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Eurovision Song Contest 2018 The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place for the first time in Portugal following the country's first victory at the 2017 contest in Kiev, Ukraine with the song "Amar pelos dois", performed by Salvador Sobral. The contest was held at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May, and the final on 12 May 2018. The three live shows were hosted by Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto, Daniela Ruah and Catarina Furtado. Forty-three countries participated in the contest, equalling
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by Serbia in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows: The following five members comprised the Serbian jury: Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Serbia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The Serbian broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) organised and had held the national final "Beovizija 2018" in order to select the Serbian entry for the 2018 contest to be held in Lisbon, Portugal. Prior to the 2018 Contest, Serbia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest ten times since its
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Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Serbia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The Serbian broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) organised and had held the national final "Beovizija 2018" in order to select the Serbian entry for the 2018 contest to be held in Lisbon, Portugal. Prior to the 2018 Contest, Serbia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest ten times since its first entry in , winning the contest with their debut entry "Molitva" performed by Marija Šerifović. Since 2007, seven out of ten of Serbia's entries have featured in the final with the nation failing
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Lindgren and Fredrik Svensson, known as Fab Freddie. The winner of the competition is Benjamin Ingrosso with the song "Dance You Off." He represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which was held in Lisbon, Portugal, where he came seventh with 274 points. Melodifestivalen 2018, organised by Sveriges Television (SVT), was be the seventeenth consecutive edition of the contest in which the competition took place in different cities across Sweden. The four semi-finals were held at the Löfbergs Arena in Karlstad (3 February), the Scandinavium in Gothenburg (10 February), the Malmö Arena in Malmö (17 February) and the Fjällräven
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as the nation's televoting results will be released shortly after the grand final. The following five members comprised the Finnish jury: Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The entry was selected in the national final "Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2018" on 3 March 2018, where all three entries were performed by the singer Saara Aalto who was internally selected by the Finnish broadcaster Yle on 7 November 2017 to perform the nation's entry at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. Prior to the 2018 Contest, Finland had participated in the Eurovision Song
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Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Going wild". In 2014, Borg took part in "Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2014" with the song "Lovetricity", placing eighth in the final. She returned to the competition in 2015 with the song "Rush" and 2016 with the song "Kingdom", placing second and fourth, respectively. In 2018, she returned to "Malta Eurovision Song Contest" for the fourth time with the song "Taboo", winning the competition. She represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. Christabelle Borg Christabelle Borg (born 28 April 1992), sometimes known as simply Christabelle, is a Maltese singer,
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qualifying to the second round where it won with 43% of the vote. As Spain is a member of the "Big Five", the song automatically advanced to the final, held on 12 May 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. It was the second song to be performed. It placed twenty-third out of the 26 participating countries with 61 points: 43 from the professional juries and 18 from the televote. Alfred & Amaia performed the song live for the first time on Gala Eurovisión of "Operación Triunfo 2017" on 29 January 2018, where they were selected to represent Spain at the Eurovision Song
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as the Echo award 2009. Schöneberger was Germany's spokesperson for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, held in Vienna, and for the 2016 contest, which was held in Stockholm – having earlier also presented "Unser Lied für Stockholm" ("Our Song for Stockholm"), at which the German entry for the contest was chosen. In May 2017 Schöneberger was again the German spokesperson at the Eurovision Song Contest final, this time being held in Kiev. It has also been confirmed that she will be the German spokesperson in Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which will be held in Lisbon. In 2007, Schöneberger published her
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Netta Barzilai Netta Barzilai (; born 22 January 1993), sometimes known by the mononym Netta, is an Israeli singer, recording artist and looping artist who won the fifth season of "HaKokhav HaBa". This earned her the right to represent her country in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. On 12 May 2018, she won the contest, held in Lisbon, Portugal, with her song "Toy", marking Israel's fourth win in the Eurovision Song Contest (after 1978, 1979, and 1998). Netta Barzilai was born on 22 January 1993 in Hod HaSharon, Israel. As a child, Barzilai lived in Nigeria for four years, where
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to Eurovision when she hosts the "Eurovision The Party" event that will be held at the Tele2 Arena on the night of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 final. Sanna will return to Eurovision travelling to Lisbon in May 2018 as a commentator for the national Swedish broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT). Sanna Nielsen got engaged in 2006 in Las Vegas, the couple lived in Lidingö outside of Stockholm before splitting up in 2008. She is currently living in Årsta south of Stockholm with her boyfriend Joakim Ramsell. Sanna Nielsen Sanna Viktoria Nielsen (born 27 November 1984) is a Swedish singer and
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Eurovision Song Contest 2019 The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 will be the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The contest is scheduled to take place in Tel Aviv, Israel, following Israel's victory at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal with the song "Toy", performed by Netta. The contest will be held at Expo Tel Aviv, the city's convention centre; the show will consist of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May, and the final on 18 May 2019. Forty-two countries will take part in the contest, with absent for the first time since . The 2019 contest will take
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the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, held on 10 May 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. That's How You Write a Song "That's How You Write a Song" is a song written and performed by Norwegian singer Alexander Rybak. It represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. The song was released as a digital download on 15 January 2018. "Melodi Grand Prix 2018" was the 56th edition of the Norwegian national final "Melodi Grand Prix" and it selected Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Ten songs were chosen to participate, and the selected singers, entries and composers
