New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Tonight is the night we've all been waiting for: The Grand Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Here is everything you need to know ahead of the show — ALL ABOARD!
Tonight, almost exactly one year after Salvador Sobral's victory in Kyiv, a new Eurovision winner will be added to the history books during the Grand Final of the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest. The ultimate music spectacle of the year, which will come to you live from Lisbon's Altice Arena, will be presented by Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto, Daniela Ruah and Catarina Furtado.
The show will be opened in traditional Portuguese style by musical performances of
Ana Moura and Mariza, followed by a flag parade of all participating countries supported by music by the Beatbombers.
26 acts take part in tonight's Grand Final. The so-called 'Big Five' — France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom — as well as host country Portugal were already prequalified for the Grand Final. Last Tuesday, ten out of nineteen countries qualified in the first Semi-Final. Finally, last Thursday, ten out of eighteen acts won their ticket for the Grand Final in the second Semi-Final.
The 26 participants of the Grand Final:
1 Ukraine Mélovin "Under the Ladder" English
2 Spain Amaia & Alfred "Tu canción" Spanish
3 Slovenia Lea Sirk "Hvala, ne!" Slovene
4 Lithuania Ieva Zasimauskaitė "When We're Old" English
5 Austria Cesár Sampson "Nobody but You" English
6 Estonia Elina Nechayeva "La forza" Italian
7 Norway Alexander Rybak "That's How You Write a Song" English
8 Portugal Cláudia Pascoal[h] "O jardim" Portuguese
9 United Kingdom SuRie "
Storm" English
10 Serbia Sanja Ilić & Balkanika "Nova deca" (Нова деца) Serbian
11 Germany Michael Schulte "
You Let Me Walk Alone" English
12 Albania Eugent Bushpepa "Mall" Albanian
13 France Madame Monsieur "
Mercy" French
14 Czech Republic Mikolas
Josef "Lie to Me" English
15 Denmark Rasmussen "
Higher Ground" English
16 Australia Jessica Mauboy "We Got Love" English
17 Finland Saara
Aalto "
Monsters" English
18 Bulgaria Equinox "
Bones" English
19 Moldova DoReDoS "My Lucky Day" English
20 Sweden Benjamin Ingrosso "
Dance You Off" English
21 Hungary AWS "Viszlát nyár" Hungarian
22
Israel Netta "Toy" English[b]
23 Netherlands Waylon "Outlaw in 'Em" English
24 Ireland Ryan O'Shaughnessy "
Together" English
25 Cyprus Eleni Foureira "
Fuego" English[c]
26 Italy Ermal Meta &
Fabrizio Moro "Non mi avete fatto niente" Italian
