And the results are in

[james_davis_nicoll]

And the winner of the 2014 Eurovision contest is


Conchita Wurst's Rise Like a Phoenix.

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Second place went to The Common Linnets's Calm After The Storm

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Third place went to Sanna Nielsen's Undo

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More details here.

Comments

[tandw.livejournal.com]

I can't remember who tweeted that this a big FU to Putin's Russia.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

I thought it was a bit not on to boo the two Russians.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Not the Russians as in Russia but Russians as in the 17 yr old Tolmachevy Twins who probably didn't have a lot to do with the invasion of Ukraine.

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I felt really bad for them. They're great performers, and they didn't deserve to be booed by proxy. It's not their fault and it's not okay.

[daveon.livejournal.com]

Hard to tell 15,000 gay men not to boo at the mere mention of Russia... not to mention the fairly obvious vote rigging going on. I swear at one point the video was interupted while they changed the vote ;)

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

I like it.

[londonkds.livejournal.com]

It was Vlad what won it!

[rfmcdpei.livejournal.com]

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/05/11/russians-hate-eurovisions-bearded-lady-champion/

[daveon.livejournal.com]

I wasn't a fan, it was the best of the 3 Bond theme's of the night, but there were several others I preferred ahead of it.