{"id":1679,"date":"2018-05-12T13:11:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T12:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2018-05-12T13:11:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T12:11:24","slug":"esc2018-its-a-goer-in-lisboa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2018\/05\/12\/esc2018-its-a-goer-in-lisboa\/","title":{"rendered":"ESC2018: it\u2019s a goer in Lisboa\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Eurovision day, eurofans, and greetings from a sort of sunny Southport. In just a few hours it\u2019ll be the culmination of the ESC2018 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Who is going to win this year? Cyprus? Israel? Perhaps Ireland will challenge as it\u2019s now one are the hot faves. I\u2019d be happy with any of them, as well as Sweden, Germany and France. I just hope that the winning song is one that I like this year \u2013 and it would be good if it could be an international hit.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcast tonight is a bit of a marathon, that\u2019s why I\u2019m happy to be watching from home. We\u2019re in the safe hands of Graham Norton\u2019s commentary tonight. He\u2019s been on good form on his BBC Radio 2 show this morning, so here\u2019s hoping his script will be as entertaining tonight. Remember that song nine marks the raising of a glass for the late Terry Wogan, and this year it will be time for the UK\u2019s SuRie to do her thang. Ever the optimist, I hope to be proved wrong that the UK won\u2019t be in the bottom five\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The running order for the Grand Final has been decided, and as always there are fan theories\/conspiracy theories about why certain songs are placed in certain positions. Well, here\u2019s an interesting explanation from Contest producer, Christer Bj\u00f6rkman. Eagle-eyed viewers will notice that the Post-it note for Spain has no details on it, despite Christer\u2019s explanation of how they are categorised. Made me laugh! Like they haven\u2019t put Spain second to annoy them? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Deciding the running order: &#039;It&#039;s about creating a melody of a lot of melodies&#039;\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HHaXCYoDXzk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As we have seen this year, lots of countries that we would normally expect to sail through to the final didn\u2019t. This might in some way be influenced by a change in the way the professional juries vote. In previous years each member of the jury ranked all the songs from best to worst, and then they were ranked. This year they vote on every song, and then they are ranked. Confused? It\u2019s probably had an impact. We\u2019ll see when the vote breakdown is revealed after the conclusion of the Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p>This year I\u2019m not ranking the final on the blog. I\u2019ve told you my faves at the start of this post. One of these twenty-six songs will take the crown. As Wogan used to say, it\u2019s the glorious unpredictability of it all that is part of the ESC\u2019s charm \u2013 and why we tune in!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OFFICIAL RECAP: The 26 participants in the Grand Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JrQN47lzIpo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be back for a final recap on Sunday, but in the meantime have an abba-solutely fabulous Eurovision tonight!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude42 xx<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Eurovision day, eurofans, and greetings from a sort of sunny Southport. In just a few hours it\u2019ll be the culmination of the ESC2018 campaign. Who is going to win this year? 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