The juries fell hard for Austria’s impressive vocals, as Cesar blasted out his Sam Smith-sounding entry Nobody But You; as well as Benjamin Ingrosso’s Bieber-lite pop jam, Dance You Off, which was exactly the sort of masterclass in music production Sweden is known for. They pick their top ten songs: the favourite gets 12 points, the second favourite gets 10 points, and the remaining eight get one to eight points. As stated in the rules, … If she were telling us that Pikachu is brilliant, the powers that be might be less relaxed about it. Triumphant, Netta took the hallowed trophy and thanked Europe for embracing diversity and taking a chance on someone like her. The second semi final of Eurovision 2018 took place at the Altice Arena in Lisbon on May 10. Czech Republic participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.The Czech broadcaster Česká televize (ČT) organised a national final in order to select the Czech entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal.The winning entry was the song Lie to Me performed by Mikolas Josef, which represented the country in Lisbon. The United Kingdom's entry, SuRie, is expected to take the stage shortly before 9pm. It’s totally unlike recent entries from Slovenia, and the punky attitude makes it memorable. 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. As expected, this semi final was a whole lot weaker than the first, both in terms of songs and performances. Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Semi-final 1 result: Israel got 283 points and won Semi-final 1 with the song "Toy" performed by Netta Barzilai Date: 8 May 2018 Location: Altice Arena, Lisbon Broadcaster: Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) Hosts: Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto, Daniela Ruah & Catarina Furtado Slogan: All Aboard! Posted on May 11, 2018 by michielvmusic. Hopefully it'll be all androids next year. Austria entry is doing remarkably well with the professional jury. The Eurovision Song Contest Database. Charlotte Runcie writes: "Everyone loves France’s attitude to Eurovision, which is to insist that everyone reads the scores out in French, and most years to send an uncompromising French-language song and act like they don’t care at all if they win or not. Read more: Eurovision Song Contest 2018: Lisbon The largest number of nations to take part was 43 in 2008, 2011 and 2018 The commotion didn’t throw the contest off its stride for long however. I can see why everyone hates #Eurovision if they just tune into the first 20 minutes of pageant nonsense. ESC 2018 – Die Entscheidungsshow was the eighth edition of the Swiss national final format that selected Switzerland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. One of our live-bloggers, Tristram Saunders, gave his take on relative merits of these two songs earlier today. 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. Eurovision News Odds Calendar Rotterdam 2021 National Selections Results & Points Songs & Videos Facts Quiz select year/country Lisbon 2018 Tickets Calendar Odds Songs & Videos Final Semi 1 Semi 2 National Selections 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. Does Saara Aalto look familiar? Each country gets two sets of points - one from the public phoning in, and one from a jury of five music industry professionals. "A solid heavy metal number is a brave choice for a Eurovision entry," says our Eurovision expert Charlotte Runcie. He was jailed for his political activism in his home country in 1969, and later spent two years living in London. 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", 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. 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. 3rd place went to Czech Republic, who ended up as number 6 in the final. 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. Lithuania's Ieva Zasimauskaitė can't even be bothered to stand up for the first two minutes of her song, When We're Old. Eurovision news: The official results of semi-final 2 of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest have been released by the EBU. Incredibly toe-tapping. Graham graciously gave a nod to a one familiar face during the flag-waving: Alexander Rybak. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. As a closing double-bill, Cyprus and Italy couldn't have been more different. If you have a smartphone, you can also vote using the official Eurovision app - visit bbc.co.uk/eurovision for more info. Jury Results. A very popular National final amongst Eurovision fans, not so much among French people. Eurovision news: The EBU has revealed the full split results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Grand Final. The numbers to call for each country will appear on TV during tonight's broadcast. Once again: these votes are not based on tonight's show, but on last night's dress rehearsal. . #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! Day nine of rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 has come to an end! Pop critic Charlotte Runcie writes: "Yes, Australia are in Eurovision now, and will keep on being invited forever, it seems. You’ve awakened a sleeping moose, Europe. 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...". We’ve now witnessed the national finals in Norway, Sweden and Lithuania. 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