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Europa Song Contest 6
#Instincts!
ESC 6 Logo
Dates
Semi-final 1 date 10 June 2018
Semi-final 2 date 12 June 2018
Final date 24 June 2018
Host
Venue Dnipro Arena

Dnipro, Ukraine

Presenter(s) Oleksandr Skichko

Volodymyr Ostapchuk

Broadcaster UA:PBC
Opening act Semi-Final 1: The Hardkiss perform their song "Rain".
Semi-Final 2: Ruslana perform her song "Its Magical".
Final: The 27 participants of the 6th edition of the Europa Song Contest were introduced in the traditional flag ceremony.
Interval act Semi-Final 1: Eurovision Medley performed by Oleksandr Skichko and Volodymyr Ostapchuk.
Semi-Final 2: O.Torvald perform their song "Time".
Final: The Hardkiss perform the winning song of the fifth edition.
Participants
Entries 48
Debuting Flag of Australia Australia
Returning Flag of Cyprus Cyprus
Flag of Denmark Denmark
Flag of Ireland Ireland
Flag of Latvia Latvia
Flag of Morocco Morocco
Flag of Portugal Portugal
Flag of Romania Romania
Flag of Serbia Serbia
Withdrawing Flag of France France
Flag of Georgia Georgia
Flag of Lebanon Lebanon
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia
Flag of Turkey Turkey
Voting
System Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting.
Winner Flag of Iceland Iceland
"Tribalist"
Europa Song Contest
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Europa Song Contest 6, often referred to as ESC 6, was the sixth edition of the Europa Song Contest. It was held in Dnipro, Ukraine as it was the host's country chose Dnipro Arena while Oleksandr Skichko and Volodymyr Ostapchuk were selected as the presenter.

Forty-eight countries participated in the edition including Australia that made their debut appearance in the edition with CyprusDenmarkIrelandLatviaMorocco. Romania and Serbia returning. FranceGeorgiaLebanonSlovakia and Turkey announced their withdrawal from the sixth edition

.Iceland was crowned as the winner of the edition with the song "Tribalist" performed by iLL Blu ft, Glowie. The song gathered a total of 410 points, 56 points ahead the runner-up, FYR Macedonia. Greece finished on third place, while Australia, Norway and Romania completed the top 6 of the edition.

 Location[]

Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is 391 kilometres southeast of the capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central part of Ukraine. Dnipro is the administrative centre of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Administratively, it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance, the centre of Dnipro municipality and extraterritorial administrative centre of Dnipro Raion. Its population is approximately 976,525.

Known as Ekaterinoslav until 1925, the city was formally inaugurated by the Russian Empress Catherine the Great in 1787 as the administrative centre of the newly acquired vast territories of imperial New Russia, including those ceded to Russia by the Ottoman Empire under the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca. The city was originally envisioned as the Russian Empire's third capital city, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg. A vital industrial centre of Soviet Ukraine, Dniprowas one of the key centres of the nuclear, arms, and space industries of the Soviet Union. In particular, it is home to the Yuzhmash, a major space and ballistic missile design bureau and manufacturer. Because of its military industry, Dnipro was a closed city until the 1990s. On 19 May 2016 the official name of the city was changed to Dnipro.

Dnipro was originally known as Ekaterinoslav, which could be approximately rendered as "the glory of Catherine", presumably with reference to Catherine the Great (technically, the naming might have been in honour of Saint Catherine of Alexandria). It was founded in 1787 (the official founding year was set to 1776 in 1976 in an effort to please the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev) as the administrative centre of Russia's newly re-established Azov Governorate, which in 1783 was merged into a much bigger Ekaterinoslav Viceroyalty; later, from 1796 to 1802, as Novorossiysk, it was the centre of the recreated Novorossiya Governorate, and subsequently, till 1925, of the Ekaterinoslav Governorate.

Dnipro is a powerhouse of Ukraine's business and politics as the native city for many of the country's most important figures. Ukraine's politics are still defined by the legacies of Leonid Kuchma, Pavlo Lazarenko and Yuliya Tymoshenko whose intermingled careers started in Dnipro.

Locations of the candidate cities.

