ESC PREVIEW Today: #8- ISRAEL.  A preview of the 43 songs in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, which begins this May in Lisbon, Portugal. The preview begins with the weakest songs and works its way to the best in this year's line-up.The songs are ranked in order of quality as heard in the studio versions.

EUROVISION 2018 PREVIEW

8.

ISRAEL

TOY

Netta

Eurovision expanded its borders welcoming Israel into the Contest in 1973. The country has won on 3 occasions: 1978, 1979 and 1998. Dana International become the first transgender victor with "Diva" in the latter ESC.

This year's hopes are pinned on "Toy", to be performed in English by 25 year-old singer Netta. The entry will definitely stand out during Semi Final 1 and should progress to the Grand Final with ease. 

At present, Israel is among the favourites to win this year in Lisbon. It will be a wecome change from the serious tones of the previous 2 years' victors.

9 ITALY

10 FRANCE

11 CYPRUS

12 ARMENIA

313 AZERBAIJAN

14 DENMARK

15 SWITZERLAND

16 SPAIN

17 ICELAND

18 NORWAY

19 UKRAINE

20 MONTENEGRO

21 F.Y,R. MACEDONIA

22 CROATIA

23 PORTUGAL

24 CZECH REPUBLIC

25 ROMANIA

26 BELARUS

27 LATVIA

28 POLAND

29 AUSTRIA

30 GREECE

31 IRELAND

32 BULGARIA

33 GERMANY

34 GEORGIA

35 LITHUANIA

36 MALTA

37 RUSSIA

38 SLOVENIA

39 NETHERLANDS

40 ALBANIA

41 SERBIA

42 HUNGARY

43 SAN MARINO

Hear a special playlist with all the songs from this year’s contest as they are released on spotify.

spotify:user:alanrosscaffelatte:playlist:3aFWyVHxGLWZ3Xwb6K3tf2

https://open.spotify.com/user/alanrosscaffelatte/playlist/3aFWyVHxGLWZ3Xwb6K3tf2?si=XiLET1zpTlabrf3yAVNfiw