Contest 18

Contest 18 was the eighteenth edition of Contest, hosted in Hillsborough, Grenada after Roses Gabor's win with her song "I Could Be Yours" in Kasama. Flame and Macio withdrew, while Csavil and Ferg took their spots.

Two countries made their first appearance this edition, being Slovenia and South Sudan. The other nine spots were filled by Canada, England, host country Grenada and United States who stayed in the contest after last edition, Netherlands who last appeared in edition 16, South Korea who last appeared in edition 15, Poland who last appeared in edition 14, South Africa who had last appeared in edition 4, and Russia who had last appeared in [[Contest 3|edition 3}]. This edition saw the debut of the Slovenian language.

In the end, Russia won Contest 18 with 64 points with Klava Koka's song "Zaya", seven points ahead of runner-up South Korea. The podium was completed by host country South Sudan, while United States placed last.

Contest
Like usual, 11 countries participated in Contest 18.

10 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 10 points awarded by each country's jury in the Final: