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Posted by: LexC♀ 15th May 2017, 02:08 PM
In what's got to be one of the speediest turnarounds from the announcement of the winner, RTP have confirmed that Lisbon is our host city for 2018. I guess this means we need a new Green Room?
Posted by: DNQrella 15th May 2017, 02:30 PM
YASSSS
Posted by: J▲hq 15th May 2017, 03:12 PM
I love one article I've read
Poor Portugal with no previous hosting experience
I doubt the Swedes needed such a booklet, they probably wrote it.
Posted by: Silas 15th May 2017, 03:48 PM
if one existed before 2013 and 2016 then it was no doubt shredded by SVT!!
Lisboa it is! We have an idea on dates so I don't I can get on booking.com before it's just hostels left
Posted by: gooddelta 15th May 2017, 03:52 PM
Could just book a free cancellation hotel for each week in May and just cancel three of them when dates are confirmed! 
I don't know if I'll go, though I love Portugal (depends how my finances are nearer the time), but I will book a hotel just in case.
I dread to think what Portugal will do with their AQ to the final, I'm not really expecting them to become a new powerhouse nation, so could be a Makemakes type disaster!
Posted by: LexC♀ 15th May 2017, 04:38 PM
You know it is weird, a lot of the parallels with Austria as the host country are being born out. I guess they too won with a slightly "larger than life" singer (albeit in a different way) and hadn't counted on ever needing to have to throw together a Eurovision hosting any time soon. Will be interesting to see how they manage as I don't think they're counting on ever having to do this again!
I'm hoping that they at least use that AQ spot to go down in flames with one of their lovably weird numbers that they occasionally throw out (now just watch them completely change their entire selection method and pick a 100% contemporary pop song!) but odds are they'll show why they hadn't won in the previous 50+ years with their AQ spot.
Posted by: jakewild 15th May 2017, 05:00 PM
i gotta go
Posted by: J▲hq 15th May 2017, 05:07 PM
I touched on this with Lex yesterday, their previous best result was followed by a last place/nil points the year after and it wouldn't be a stretch for them to end up repeating that.
I'm interested in going for a few days, would be fun even if rehearsal tickets are all I managed to get in the mad rush.
Posted by: gooddelta 15th May 2017, 05:29 PM
I'm hoping that they at least use that AQ spot to go down in flames with one of their lovably weird numbers that they occasionally throw out (now just watch them completely change their entire selection method and pick a 100% contemporary pop song!) but odds are they'll show why they hadn't won in the previous 50+ years with their AQ spot.
I would imagine it will be something that stands out like a sore thumb anyway, like most of their entries in the past 20 years!
I'm also interested to see how they host, I initially thought it could be fairly low budget/cheap looking in a way not seen since the Baltic efforts in the early 00s. But I don't think the broadcaster would ever live that down and standards have risen so much since that I'm sure they'll manage (or be heavily encouraged if it shapes up weakly and the EBU intervene) to pull something respectable out of the bag.
Posted by: BillyH 15th May 2017, 05:49 PM
(double post)
Posted by: BillyH 15th May 2017, 05:53 PM
Yeah I can see this being much harder to get tickets for than Kiev, it's not been in this part of the continent for decades so thousands of Spanish and Portuguese fans have their first chance to see it next year.
Regarding accomodation, my hostel in Stockholm in 2016 cost something painful like £25 per night (booked in November the previous year when I got my ticket), whereas my private room in Kiev, booked around February/March, cost £6. Presumably Lisbon will be somewhere in between...
Posted by: Iz~ 15th May 2017, 06:01 PM
I really hope Portugal put a bit of a unique spin on things with hosting next year, I couldn't really call how they'll begin to approach this, but hopefully it should be a lot of fun. And I do expect them to go with something disastrous for the host entry but that will be part of the charm. Probably won't be as boring as the Makemakes but nothing that could be in any way competitive (let's see how wrong I am in 10 months).