After the Russian February revolution in 1917, Ekaterinoslav became a city within autonomy of Ukrainian People's Republic under Tsentralna Rada government. In November 1917, the Bolsheviks led a rebellion and took power for a short time. The city experienced occupation by German and Austrian-Hungarian armies that were allies of Ukrainian Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi and helped him to keep authority in the country.

The first fortified town in what is now Dnipro was probably built in the mid-16th century according to archeological findings.

City Venue Capacity Notes
Dnipro Dnipro Arena 9,500 Proposal included the complete reconstruction of the Meteor Stadium and Sports Complex Meteor, which would have been completed by March 2017. Withdrew after the host city announcement being postponed for a fourth time.
Kiev Palace of Sports 10,000 Hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009. May have conflicted with contest preparations as the venue will host part of the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I ice hockey tournament between 22–28 April 2017.
Odessa Chornomorets Stadium 34,000 Proposal included plans for reconstruction of the venue and options for providing a covered roof.

Logo and theme[]

ESC 6 Promotional Logo
The official logo of the sixth edition of the contest.

The official logo of the sixth edition of the contest.

The sixth edition logo of the Europa Song Contest was previously designed by George Rospier the main producer of Europa Song Contest. The main idea was to transmit something shocking, intense and energetic due to the some issues that the contest was suffering in the last edition. Overcoming those issues between all the producers and participants, led to this magnificient logo and everything is possible if you want to the #Instincts!, which that's where the a note the Support Banners was made them by the Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC.

 Format[]

Semi-final allocation draw[]

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 26 May 2018 in Kiev. The big 7 countries were then drawn to determine in which semi-final each would country vote. The rest of the fourty-one countries were divided into six pots, based on their geographical place. Each time a country was drawn from the pot, its semi-final and half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Running order[]

The running order of the semi-finals and the final of the edition was by producers appointed by both the EBU and the host broadcaster UA:PBC.

Sneak peeks and betting odds[]

There were six sneak peeks with up to eight countries in each sneak peek. The countries were divided into the sneak peeks according to the order of the songs announcement with the songs that were announced first being in the first sneak peek.

Participating countries[]

ESC 6 SF Map
     Countries in the first semi-final
     Countries voting in the first semi-final
     Countries in the second semi-final
     Countries voting in the second semi-final
     Country voting in both semi-finals (Australia)

Fourty-eight countries participated in the edition. Eight countries returned to the contest: CyprusDenmarkIrelandLatvia, Morocco, Portugal, Romania and Serbia returned to the contest after their one-edition absences. Australia also made their debut appearance in this edition.

Five countries, however, announced their withdrawal from the contest: France, Georgia, Lebanon, Slovakia and Turkey.

Returning artists[]

KeshYOU was internally selected to represent Kazakhstan for the second time; they previously represented the country in the second edition and took the 8th place with 101 points. Ira Losco was internally selected to represent Malta for the second time; she previously represent the country in the second edition and took the 2nd place with 128 points. Fernando Daniel was internally selected to represent Portugal for the second time; he previously represent the country in the fourth edition and took the 2nd place with 313 points. Tamta was internally selected to represent Cyprus for the first time; she previously represented Greece in the first edition and took the 2nd place with 123 points also she was the presenter for the fourth edition in Thessaloniki, Greece. Faun was internally selected to represent Liechtenstein for the second time; they previously represent the country in the fourth edition but failed to qualify and took the 11th place with 108 points.

Results[]

Semi-Final 1[]

Twenty countries participate in the first semi-final. Australia, Finland, Hungary and Italy also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Flag of Czech Republic Czech Republic Trick or Threat ft. Elis Mraz "Reason" 10 130
02 Flag of Romania Romania Brianna "Lost in Istanbul" 1 257
03 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan KeshYOU "Nege?" 13 125
04 Flag of Croatia Croatia Severina ft. Leon "Hazarder" 9 132
05 Flag of Serbia Serbia Indigo "Utopija" 16 99
06 Flag of Armenia Armenia Daron Malakian "Lives" 19 52
07 Flag of San Marino San Marino Gaia "Fotogramas" 8 138
08 Flag of Germany Germany Lena "Home" 4 207
09 Flag of Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Ida Corr "The Morning After" 15 114
10 Flag of Andorra Andorra HRVY ft. Malu Trevejo "Hasta Luego" 5 180
11 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Kali "Sreden Prast" 18 63
12 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Austinn "Just For You" 12 129
13 Flag of Denmark Denmark Fallulah "Perfect Tense" 3 210
14 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro Who See "Naselje" 20 50
15 Flag of Malta Malta Ira Losco "One In A Million" 11 130
16 Flag of Belgium Belgium Natalia "Conqueror" 14 118
17 Flag of Monaco Monaco Souf "Mea Culpa" 17 95
18 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Paula "How The Hell You Can Fight It?" 7 169
19 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Vanillaz & R3wire ft. MZKA "Supermoon" 2 211
20 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands Janieck "Does It Matter" 6 172

