[AdSense-B] Bom dia! We are back in the press centre after a morning off to relax in Lisbon, and we are rested and ready to go for another hectic afternoon and evening in the Eurovision bubble! Today from 15:00 CET we will see the first full dress rehearsal of Eurovision 2018 take place in the Altice Arena in eastern Lisbon, …

[AdSense-B] Well what a day! The first 10 countries of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest have performed on the Lisbon stage for the first time so it’s only natural that we should consider their contributions. So we wanted to put the question to #YOU – based on first impressions and reports, which of today’s rehearsals was your favourite? [socialpoll id=”2499942″] …

[AdSense-B] It was certainly a hell of a first day as the Eurovision rehearsals got underway in Lisbon, but one of the day’s biggest and most unfortunate stories came from the delegation of the Czech Republic, as it was confirmed their artist Mikolas Josef had to be taken to a local hospital to be examined following an injury sustained during …

[AdSense-B] Some happy news to bring you ahead of France’s performance in Lisbon in a few weeks; Mercy, the little girl born on the Aquarius refugee rescue boat that inspired the subject of the French entry, has been confirmed to be alive and well in a Sicilian refugee camp. The duo of Madame Monsieur, who will be performing the song …

[AdSense-B] While the starts of this year’s contest have been making themselves known across the continent, and with the majority assembling in Amsterdam, the production crew of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest have been hard at work in the Altice Arena in Lisbon! Ola Melzig, a familiar name to many as the lead co-ordinator of the annual efforts to put …

[AdSense-B] It seems like we’re getting a song release every day now! The latest country to join the party for Lisbon is Croatia, with Franka Batelić an internal choice for Croatian broadcaster HRT. Today, we finally got to hear her entry “Crazy” after it was revealed during the channel’s evening news. The song certainly has a distinct minimalistic feel with a …

[AdSense-B] As this weekend’s busy Saturday approaches once again and the national final season begins to draw to a close, the stakes are high for the remaining countries to select a quality entry for Lisbon. Estonia will be one of five countries to choose their song for the contest on Saturday, so now is a better time than any to …

[AdSense-B] Over the past two days we have had a clearer picture of the acts taking part in Unser Lied für Lissabon, the German national selection for this year’s contest. A lot of pride is at stake for Germany, who have now finished 27th, 26th and 25th in the past three years, collecting just 17 points in the process. So …

Cover photo: Andres Putting (EBU) [AdSense-B] We have a winner! After months of fan speculation and a close hype race leading up to tonight’s contest, the votes are in and Portugal has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest! Portugal’s Salvador Sobral stunned the audience and viewing public with his touching rendition of “Amar pelos dois” to become Portugal’s first ever Eurovision …

[AdSense-B] We’ve had our say over the past few weeks and we’ve made our first few rankings, but now we can finally begin totting up your poll results to work out the reader’s ranking for 2017! The method we have used to calculate your results are as follows, based on proportional poll results. Points have been distributed out of 1000 …