Israeli singer Netta Barzilai wins the 2018 competition broadcast from Lisbon, Portugal, beating Cyprus, which came in second, and Austria, which came in third.
“Thank you for choosing me. Thank you for choosing different. Thank you for choosing daring. I love you, keep that going. Do good to others, be good to yourselves,” she said, ending her smiling remarks with, “That’s about it, let’s party!”
This year’s contest was broadcast from Lisbon, Portugal.
Cyprus took home second place in this year’s competition and Austria came in third.
Eurovision is staged by the public broadcasters that are members of the European Broadcasting Union, which stretches from western Europe to the Balkans and Russia — and also includes Israel.
This is the 63rd year of the competition, according to the contest’s website.
