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. Oh dear...published at 23:06 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    The UK Is now the only country with nul points so far.

  2. The UK vote is inpublished at 23:05 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Amanda Holden utters those fabulous words: "London calling!" And the UK gives douze points to France.

  3. Who is topping the jury vote so far?published at 23:03 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Switzerland is currently top of the board with France not too far behind. No points for the UK... yet.

  4. The votes are starting to come inpublished at 22:58 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    It's a tense moment for the contestants, as they wait to see if they will receive douze points, or even any points at all. Fingers crossed.

  5. The jury votes are in...published at 22:55 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    But we still have the public vote to come in, of course.

  6. Fun factspublished at 22:52 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Steve Holden
    Music reporter, BBC Newsbeat

    Russia Eurovision entryImage source, Getty Images
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    Russia’s Manizha Sangin has a huge wall of images behind her

    For all you Eurovision fans, here's some nuggets of info for you:

    • Moldova’s entry holds the longest note of the evening – 17 seconds.

    • Manizha’s mum (Russia) features in the video wall of women behind her

    • Portugal’s first ever entry in English
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  7. Finland and Germany vibing togetherpublished at 22:52 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Those tweets about the nations' contrasting songs are still coming...

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  8. Cheering on James Newmanpublished at 22:51 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Eurovision fansImage source, Tom Orford

    With voting under way, Tom and friends are enjoying the night and have everything crossed for the UK's entry.

  9. Michael Sheen's Eurovision verdictpublished at 22:44 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

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    The Staged actor approves...

  10. Do you remember these previous winners?published at 22:41 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Steve Holden
    Music reporter, BBC Newsbeat

    What would Eurovision be without the roll call of some of the previous winners?

    This year, they’ve roped some past champions in to sing on the tops of various Rotterdam buildings.

    So we’ve got Noughties legends like Lordi (Finland, 2006) and Helena Paparizou (Greece, 2005), alongside the Netherlands’ 1976 champions Teach-in (Ding-a-dong).

    Måns Zelmerlöw (Sweden, 2015) makes yet ANOTHER appearance at Eurovision. After winning, he’s since hosted the show (Stockholm 2016) and appeared as the interval act (Tel Aviv, 2019).

    Finally, Sandra Kim (Belgium, 1986) remains the youngest ever winner of the competition. She was 13 at the time and has sung her winning entry J’Aime La Vie tonight.

  11. Dressing up for Eurovision...published at 22:35 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Georgina looks like she's having fun with her friends...

    Eurovision pictureImage source, Georgina Hart
    Eurovision photoImage source, Georgina Hart
  12. In case you missed anythingpublished at 22:29 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Here's a rundown of all the songs from tonight's show.

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  13. What did you think of the show?published at 22:26 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Newsbeat's Steve Holden was impressed.

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  14. Iceland partying in their bubblepublished at 22:24 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Such a shame Iceland couldn't perform but they're still getting into the swing of it.

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  15. Dog watching Eurovision alert!published at 22:19 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Every year we love to share a pic of at least one pet watching Eurovision. Here's the very cute Mullins - but is he enjoying the show? We're not quite sure!

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  16. How to cast your votespublished at 22:17 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

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  17. Where would Eurovision be without the fans?published at 22:16 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

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  18. Eurovision buffet, don't mind if we do...published at 22:14 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Eurovision buffetImage source, Dylan Leggett

    Dylan sent us this picture of a fine-looking Eurovision buffet, we're only a little bit jealous... He says: "Enjoying a nice buffet and Eurovision here in Manchester - hope Ukraine win."

    Won't be too long before you find out Dylan.

  19. Younger fans getting in the spiritpublished at 22:08 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Sandra sent us a lovely photo of a young Eurovision fan enjoying the show in Manchester. She's owning that stage! Go girl!

    Emma, ManchesterImage source, Sandra Lee
  20. How the voting workspublished at 22:04 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    While the recap of all the acts is playing, here's an explainer for you on the voting:

    • After all songs have been performed, each country will give two sets of points. One set is given by a jury of five music industry professionals, while the other is from viewers at home.
    • Viewers can vote by telephone and through the official app but you cannot vote for your own country.
    • Once the voting window has closed, the spokespersons in all participating countries will reveal their jury points live on air.
    • Next, viewers' points from all participating countries are added up, and revealed from the lowest to the highest.
    • This leads to the nail-biting result, which will reveal the winner of the 64th Eurovision Song Contest.