Eurovision 2018: As it happened - BBC News
All the news and reaction on the song contest as Israel wins, with the UK coming 24th.
What a finale to an amazing Eurovision this year.

In the weeks leading up to the competition all the buzz was about the Israeli entry, Netta Barzilai. But in the past few days, her star seemed to have waned in favour of Cyprus’ glamourous Eleni Foureira.

Certainly among the press, Netta had been written off – with Cyprus, France, Ireland and Italy thought to be the more credible acts.

By the half way point in the scoring, though, the national juries had confounded this and she was in a strong third position.

And then for the public vote: the 25-year old gained the highest number of points possible from viewers at home.

Perhaps they had seen someone, who was fun and quirky but who carried a meaningful and substantial message of accepting who you are.