Oh dear...published at 23:06 British Summer Time 22 May 2021
The UK Is now the only country with nul points so far.
Summary
Italy's MÃ¥neskin 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.
Oh dear...published at 23:06 British Summer Time 22 May 2021
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fun factspublished at 22:52 British Summer Time 22 May 2021
Steve Holden
Music reporter, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Newsbeat
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, 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
- The Ukranian singer couldn’t attend a rehearsal last week, so a local stand in stepped in (they have a group of singers who have to learn everything)…
- Portugal’s first ever entry in English
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End of twitter postFinland 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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End of twitter postCheering on James Newmanpublished at 22:51 British Summer Time 22 May 2021
Image source, Tom OrfordWith voting under way, Tom and friends are enjoying the night and have everything crossed for the UK's entry.
Michael Sheen's Eurovision verdictpublished at 22:44 British Summer Time 22 May 2021
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Do you remember these previous winners?published at 22:41 British Summer Time 22 May 2021
Steve Holden
Music reporter, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú NewsbeatWhat 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.
Dressing up for Eurovision...published at 22:35 British Summer Time 22 May 2021
Georgina looks like she's having fun with her friends...
Image source, Georgina Hart
Image source, Georgina HartIn 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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End of twitter postWhat 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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End of twitter postIceland 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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End of twitter postDog 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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End of instagram postHow to cast your votespublished at 22:17 British Summer Time 22 May 2021
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End of twitter postWhere would Eurovision be without the fans?published at 22:16 British Summer Time 22 May 2021
Anna Holligan
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End of twitter postEurovision buffet, don't mind if we do...published at 22:14 British Summer Time 22 May 2021
Image source, Dylan LeggettDylan 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.
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!
Image source, Sandra LeeHow 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.