Nigella puts the boot in to Putin: Chef reads out Britain's points and helps SWEDEN win Eurovision - pipping Russia to victory
- Sweden's Mans Zemerlow has won the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Austria, pipping Russia and Italy to victory
- UK entry Electro Velvet has been mocked by viewers worldwide after performing at the Eurovision Song Contest
- Australia will be trying to beat Europeans at their own game after being invited as a special 60th anniversary guest
- WAG Edurne Garcia, the Spanish entry, set pulses racing and Austria's act performed alongside a burning piano
- 27 countries are battling it out in the contest's live grand final at the Wiener Stadthalle in Austria's capital, Vienna
Sweden has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest, pipping Russia and Italy to victory.
Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson dealt Russia the fatal blow when she announced UK was awarding Sweden the maximum 12 points and pushing them to the top spot.
Heartthrob Mans Zemerlow, a 28-year-old singer and television presenter, won with the electro-pop ballad Heroes.
The UK's entry to this year's Eurovision Song Contest has been mocked by viewers worldwide, prompting hilarious apologies from Britons to fellow Europeans.
Australia was set to be in the spotlight as the competition's special anniversary guest, but it was the UK's entry, Electro Velvet, which set tongues wagging for all the wrong reasons.
Spanish entry Edurne Garcia, the 29-year-old girlfriend of Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea set pulses racing with her raunchy performance of the song Amanecer.
The band The Makemakes, representing last year's victors Austria, wowed with an explosive performance and a burning piano.
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Mans Zelmerloew of Sweden, wearing a pair of tight leather trousers, performs on stage during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision hopefuls: The UK's entry, Electro Velvet sang a song called Still In Love With You, but have been mocked by viewers worldwide
Twitter backlash: One user suggested the video clip of Electro Velvet performing at Eurovision could be attached to an EU resignation letter
Host country: The Makemakes representing Austria performed the song I am Yours and were accompanied on stage by a burning piano
Spanish entry Edurne Garcia, the girlfriend of Manchester United's David De Gea set pulses racing with her raunchy performance of Amanecer
WAG Edurne Garcia, representing Spain, stripped midway through her performance and finished the song wearing a skimpy gold dress
The results are coming in and Russia, Sweden and Italy are battling it out for the top spot as countries vote for their favourite performers. Pictured: Gianluca Ginoble, Ignazio Boschetto and Piero Barone of Il Volo representing Italy
Tearful singer Polina Gagarina, who is representing Russia, performs the song A Million Voices, which is so far proving popular
Overwhelmed: Polina Gagarina, a famous singer, songwriter and actress, became emotional as the points started coming in for Russia
The UK duo - Alex Larke and Bianca Nicholas - sang a song called Still In Love With You at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, complete with electric violins, light-up dresses and backing dancers showing off a Charleston-inspired routine.
Their electro-swing track which was written by David Mindel and Adrian Bax White.
The rank outsiders are desperate to pull off a memorable victory for the UK tonight.
Nicholas, who has cystic fibrosis, may be familiar as a former The Voice UK contestant, while Larke's day job is as a primary school teacher who moonlights as Mick Jagger in Rolling Stones tribute act The Rolling Clones.
But if the Twitter comments are anything to go by, the UK is unlikely to triumph.
An Elizabeth Windsor parody account tweeted: 'Text from David Cameron: "If this wins, we'll stay in Europe".'
Another user wrote: 'This is the point where Simon Cowell would hold his hand up and ask what else they've brought with them.'
Rogan Devlin tweeted: 'Wow! On behalf of the UK I apologise to the rest of Europe for that... #Eurovision.'
And Graham Norton, presenting the coverage for the BBC, told viewers 'we're not above begging' for votes.
Last year's victor Conchita Wurst is presenting the coverage from the green room and with the contestants backstage.
Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, dressed in blue, revealed the UK's favourite acts during the Eurovision song contest in Vienna, Austria
Nina Sublatti (left) representing Georgia and the two Norwegian singers Mørland and Debrah Scarlett sing A Monster Like Me
Rank outsiders Alex Larke and Bianca Nicholas, known as Electro Velvet are desperate to pull off a memorable victory for the UK tonight
On-stage kiss: Monika Linkyte and Vaidas Baumila representing Lithuania embraced on stage during their performance of the song This Time
The contest has a cult following in Australia, which has led to the special anniversary invitation to mark six generations of the show. Pictured: Guy Sebastian representing Australia
Aminata representing Latvia performs the song Love Injected (left) and Karayiannis of Cyprus performs One Thing I Should Have Done
The finalists are made up of those who have qualified through the semi-finals, the big five who get an automatic pass for providing the most funding and last year's winner.
The 2013 victor was Austria, while the special guest is Australia and the big five are the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.
The contest has a cult following in Australia, which has led to the special anniversary invitation to mark the 60th anniversary of the show.
This year's semi-final winners are Armenia, Belgium, Greece, Estonia, Serbia, Hungary, Russia, Albania, Romania, Georgia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Norway, Israel, Latvia, Azerbaijan, Sweden, Cyprus, Slovenia and Poland.
Notable absentees this year include Ireland, which despite being the competition's most successful country with seven wins under its belt, failed to qualify in the second semi-final.
Monika Kuszynska (left) performed for Poland and Maria Elena Kyriakou (right) representing Greece sand the song One Last Breath
Boggie of Hungary performs her song "Wars for Nothing" at the grand final show of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria
Ann Sophie of Germany performs her Song "Black Smoke" at the grand final show of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria
Maraaya of Slovenia performs wearing headphones during the 60th annual Eurovision Song Contest grand final with the song Here For You
Elina Born (left) representing Estonia performs the song Goodbye To Yesterday and Bojana Stamenov (right) sings Beauty Never Lies for Serbia
Singer Lisa Angell of France performs the song N'oubliez Pas during the final of the 60th annual Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria
Eurovision can be unpredictable and victory could potentially be anyone's on the night, but there are some front runners.
Serbia's entry from Bojana Stamenov, Beauty Never Lies, was hotly tipped to win after the first semi-final, thanks to its positive body image message, belting vocals and an unexpected dance break.
It also helped that her track was written by Charlie Mason, whose hit Rise Like A Phoenix saw Wurst storm to glory last year.
But then came the second semi-final and Latvia's Aminata suddenly made everything more interesting with her dance-inspired track Love Injected, which went down a storm with viewers across Europe.
Eurovision: This year's contestants are nervously waiting back stage and are raring to go ahead of tonight's live grand final
Last year's winner victor Conchita Wurst opened the show and has been presenting the coverage from the green room and backstage
British fans hold a rainbow flag outside the venue before the start of the grand final of the 60th annual Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna
Fans of Australia pose for photos in the song contest park before the start of 60th Eurovision in Vienna, Austria, where Australia is a special guest
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