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performed live for the first time at the Moscow 2018 Eurovision Party. I Won't Break "I Won't Break" is a song performed by Russian singer Yulia Samoylova. It represented Russia In the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. After withdrawing from the 2017 contest, Samoylova was announced as the Russian representative in Eurovision 2018 in January 2018. The song was revealed by the Russian broadcaster during March 2018. On 30 January 2018, Samoylova was confirmed by Channel One as Russia's representative for the upcoming contest. The song competed in the second semi-final, held on 10 May 2018 in Lisbon,
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Eurovision Song Contest 2018 The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place for the first time in Portugal following the country's first victory at the 2017 contest in Kiev, Ukraine with the song "Amar pelos dois", performed by Salvador Sobral. The contest was held at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May, and the final on 12 May 2018. The three live shows were hosted by Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto, Daniela Ruah and Catarina Furtado. Forty-three countries participated in the contest, equalling
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Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The entry was selected in the national final "Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2018" on 3 March 2018, where all three entries were performed by the singer Saara Aalto who was internally selected by the Finnish broadcaster Yle on 7 November 2017 to perform the nation's entry at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. Prior to the 2018 Contest, Finland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-one times since their first entry in . Finland has won the contest once in 2006 with the song "Hard
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the competition, eventually placing third behind winner Ivy Quainoo and runner-up Kim Sanders. Following the competition, he signed with German independent label Edel AG. His debut studio album "Wide Awake" was released in 2012. On 29 December 2017, Schulte was confirmed to be one of the six acts competing in "Unser Lied für Lissabon", the German national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, with the song "You Let Me Walk Alone". The song was later released on 20 February 2018. Schulte won the final, held on 22 February, becoming Germany's entry to the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. In Lisbon,
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Dance You Off "Dance You Off" is a 2018 song by Swedish singer Benjamin Ingrosso. The song won Melodifestivalen 2018, and made it to the final from the first semifinal. It was released in February 2018. The song won Melodifestivalen and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. Being Ingrosso's second participation in the Swedish Eurovision selection, "Dance You Off" participated in the first semi-final of the 2018 Melodifestivalen which was held in Karlstad's Löfbergs Arena on 3 February 2018. The song was performed last at the semi-final and it direct qualified to the final as
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I Won't Break "I Won't Break" is a song performed by Russian singer Yulia Samoylova. It represented Russia In the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. After withdrawing from the 2017 contest, Samoylova was announced as the Russian representative in Eurovision 2018 in January 2018. The song was revealed by the Russian broadcaster during March 2018. On 30 January 2018, Samoylova was confirmed by Channel One as Russia's representative for the upcoming contest. The song competed in the second semi-final, held on 10 May 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. It failed to qualify for the grand final. The song was
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juries of eight countries. Dance You Off "Dance You Off" is a 2018 song by Swedish singer Benjamin Ingrosso. The song won Melodifestivalen 2018, and made it to the final from the first semifinal. It was released in February 2018. The song won Melodifestivalen and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. Being Ingrosso's second participation in the Swedish Eurovision selection, "Dance You Off" participated in the first semi-final of the 2018 Melodifestivalen which was held in Karlstad's Löfbergs Arena on 3 February 2018. The song was performed last at the semi-final and it direct qualified
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the international juries and Swiss public. It will now represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The song competed in the first semi-final, held on 8 May 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. Stones (Zibbz song) "Stones" is a song performed by Swiss duo Zibbz. The song was released as a digital download on 9 January 2018 through 6003 Records, and was written by Zibbz along with Canadian songwriter Laurell Barker. It represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. On 9 January 2018, Zibbz was announced as one of the six competitors in the "ESC 2018 – Die Entscheidungsshow", the
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a pre-recorded open-air concert held in Piața Cetății in Sighișoara the previous evening. The final took place on 25 February 2018, at Sala Polivalentă in Bucharest. Out of the fifteen remaining entries, the audience chose The Humans and their song "Goodbye" to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The green room correspondents for this show were Ioana Voicu and Sonia Argint-Ionescu. Guest artists included Alex Calancea Band, Ilinca Băcilă and DoReDoS. The "Eurovision Song Contest 2018" took place at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May and the final
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her team were "proud of her performance". After returning to The UK, in an interview on "This Morning", SuRie revealed she had some bruises on her hands where the invader had grabbed her and also on her shoulder where he had barged into her, but she said that she had not been seriously harmed by the incident. The following five members comprised the British jury: United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 The United Kingdom participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The British entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal, was selected via the national final "",
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will be selected through 100% televoting. In 14 February 2018, it was revealed that the final will be hosted by Panagiotis Kountouras and Nikos Pitanios. On 15 February, the Greek national final was cancelled. Both Areti Ketime and Chorostalites were disqualified. A day later, ERT confirmed that the only remaining act, Yianna Terzi would represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Notes The "Eurovision Song Contest 2018" took place at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May and the final on 12 May 2018. According to Eurovision rules, all nations
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held on 8 May 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, where it failed to qualify for the final, marking the first time Azerbaijan failed to qualify for the grand final. X My Heart (song) "X My Heart" (pronounced "cross my heart") is a song performed by Azeri singer Aisel. The song was released as a digital download on 17 March 2018 by k2id Productions. The song was written by Sandra Bjurman and produced by Dimitris Kontopoulos and Tim Bran. The song represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, after Aisel was internally selected by Azeri broadcaster İctimai Television in November 2017.
