Aeiavision Song Contest 2018

Aeiavision Song Contest 2018
Aeia in your Pulse!
Host
Venue	Alemin Arena, Elenaborg, Aleia
Presenter(s)	Vaivran Anton Hegver
Directed by	Maxim Oskar Levotran Pyotr Karl Kaibov Pierre Tarte
Executive supervisor	Breda Foiano
Executive producer	Petter Strømstad Louis Salins
Host broadcaster	Inostranic Broadcasing (IAB)
Opening act	"Savior" performed by Rising Heroes
Interval act	"At the Edge" performed by Rising Heroes "Perfect Aeiavision Song", performed by Aeiavision 2016 Hosts
Participants
Number of entries	19
Debuting countries	Dayganistan Template:Country data Hipasia
Non-returning countries	Newrey Template:Country data Salborga Mardin Isles
Vote
Voting system	Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting.
Nul points	n/a
Winning song	Navack

Aeiavision Song Contest 2018 was a song competition held in Aeia 25th May 2018. The competition will take place in Elenaborg, Aleia, following the Rising Heroes' win in 2017. Most official events related to the contest, including the grand final, occurred at Alemin Arena in Elenaborg. The event was won by Navack, represented by Nomads of Summer with their song "Winter Sound."

19 countries participated in the contest. Although Newrey had participated in earlier competitions, it withdrew in 2018 due to the Folksland Crisis. Salborga withdrew for undisclosed reasons, although its broadcaster SE1 confirmed participation in 2019.

Location

Venue

The contest was hosted at Alemin Arena in Elenaborg, the reserve stadium of the Aleian national football team, which has a capacity of 62,000 people. It was the first time both the city and the stadium hosted an Aeiavision event.

Bidding

Aleia's main broadcasting organization IAB held both a public debate and an internal discussion on the venue prior to the decision to hold it at Elenaborg. The capital Oralienborg, which had hosted similar events before and had venues with a larger capacity, was also considered, as well as the city of Vaha. All three cities that were considered made a bid. The decision of making Elenaborg the host was made in November 2017.

    Host venue

City	Venue	Capacity	Notes
Elenaborg	Alemin Arena	62,000	Venue of the 2008 Aleian Music Festival.
Oralienborg	National Arena	62,000	Venue of the 2009, 2014 Aleian Music Festival.
	Ilav Arena	34,500	—
Vaha	Vahadom	15,500	Withdrew its bid after gaining rights to host the North Asuran Handball Cup 2018.

Participants

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points
01	Brilliania	Mallagoya Otadia & the Mens' Choir Zeru	"Hegoak"	Brillian	7	140
02	Crylante	Magnus Jakobsson	"Hvis jeg var undskyld"	Rigjordic	9	130
03	Template:Country data Vrnallia	Hachtozaš Mbupsòš	"Thiuvehijat"	Vrnallian	8	136
04	Navack	Nomads of Summer	"Winter Sound"	Newreyan	1	197
05	Motsvara	Varulve	"Förförare"	Newreyan	3	171
06	Dayganistan	Zohal Panjshiri	"Mekhandam"	Daygani	17	62
07	Template:Country data Hipasia	Erech Hefqeirah & Shlomith Leiwi	"Sappari"	Mashahith	12	107
08	Midrasia	Sara Fitó (feat. Fe Tona)	"Caçe Mes Sòmis"	Midrasian	4	171
09	Cuirpthe	Dólás	"An Deireadh"	n/a	10	126
10	Elhazia	Zelimir Hrebak	"Dare to Dream"	Newreyan and Aquidish	14	79
11	Isolaprugna	Consolata	"City Lights"	Newreyan	13	89
12	Aleia	Gave Hirrer	"Doro Froken"	Aleian	5	142
13	Dreyvisevich	Stakhov Zhilov	"Vatra U Našim Srcima"	Eresthukovite Sclavonic	2	182
14	Tyronova	Nathan Heinkel	"Einleben"	Valtyan	11	119
15	Biladia	Alîyaz Samitîy	"Dulum"	Samatiyan	6	142
16	Template:Country data Ostrovia	Rodoljub Semberac	"Trista Godina"	Ostrovian	19	30
17	Kagon	Marine Beaufort	"Non"	Midrasian	18	44
18	Onza	Khaliq Breaux	"Solo"	Newreyan	16	64
19	Bevenia	Matheus Qydn	"My Girl"	Bevenian	15	67

Results

The winner was decided at the last moment in the contest, when the televote granted Navack 104 points and handed them the victory. The vote marked a new record in the number of points in total and in the televote achieved by a single country.

Scoreboard

Televote

		Results
		Score			Template:Country data Vrnallia				Template:Country data Hipasia									Template:Country data Ostrovia
	Brilliania	63			10				8			6		8	7	4	3		6	1	10
	Crylante	68	4		1	12	6			10	7	1	2	10	3			5		8	1
	Template:Country data Vrnallia	67	10	10		4	1	8	5	4			5			12	6				2
	Navack	104	6	12	8		7	3	12	5	3	3	3	5	10	10	4			4	6
	Motsvara	95	8	7	6	10		4		8	12				8	6		10		10	7
	Dayganistan	32			2				7			10		6					7
	Template:Country data Hipasia	46	5		4	7		7		1		4					8	1	10
	Midrasia	86			12	2			6		6	2		3	2	3	12	2	12	12	12
	Cuirpthe	50		5		6	4	5	4	7			8	4				3			5
	Elhazia	31	1	6			2				4		6	7			4		1
	Isolaprugna	46	7	1		1				3	8				12	2	1		3	7	4
	Aleia	79	3	8	5		8	2			2	5	10		4	7	10	6	5	3
	Dreyvisevich	86	12	3		3	3	10		12	1	12	7			1	2	8	4	5	3
	Tyronova	58		2	3			6	3	2			12	12	6					6	6
	Biladia	74	2		7	5	5	12	10	1		7	4	1				12	8
	Template:Country data Ostrovia	26					12					8			1	5
	Kagon	23					10		1	6								4		2
	Onza	34						1	2	8	5			2		8	7	7
	Bevenia	30		4		8					10		1		5				2

Other countries

• Mardin Isles – On 19 October 2017, the Mardinian broadcaster Teilifís na hInsí Mairdinde (TIM) announced its withdrawal from the 2018 contest due to restructuring at the broadcaster. The contest will still be broadcast on TIM 2.