Semi-final 2[]

Twenty-one countries participate in the second semi-final. AustraliaPoland, Ukraine and the United Kingdom also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Flag of Latvia Latvia Markus Riva "Never Let You Go" 6 161
02 Flag of Iceland Iceland iLL Blu ft. Glowie "Tribalist" 1 245
03 Flag of Ireland Ireland Rea Garvey "Hometown" 14 113
04 Flag of Belarus Belarus Rita Dakota "Kto" 9 149
05 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Faun "Aufbruch" 21 39
06 Flag Of Greece Greece Melina Makri "Thirio" 2 242
07 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina Rialda ft. Goca Tržan "Bežimeni" 18 83
08 Flag of Morocco Morocco Malca "Shalom" 17 105
09 Flag of Portugal Portugal Fernando Daniel "Nada Mais" 11 148
10 Flag of Israel Israel Idan Raichel ft. TripL "Ve'eem Tavo'ee Elay" 8 150
11 Flag of Russia Russia Valeriya "Lyubov I Bol" 13 115
12 Flag of Sweden Sweden Dotter "Rebellion" 7 151
13 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Ryn Weaver "OctaHate" 4 213
14 Flag of Estonia Estonia Maian "Say it First" 15 113
15 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Samira Efendi "Dans Ediyorum" 12 123
16 Flag of Moldova Moldova Alina Eremia ft. Mark Stam "Doar Noi" 10 149
17 Flag of FYR Macedonia FYR Macedonia Generdyn ft. FJØRA "Bridges" 5 177
18 Flag of Albania Albania Andrea ft. Sergio "Heart Beating Hard" 20 49
19 Flag of Norway Norway Dagny "That Feeling When" 3 221
20 Flag of Spain Spain Ana Mena ft. CNCO "Ahora Lloras Tú" 16 108
21 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Tamta "Arxes Kalokairiou" 19 56

Final[]

Twenty-seven countries participated in the final, with all forty eight participating countries eligible to vote.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Flag of San Marino San Marino Gaia "Fotogramas" 21 141
02 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands Janieck "Does It Matter" 7 232
03 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine O.Torvald "Nashilyudyvsyudy" 26 117
04 Flag of Hungary Hungary Dimitri "Heaven" 27 96
05 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom Calum Scott "What I Miss Most" 15 194
06 Flag of Iceland Iceland iLL Blu ft. Glowie "Tribalist" 1 410
07 Flag of Andorra Andorra HRVY ft. Malu Trevejo "Hasta Luego" 18 181
08 Flag of FYR Macedonia FYR Macedonia Generdyn ft. FJØRA "Bridges" 2 354
09 Flag of Poland Poland C-BooL "Wonderland" 22 140
10 Flag Of Greece Greece Melina Makri "Thirio" 3 352
11 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Paula "How The Hell You Can Fight It?" 8 228
12 Flag of Croatia Croatia Severina ft. Leon "Hazarder" 16 188
13 Flag of Moldova Moldova Alina Eremia ft. Mark Stam "Doar Noi' 12 204
14 Flag of Sweden Sweden Dotter "Rebellion" 14 203
15 Flag of Romania Romania Brianna "Lost in Istanbul" 6 233
16 Flag of Czech Republic Czech Republic Trick or Threat ft. Elis Mraz "Reason" 24 128
17 Flag of Germany Germany Lena "Home" 9 221
18 Flag of Latvia Latvia Markus Riva "Never Let You Go" 25 124
19 Flag of Australia Australia Delta Goodrem "The River" 4 294
20 Flag of Israel Israel Idan Raichel ft. TripL "Ve'eem Tavo'ee Elay" 19 169
21 Flag of Denmark Denmark Fallulah "Perfect Tense" 17 187
22 Flag of Finland Finland Venior "Wildflower" 23 139
23 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Ryn Weaver "OctaHate" 10 220
24 Flag of Norway Norway Dagny "That Feeling When" 5 248
25 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Vanillaz ft. R3wire & MZKA "Supermoon" 13 203
26 Flag of Belarus Belarus Rita Dakota "Kto" 20 158
27 Flag of Italy Italy Betta Lemme "Bambola" 11 209

