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Countries across the world were greeted by an array of weird and wonderful acts last night as the 65th annual Eurovision Song Contest kicked off in the Netherlands. The song contest, which was held at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena, saw 3,500 jubilant fans take to the alcohol-free venue to celebrate the return of the highly-anticipated contest after it was cancelled last year amid the coronavirus pandemic. The night culminated with the Italian band Maneskin being crowned the winners of the song contest - while Britain's James Newman finished bottom of the leaderboard with zero points.  Among the ...

The Italian band Maneskin winning the Eurovision Song Contest final last night. VIEWERS watching Eurovision took to Twitter to point out the UK's widespread unpopularity after its dismal showing in the contest. James Newman scored a total of zero points from each country's panel of judges, as well as the popular votes, after he performed his song Embers. It is the second time in a row that the UK has ended the contest with no points. Italy's pop-rock Maneskin triumphed with France coming second in the competition which was held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, last night. Other top ...

BRIT award winner, James Newman, 35, waved to the jubilant crowds as he made an appearance on stage alongside the 25 other nations ahead of the final.

Daily Times Fans defy pandemic for glitzy ‘Eurovision’ final * Italian rockers Maneskin, French chanteuse Barbara Pravi and young Maltese sensation Destiny Chukunyere are the bookmakers' favourites to win a ‘Eurovision’ like no other May 23, 2021 Excited Eurovision Song Contest fans gathered for the final in Rotterdam on Saturday as it returns with a glittery, kitschy message of hope in the time of coronavirus. A year after the love-it or hate-it musical extravaganza was cancelled for the first time in its history, the Dutch port city is hosting the competition under tough pandemic re...

We're counting down the days until the 65th Eurovision Song Contest begins in the Netherlands! The theme for this year is 'Open Up' - "a theme that reflects the spirit of our times. With the slogan we warmly invite people to open up to others, to different opinions, each other’s stories and of course to each other’s music," says the event's executive producer, Sieste Bakker.  Award-winning singer-songwriter Montaigne will compete for Australia in Semi Final 1 with her uplifting and powerful anthem Technicolour, which she’ll perform from home this year. Montaigne is set to compete aga...