How to get tickets for Eurovision 2018

Eurovision 2018 Ticket prices

GRAND FINAL	LIVE SHOW	Family Rehearsal	Jury Rehearsal
	Saturday 21:00	Saturday 13:30	Friday 21:00
Standing Arena	€120	€40	€85
Standing Golden Circle	€200	€60	€110
Standing Golden Circle Premium	€299	€80	€140
Seating 1A Premium	€150	€55	€100
Seating 1A	€135	€45	€90
Seating 1B	€90	€30	€45
Seating 1C	€50	€15	€20
Seating 2A Premium	€95	€35	€50
Seating 2A	€80	€25	€40
Seating 2B	€50	€20	€25
Seating 2C	€35	€10	€15
Disabled	€50	€20	€25

SEMI-FINALS	LIVE SHOW	Family Rehearsal	Jury Rehearsal
	Tuesday & Thursday 21:00	Tuesday & Thursday 15:00	Monday & Wednesday 21:00
Standing Arena	€50	€25	€30
Standing Golden Circle	€100	€35	€45
Standing Golden Circle Premium	€140	€50	€75
Seating 1A Premium	€60	€30	€40
Seating 1A	€55	€25	€35
Seating 1B	€35	€15	€20
Seating 1C	€15	€10	€13
Seating 2A Premium	€40	€20	€25
Seating 2A	€35	€15	€20
Seating 2B	€25	€10	€15
Seating 2C	€15	€5	€10
Disabled	€25	€10	€15

There is a maximum of four tickets per transaction. All times in CEST

20 December 2017

2nd batch of tickets

Update 16:30 CET:

Tickets for the Grand Final Live Show sold out – still tickets for Friday's Jury Rehearsal and Saturday's Family Rehearsal.

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Tickets on sale on 20 December 2017 at 11:00 CET:

• Jury Rehearsal: Friday 11 May 2018, 21:00
• Family Rehearsal: Saturday 12 May 2018, 13:30
• Live Show: Saturday 12 May 2018, 21:00

The second batch of tickets for the Grand Final will be released on 20 December 2017 at 11:00 CET via the official ticket partner BlueTicket.pt. Here tickets of all types of prices for the Grand Final, including the two rehearsals for the Grand Final will be on sale.

The price of tickets ranges from €35 to €299.

There will be a queueing system on , so make sure to be on BlueTicket.pt before 11:00 CET. It doesn't matter if you're on BlueTicket.pt 5 minutes or 5 hours before 11:00 CET.

Who's in which Semi-final?

The semi-final allocation draw for Eurovision Song Contest 2018 took place on 29 January 2018 in the City Hall of Lisbon. The draw determined which countries are allocated to which of the two semi-finals.

Tickets to be sold in batches

The tickets for Eurovision Song Contest 2018 will be released in 4 batches. The batches will be released on various dates depending on the detailed floor plan of seats/stands in the arena, and when stage design, green room and camera placement have been decided:

• 1st batch, 30 November 2017: Grand Final Live Show
• 2nd batch, 20 December 2017: Grand Final Live Show + Rehearsals
• 3rd batch, 30 January 2018: Semi-finals
• 4th batch, 5 April 2018: All shows

Eurovision Song Contest 2018 will be held in Altice Arena in Lisbon on 8, 10 & 12 May 2018.

Tickets for 9 shows

There were tickets on sale for 9 shows. Six rehearsals and three live shows (all times in CEST)

• Semi-final 1
  • Jury Rehearsal: Monday 7 May 2018, 21:00
  • Family Rehearsal: Tuesday 8 May 2018, 15:00
  • Live Show: Tuesday 8 May 2018, 21:00
• Semi-final 2
  • Jury Rehearsal: Wednesday 9 May 2018, 21:00
  • Family Rehearsal: Thursday 10 May 2018, 15:00
  • Live Show: Thursday 10 May 2018, 21:00
• Grand Final
  • Jury Rehearsal: Friday 11 May 2018, 21:00
  • Family Rehearsal: Saturday 12 May 2018, 13:30
  • Live Show: Saturday 12 May 2018, 21:00

The Live shows are... 😱... the live shows. Here the whole shit will be decided. This is the real deal!

The Family rehearsals 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 are the last rehearsals before it really counts. At this rehearsal there will be a simulation of the votings and the results... But it is still.. just a rehearsal. Nothing counts here.

The Jury Rehearsals 👮‍♂️ take place the day before the live shows. This is where the national Juries will cast their votes. The juries will watch this rehearsal live from abroad via a special broadcast link. The votes from the national juries make up 50% of the result. The remaining 50% is the public televoting that takes place during the live shows. If something goes wrong during the LIVE broadcast, the recording of the Jury Rehearsals will be used instead, and viewed by millions!

How the online ticket system works

The online ticket sale at BlueTicket.pt has a queueing system. Everyone who is at the ticket site when the sale kicks off, will be given a queue number randomly. The online queue system sends you to a virtual waiting room where you wait and are redirected to the ordering system when it is your turn in the queue. Here you have 10 minutes to purchase your tickets.

Eurovision tickets the last years

Usually the tickets go out early the same year or late the year before the contest. The start of tickets sale depended on several factors: Firstly the host city and arena must be chosen. Secondly selection of ticket agency. Thirdly a floor plan of seats/stands in the arena when stage design, green room and camera placement have roughly been decided.

• Eurovision 2018: 30 November 2017
• Eurovision 2017: 14 February 2017
• Eurovision 2016: 26 November 2015
• Eurovision 2015: 15 December 2014
• Eurovision 2014: 29 November 2013
• Eurovision 2013: 26 November 2012

The four previous years the tickets have been released in batches, depending on the allocation of seats in the arena.

Special tickets for fans

The last many years, a number of tickets have been reserved for the members of one of the official Eurovision fan clubs around the world. The tickets are only sold in packages with six tickets to six shows: The three live-shows and the three jury-rehearsals.

1,700 ticket packages have been allocated to OGAE fan clubs for Eurovision 2018. 200 of the ticket packages are reserved to OGAE Portugal. Almost 5,000 OGAE members have requested ticket packages for Eurovision 2018.

There are three categories of fan ticket packages:

• Golden Circle: €600
• Fan Zone: €365
• Seats: €450

The fan ticket packages were sold through the official Eurovision fan clubs.

Number of fan ticket packages and prices the last years:

• Eurovision 2018: 1,700 (€365 - €600)
• Eurovision 2017: 1,000 (€210 - €380)
• Eurovision 2016: 2,570 (€415)
• Eurovision 2015: 2,000 (€350)
• Eurovision 2014: 2,000 (€350)