Voting grids[]

Semi-final 1[]

Semi-final 1
split jury/televote results
Place Televoting Points Jury Points
1 Flag of Denmark Denmark 125 Flag of Romania Romania 141
2 Flag of Romania Romania 116 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 102
3 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 109 Flag of Germany Germany 100
4 Flag of Germany Germany 107 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 93
5 Flag of Andorra Andorra 95 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 87
6 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 82 Flag of Denmark Denmark 86
7 Flag of Malta Malta 78 Flag of San Marino San Marino 85
8 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 78 Flag of Andorra Andorra 85
9 Flag of Czech Republic Czech R. 72 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 70
10 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 67 Flag of Croatia Croatia 67
11 Flag of Croatia Croatia 65 Flag of Faroe Islands Faroe 65
12 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 59 Flag of Belgium Belgium 62
13 Flag of Belgium Belgium 56 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 58
14 Flag of San Marino San Marino 53 Flag of Czech Republic Czech R. 58
15 Flag of Monaco Monaco 52 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 52
16 Flag of Serbia Serbia 50 Flag of Malta Malta 52
17 Flag of Faroe Islands Faroe 49 Flag of Serbia Serbia 49
18 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro 38 Flag of Monaco Monaco 43
19 Flag of Armenia Armenia 27 Flag of Armenia Armenia 25
20 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 11 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro 12

12 points[]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country in the first semi-final.

Countries in bold represent those awarded full 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to a specified entrant.

Jury
No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
4 Germany Belgium, Italy, Kazakhstan, Monaco
Romania Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Slovenia
2 Lithuania Luxembourg, San Marino
Netherlands Bulgaria, Hungary
San Marino Australia, Germany
1 Belgium Netherlands
Bulgaria Romania
Croatia Serbia
Czech Republic Montenegro
Denmark Croatia
Kazakhstan Lithuania
Luxembourg Faroe Islands
Malta Andorra
Montenegro Armenia
Slovenia Malta
Televoting
No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
4 Denmark Australia, Kazakhstan, Malta, Slovenia
Romania Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, San Marino
3 Monaco Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary
2 Croatia Finland, Serbia
Czech Republic Luxembourg, Montenegro
Malta Andorra, Italy
Montenegro Armenia, Faroe Islands
1 Armenia Romania
Andorra Netherlands
Germany Monaco
San Marino Lithuania
Slovenia Croatia

Semi-final 2[]

Semi-final 2
split jury/televote results
Place Televoting Points Jury Points
1 Flag of Iceland Iceland 128 Flag Of Greece Greece 140
2 Flag of Norway Norway 122 Flag of Iceland Iceland 117
3 Flag of Israel Israel 110 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 112
4 Flag Of Greece Greece 102 Flag of Norway Norway 99
5 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 101 Flag of FYR Macedonia FYRM 91
6 Flag of Moldova Moldova 88 Flag of Portugal Portugal 90
7 Flag of Latvia Latvia 88 Flag of Sweden Sweden 84
8 Flag of Macedonia FYRM 86 Flag of Belarus Belarus 82
9 Flag of Estonia Estonia 67 Flag of Ireland Ireland 78
10 Flag of Belarus Belarus 67 Flag of Latvia Latvia 73
11 Flag of Sweden Sweden 67 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 67
12 Flag of Spain Spain 62 Flag of Russia Russia 64
13 Flag of Portugal Portugal 58 Flag of Moldova Moldova 61
14 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 56 Flag of Morocco Morocco 56
15 Flag of Russia Russia 51 Flag of Spain Spain 46
16 Flag of Morocco Morocco 49 Flag of Estonia Estonia 46
17 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina B&H 48 Flag of Israel Israel 40
18 Flag of Ireland Ireland 35 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina B&H 35
19 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus 34 Flag of Albania Albania 24
20 Flag of Albania Albania 25 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 23
21 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 16 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus 22

12 points[]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country in the second semi-final.

