob proved we are not gonna make a flop year put us down again.

 

And then we had potential to win again. We finally decided to send my queens OG3NE. Those harmonies should've made them win alone. I love Lights and Shadows, I love the whole story behind it. Yet the song was a bit dated, with a more current ballad this could've been our top 5 score again. It's a pity that their talent was a little bit wasted like this. I hope they decided to go again with a better song. Like Douwe Bob we once again qualified and again ended 11th in the final.

 

Now it's Waylon his turn again. I'm not a hug fan of Waylon, but his vocals never disappoints. He always delivers everything on stage. Then I surprisingly really liked the song he picked and believed this could do well. The staging made it impossible to finish in the top 5, but then again, we qualified once again.

 

Btw, I only can find two country songs in this list and they are both from Waylon. I don't get how people are saying that we're sending Country songs every year.

Anyhow, I can't wait for 2019.

[Dutch 89,788]

I still think Israel will win over Cyprus.

[Bellatrix 34,639]

3 minutes ago, Dutch said:

So, I'm reliving our past years again.

The moment everything changed for the Netherlands. Now I'm listening to it again, I love it even more. Maybe because I do get the song now. This should've been so much higher. Thank god Anouk did this and we're doing so much better now. Here is Anouk with Birds:

 

I don't remember how many times I voted for Anouk, but they were many  

[Dutch 89,788]

1 minute ago, Bellatrix said:

I don't remember how many times I voted for Anouk, but they were many  

Once again thank you, thank you, thank you. She deserved it so much. 

[Bellatrix 34,639]

2 minutes ago, Dutch said:

Once again thank you, thank you, thank you. She deserved it so much. 

She really did

I hope you keep delivering the quality songs. Then I'm sure the victory will be yours soon

[Dutch 89,788]

I think the results will be like 2016.

For example:

Jury: Estonia.
Televote: Cyprus.
Winner: Israel.

[Dutch 89,788]

3 minutes ago, Bellatrix said:

She really did

I hope you keep delivering the quality songs. Then I'm sure the victory will be yours soon

I hope so. I've a strange feeling Belgium will send Loïc next year and win it.

[Bellatrix 34,639]

1 minute ago, Dutch said:

I hope so. I've a strange feeling Belgium will send Loïc next year and win it.

Really? I have been wanting this for a while so I hope you're right