All Aboard!
Lisbon, Portugal made their debut as hosts for Eurovision Song Contest 2018 and it was another great experience of music and culture. The "All Aboard!" theme welcomes all the countries across the oceans together through Lisbon's history and love of the seas.
The show was a mix of beauty, passion, oddness, boredom, wow moments and much more. Here are my highlights...
Lithuania's performance of ‘When We’re Old’ by Ieva Zasimauskaitė was very simple and pretty. Her delicate persona takes us through as she gains confidence, the track progresses to show deeper passion.
Estonia - WOW! A stunning opera voice, simply breathtaking with ‘La Forza’ by Elina Nechayeva. She wears an incredible dress with a sparkly bodice, but the real amazement of this garment is the entire lower portion being covered with intricate lighting by projectors which changes as an accompanying piece itself throughout the performance.
Portugal's entry of ‘O Jardim’ by Cláudia Pascoal is a nice and soft song, rather sweet and modest.
United Kingdom's performance of ‘Storm’ by SuRie is upbeat and really quite catchy that it gets the crowd singing.
Serbia brings ‘Nova Deca’ by Sanja Ilić & Balkanika with a nice mellow Arabian vibe to the show and a modern vocal pairing, they then turn up the tempo to get you dancing.
France's ‘Mercy’ by Madame Monsieur entry is very trendy & chic with a heartfelt story. Hungary refreshes us with a great bit of gnarly rock of ‘Viszlát Nyár’ by AWS.
Israel's ’TOY’ by Netta performance is super catchy and modern. She is a very quirky character and has the crowd loving her unique and fun vibe.
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