The Eurovision Song Contest is done and dusted for another year as Italy triumphed in Rotterdam.
After a hiatus last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the famous event returned for 2021 in style and, after the numbers were whittled down in Tuesday and Thursday's semi finals, 26 countries battled it out for the Eurovision crown at the Ahoy arena on Saturday night.
The bookies proved to be spot on with their predictions, with Italy, France and Switzerland all doing well and in a closely fought contest it was Italy's Måneskin who finished top of the leaderboard with their track Zitti e buoni.
At the other end of the table, the UK's James Newman finished rock bottom after a humiliating result that saw him receive zero points from both the juries and public.
While he seemed upbeat on camera, many fans and BBC commentator Graham Norton, have hit out at the score.
Eurovision 2021 results
1. Italy - 524 points
2. France - 499 points
3. Switzerland - 432 points
4. Iceland - 378 points
5. Ukraine - 364 points
6. Finland - 301 points
7. Malta - 255 points
8. Lithuania - 220 points
9. Russia -204 points
10. Greece - 170 points
11. Bulgaria - 170 points
12. Portugal - 153 points
13. Moldova - 115 points
14. Sweden - 109 points
15. Serbia - 102 points
16. Cyprus - 94 points
17. Israel - 93 points
18. Norway - 75 points
19. Belgium - 74 points
20. Azerbaijan - 65 points
21. Albania - 57 points
22. San Marino - 50 points
23. Netherlands - 11 points
24. Spain - 6 points
25. Germany - 3 points
26. United Kingdom - 0 points
Some angry Eurovision fans blamed politics on the UK's dismal result, with one tweeting: "why do we keep taking part and footing most of the bill. This is not a music competition, it’s a political arena. Ours did not deserve nil points!!!! I guess it was all about Brexit"
But others have condemned James' song Embers, with one reacting: "Looks like Germany Spain and Holland scored very low also which might suggest UK 0 was more to do with it being a rubbish song than a sinister plot. "
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