Eurovision Song Contest 2010
The UK were not expecting a successful night with some commentators calling Dubovie's Pete Waterman-penned effort, which was awawrded a paltry 10 points, our worst entrant of all time - and that's saying something.
Sultry 19-year-old singer Lena won the contest for the Germans with her song Satellite, which won 246 points. She was backed at 34.0.
The big favourites in the build-up to Saturday night's event were Azerbaijan, who traded at 2.24. Market dark horses Denmark made a late dash for success and came into 1.7.
Sultry 19-year-old singer Lena won the contest for the Germans with her song Satellite, which won 246 points. She was backed at 34.0.
The big favourites in the build-up to Saturday night's event were Azerbaijan, who traded at 2.24. Market dark horses Denmark made a late dash for success and came into 1.7.
- Germany Lena Satellite 246 points
- Turkey maNga We Could Be The Same 170 points
- Romania Paula Seling & Ovi Playing With Fire 162 points
- Denmark Chanée & N’evergreen In A Moment Like This 149 points
- Azerbaijan Safura Drip Drop 145 points
- Belgium Tom Dice Me And My Guitar 143 points
- Armenia Eva Rivas Apricot Stone 141 points
- Greece Giorgos Alkaios & Friends OPA 140 points
- Georgia Sofia Nizharadze Shine 136 points
- Ukraine Alyosha Sweet People 108 points
- Russia Peter Nalitch & Friends Lost And Forgotten 90 points
- France Jessy Matador Allez Olla Olé 82 points
- Serbia Milan Stankovic Ovo Je Balkan 72 points
- Israel Harel Skaat Milim 71 points
- Spain Daniel Diges Algo Pequeñito (Something Tiny) 68 points
- Albania Juliana Pasha It’s All About You 62
- Bosnia & Herzegovina Vukašin Braji? Thunder And Lightning 51
- Portugal Filipa Azevedo Há Dias Assim 43
- Iceland Hera Björk Je Ne Sais Quoi 41 points
- Norway Didrik Solli-Tangen My Heart Is Yours 35 points
- Cyprus Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders Life Looks Better In Spring 27 points
- Moldova Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira Run Away 27 points
- Ireland Niamh Kavanagh It’s For You 25 points
- Belarus 3+2 Butterflies 18 points
- United Kingdom Josh That Sounds Good To Me 10 points
-Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Final winners and official results, Providing News
"This is so absolutely awesome. I feel that this is not real," said the teenager, whose full non-stage name is Lena Mayer-Landrut.
"I'm kind of freaking out. This feels incredibly good."
Eurovision, which drew 124 million viewers last year, parades a wide array of musical styles in original songs, mostly from relatively unknown artists.
In the self-proclaimed European song championships, flag-draped fans and outrageous outfits are par for the course and contestants mix glitz and kitsch, ballads, rock 'n' roll and disco to lure the highest number of votes.
Lena, who is awaiting her high school exam results, bubbled with spontaneity and charm, asking the hosts "Do I have to sing now?" when she was awarded the top spot after votes from 39 countries were counted.
James Dylan from bookmakers Ladbrokes said to website Betting Pro: "We thought it was part of the show but after the security guards chased him off stage we realised it had been the best stage invader since Jarvis.”
This year’s UK entry was written by Pete Waterman, the producer responsible for launching Kylie Minogue’s singing career.
This year several countries pulled out of the extravaganza citing financial strains, including the Czech Republic, Montenegro, Andorra and Hungary.
This year's contest also featured a Welshman - Jon Lilygreen - representing Cyprus.
The song by the comfortable winners Germany, for example – Satellite, performed by Lena Mayer-Landrut – was tolerable, and those by Azerbaijan (the initial favourites) and Albania weren’t diabolical either.
Disappointingly for any British viewers who tune in to Eurovision purely in the hope of seeing foreigners look and sound ridiculous, most entrants appeared disobligingly sane, although Spain did offer a whimsical waltz accompanied by a cartwheeling clown and various other peculiarly dressed characters. The absurdity of this performance was such, in fact, that, when the stage was invaded by a man in a costume no more absurd than the ones sported by the performers, viewers may not have realised that he wasn’t part of the act.
"This is so absolutely awesome. I feel that this is not real," said the teenager, whose full non-stage name is Lena Mayer-Landrut.
"I'm kind of freaking out. This feels incredibly good."
Eurovision, which drew 124 million viewers last year, parades a wide array of musical styles in original songs, mostly from relatively unknown artists.
In the self-proclaimed European song championships, flag-draped fans and outrageous outfits are par for the course and contestants mix glitz and kitsch, ballads, rock 'n' roll and disco to lure the highest number of votes.
Lena, who is awaiting her high school exam results, bubbled with spontaneity and charm, asking the hosts "Do I have to sing now?" when she was awarded the top spot after votes from 39 countries were counted.
James Dylan from bookmakers Ladbrokes said to website Betting Pro: "We thought it was part of the show but after the security guards chased him off stage we realised it had been the best stage invader since Jarvis.”
This year’s UK entry was written by Pete Waterman, the producer responsible for launching Kylie Minogue’s singing career.
This year several countries pulled out of the extravaganza citing financial strains, including the Czech Republic, Montenegro, Andorra and Hungary.
This year's contest also featured a Welshman - Jon Lilygreen - representing Cyprus.
The song by the comfortable winners Germany, for example – Satellite, performed by Lena Mayer-Landrut – was tolerable, and those by Azerbaijan (the initial favourites) and Albania weren’t diabolical either.
Disappointingly for any British viewers who tune in to Eurovision purely in the hope of seeing foreigners look and sound ridiculous, most entrants appeared disobligingly sane, although Spain did offer a whimsical waltz accompanied by a cartwheeling clown and various other peculiarly dressed characters. The absurdity of this performance was such, in fact, that, when the stage was invaded by a man in a costume no more absurd than the ones sported by the performers, viewers may not have realised that he wasn’t part of the act.
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