Eurovision final 2021 LIVE: Italy WINS as James Newman for the United Kingdom gets zero points
ITALY has won the Eurovision Song Contest with rock band Meneskin's Zitti E Buoni.
They are the first group to win the competition since 2006.
Meanwhile, the United Kingdom has received zero points from the public vote in the Eurovision final.
Singer James Newman stood up as the crowd cheered in the arena as the news was announced.
He received zero points from the juries too - meaning the song was the only song to receive nil points.
Italy will host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in one of its cities.
THE VOTING IS STILL GOING ON
STILL. And we've got another 18 minutes to go.
Presumably they're solving world peace in the meantime.
I mean everyone's basically here so you may as well.
AM I THE ONLY ONE...
Who when they said this features "pop sensations" immediately responded with a loud "WHO?"
I think I'm just too old to recognise anyone anymore.
I don't know what's going on but it's very sweet.
ICELAND ARE SELF-ISOLATING
If you wondered why they were enjoying themselves from an hotel instead of performing in the stadium then wonder no more.
One of them got covid.
It's going to be a bummer if they win, isn't it?
I FORGOT ABOUT THE RECAP
That's four hours in and of itself. Or at least it feels that long.
If we win ever again I'm going to find a way to force the BBC to turn it into a whirlwind of a two hour telecast.
I'll be axing things left, right and centre.
PHEW
We've got through TWENTY SIX PERFORMANCES. We did it, guys!
Also approximately 482 interruptions from the hosts.
Now we've just got a mid-competition act and the voting. And then the results. Just less than two hours to go.
*fans self*
SAN MARINO
Poor Flo Rida.
GOOD POINT WELL MADE
SWEDEN
Something about voices. You’re no Loreen, chuck.
ITALY
He's forgotten his shirt the poor lamb.
I feel like I've just had an eye test watching this. I don't know whether I should be trying to read the letters on a board across the room or whether I need to argue about what style of glasses I want.
NETHERLANDS
This is very musical theatre - and that's not a bad thing, DEBBIE ON TWITTER.
TEAM LIL NAS
NORWAY
There’s never a gust of wind powerful enough to whip up some air and carry an annoyance off, when you need one, is there?
It's like an East 17 video.
East 17 from now - not the 90s.
AZERBAIJAN
There’s something very confident about just singing the name of a famous spy. Note, I said ‘confident’ and not ‘good’.
Maybe next year we should just send Adele and she can sing 'James Bond' for three minutes.
FRANCE
Oh angsty. How unusual.
I don't actually mind this but then I'm quite a fan of people wailing at me in a lace boob tube in a language I only understand every other word of.
It was like family dinners at my ex's.
UKRAINE
Don’t be so ridiculous. She’s singing like she’s in a Shonda Rhymes drama. Shush for crying out loud.
Either sing in a way that doesn't require medication to keep up with, or just shush.
And she's another one who didn't have an hairdryer backstage.
Are the Dutch on a budget?
And more importantly will General Zod be joining her in the green room?
ANOTHER INTERRUPTION
Will someone PLEASE stop these ceaseless and pointless interruptions?
I know the hosts have to justify their fees but goodness me just do it by running a hoover around or something.
THERE ARE STILL HOURS LEFT.
LITHUANIA
I’m scared of this. I just don’t understand. And I dislike that shade of yellow.
I feel as if this is something from a Black Mirror episode based on Butlins.
BULGARIA
What can you say about a song written about such a serious and personal subject?
I suppose I don’t mind it for sheer literacy.
It's like the Eurovision equivalent of an X Factor sob story - you know from when they were like 'I'm an orphan who survived the plane crash that wiped out my entire family' and not 'I work in cold meats at Tesco'.
ACCURATE
FINLAND
Are they OK? It’s very 2006 teenagers bedroom, isn’t it?
FROM GERMANY TO FINLAND
HE DOESN'T FEEL HATE...
Presumably because he's not having to listen to himself perform.
GERMANY
I’m not going to say it’s the worst thing Germany have ever done.
But let’s just say it doesn’t help.
GRAHAM NORTON WITH THE SHADE
According to our Graham, one of these backing dancers looks like Michael McIntyre lost a bet.
Ouch. I mean, accurate, but ouch.
What's the backing dancer ever done to you, Graham?
MOLDOVA
I mean I don’t HATE it. But I’m very clear on not wanting to know what she really means when she’s saying sugar.
