And the winner is.....

Serbian ballad wins at Eurovision

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.

She scored 268 points, beating Ukrainian drag queen Verka Serdyuchka into second place. Russia third and Turkey came fourth.

The Balkan vote an important factor, too strong to over come

The voting as little to do with musical talent, its all about awarding points to your friends and neighbors.

Western European states hardly got a look in, I think the Eurovision is worth watching for making sense why Europe has issues and beyond their borders.

The UK got 29 points and 12 of that was from Malta, no doubt from Ex-pats.

The real star of the entire contest was the light show, just fantastic.