1st Alternative Eurovision Song Contest

1st AESC took place between 27th January & 11th February 2018. 23 countries participated and Zurich, Switzerland hosted the show. 2 semi-finals and the Grand Final took place. 7 acts from both semi-finals qualified to the final. From 14 (Australia withdrew) finalists it was decided that Bebe Rexha from Albania is the winner with 80 points scoring "12 points" from 3 countries.

Participants
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Czech Repubic, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Kosovo, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the UK participated for the first time.

France and Ukraine made an interest to participate, but finally declined to take part in. They were not allowed to vote in any semi-final and the Grand Final.

Australia participated in 1st semi-final and came 2nd with a total result of 74 points, qualifying to the final, but then decided to withdraw from the show. It didn't get the right to vote in the Grand Final.

As Lithuania didn't vote in the semi-final, the country was disqualified. It didn't get the right to vote in the Grand Final. Lithuania came 6th in semi-final with 56 points and would have qualified to the final if it had awarded votes.

Celine Dion's Eurovision 1988 winning entry called "Ne partez pas sans moi" was the show's opening. At the end of the show the winning song "I got you" was performed.

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Results
Full Grand Final voting grid here!