Posted by: LexC♀ 15th May 2017, 06:56 PM
I'm also going to do all that's in my power to do to go to Lisbon for next year although, as somebody pointed out above, it's likely to be a bit of a death match to actually get tickets. I might end up doing a bit of a Ryan style halfway deal and get tickets for the semis/the jury final but be back in the UK in time to catch the final on television since that means still feeling the vibe but a bit easier to get tickets.
Posted by: DNQrella 16th May 2017, 07:12 AM
Or you can get FREE tickets for the dress rehearsals if the paying ones will get sold out quickly. Same shit really. Although i want to be in the arena during the actual show one day <3
Yay a Buzzjack Lisboa meet up!!! Hopefully I will have moved to Spain by that time so it's easy to get there too yay
Posted by: Martyn 16th May 2017, 08:56 PM
After loving Stockholm last year Lisbon is on the cards next year.
Posted by: mdh 20th May 2017, 07:13 PM
Off topic but the winner of Junior Eurovision 2015 is on BGT :') I'm sure Ryan will be happy.
Posted by: Ryan. 20th May 2017, 07:50 PM
I've already spread my excitement in the Junior Eurovision thread! 
Posted by: gooddelta 22nd June 2017, 10:04 PM
So, the Eurovision DVD is out tomorrow...but it's £29.99 on Amazon and £33.99 on HMV, why on earth is it so expensive this year? It's usually no more than £15. Don't think I'll be bothering at that price.
Posted by: Ryan. 24th July 2017, 09:02 PM
It looks like it is Lisbon's MEO after all!
https://www.escxtra.com/2017/07/24/lisbon-host-eurovision-2018/
Posted by: Ryan. 25th July 2017, 05:19 PM
Lisbon officially confirmed for 8/10/12 May, MEO Arena not yet confirmed but surely obvious. I really hope the theme art in the end of this video will be the official theme art!
Posted by: LexC 25th July 2017, 05:36 PM
Yeah I'm liking that watercolour/ocean theme, very summery!
Posted by: gooddelta 25th July 2017, 05:54 PM
Predictable but a great decision... and for the first time since Malmo it won't clash with a print expo that I have to go to every May, which always similarly conveniently darts around the calendar and various European cities to land on the same week as Eurovision. However this time it's going to be the following week, so I have provisionally booked a Lisbon hotel with free cancellation, but whether I can afford to go when the time comes will be another story! I do love Portugal though <3
Posted by: AdamAloud 26th July 2017, 11:54 AM
Only 289 days to go until the grand final! 
Posted by: Styles Bilinski 7th November 2017, 04:00 PM
We have a slogan and theme art!
Loving the brightness and colours of the artwork. The slogan, not so much.
Posted by: Liаm 7th November 2017, 04:01 PM
Macedonia are out for financial reasons
Posted by: AdamAloud 7th November 2017, 04:17 PM
What the hell is that slogan.
And a real shame Macedonia wont be participating 
Posted by: Jerick 7th November 2017, 04:26 PM
I like the ocean theme, the slogan sound like something from a pirat but I like it anyway
Posted by: cqmerqn 7th November 2017, 05:52 PM
I don’t like it
Posted by: SKOB 7th November 2017, 05:55 PM
All Aboard, lol, colours the logo itself are brilliant though
Posted by: BridgeCow 7th November 2017, 07:03 PM
All aboard lmao what
Posted by: Styles Bilinski 17th November 2017, 12:04 PM
Macedonia's problems have been resolved and they are now back IN
Also, the first wave of tickets for the final (and accompanying rehearsals) go on sale on the 30th November
Posted by: Lorderella 17th November 2017, 12:15 PM
Fingers crossed. The plan is to go to the live final this year! *.*
Posted by: BillyH 29th November 2017, 04:16 PM
Looks like it's only Grand Final standing/golden circle tickets going on sale tomorrow, the normal seated tickets on December 20th and all other shows at an unspecified time in 2018.
