The Eurovision Song Contest final has taken place and all 26 acts have now been on stage.
This year's show is being held at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena with the UK hosting the competition on Ukraine's behalf. The nation won Eurovision 2022 with Kalush Orchestra and their song Stefania, but due to the situation in the country, the finals could not be held in Kyiv.
This year's grand final started at 8pm and is being broadcast live in BBC One with hosts Graham Norton, Hannah Waddingham, Julia Sanina and Alesha Dixon on presenting duties.
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As all 26 singers have now performed their songs, it is time for votes to be cast and the results to begin dripping through.
As there are no delays Eurovision is due to finish tonight at midnight.
Mae Muller, 25, competed for the UK with her track I Wrote A Song. Also competing in the grand final were France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Croatia, Moldova, Switzerland, Finland, Czechia, Norway, Israel, Portugal, Serbia, Ukraine, Albania, Cyprus, Estonia, Belgium, Austria, Lithuania, Poland, Australia, Armenia and Slovenia.
This year's Eurovision Song Contest festivities kicked off on Sunday when the 37 competing acts took to a turquoise carpet welcome ceremony. Semi-final events then took place on Tuesday and Thursday night.
The grand final iIt takes place on Saturday from 8pm, live on BBC One.
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