Countries in bold represent those awarded full 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to a specified entrant.

Jury
No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
5 Greece FYR Macedonia, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Russia
4 Switzerland Belarus, Cyprus, Greece, Spain
3 Portugal Albania, Ireland, Poland
2 Belarus Estonia, Sweden
Iceland Azerbaijan, Norway
Norway Iceland, Morocco
1 Bosnia-Herzegovina Moldova
FYR Macedonia Ukraine
Ireland Switzerland
Moldova Bosnia-Herzegovina
Russia Portugal
Spain United Kingdom
Sweden Australia
Televoting
No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
3 Iceland Bosnia-Herzegovina, Israel, Poland
Israel Iceland, Morocco, Switzerland
Norway Cyprus, Latvia, Russia
2 FYR Macedonia Albania, Ukraine
Greece Liechtenstein, Portugal
Latvia Azerbaijan, United Kingdom
Russia Belarus, Sweden
Switzerland Norway, Spain
1 Belarus Estonia
Bosnia-Herzegovina Moldova
Liechtenstein Ireland
Morocco Greece
Portugal FYR Macedonia
Sweden Australia

Final[]

Final
split jury/televote results
Place Televoting Points Jury Points
1 Flag of Iceland Iceland 209 Flag Of Greece Greece 204
2 Flag of FYR Macedonia FYRM 179 Flag of Iceland Iceland 201
3 Flag Of Greece Greece 148 Flag of FYR Macedonia FYRM 175
4 Flag of Romania Romania 129 Flag of Australia Australia 170
5 Flag of Norway Norway 127 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 126
6 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 124 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 124
7 Flag of Australia Australia 124 Flag of Norway Norway 119
8 Flag of Germany Germany 111 Flag of Germany Germany 110
9 Flag of Moldova Moldova 105 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 108
10 Flag of Israel Israel 103 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 106
11 Flag of Italy Italy 103 Flag of Italy Italy 106
12 Flag of Sweden Sweden 103 Flag of Romania Romania 104
13 Flag of Andorra Andorra 103 Flag of United Kingdom UK 102
14 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 102 Flag of Sweden Sweden 100
15 Flag of Croatia Croatia 100 Flag of Moldova Moldova 99
16 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 97 Flag of Denmark Denmark 95
17 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 96 Flag of Belarus Belarus 92
18 Flag of United Kingdom UK 92 Flag of Croatia Croatia 88
19 Flag of Poland Poland 91 Flag of Finland Finland 81
20 Flag of Denmark Denmark 91 Flag of Andorra Andorra 78
21 Flag of Latvia Latvia 75 Flag of San Marino San Marino 67
22 Flag of San Marino San Marino 74 Flag of Israel Israel 66
23 Flag of Czech Republic Czech R. 72 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 59
24 Flag of Belarus Belarus 66 Flag of Czech Republic Czech R. 56
25 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 58 Flag of Hungary Hungary 55
26 Flag of Finland Finland 58 Flag of Latvia Latvia 49
27 Flag of Hungary Hungary 41 Flag of Poland Poland 49

12 points[]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country in the final.

Countries in bold represent those awarded full 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to a specified entrant.

Jury
No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
8 Australia Belarus, Croatia, Cyprus, Hungary, Latvia, Luxembourg, Ukraine, United Kingdom
6 Iceland Azerbaijan, Belgium, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal
5 Greece Armenia, Germany, Israel, Liechtenstein, Russia
4 Romania Denmark, Finland, FYR Macedonia, Iceland
3 Croatia Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia
Finland Kazakhstan, Sweden, Switzerland
Lithuania Czech Republic, Italy, San Marino
Sweden Andorra, Australia, Bulgaria
Switzerland Greece, Moldova, Spain
2 Germany Albania, Ireland
Italy Malta, Romania
1 Belarus Estonia
FYR Macedonia Lithuania
Hungary Faroe Islands
Netherlands Poland
San Marino Monaco
United Kingdom Morocco
Televoting
No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
5 FYR Macedonia Albania, Germany, Italy, Malta, Ukraine
4 Norway Cyprus, Finland, Hungary, Latvia
3 Australia Croatia, Monaco, Netherlands
Greece Armenia, Bulgaria, Liechtenstein
Italy Andorra, Israel, San Marino
2 Andorra Lithuania, United Kingdom
Croatia Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia
Finland Belgium, Sweden
Iceland Montenegro, Portugal
Israel Iceland, Russia
Netherlands Ireland, Romania
Romania Azerbaijan, Denmark
Ukraine Belarus, Greece
1 Belarus Estonia
Czech Republic Luxembourg
Denmark Kazakhstan, Moldova
Hungary Slovenia
Poland Czech Republic
San Marino FYR Macedonia
Slovenia Switzerland
Sweden Australia
Switzerland Faroe Islands, Norway, Spain
United Kingdom Morocco, Poland