https://www.blueticket.pt/info/eurovisao-en3.html
The first phase, starting on November 30th, 2017, refers only to the Grand Final which will take place on May 12th , 2018;
The tickets that will now go on sale, represent 30% of the stocking and refer to seats in GOLDEN CIRCLE, PREMIUM GOLDEN CIRCLE and STANDING ARENA;
The price and location of tickets for this first phase are as follows:
GOLDEN CIRCLE: € 200,00
PREMIUM GOLDEN CIRCLE: € 299,00 (includes early Entry e Backstage Tour)
STANDING ARENA: € 120,00
The second phase of ticket sales will take place on December 20th , 2017 and also refers to the Grand Final and will include tickets of all types of prices
The remaining phases of ticket sales will take place in 2018 (date to be announced);
the tickets for the Semi Finals that will take place on May 08th and 10th , will be sold after the draw that will group countries per Semi Final (to be held on January 29th , 2018).
The price of tickets for the Grand Final ranges from € 35.00 to € 299.00
Posted by: ionderella 30th November 2017, 08:00 AM
blueticket.pt isn't ready for dis
guys, get there early as there's some queueing system in place for ppl who arrive early. not sure if it's like that every year and if arriving a minute early is the same as 2 hours in advance but still x
Posted by: ionderella 30th November 2017, 10:05 AM
the system is absolute BULLSHIT
pretty much put last in the queue (20k people WHUT) even though i've been on the site for 2 hours
should've done the same on mobile and ipad, shit
Posted by: Styles Bilinski 30th November 2017, 10:06 AM
I'm place 6042 in the queue on the iPad and 19629 on my laptop (where I went on to the site a couple of minutes earlier so clearly the time of arrival makes no difference lmao)
Posted by: ionderella 30th November 2017, 10:07 AM
lucky bitch
i don't get why call it a QUEUE if arriving early doesn't f***ing matter
Posted by: BillyH 30th November 2017, 10:08 AM
Your queue number - 17880 Not happening for me today then.
Last year I gave up after an hour, checked back around midnight and got a ticket straight away - that was a lucky fluke though and all tickets went on sale on the same day, this is just standing.
Kiev sold really low in the end - I remember when the Semi-Final tickets were discounted to €17 because the arena was half empty. This one will be busier I think because Portugal...will try again on the 20th!
Posted by: ionderella 30th November 2017, 10:33 AM
all reportedly sold out to less than 500 people
such f***ing shambles
Posted by: ionderella 30th November 2017, 10:58 AM
i f***ing cannot
the next round is on 20th December and I will be LITERALLY flying at that VERY MOMENT. WHAT THE f***
the only hope is fan accreditation and thankfully in Russia there's not much competition for those but who f***ing knows
Posted by: ionderella 30th November 2017, 11:35 AM
viagogo selling the tickets for x3 prices
pieces of shit
Posted by: BillyH 30th November 2017, 11:57 AM
I hope you get a ticket - for Stockholm 2016 I missed out on the Grand Final but got the jury final easily, and a ticket for the Tele2 Arena next door which had live performances from Carola, Loreen and Sanna Nielsen, plus the Swedish voting and a bit with Mans on the live show where I'm on camera for about 30 seconds!!
As mentioned more tickets appear on the site at random times (how I got lucky for Kiev), so even if you miss out on the 20th it's best to check every now and again. Don't bother with the touts on Viagogo unless in very very last resort.
Just noticed the queue got paused when the tickets sold out, so I'm still in the 16,000s...surely that isn't going to last until the next lot of tickets go on sale?
Posted by: ionderella 30th November 2017, 12:27 PM
Pretty sure they will just renew the queue anyway next time since it's pretty unfair to people unable to have been online today or to people who have been drawn in the second half
never ever buying tickets off touts. they can burn in hell 
Posted by: cqmerqn 30th November 2017, 09:25 PM
How much are tickets? I would love to go.
Posted by: BillyH 1st December 2017, 01:22 AM
THEY'RE BACK ON SALE AND I JUST GOT A TICKET!!!!
I swear I'm not joking! My wallet is empty but who cares Lisbon's happening for me!!
Posted by: Styles Bilinski 1st December 2017, 01:45 AM
I think...I managed to buy one too??