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Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest Kazakhstan announced on 25 July 2018 that they will debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 to be held in Minsk, Belarus. The Kazakh broadcaster, Khabar Agency, will be responsible for the country's participation in the contest. A televised national selection process will be held to select the Kazakh entry. The 2018 contest marked the first time that Kazakhstan has participated in any Eurovision event. On 25 November 2017, Channel 31 of Kazakhstan revealed their intention to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Initial claims emerged on 22 December 2017
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Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Kazakhstan announced on 25 July 2018 that they will debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 to be held in Minsk, Belarus. The Kazakh broadcaster, Khabar Agency, was responsible for the country's participation in the contest. A televised national selection process was held to select the Kazakh entry. The 2018 contest (for the Junior Eurovision song festival contest) will mark the first time that Kazakhstan has participated in any Eurovision event. On 25 November 2017, Channel 31 of Kazakhstan revealed their intention to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018.
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participating country. Eurovision Choir of the Year 2019 Eurovision Choir of the Year 2019 will be the second Eurovision Choir of the Year competition for choral singers, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the Interkultur Foundation. It is scheduled to be held on 3 August 2019, at the Partille Arena, in Gothenburg, Sweden. Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. After intital reports in February 2018, it was confirmed on 8 July 2018 that the second edition of the Eurovision Choir of the Year would be held in the Swedish city
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Eurovision Choir of the Year 2019 Eurovision Choir of the Year 2019 will be the second Eurovision Choir of the Year competition for choral singers, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the Interkultur Foundation. It is scheduled to be held on 3 August 2019, at the Partille Arena, in Gothenburg, Sweden. Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. After intital reports in February 2018, it was confirmed on 8 July 2018 that the second edition of the Eurovision Choir of the Year would be held in the Swedish city of Gothenburg.
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a show titled "Be A Star" which consisted of nine heats, and three monthly finals. The second stage titled "Bulgarian Song for Eurovision 2009" included a semi-final and a grand final. 45 songs competed in nine heats of "Be A Star" with five songs competing each week. After every third heat, a monthly final was held where the nine winning songs from the previous three heats were performed again and voted on, with three going on to the semi-final, a part of "Bulgarian Song for Eurovision". 18 songs in total will compete in the semi-final, to be held on January
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since 2018. As of 2018, Wales's voting history is as follows: Wales in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest Wales announced on 9 May 2018 that they will debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 to be held in Minsk, Belarus. Welsh broadcaster S4C is responsible for the country's participation in the contest. A televised national selection process, "Chwilio am Seren" (English: "Search for a Star"), was held to select the Welsh entrant. Manw won the national final, held at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, on 9 October to represent Wales with the internally selected song "Perta", written by Ywain
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semi-final was held on 9 September 2018. The five acts shaded in orange qualified for the final. The second semi-final was held on 16 September 2018. The five acts shaded in orange qualified for the final. The final was held on 22 September 2018. Levon Galstyan (born on 20 May 2006) is an Armenian-Russian child singer. He will represent Armenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "L.E.V.O.N" Levon is no stranger to singing competitions, as in 2016 he participated in The Voice Kids Russia, where he was coached by Valeriy Meladze. Since then, he has taken
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Eurovision Asia Song Contest 2019 The Eurovision Asia Song Contest 2019 is expected to be the first edition of the Eurovision Asia Song Contest. The contest will be the Asia-Pacific counterpart of the Eurovision Song Contest, which has been in production for more than 60 years. The contest is expected to consist of only one show. As of July 2018, the contest is reported to be early in the development process. On 31 October 2018, it was revealed that the upcoming contest will be hosted on the Gold Coast, Queensland, in Australia. It is reported to be held from November
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Europa 2018" is the national final format developed by TRM in order to select Moldova's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Unlike in previous years, the event only included one final, held on 24 February 2018. A semi-final was planned for 22 February 2018, but was later scrapped. The selection of the competing entries for the national final and ultimately the Moldovan Eurovision entry takes place over two rounds. On 24 January 2018, all artists who submitted a song to the broadcaster were invited to take part in a live audition, where the sixteen qualifiers were decided. The winner
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Wales in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Wales will participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 to be held in Minsk, Belarus on 25 November 2018. The Welsh broadcaster S4C was responsible for organising their debut entry for the contest. Manw was selected through "Chwilio am Seren" to represent Wales, winning the televised national final on 9 October at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno. The winning song, "Hi yw y Berta", was chosen internally and written by Ywain Gwynedd. Wales announced on 9 May 2018 that they will debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 to be
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Wales in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest Wales announced on 9 May 2018 that they will debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 to be held in Minsk, Belarus. Welsh broadcaster S4C is responsible for the country's participation in the contest. A televised national selection process, "Chwilio am Seren" (English: "Search for a Star"), was held to select the Welsh entrant. Manw won the national final, held at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, on 9 October to represent Wales with the internally selected song "Perta", written by Ywain Gwynedd. Wales placed last in their debut year at the Junior
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entry. For their 2016 entry, the broadcaster announced that a national final would be organised featuring a competition among several artists and songs to choose the British entry for Eurovision. The same process was used in 2017. "Eurovision: You Decide" is the national final that was used to select the 2018 entrant, being previously used in the past two years. Six acts competed in a televised show on 7 February 2018 which was held at the Brighton Dome and once again hosted by Mel Giedroyc, being joined this year by Eurovision Song Contest 2015 winner Måns Zelmerlöw. The winner was
