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Results Last year's winner Ukraine finished sixth with 243 points, and last year's runner-up UK finished 25th with 24 points. Ukraine's Tvorchi ("Creatives") - made up of Ukrainian keyboardist Andrii Hutsuliak and Nigerian vocalist Jeffery Kenny - met at medical school in Ukraine.

Ukraine Eurovision act's city Ternopil attacked before performance Tvorchi held up a sign displaying the name of their hometown while participating in the Eurovision Song Contest The home city of Ukraine's Eurovision act was hit by Russian missiles moments before the band took to the stage in...

In a glorious Eurovision Song Contest final in the great city of Liverpool, Sweden are victorious, drawing level with Republic of Ireland with the most wins - seven (1974, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2012, 2015, 2023). Loreen also becomes only the second person to win it twice (2012, 2023) after Republic...

Sweden win Eurovision for record seventh time Sweden have drawn level with Republic of Ireland with most Eurovision wins after winning it for a seventh time. Finland finish second after receiving the most public votes, but Sweden win after receiving the most combined public and jury votes...

Sweden lead by 131 points, but still only on jury votes.

Finland gave 12 points to Sweden. Norway gave 12 points to Finland. Sweden gave 12 points to Finland.

A good lead for Sweden, with Italy second and Israel third. UK are third bottom with 10 points, Croatia second-bottom with 3 points and Germany (the country I voted for) bottom with 0 points. These are just the jury votes. We still have the public votes, and then things can change quite...

Sweden on 140 points. Italy second with 74. Still a long way to go.

Another 12 points for Sweden and they have a good lead. These are just the jury votes. We still have the public votes yet. Sweden in the lead with Israel second.

Surprise surprise, Latvia give Estonia 12 points. Nothing for UK. Ten for Sweden. Sweden have just received another 12 points from another country. It's already looking like favourites Sweden are going to win for a joint-record seventh time. Last year's runners-up UK have started poorly...

Sweden take the lead straight away with 12 points from Ukraine. UK get four points.

And here's the host nation UK, performing in the semi-final. We performed last in tonight's final. That may help us as it sticks more in voters' memories.

Now we have a performance from Sonia, the UK's 1993 Eurovision entry that finished second behind Ireland, as people around the planet continue to vote. Sweden are the favourites and will draw level with Ireland with most wins if they win. If the UK wins it will draw level with Sweden with...

I quite like the entry from Finland, being performed tonight in this video. They are the second favourite behind Sweden... But I voted just voted for Germany (I had problems voting on my mobile so I resorted to using my old landline phone to vote)... As voting continues - and this is the...

I don't recall Israel, Moldova, Norway, Australia, Armenia, Albania, Serbia and Ukraine being in the EU, but they are still in Eurovision. I don't think being in the EU is a requirement for being in Eurovision.

Germany may get my vote. They're performing now - heavy metal. None of that Europop nonsense. I'm not allowed to vote for the UK.

It's the first Eurovision in which people from anywhere in the world - the entire planet - can vote.

We're underway at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena with last year's winners Kalush Orchestra of Ukraine performing an opening ceremony. Four hours of Europop to come. Spice Girl and Liverpudlian Mel C is one of the co-hosts.

The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest final is tonight in Liverpool. It's the first time the UK has hosted the competition since 1998. Usually the winning nation host's the next year's contest, but as the winner last year was Ukraine it's being hosed by the nation that finished second. The host...

Coronation photo shows King Charles with Prince William and Prince George BBC News Friday 12th May 2023 The King and his son and grandson were pictured on Coronation day in Buckingham Palace By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent The latest official Coronation photograph released by Buckingham...