Nothing was showing as available when I first saw your post, but 15 minutes later and having done a few refreshes, one came up and I managed to nab it Tbh I'm still a bit dazed and not sure whether Blueticket is having us on
Thank you BillyH <3
Posted by: ionderella 1st December 2017, 08:07 AM
f***'s sake who is up at 3am anyway :'(
Posted by: ionderella 25th December 2017, 03:07 PM
My boyfriend was like number 3k but didn't manage to buy the tickets I was literally flying over Europe at that moment so couldn't participate ugh. I hope some final show tickets for the next wave are available.
The way their queue system works is so flawed. Either way I got me some family final standing tickets plus I will apply for fan accreditation which I easily got last time so hopefully I'll get to watch all the performances live regardless.
Posted by: AdamAloud 8th January 2018, 04:04 PM
The 4 hosts are Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto, Daniela Ruah and Catarina Furtado.
You may recognise Daniela from NCIS: Los Angeles!
Posted by: Jerick 8th January 2018, 06:46 PM
By the time we will reach Eurovision 2030/2031 we will have 10 women/men hosting!
Posted by: Cameron 8th January 2018, 06:48 PM
KENSI FROM NCIS
I AM SHOOK
Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 10th January 2018, 10:53 PM
*.* f***ing love me some Kensi
Posted by: Styles Bilinski 30th January 2018, 12:46 PM
Got tickets for Semi 1 in today's batch (which I'm seeing as the more important semi right now anyway, with "Lie to Me" in it)
Posted by: ionderella 30th January 2018, 09:07 PM
just got semi 1 live show tickets (they are still available if anyone wants) and semi 2 family show. now have 2 family shows and my first ever televised show yasss. now to get fan accreditation and i'll be set to see one show EACH DAY 7-12 May *.*
Posted by: ionderella 30th January 2018, 09:27 PM
(which I'm seeing as the more important semi right now anyway, with "Lie to Me" in it)yammywhammy pt 3
Posted by: ionderella 31st January 2018, 08:25 AM
GOD f***ING DAMNIT i just saw standing tickets for semi 2 but waited too long and someone snatched them! Ugh I'm so stupid x
Posted by: ionderella 31st January 2018, 08:40 AM
there were some new ones added so i got them too
f***, that week will be SO busy for me
Posted by: jafetsigfinns 19th February 2018, 09:44 AM
So in the next 7 days we'll be getting a total of 9 more songs! I'm super excited to hear the new additions because I'm rather disappointed with the majority of the selections so far:
19 - 25 February
- Serbia (20/02)
- Germany (22/02)
- Hungary (24/02)
- Latvia (24/02)
- Moldova (24/02)
- Slovenia (24/02)
- Ukraine (24/02)
- Armenia (25/02)
- Romania (25/02)
26 - 4 March
- Estonia (03/03)
- Finland (03/03)
- Iceland (03/03)
- Netherlands (03/03)
- Poland (03/03)
- San Marino (03/03)
- Portugal (04/03)
5 - 11 March
- Norway (10/03)
- Sweden (10/03)
- Lithuania (11/03)
12 - 18 March
- Belgium (before 12/03)
- Bulgaria (11/03)
Unknown Date
- Australia
- Austria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Georgia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Macedonia
- Russia
Posted by: ionderella 19th February 2018, 10:25 AM
3/3 is looking to be quite huge
Posted by: LexC 19th February 2018, 01:05 PM
The vibe from what's been selected so far (and what's likely to be selected) seems to be very SRS BSNS. Seems like the ideal configuration for Jessica Mauboy to do extremely well in if she goes with a fun, uptempo pop song (which she will if she knows what's good for her!)
Posted by: Ryan. 19th February 2018, 07:18 PM
I've had a feeling all season that a mid to uptempo female commercial pop song will win this year, Jessica, Saara or Eleni seem the most likely to give us that (and Asmik if she can win in Armenia).