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Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Ukraine participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, to be held in Minsk, Belarus. Their entrant was selected through a national selection, organized by the Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC. Prior to the 2018 Contest, Ukraine had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twelve times since its debut in . Ukraine have never missed a contest since their debut appearance, having won the contest once in with the song "Nebo", performed by Anastasiya Petryk. The Ukrainian capital Kiev has hosted the contest twice, at the Palace of Sports in , and the
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broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE) confirmed that they would use the successful music reality program "Operación Triunfo" to select their act for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. It was later revealed on 20 December that the final five singers of the program's ninth series would perform in "Gala Eurovisión", which would be where the Spanish public would choose both the song and its performers for the Eurovision Song Contest. The nine competing songs were unveiled on 23 January 2018. Gala Eurovisión was held on 29 January. "Tu canción" was one of the top three songs in the first round of voting,
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Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Georgia took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which was held on 25 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. Prior to the 2017 Contest, Georgia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest ten times since its debut in , and since then they have never missed a single contest. Georgia is also the most successful country in the competition, with three victories in , and . Tamar Edilashvili (born 11 May 2005) is a Georgian child singer. She will represent Georgia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk,
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expressed their intention to participate: The following countries participated at the 2018 contest but haven't made an official statement yet. Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 will be the seventeenth annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It will be held in Poland following their victory at the 2018 contest in Minsk, Belarus with the song "Anyone I Want to Be" by Roksana Węgiel. As of , seven countries have expressed their intention to participate in the contest. Prior to Poland's confirmation, two other countries announced their intentions to host the event. These bids were from Armenia
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"The Wedding Singer" from 20 June to 19 July 2017. In September 2017 going into June 2018 she reprises her role as Elle Woods in a UK tour of "Legally Blonde". In January 2017, Jones was confirmed to be competing in "Eurovision: You Decide", the United Kingdom's national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Her song, "Never Give Up on You", was co-written by Eurovision Song Contest 2013 winner Emmelie de Forest. On 27 January 2017, Jones won the televised show, and was confirmed to be representing the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, in Kiev. Jones's
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countries and a maximum of five. They can also vote for their own country’s song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song receives 20% of the votes, thus it will receive 20% of the available points. The public vote will count for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% will come from the professional juries. Wales in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Wales will participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 to be held in Minsk, Belarus on 25 November
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participating countries were revealed on the AfriMusic Song Contest's Facebook page. 42 countries took part. This is including USA, who had to find African artists to perform their songs. AfriMusic Song Contest The AfriMusic Song Contest is song contest loosely inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest. It was first held in 2018, where Swaziland won with Symphony performing the song Sengikhona. The contest is planned to continue as an annual event, acting as an African counterpart to the European and Asian editions of Eurovision. 42 countries took part in the AfriMusic Song Contest in 2018. Through an expert panel, this
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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 will be the seventeenth annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It will be held in Poland following their victory at the 2018 contest in Minsk, Belarus with the song "Anyone I Want to Be" by Roksana Węgiel. As of , seven countries have expressed their intention to participate in the contest. Prior to Poland's confirmation, two other countries announced their intentions to host the event. These bids were from Armenia and Kazakhstan. This will be the first time since the 2014 contest that the event is not hosted by a
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Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Belarus participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which took place in Minsk, Belarus on 25 November 2018. The Belarusian entry for the 2018 contest will be selected through a national final organised by the Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus. It will see ten competing acts participating in a televised production where the winner will be determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury made up of music professionals and a public vote. Prior to the 2018 contest, Belarus had participated
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AfriMusic Song Contest The AfriMusic Song Contest is song contest loosely inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest. It was first held in 2018, where Swaziland won with Symphony performing the song Sengikhona. The contest is planned to continue as an annual event, acting as an African counterpart to the European and Asian editions of Eurovision. 42 countries took part in the AfriMusic Song Contest in 2018. Through an expert panel, this was cut down to 19 countries in a final. In both national selections and the final, the winners were here decided by a public vote and expert panels. The
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competition, that was first held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 15 November 2003. Sixteen countries participated – each submitting one song, for a total of 16 entries. The 2003 Contest was won by Croatia and the current winner is Poland with a new voting system. The first host city was Copenhagen (2003) and the most recent is Minsk (2018). The Eurovision Dance Contest (not to be confused with the "Eurovision Young Dancers Competition") was an international dancing competition that was held for the first time in London, United Kingdom on 1 September 2007. The competition was repeated in 2008 when it
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the final result, while the other 50% will come from the professional juries. Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Belarus participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which took place in Minsk, Belarus on 25 November 2018. The Belarusian entry for the 2018 contest will be selected through a national final organised by the Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus. It will see ten competing acts participating in a televised production where the winner will be determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury made up of music
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6 January 2018. The first four shows will be elimination heats where half the acts will be eliminated each week. On 19 February 2018, the Lithuanian broadcaster decided to open an online wildcard round in order to bring back two singers to the competition. Only one vote is allowed per IP, and the voting will be open until 21 February 2018. Greta Zazza and Ruta Loop were announced as the winners and returned to the competition. The final took place in Kaunas' Žalgirio Arena. SKAMP, Lithuanian entrants at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, acted as opening act for the show.
