A good distribution of hotel rooms, at different price categories, able to accommodate at least 2,000 delegates, accredited journalists and spectators.An international press centre for 1,500 journalists with adequate facilities for all the delegates.A suitable venue that can accommodate around 10,000 spectators. The basic requirements to select a host city were set out in a document presented by the EBU to RTP following their win in Kyiv: On, RTP appeared to have confirmed Lisbon as the host city, but clarified the following day that no final decision had been taken regarding both the host city and venue. The following day, the director-general of RTP, Nuno Artur Silva, confirmed that the broadcaster would organise the contest in 2018 and mentioned the Lisbon Arena as a likely venue to host the contest. 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. 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. Location Ĭlass=notpageimage| Locations of the candidate cities: the chosen host city is marked in blue, while the eliminated cities are marked in red. The EBU reported that the contest had a worldwide audience of around 186 million viewers, surpassing the 2017 edition by over 4 million. Further down the table, the Czech Republic also achieved their best result to date, finishing sixth. "Toy" won the public vote, and came third in the jury vote behind Austria and Sweden. Cyprus, Austria, Germany and Italy rounded out the top five, with Cyprus achieving their best result to date. The winner was Israel with the song " Toy", performed by Netta and written by Doron Medalie and Stav Beger. Russia returned after their absence from the previous edition, and for the first time since 2011, no country that participated in the previous edition withdrew. The three live shows were presented by Portuguese television presenters Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto and Catarina Furtado and Portuguese-American actress Daniela Ruah, marking the first time that the contest was presented by four hosts.įorty-three countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the 20 editions. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the contest was held at the Lisbon Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May, and a final on. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, following the country's victory at the 2017 contest with the song " Amar pelos dois" by Salvador Sobral. The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Finalist countries Did not qualify from the semi-final Countries that participated in the past but not in 2018Įach country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs.
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