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| Serbian ballad wins at Eurovision | Serbian ballad wins at Eurovision |
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| Serbian singer Marija Serifovic has won the Eurovision Song Contest at a ceremony in Helsinki which saw the UK's entry coming joint second-last. | Serbian singer Marija Serifovic has won the Eurovision Song Contest at a ceremony in Helsinki which saw the UK's entry coming joint second-last. |
| Serifovic's powerful ballad Molitva had been second-favourite with bookmakers in the run-up to the competition. | Serifovic's powerful ballad Molitva had been second-favourite with bookmakers in the run-up to the competition. |
| She scored 268 points, beating Ukrainian drag queen Verka Serdyuchka into second place. Russia was third, while Turkey came fourth. | |
| British act Scooch managed only 29 points with their song Flying the Flag. | British act Scooch managed only 29 points with their song Flying the Flag. |
| Twelve of those points came from Malta, which placed the UK entry top in its voting, but there was little recognition from other countries. | |
| The competition had been embraced by the Finnish capital, which earned the right to stage the event when rock group Lordi won in 2006. | The competition had been embraced by the Finnish capital, which earned the right to stage the event when rock group Lordi won in 2006. |
| Scooch had billed themselves as "this generation's Bucks Fizz"Lordi's song Hard Rock Hallelujah was reprised as the opening number of the show, at Helsinki's largest ice hockey stadium. | Scooch had billed themselves as "this generation's Bucks Fizz"Lordi's song Hard Rock Hallelujah was reprised as the opening number of the show, at Helsinki's largest ice hockey stadium. |
| Big-screen TVs were erected in the city centre, where fans gathered to watch the ceremony, and some 350 spin-off events had also been organised. | Big-screen TVs were erected in the city centre, where fans gathered to watch the ceremony, and some 350 spin-off events had also been organised. |
| The contest - held since 1956 - had a record 42 entries this year. | The contest - held since 1956 - had a record 42 entries this year. |
| It was broadcast to an estimated global TV audience of 100 million, who chose the winner by telephone votes and text messages. | It was broadcast to an estimated global TV audience of 100 million, who chose the winner by telephone votes and text messages. |