Posted by: AdamAloud 24th February 2018, 10:30 PM
What a Super Saturday! And not a dreary ballad in sight *.*
Posted by: Cody On Ice 24th February 2018, 11:01 PM
Well if there's one thing we're overdue it's a winner that's beyond the stars. 1944 was decent-ish but last year's winner was literally like taking Xanax.
Posted by: Midge 24th February 2018, 11:04 PM
I disagree, I think every winner this decade has its own unique charm and was the best or one of the best entries that year. Azerbaijan the weakest, but 2011 was also the weakest year.
Posted by: Ryan. 11th March 2018, 04:35 PM
In the summer of 2014 (less than 4 years ago), today's current top 5 in the odds had a Eurovision record as follows:
1. Israel
Had failed to qualify for the past four years in a row
2. Bulgaria
Did not participate in 2014 after withdrawing following 6 consecutive non-qualifications
3. Czech Republic
Had not participated since 2009 following three non-qualifications out of a possible three
4. Estonia
Decent record in context, finally recovering after 6 non-qualifications out of 7 between 2003 and 2010 but still only 2 top 10 finishes since Sahlene in 2002
5. Australia
Not eligible to take part in Eurovision
ANY COUNTRY CAN GET HYPE WITH THE RIGHT SONG
Posted by: Bitch 13th March 2018, 12:27 AM
Do we know when the CD will be out? I wanna judge the sangs but am too lazy to youtube them all
Posted by: Midge 13th March 2018, 03:23 AM
EXACTLY
It's so annoying to STILL see the 'political farce' sort of comments thrown around. Because we all voted for Portugal, Bulgaria and Moldova last year for political reasons right?
Posted by: LexC 24th March 2018, 06:07 PM
Lys Assia, the first ever winner of Eurovision in 1956 has passed away at the age of 94.
Posted by: N-S 27th March 2018, 09:23 PM
ESC 2018 Postcard shoots so far
Albania - Crossing Aveiro by the river canals
Austria - Biking in Monsanto (Central East Portugal)
Azerbaijan - Air baloon ride in Reguengos de Monsarraz
Belgium - Tagus sailboat ride in Lisbon
Belarus - Climbing the Augusta Street arch in dowtown Lisbon
Croatia - Visiting the Talasnal village in the Lousã hill (Central West Portugal)
Cyprus - Visiting a fresh produce market in Lisbon and cooking with a chef
Czech Republic - Interacting with the "caretos" in Podence (North East Portugal)
Denmark - Visiting the Mafra palace
Estonia - Rappel descent in Sintra
Finland - Algarve (unknown activity)
FYR Macedonia - Visiting the Marquis of Fronteira palace and a tile painting workshop in Lisbon
France - Traditional folk party in Viana do Castelo
Georgia - Celebrating the Chinese New Year with Chinese community in Lisbon
Germany - Paragliding in Madeira
Greece - Visiting the ceramic factory in Ílhavo
Hungary - Visiting the fortress town of Óbidos
Ireland - Diving in the Porto Santo Island
Israel - Visiting downtown Lisbon
Malta - Horseback riding in Alter Do Chão (South East Portugal)
Moldova - Visiting the Vidago palace and the termal waters (North East Portugal)
Montenegro - Flea market in Lisbon
Netherlands - Baking custard tarts in the São Jorge Castle in Lisbon
Portugal - Sailing in the Sagres navy ship
San Marino - Riding the downhill carts in Funchal (Madeira Island)
Serbia - Visiting the Port wine cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia
Spain - Visiting the smoking "furnas" in San Miguel Island, Azores
Slovenia - Faial Island, Azores (unknown activity)
United Kingdom - Visiting a tea plantation and factory in São Miguel Island, Azores
Posted by: ionderella 5th April 2018, 09:04 AM
ridiculous queueing system strikes again. for some reason my phones' queues didn't activate at the same time as my laptops and the highest one I got was 50188 so hopeless :/
oh well hopefully i get me some tickets in Portugal before the actual thing.
Posted by: AdamAloud 6th April 2018, 02:14 PM
The compilation album was released digitally today, the physical CD will be available from the 20th April!
