eurovision 2018

SuRie

SuRie represented the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2018 in Lisbon with “Storm”, finishing 24th of 26.

who
English singer
born
18 February 1989, Harlow, United Kingdom
contest
2018
best result
24th, 2018
music
pop
active
since 2015
studied at
Royal Academy of Music, Hills Road Sixth Form College
sang for
United Kingdom

Biography

SuRie is an English singer and songwriter, born in Harlow and raised in Bishop’s Stortford. “Storm” finished 24th in Lisbon in 2018. Partway through the song in the final, a man ran onto the stage and took the microphone.

Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “SuRie”.

At Eurovision

One song, and what became of it.

  1. 2018 Lisbon

    United Kingdom

    “Storm”

    24th of 26 Finished 24th of 26 in the final, with 48 points.

    Sung in
    English
    Written by
    Nicole Blair, Sean Hargreaves, Gil Lewis
    Running order
    9th of 26 in the final
    Age on the night
    29
    Won that year
    Israel: Netta, “Toy”

    The story of Eurovision 2018: Toy wins, China's censor cuts two songs, and a man grabs the microphone

In the drama file

The scene from our index of scandals, mishaps and lore that SuRie is part of.

In our contest stories

What we wrote about SuRie, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.

  • 2018 The man with the microphone

    In the final the United Kingdom's singer, SuRie, was partway through her song when a man ran onto the stage, pulled the microphone out of her hand and began shouting into it.

  • 2018 The man with the microphone

    He had reached the stage by climbing along a camera track. SuRie carried on and completed the song. She was offered the chance to perform it again, and declined. She said later that her hand had been bruised.

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