Summary

  • Italy's Måneskin is this year's winner with their song Zittie e Buoni.

  • The UK's James Newman has come last with zero points with his dance track Embers.

  • France came second, with Switzerland third, Iceland fourth and Ukraine fifth.

  • The show followed a Covid-19 protocol, with an audience of 3,500 - about 20% of the arena’s capacity.

  • It was one of the most high profile live events to take place in the pandemic so far.

  1. Goodbye, and arrivedercipublished at 00:56 British Summer Time 23 May 2021

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    Thanks for joining us for this year's show, which was a bumpy ride for some, not least the UK's James Newman with nul points.

    Italy will host the contest next year, and organisers will be hoping they can return to a full-capacity arena, full of fans ready to cheer on the finalists.

    See you there!

  2. Who are Italy's winners Måneskin?published at 00:32 British Summer Time 23 May 2021

    MåneskinImage source, Getty Images

    The Eurovision website, external has a short profile of the winning band, and says they are vocalist Damiano, bassist Victoria, guitarist Thomas and Ethan on drums.

    It says they took their band name from the Danish word for moonlight, as a tribute to their bassist Victoria’s home country.

    Although they have known each other since middle school, they didn't form the band until 2015. They cite their musical influences as rock, rap, reggae, funk and pop.

    The group is already well established in Italy, releasing two singles and their first chart-topping studio album Il ballo della vita in 2018.

    Two years ago they sold out 66 gigs and with 140,000 tickets for shows in Italy and across Europe.

    The Eurovision website's page also has a translation of the winning song's lyrics, which has a chorus:

    I'm out of my mind, but different from them/ And you are out of your mind, but different from them/ We are out of our minds, but different from them.

  3. Why did Italy win the contest?published at 23:56 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Steve Holden
    Music reporter, BBC Newsbeat

    Italy were the favourites for a reason.

    They brought swagger, confidence and star quality to the Eurovision stage.

    As they said to me in the lead-up, they didn’t try to fit into a Eurovision box and just played on stage as if it was just another gig.

    They struck the perfect combination: a powerhouse song with perfect staging. The song – Zitti e buoni – builds and builds to a pyrotechnic crescendo and they got a landslide result from the public vote. Job done.

  4. 'Incredible' job by the Netherlandspublished at 23:55 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Journalist Kat Brown spoke for many in her tweet, external:

    “A year ago, this venue was a hospital. That is amazing to think. What an incredibly job the Netherlands have done. No wonder Graham’s getting weepy, we all are. For a few wonderful, sparkly hours we’ve been taken out of ourselves. #eurovision, external

    The Ahoy Arena was turned into a Covid-19 hospital at the start of the pandemic.

  5. 'Rock and roll never dies'published at 23:53 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Italy's Måneskin took to the stage to accept their award, and said: "We just want to say to the whole of Europe, to the whole world - rock and roll never dies!"

  6. Graham Norton 'so sorry' for James Newmanpublished at 23:51 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Graham Norton reacted by saying: "I'm trying to put a positive spin on it but I feel so sorry for James. A lot of disappointed people in that arena tonight, but thrilled to be a part of Eurovision."

  7. And the winner is...published at 23:47 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    ITALY!

  8. OK this is getting hard to watch now...published at 23:44 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

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  9. Malta shockerpublished at 23:44 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Destiny only gets 47 points from the public!

  10. Bookies' favourite Italypublished at 23:43 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    It leaps in front with a huge 524 points.

  11. Iceland now just in frontpublished at 23:42 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    But will it be enough?

  12. Ukraine has now overtaken Finland!published at 23:40 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    It's all change at the top with only eight countries left to give their votes.

  13. Finland are currently in the leadpublished at 23:40 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    They're followed by Switzerland and France...

  14. Spain, Germany and the Netherlandspublished at 23:36 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    They all also get nul points from the public but they had a few points from the jury.

  15. The moment of truth - it's nul points for the UKpublished at 23:34 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    The public vote is in and they are added to the professional jury votes. The UK got nul points from both the jury and the public. James is being hugged by his crew. And he's still smiling. It's another last place for the UK, it's the fifth time it's happened. And only the second time we've scored nul points. Jemini also got zilch in 2003.

  16. How well or badly has the UK done in previous contests?published at 23:32 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    For those of you who can't remember how the UK has fared previously, this official Eurovision page, external has all the answers. It's a mixed bag.

    It says that to date, the UK has won the contest five times, and has finished second a record 15 times.

    But in 2019 the UK came last with Michael Rice, and SuRie came 24th in 2018.

    Let's see what happens with the public vote.

  17. The UK is still waiting to score a pointpublished at 23:24 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Switzerland are still back in the lead, followed by France and Italy. The UK is the only entry yet to score.

  18. Baby Dylan is watching Eurovisionpublished at 23:18 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Baby DylanImage source, Sarah Kearney

    Sarah sent us a picture of a very young Eurovision fan in Bristol. Their favourite entrant was Lithuania.

  19. France is in the lead nowpublished at 23:13 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    We've still got the public vote to come but no points for James Newman from the juries so far. Graham says: "It's not fair... James's song isn't the worst in the competition by a long shot."

  20. Twitter reacts to James Newman having nul pointspublished at 23:10 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    His fans are not impressed with the voting so far... but as Graham Norton just said, everything could change with the public vote.

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