Edition 5

Overview
Edition 5 began on 5th January 2018 and was hosted in Turku, Finland following their victory in the previous edition. The Finnish HoD decided that the logo would be a snow globe with the slogan Under These Lights, representing the Northern Lights, which also feature on the logo. 40 countries competed - this number lead to it being the first edition of the contest to feature semi-finals and a wildcard round. The contest was won by United States.

Structure
There will be two semi-finals, a wildcard round and a grand final. 20 songs will compete in each semi-final with the Top 10 from each going to the grand final. The 11th and 12th places will advance to the wildcard round where the Top 2 there will also qualify for the grand final - this means that 22 songs will compete in the grand final.

Due to a tie, 5 songs competed in the wildcard instead of the planned four. A tie occurred again in the wildcard, leading to three songs qualifying instead of just two - this meant 23 songs were in the final.

Semi-Final 1
The first semi-final had 20 competing entries. The show took place on 5th January 2018; the results were revealed shortly after. Countries highlighted in ginger qualified for the final; countries highlighted in green qualified for the wildcard round. Estonia failed to vote and were therefore disqualified.

Semi-Final 2
The second semi-final had 20 competing entries. The show took place on 14th January 2018; the results were revealed shortly after. Countries highlighted in ginger qualified for the final; countries highlighted in green qualified for the wildcard round. Moldova and Luxembourg failed to vote and were therefore disqualified.

Wildcard
The wildcard had 5 competing entries. The show took place on 17th January 2018; the results were revealed later that evening. Countries highlighted in ginger qualified for the final.

Final
The final had 23 competing entries. The results were revealed on 3rd Feburary 2018 and saw United States win with 263 points.