Serbian singer Marija Serifovic has won the Eurovision Song Contest. Marija was second favourite in the betting odds at 4-1 with her powerful ballad Molitva, the first non-English language song to win the contest since 1998.
She scored 268 points, beating Ukrainian Andrei Danilko, in the character of drag queen Verka Serdyuchka into second place with 235 points. Verka was the 5-2 favourite to win the contest. Russia finished third, with Turkey fourth and Bulgaria fifth.
British act Scooch came joint second-last with their song Flying the Flag (For You), mustering only 19 points. According to Ladbrokes, Scooch's song was a 28-1 outsider.
As usual, the block voting patterns were utterly predictable. However I'm not complaining about the UK entry coming second last. Let's be honest, Scooch was poor. But no doubt next year we'll select more plastic no-hopers with a silly backbeat to represent these shores.
My favourite moment of the contest? Hearing last year's winners Finnish monster rock group Lordi sing Hard Rock Hallelujah again. Says it all, really...
Serbian ballad wins at Eurovision
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