Posted by: Jerick 7th April 2018, 12:59 PM
I think Serbia is missing from the album on Spotify
Posted by: gooddelta 7th April 2018, 01:52 PM
I can only find the karaoke album on Spotify A bit lax to spend £12.99 on the download though when I know I'll get the CD in two weeks.
Posted by: Jerick 7th April 2018, 03:37 PM
OGAE voting have started and Israel have already recived 5/5 twelves
Posted by: Jerick 12th April 2018, 02:02 PM
The official soundtrack of Eurovision 2018
Posted by: Conderella 16th April 2018, 09:32 PM
So who is going to Lisbon after all?
Posted by: ScottyEm 17th April 2018, 09:56 AM
I’m going - 5th time round for me now.
Posted by: Cameron 17th April 2018, 05:50 PM
you can see stills from some of the postcard shoots in this video:
Posted by: Ryan. 19th April 2018, 12:35 PM
Get your coins ready for the Eurovision official BOARD GAME!
https://www.escxtra.com/2018/04/19/official-eurovision-board-game/
Posted by: gooddelta 20th April 2018, 10:58 AM
Has anyone bought the CD yet, it's out today. Apparently the Australian print run of the album has all karaoke versions on CD2 :/
If this is the case for the UK version I'd rather hold off buying until it's rectified.
Posted by: Ryan. 20th April 2018, 12:24 PM
I see this on Twitter, I work in HMV so will grab one and play it after my lunch break
Posted by: gooddelta 20th April 2018, 12:26 PM
Hopefully it's alright, will stop at an HMV after work and get it if the UK version is ok!
Posted by: Ryan. 20th April 2018, 12:46 PM
I listened to the beginnings of Israel and Italy and both sound the same as normal studio versions to me, so looks like an issue confined to Australia (where the Twitter reports seem to originate)
Posted by: gooddelta 20th April 2018, 12:48 PM
Great, thank you, will buy it later, thank god!
Posted by: Ryan. 20th April 2018, 12:50 PM
Haha I panicked too, straight back into the store even though I have half my lunch break left 
Posted by: Cameron 20th April 2018, 01:00 PM
I tried to find this in hmv today but couldn't
Going to try Amazon
Posted by: AdamAloud 20th April 2018, 02:01 PM
From the guy who brought you the rather amazing Occidentali's Karma parody last year.
Posted by: Cameron 20th April 2018, 04:20 PM
I've already lost it at Jade Ewan
Posted by: Jerick 22nd April 2018, 10:29 AM
Are we having a sweepstake this year?
Posted by: J▲hq 22nd April 2018, 02:47 PM
Definitely! I might try and get it going this week 
Posted by: Conderella 23rd April 2018, 07:20 PM
Ross Mathews and... wait for it... SHANGELA are the US commentators for Eurovision this year *.*
Posted by: Jerick 30th April 2018, 01:30 PM
https://service.accredion.com/file/b1c27e16-2af7-4a93-89dc-7eb736a988f5.pdf
Posted by: AdamAloud 4th May 2018, 09:43 PM
Dame Harlot Perrelli has released a 'Hero Ten Anniversary' single today, in celebration of her landslide victory at the contest, including a symphonic and an acoustic version.
Posted by: AdamAloud 6th May 2018, 03:28 PM
Live stream of this year's Opening Ceremony on the Blue Carpet, going live in 30 minutes time!
Posted by: Odaisul 7th May 2018, 09:27 AM
amazing ceremony from Portugal
Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 8th May 2018, 10:09 PM
He's still very fit but I'm not here for that shade being thrown at 'Taken By A Stranger'.
Posted by: Bitch 11th May 2018, 08:34 AM
So China blurred the rainbow flags and skipped the performances of Albania (tattoos) and Ireland (gayzzz) in semi 1, so they're not allowed to broadcast semi 2 and the final
Posted by: ubɹǝɯbƆ 11th May 2018, 10:58 PM
Just picked up last year’s CD from Amazon for an absolute BARGAIN price of £4.49
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