Other countries[]

Further information: List of countries in the Europa Song Contest

Countries that are active members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) are also eligible to participate in the Europa Song Contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.

Active EBU Members[]

  • Flag of Austria Austria: On 24 May 2018 ORF announce that they won't return.
  • Flag of France France: M6 announce on 12 May 2018 that the country won't take part in the sixth edition.
  • Flag of Georgia Georgia: GPB announced that Georgia would not be competing in the sixth edition due to internal conflicts within the broadcaster.
  • Flag of Lebanon Lebanon: After their non-qualification in the fifth edition, Télé Liban decide to withdraw from the contest. A return in the contest is possible.
  • Flag of Slovakia Slovakia: Jednotka announce that the country will take one edition break but they will return in the seventh edition.
  • Flag of Turkey Turkey: TRT announce on 26 May 2018 that Turkey will withdraw after their bad result in the previous edition.

EBU non-members[]

  • Flag of Algeria Algeria: In late May 2018, the country made an attempt on participating. However, the application is still to be accepted or declined.
  • Flag of Kosovo Kosovo: Kosovar media reported that RTK was hopeful that they would debut in the 6th Europa Song Contest in Ukraine. In an article published by RTK the Director of Television at the Kosovar broadcaster stated that he had received the support of national broadcasters across the Balkans to participate in the competition. However, both Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia had opposed such participation. The EBU then sent a letter to RTK explaining that Kosovo cannot participate in the ESC, because it is not a UN member and it is not a fully recognised state.

International broadcasts and voting[]

Voting and spokespersons[]

  1. Flag of Australia Troye Sivan
  2. px Donny Montell
  3. px Aitana
    (Spanish representative in the fourth edition)
  4. px Iveta Mukuchyan
    (Armenian representative in the third edition)
  5. px Maimuna
  6. px Samra
  7. px Loïc Nottet
  8. px Sylvia Erla
  9. px IROL
  10. px Julie Bergan
    (Norwegian representative in the fourth edition)
  11. px Giorgos Papadopoulos
  12. px Arilena Ara
  13. px Tajči
  14. px Miljana Kulić
  15. px Inna
    (Romanian representative in the first edition)
  16. px Gianluca Bezzina

  1. px Elina Nechayeva
  2. px Harry Styles
    (English representative in the second edition)
  3. px Krick
  4. px Antti Tuisku
  5. px Aminata
    (Latvian representative in the fourth edition)
  6. px Dimash Kudaibergen
  7. px Maya Berović
  8. px Slavko Kalezić
  9. px Barbara Palvin
  10. px Amaia
    (Spanish representative in the fourth edition)
  11. px Matthias Schweighöfer
  12. px Claudia Andreatti
  13. px Gal Gadot
  14. px Margaret
    (Polish representative in the fifth edition)
  15. px Heiðrik
  16. px Lena Katina

  1. px Tsvetelina Yaneva
    (Bulgarian representative in the fifth edition)
  2. px Mariza
  3. px Irina Rimes
  4. px Jana Burčeska
  5. px Tina Tuner
  6. px Amina Allam
  7. px Kim Petras
  8. px Zeta Makripoulia
  9. px Måns Zelmerlöw
    (Host of the third edition, Swedish representative in the first edition)
  10. px Nicky Byrne
  11. px Ines Erbus
  12. px Tomáš Martinka
  13. px Vincent Niclo
  14. px Sharon Den Adel
    (Dutch representative in the fifth edition)
  15. px Anja
  16. px Mariya Yaremchuk
    (Ukrainian representative in the fourth edition)

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