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was their second in the contest. The contest was won by France with the song ""Tom Pillibi"", performed by Jacqueline Boyer, who at 18 years and 341 days of age, became the first teenager and the youngest artist yet to win the contest. As of August 2018, this is the earliest Eurovision Song Contest where the winning performer is still living. The 1960 Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in London. This is the first edition held in the host country's capital city. The Royal Festival Hall, the venue for the 1960 contest, is a 2,900-seat concert, dance and talks venue
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Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen 2019 will be the 58th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen and will be held between 2 February 2019 and 9 March 2019. Presenters will be Sarah Dawn Finer, Kodjo Akolor, Marika Carlsson and Eric Saade. The winner of the contest will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Lovers of Valdaro, a duo consisting of Erik Gabriel Høiby and Adam Warhester, were announced as the first act of "Melodifestivalen 2019" on 25 August 2018, after they had finished second in the 2018 edition of
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to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. On 29 January 2018, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. San Marino was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 10 May 2018, and was
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came second. As in the previous season, the series will serve as the platform to select the Spanish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. A special live show of "Operación Triunfo 2018" will be held in January 2019 to select the Spanish entrant and song for Eurovision. It was announced that Roberto Leal would continue as host when the series was renewed on 28 February 2018. Noemí Galera confirmed she would continue as the headmaster of the Academy on 13 July 2018. On 23 August 2018, Mónica Naranjo announced that she would be leaving the judging panel; the same
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after it had been dropped in 1973. However Germany and Belgium were allowed to sing in English, because they had already chosen the songs they were going to perform before the rule was reintroduced. As noted in "The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History" by author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor, the contest was originally planned to be held on 2 April 1977, but because of a strike of BBC cameramen and technicians, it had to be postponed for a month. As a result, this was the first Eurovision Song Contest to be staged in May, which still continues
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Eurovision Song contest, after hosting the contest. On 21 November 2017, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Vasily Zharko confirmed that the contest was scheduled to be held at Minsk-Arena in November 2018. The arena previously hosted the 2010 contest. However, on 26 November 2017, it was confirmed by the host broadcaster that the exact location of the contest is still unknown, stating that Minsk Arena was one of the possible options. On 18 March 2018, the 15,000-capacity Minsk-Arena was confirmed as the venue by the contest organisers. The slogan was the hashtag "#LightUp". The logo of the contest was based around
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Junior Eurovision Song Contest, it needs to be an active member of the EBU. It is currently unknown whether the EBU issue invitations of participation to all 56 active members like they do for the Eurovision Song Contest. The following broadcasters publicly declined to participate in the contest without providing any further explanations: Junior Eurovision Song Contest Minsk 2018 is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group on 16 November 2018. The album features all the songs from the 2018 contest. Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 The Junior Eurovision Song
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also performed during the "Israel Calling" event which was held at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel on 10 April. On 14 April, Amaia y Alfred performed during the "Eurovision in Concert" event which was held at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In addition to their international appearances, on 26 February, Amaia y Alfred performed an acoustic version of the song on talk show "El Hormiguero" on Antena 3, where they were guest interviewed. On 11 March, they performed the acoustic version on talk show "Viva la vida" on Telecinco, where they were likewise guest interviewed. On 15
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In 2015, RTS selected Vladimir Graić, the composer of Serbia's 2007 Eurovision Song Contest winning entry "Molitva", to compose songs for a national final featuring three artists. "Beovizija 2018" is the 8th edition of the Serbian national final "Beovizija" and it selected Serbia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. It was held for the first time since 2009. The contest took place at the Sava Centar, in Belgrade on 20 February 2018. Artists and songwriters were able to submit their song entries from August 2017 to 10 November 2017. Songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit entries, but
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An amount of 12 to 15 nations qualify for the Grand Final where the jury determines the winner. TÜRKSOY has stated that televoting is going to be introduced in the future. Unlike the Eurovision Song Contest in which the winning country proceeds to host the following year's event, hosting of the Turkvision Song Contest takes place in the country or region that is also hosting the Turkish Capital of Culture. On 25 September 2014 it was confirmed that Albania would make their official debut at the 2014 Song Contest to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan. For a short period of
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Mackenbach. In 2017, the Netherlands placed 4th out of 16 entries with the song "Love Me" performed by the boy band FOURCE. The Dutch broadcaster revealed the three jury members on 29 September 2018. Final The final was held on 29 September 2018, hosted by Romy Monteiro. Max Albertazzi and Anne Buhre are Dutch child singers. They represented the Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Samen". "Samen" (Dutch for "together") is a song by Dutch singers Max Albertazzi and Anne Buhre. It will represent the Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. During the
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they would held a national final to select the Australian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The "Eurovision - Australia Decides" national final will take place at the Goald Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on 9 February 2019, hosted by Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey. The winner will be determined via the combination of a public televote (50%) and the votes of a professional jury panel (50%). On 14 October 2018, SBS announced an open submission for interested songwriters to submit their songs. The submission period lasted until 4 November 2018. Over seven hundred entries
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final format. "Montevizija 2018" was the national final organised by RTCG to select Montenegro's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Five entries competed in the televised final, which was held on 17 February 2018. The winner was decided by public vote. Artists and songwriters were able to submit their song entries from 1 November 2017 to mid December 2017. Songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit entries, but songs were required to be in Montenegrin language. RTCG received 31 entries. A five-member jury panel evaluated the 31 submitted entries and selected the five finalists. The jury panel that
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December 2015, Xuso was announced as one of the six candidates to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. He took part in the televised national final organised by TVE with "Victorious", a song composed by Andreas Öhrn, Peter Boström and Chris Wahle. He came 2nd with 94 points, 20 from winning and going to Eurovision. In September 2018 he participated in the cooking show "MasterChef Celebrity". He was the second contestant to be eliminated. Xuso Jones Jesús Segovia Pérez (born 16 June 1989), better known by his stage name Xuso Jones, is a Spanish singer and composer. He
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be held in Queensland. The Centre is set to host the Netball competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games which are being held on the Gold Coast, as well as host the accredited media centre for the event. In 2019, it will be the venue to host the Eurovision 2019 Australia Decides contest, the first venue for the contest. In December 2019 It will host the Eurovision Asia Song Contest. The GCCEC has won more than 20 awards over the past decade, including winner of the 2012 Meetings and Events Industry Awards – National Meeting Venue 500 Delegates or More and
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ideas were not shared by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, or by Gorbachev himself, believing it to be too radical a step to take, and so no Soviet participation was ever made. Ten former republics of the Soviet Union would later compete in the contest on their own in the 1990s and 2000s: Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, with five of the countries going on to win the contest. Eurovision Song Contest 1987 The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1987 in
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4 March 2018, at the Pavilhão Multiusos in Guimarães. Prior to the 2018 Contest, Portugal had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-nine times since its first entry in 1964. Since semi-finals were introduced into the contest in 2004, Portugal has failed to reach the final eight times. Portugal held the record for the most appearances in the contest without a win until 2017 when they won in Kiev, Ukraine, with Salvador Sobral's entry, "Amar pelos dois". The Portuguese broadcaster for the 2018 Contest, who broadcasts the event in Portugal and organises the selection process for its entry, will be
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In 2008 the semi-final were to be held on February 19, 2008 while the final a day later. However, due to the declaration of independence on behalf of Kosovo, the festival was delayed until March 9 when the semi-final took place and the finals which took place on March 10. In December 2009, RTS announced that it is changing the way it will select its Eurovision competitor and has thus cancelled Beovizija. On January 19, 2018 RTS officially confirmed the return of Beovizija as a national selection event for the Serbian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The basic
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Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest "For the candidacy of Spain in 2018, see Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 and for the edition of the Festival, see Eurovision Song Contest 2018" Spain has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 58 times since making its debut in , where they finished ninth. Since , Spain is one of the "Big Five", along with France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, who are automatically allowed to participate in the final because they are the five biggest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union. Spain has competed in the contest continuously
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not yet been disclosed. Eurovision Asia Song Contest 2019 The Eurovision Asia Song Contest 2019 is expected to be the first edition of the Eurovision Asia Song Contest. The contest will be the Asia-Pacific counterpart of the Eurovision Song Contest, which has been in production for more than 60 years. The contest is expected to consist of only one show. As of July 2018, the contest is reported to be early in the development process. On 31 October 2018, it was revealed that the upcoming contest will be hosted on the Gold Coast, Queensland, in Australia. It is reported to
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2018 Eurovision Song Contest on 27 October 2017. Armenia has used various methods to select the Armenian entry in the past, such as a live televised national final to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. In 2017 AMPTV launched a new national final "Depi Evratesil" in order to select the artist for Eurovision. On 27 October AMPTV announced that Depi Evratesil would be organized again in 2018 to select the artist and song for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. "Depi Evratesil" ("Towards Eurovision") is the national final organised by AMPTV to select the artist and song
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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the sixteenth annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It took place in the Belarusian capital city, Minsk on 25 November 2018 at the Minsk-Arena. It was the second time that the contest was held in Belarus, after it staged the at the same venue. A record twenty countries took part in the contest, with and participating for the first time. returned for the first time since , alongside for the first time since and
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music competition that selects Denmark's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The event was held on 10 February 2018 at the Gigantium in Aalborg, hosted by Annette Heick and Johannes Nymark. Ten songs competed in the final, where the winner was determined over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top 3 songs based on the combination of votes from a public vote and a five-member jury panel qualified to the super-final. In the super-final, the winner was determined as well by the combination of votes from the public and the jury panel. The jury panel consisted of
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the top two contenders. Taylor Hynes (born 22 April 2004) is an Irish child singer. He represented Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "IOU". He previously entered Junior Eurovision Eire in 2016, where he failed to make the final. He returned to the selection in 2018 and came second in his heat, however a day after his heat was broadcast, he was leaked by Belarusian TV as Ireland's Junior Eurovision entrant. He was born in Dublin, but currently lives in Clonee. IOU is a song by Irish child singer Taylor Hynes. It represented Ireland at
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opting not to participate at the 2011 and 2012 contests. Malta has won on two occasions: in 2013 when Gaia Cauchi won with the song "The Start", and again in 2015 when Destiny Chukunyere came first with "Not My Soul" when it won the contest with 185 points, breaking the previous record held by Spain for the most points ever given to a winner. The national final was held on 8 September 2018. Ela Mangion (born 6 January 2006) is a Maltese child singer. She will represent Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus with the
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offered the song. Anyone I Want to Be "Anyone I Want to Be" is a song by Polish singer Roksana Węgiel. It represented Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, where it won the competition. The song was written by Maegan Cottone, Nathan Duvall, Cutfather, Peter Wallevik, Daniel Davidsen, Małgorzata Uściłowska, and Patryk Kumór, and was released on 6 November 2018. Shortly after its victory in Junior Eurovision, Cutfather revealed that the song had been written around five years before submitting it to Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) for the competition. Among other international artists, Iggy Azalea and Rita
