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23 May, 5 tweets, 3 min read
🎤 Need to catch up on #Eurovision? Here are your talking points:

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🇬🇧The UK's James Newman received a standing ovation from the other performers - but nul points from both judges and public.

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🇮🇹 Italy won the night by sending in arguably the sexiest take on glam metal since Marc Bolan was alive

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🇩🇪 Germany's act Jendrik earned one of @grahnort’s best lines of the night: “Well, this song is Marmite… if everybody hated Marmite.”

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🇮🇱 Israel’s song was notable not just for the horrible irony of being named ‘Set Me Free’ but for featuring the highest note in Eurovision history.

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🇷🇺 And instead of sending in another hot woman with a wind machine, Russia's performance had everything: a giant dress costume wheeled around stage, vast quantities of fire, and the surprisingly moving montage of faces of Russian women.

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