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Eurovision 2018

  • Michael Segalov

    I love Eurovision, but Jerusalem 2019 will be no cause for celebration

    Michael Segalov
    Israeli winner Netta declaring Jerusalem the next host city struck more than a note of discord, especially after this week’s bloodshed, says freelance journalist Michael Segalov
  • A protester invades the stage and takes the microphone off UK contestant SuRie during her performance in Lisbon on Saturday night

    SuRie Eurovision stage invader quizzed by police as inquiry begins

  • Israeli fans celebrate at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv.

    Eurovision 2018: Israel celebrates after Netta Barzilai's win

  • Ryan O'Shaughnessy from Ireland

    Eurovision 2018: five things we learned

  • Israel’s Netta

    Eurovision song contest won by Israel's Netta in Lisbon final

  • Israel's Netta wins Eurovision final in Lisbon with her song Toy – video

  • Observer comment cartoon
    Disaster for Britain's entry in Eurovision – cartoon

  • Grand Final of 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon Portugal<br>LISBON, PORTUGAL - MAY 12, 2018: Singer SuRie (Susanna Marie Cork) representing Britain, performs at the Grand Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest at Altice Arena in Lisbon. Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS (Photo by Vyacheslav Prokofyev\TASS via Getty Images)

    Israel wins the Eurovision song contest 2018 – as it happened

    Crown goes to Netta of Israel with her quirky entry Toy, in memorable contest after stage invader interrupted UK’s song
  • Israel’s Netta performs after winning the Grand Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2018.

    Eurovision 2018 – in pictures

    All the best images from the Altice Arena in Lisbon
  • Australia’s Jessica Mauboy faces some tough competition in the Eurovision song contest final in Lisbon, Portugal.

    Eurovision: Who is Jessica Mauboy's toughest competition?

    With the Eurovision song contest final nearly upon us, here’s your guide to the top contenders
  • Love it or hate it, it’s Eurovision song contest time again

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    Why Eurovision is so much more than a song contest – video

  • Ireland’s Ryan O’Shaughnessy

    Chinese broadcaster loses Eurovision rights over LGBT censorship

  • Jessica Mauboy on the Eurovision stage

    Eurovision: Jessica Mauboy sings up a storm to put Australia into grand final

  • Fans flock to Lisbon to support the performer at the 63rd Eurovision song contest

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    Jessica Mauboy sings Australia into Eurovision grand final – video

  • SuRie

    UK Eurovision hopeful SuRie: 'Anything is possible!'

  • Dana International singing her winning entry at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest in Birmingham

    Viva la diva! How Eurovision's Dana International made trans identity mainstream

  • On fire … Eleni Foureira performing Fuego for Cyprus at the first semi-final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest – staged in Portugal for the first time.

    Eurovision 2018: the songs to look out for, from gay couples to toy camels

    The annual jamboree of dance bangers, pop opera and token metalheads rolls around this weekend – here are some of the best tracks from a very strong crop
  • Final - Eurovision Song Contest 2017<br>KIEV, UKRAINE - MAY 13:  Singer Salvador Sobral, representing Portugal, performs the song 'Amar Pelos Dois' during the final of the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest at International Exhibition Centre (IEC) on May 13, 2017 in Kiev, Ukraine.  (Photo by Michael Campanella/Getty Images)

    Eurovision song contest seeks new viewers across the globe

    Song contest, taking place this week in Portugal, has ‘a life beyond Europe’, says EBU boss

April 2018

  • Singer Yulia Samoilova representing Russia in 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, at Sheremetyevo Airport<br>MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA - MARCH 14, 2017: Singer Yulia Samoilova seen at Sheremetyevo International Airport. Wheelchair-bound since childhood, Samoilova represents Russia in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest scheduled for May in Kiev, Ukraine. Maria Antipina/TASS (Photo by Maria Antipina\TASS via Getty Images)

    'I want something magical': Russia's banned Eurovision singer is back

    As she prepares for this year’s contest, Julia Samoylova talks about being at the centre of a diplomatic crisis and bringing a big power ballad to Lisbon

February 2018

  • Eurovision 2018: this year’s UK hopefuls

    Eurovision: You Decide 2018 –as it happened

    The world’s premier cheese-based singing competition is almost here. But who did the public and jury choose to represent the UK in Lisbon this May?
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