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Anyone I Want to Be "Anyone I Want to Be" is a song by Polish singer Roksana Węgiel. It represented Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, where it won the competition. The song was written by Maegan Cottone, Nathan Duvall, Cutfather, Peter Wallevik, Daniel Davidsen, Małgorzata Uściłowska, and Patryk Kumór, and was released on 6 November 2018. Shortly after its victory in Junior Eurovision, Cutfather revealed that the song had been written around five years before submitting it to Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) for the competition. Among other international artists, Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora were previously
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on the stage of the Éva Ruttkai Theatre. She gives church concerts, plays with chamber orchestra and works with the Rajkó Orchestra. In 2017, she appeared on A nagy duett, partnered with Bence Apáti. On 3 December 2018, it was revealed that Vincze would be a judge on A Dal 2019, the 2019 edition of the national selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, to be held in Tel Aviv, Israel. She previously was a jury member for the Hungarian jury vote for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. "The number of roles in the Theatrical Records: 2." Lilla Vincze
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musician Daniel Heløy Davidsen. The song was released on 6 November, with its official music video being released the same day. The video surpassed one million views on YouTube within two weeks, becoming the most-watched video of the 2018 contest. The competition was held on 25 November, where Węgiel was eventually crowned the winner, placing first with the viewing public and seventh with the professional juries. Węgiel is the first Polish entrant to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Roksana Węgiel Roksana Węgiel ( ; born 11 January 2005) is a Polish singer. She represented Poland in the Junior Eurovision
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1973 entry Mocedades, with the song "Eres tú". The group had made it into the top 14 for the special event after being selected in an online vote by the voting public across Europe. Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest "For the candidacy of Spain in 2018, see Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 and for the edition of the Festival, see Eurovision Song Contest 2018" Spain has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 58 times since making its debut in , where they finished ninth. Since , Spain is one of the "Big Five", along with France, Germany,
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the number one singles "Where I Belong" in 2014, and "Cry for Help" in 2015. Their debut album, "HomeTown", was released in November 2015 and peaked at number four in Ireland. In December 2016, the band announced that they'd be going on an indefinite hiatus. On 16 December 2016, Murray was announced as the Irish representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. His song, "Dying to Try", was released on 10 March 2017. He didn't reach the final, placing 13th out of the 18 contestants and requiring at least 10th to qualify. In 2018, Murray entered Season 15 of "The
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Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Azerbaijan withdrew from the contest because of unspecified reasons and on 25 July 2018, it was announced that Azerbaijan will return to the contest in 2018. Fidan Huseynova (born 24 November 2005 in Moscow) is a Russian-born Azerbaijani child singer. She will represent Azerbaijan at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Azerbaijan was drawn to perform seventh on 25 November 2018, following Netherlands and preceding Belarus. The results of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be determined by
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entry that went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest. NTU's collaboration with STB continued in 2018. The Ukrainian national final was held at the Palace of Culture "KPI" in Kyiv and consisted of two semi-finals held on 10 and 17 February 2018 and a final on 24 February 2018. The expert jury that voted during the shows consisted of: The first semi-final took place on 10 February 2018 in Palace of Culture KPI. The top three entries following the combination of votes from a public televote and an expert jury advanced to the final of the competition, while the
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be participating at the contest being held in Valletta, Malta on 20 November 2016. ARMTV announced on 10 August 2016 that they had internally selected Anahit Adamyan and Mary Vardanyan to represent them at the contest, singing the song "Tarber" which translates as Different. Song placed second with total 232 points after Georgia, beaten only by 7 points. On 26 February 2018, ARMTV revealed that their 12th Junior Eurovision entry will be selected using "Depi Mankakan Evratesil". On 30 November 2018, ARMTV revelead that they will participate at JESC 2019 The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior
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7 and 8 February, featuring 20 songs in total, possibly held at the Sports Palace in Kiev, where the 2005 Eurovision was held. This was yet again changed on 21 January, where it was revealed that now only one semi-final will be held on 8 February, which will not be held at the Sports Palace. The semi-final was held internally by NTU to select 15 entries to compete in the final. After the semi-final, it was reported that the performer Anastasiya Prykhodko and her manager claimed that neither the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTCU) nor the National Jury had
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Ireland, who had two wins in the decade. ARD had selected an artist and song to represent them at the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, to be held in Oslo, Norway. Due to the large number of countries wanting to compete at Eurovision, they determined that only 23 of the 30 countries could compete. Hosts Norway qualified automatically, the other 29 songs went into an audio only pre-qualification round, with the top 22 going on to compete alongside Norway in Oslo. Unfortunately for Germany its entry, Leon with "Planet of Blue", failed to earn enough points to progress to the final,
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the event. The municipality of Jerusalem had also confirmed that the contest would not be held at the International Convention Centre, which hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 and 1999, due to its insufficient capacity. On 18 June 2018, Prime Minister Netanyahu stated that Israel had committed to remaining in compliance with EBU rules regarding the constitution of member broadcasters, as to not affect its hosting of Eurovision. The IPBC's establishment included a condition that news programming would later be delegated to a second public broadcasting entity, which violates EBU rules requiring member broadcasters to have their own internal news
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Stones (Zibbz song) "Stones" is a song performed by Swiss duo Zibbz. The song was released as a digital download on 9 January 2018 through 6003 Records, and was written by Zibbz along with Canadian songwriter Laurell Barker. It represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. On 9 January 2018, Zibbz was announced as one of the six competitors in the "ESC 2018 – Die Entscheidungsshow", the Swiss national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The final was held on 4 February 2018, and "Stones" was declared the winner after receiving the highest amount of points from both
