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The '''Fantasia Contest 18''' was the eighteenth edition of the [[Fantasia Contest]]. It took place in [[Niolskiaj]], following their second win in the [[Fantasia Contest 17|previous edition]] with "Nihilist Blues" performed by [[Bring Me The Horizon]] and [[Grimes]].
Fourty-nine countries participated. [[Alkyria in the Fantasia Contest|Alkyria]], [[De Vremdspongeln in the Fantasia Contest|De Vremdspongeln]], [[Moowaus in the Fantasia Contest|Moowaus]] and [[Shinkoyu in the Fantasia Contest|Shinkoyu]] withdrew.
The winners were PVRIS with song "Hallucinations" from [[Torlova in the Fantasia Contest|Torlova]] with a total of 439 points, with a margin of 53 points. This was Torlova's second win after [[Fantasia Contest 14|fourteenth edition]]. Second place went to [[Flírskmasto in the Fantasia Contest|Flírskmasto]], third place went to [[Aquia in the Fantasia Contest|Aquia]], fourth place went to [[Levalle in the Fantasia Contest|Levalle]], fifth place went to [[US Eldance in the Fantasia Contest|US Eldance]]. Levalle archieved their best result and also gained its first automatic qualification.
All members of "Big 5" were on the right side of the scoreboard, with [[Danskanksova in the Fantasia Contest|Danskanksova]] finishing 17th, [[Jarea in the Fantasia Contest|Jarea]] finishing 20th, [[Llort in the Fantasia Contest|Llort]] finishing 22nd, the host country [[Niolskiaj in the Fantasia Contest|Niolskiaj]] placing 25th and [[Namimori in the Fantasia Contest|Namimori]] placing last.
The 18th edition of Fantasia Contest saw final appearances of [[Glaray in the Fantasia Contest|Glaray]] and [[Yster in the Fantasia Contest|Yster]].
==Format==
The competition consisted of three semi-finals and a final. The seven countries with the highest score in each semi-final qualified to participate in the final, alongside the big five, the countries that were in the top 5 in the previous edition.
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