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Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Georgia, winners of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008, competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009, held in Kiev, Ukraine. GPB held a national final to select the Georgian entry, chosen from 10 competing entries. From the 500 applications sent into GPB, 10 acts will compete in the national final, to be held in September 2009. The 10 competing acts will consist of individual acts, alongside specially-formed groups, created by GPB from individual entries. The ten acts will also take part in a national tour, where, before the contest, the 10 acts
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. TG4 previously attempted to participate at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014, but required funding from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), which was rejected. The Irish broadcaster was included in the final list of participants of the EBU, which revealed that they would be participating at Junior Eurovision for the third time in their history. The mechanism for selecting their entrant and song was through the national selection show "Junior Eurovision Éire", like in their three other appearances. The selection process is scheduled to take place every Sunday starting on 14 October, where thirty-two participants competed, and culminated
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Turkey which was also going to participate but eventually withdrew its entry for political reasons. Yugoslavia, who missed the 1978 Contest, also didn't want to take part nor transmit the 1979 show for political reasons. As well as being broadcast live in the 19 competing countries, the contest was broadcast in Turkey, Romania, Hong Kong and Iceland. As of 2018, it was the last time the contest was held in March. Located on a plateau in the Judean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea, Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities in the world. In the ancient cuneiform,
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Metro Areena, and the show used international juries instead of Finnish juries. Yle selected Saara Aalto internally to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Saara Aalto performed 3 songs and the winning song was selected by viewers and international juries. The show was held on 3 March 2018 at the Espoo Metro Areena. Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (abbreviated UMK, "") is a contest for new music organised by the Finnish broadcaster, Yle. UMK began in 2012, as a new concept for the Finnish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, replacing the original Finnish Eurovision Song Contest
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Roksana Węgiel Roksana Węgiel ( ; born 11 January 2005) is a Polish singer. She represented Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Anyone I Want to Be", and went on to win the competition. She is the first Polish entrant to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Before Junior Eurovision, Węgiel won season one of the Polish version of "The Voice Kids", where she was coached by Edyta Górniak. Węgiel was born in Jasło, Poland. As a child, she competed in artistic gymnastics and ballroom dancing, and additionally competed in judo internationally. Węgiel began singing
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the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Ya samaya". She took part in the Russian version of "The Voice Kids", where she was defeated in the battle round. Shortly after, she represented Russia in the 2016 edition of the children's festival New Wave Junior as part of a trio, where she won along with two other girls. Her mother is Belarusian, while her father is from Syria. On 26 October 2018, it was announced that Maraai would host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, alongside TV presenter Eugene Perlin and singer Zinaida Kupriyanovich, in Minsk. Meraai is the
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not to broadcast the contest. S4C announced on 9 May 2018 that they will debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 to be held in Minsk, Belarus. On 21 November 2013, it was revealed that Edinburgh-based 98.8 Castle FM (a non EBU member) would broadcast the contest live to listeners in Scotland. The broadcasting rights had been offered by the EBU to its members, however when no-one in the UK took up the offer, Castle FM – previously known as Leith FM – moved in. The commentators were Ewan Spence and Luke Fisher. It was announced on 16 October
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was present to announce the winning entry. The official video of the song, directed by Gus Carballo, was filmed in February 2018 at studio in Madrid. The video premiered on 9 March 2018 on a special prime time broadcast on La 1, hosted by Roberto Leal. The music video served as the official preview video for the Spanish entry. Amaia y Alfred made appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Tu canción" as the Spanish Eurovision entry. On 5 April, they performed during the "London Eurovision Party", which was held at the Café de Paris venue in London, United Kingdom. They
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Die Grosse Entscheidungsshow Die Grosse Entscheidungsshow is the Swiss Eurovision national final organized by SRG SSR since 2011. The show is considered to be a successor to Concours Eurovision, which got cancelled in 2005. After 6 years of an internal section, a national final was made after the Swiss Jury gave 12 points to Norway in 2009 and Germany in 2010. The first final was held on 11 December 2010 and was won by Anna Rossinelli with the song In Love for a While, giving Switzerland's first qualification for Eurovision during the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany, where the
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Belarussian final with the song "Muzyka moikh pobed" and represented Belarus at the 2016 contest. On 15 October 2017, it was announced that Belarus would host the contest for a second time in the capital, Minsk. On 21 November 2017, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Vasily Zharko stated that the contest was scheduled to be held at Minsk Arena in November 2018. On 18 March 2018, Minsk Arena was confirmed as the venue by the contest organisers. The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary
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da Canção") is the Portuguese national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, organized by RTP, and is normally held in February/March of the year of the contest. It is one of the longest-running Eurovision selection methods. Previously a number of regional juries selected the winner, however recently the winner has been selected through televoting. In 2009, 2010, 2017 and 2018, a 50-50 system between district juries and televote (like in the ESC) has been used. In the years when Portugal does not participate in the contest, the Festival da Canção was not held, except in two occasions: in 1970, when
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song came last place with 19 points. Following that was Sinplus in 2012, Takasa in 2013, Sebalter in 2014, Mélanie René in 2015, Rykka in 2016, Timebelle in 2017, and Zibbz in 2018. Die Grosse Entscheidungsshow Die Grosse Entscheidungsshow is the Swiss Eurovision national final organized by SRG SSR since 2011. The show is considered to be a successor to Concours Eurovision, which got cancelled in 2005. After 6 years of an internal section, a national final was made after the Swiss Jury gave 12 points to Norway in 2009 and Germany in 2010. The first final was held on
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Eurovision Song Contest 1987 The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1987 in Brussels, Belgium after Sandra Kim's win the previous year. The presenter was Viktor Lazlo. She agreed to present the Eurovision Song Contest, on the condition she was allowed to open with a song of her own, "Breathless". Johnny Logan was the winner for Ireland with his own composition "Hold Me Now". That made him the first (and as of 2018 only) performer to win the contest twice, as he had won also in 1980. Brussels is the
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