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* LyricalColdOpen: Ukraine and the U.K. are 2 of the 9 entries with no instrumentals in the intro. Australia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy and San Marino also had no true intro in their entries, whilst the Swedish one was very short.

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* LifeOfTheParty: What helped Moldova score so well with the televote was how much of a party song "Trenuletul" was, with the audience and other contestants in the green room dancing along to the performance. Even outside the arena, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/comments/uq12hs/warwick_university_uk_students_dancing_to_moldova/ public places]] where the show was broadcasted had parties of their own when this song came on.
* LyricalColdOpen: Ukraine and the U.K. are 2 of the 9 entries with no instrumentals in the intro. Australia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy and San Marino also had no true intro in their entries, whilst the Swedish one was and French songs were very short.
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The three live shows were hosted by presenter Alessandro Cattelan and singers Laura Pausini and Music/{{Mika}}, who were announced in their role during the second evening of the Sanremo Music Festival (Italy's longstanding musical TV kermesse and the inspiration for Eurovision itself). The slogan and visual design draw from a variety of sources, including the shapes of Italian-style gardens, early 20th century poster typography, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymatics cymatics]].

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The three live shows were hosted by presenter Alessandro Cattelan and singers Laura Pausini Music/LauraPausini and Music/{{Mika}}, who were announced in their role during the second evening of the Sanremo Music Festival (Italy's longstanding musical TV kermesse and the inspiration for Eurovision itself). The slogan and visual design draw from a variety of sources, including the shapes of Italian-style gardens, early 20th century poster typography, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymatics cymatics]].
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* DelayedReaction: United Kingdom got the 12 poins from both the Belgian and French juries, but no one in the British delegation reacted to hearing "Royaume-Uni" since it had been a long while since that phrase has been said. They only celebrated until after the hosts repeated it in English and they saw themselves on the screen.
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* GracefulLoser: Despite recieving zero points from the juries and only six points from the televote, landing in a guaranteed last place, Malik Harris and his team took the loss with dignity, likely being more happy over getting points at all and avoiding getting double zero points like the UK the previous year.
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* TheCameo: A few former performers and presenters, as well as some other celebrities, appeared as jury points presenters. The most notable are Jeangu Macrooy of the Netherlands (23rd, Rotterdam 2021; entrant, 2020), Jana Burčeska of North Macedonia (semifinalist, Kyiv 2017), Aidan Cassar of Malta (national-selection runner-up, 2022), Music/GoA vocalist Kateryna Pavlenko of Ukraine (fifth, Rotterdam 2021; entrant, 2020), Tanel Padar of Estonia (winner, Copenhagen 2001), The Black Mamba vocalist Pedro Tatanka of Portugal (twelfth, Rotterdam 2021), Music/{{TIX}} of Norway (eighteenth, Rotterdam 2021), Ida Nowakowska of Poland (presenter, Gliwice 2019 and Warsaw 2020 juniors), Stefania Liberakakis of Greece (tenth, Rotterdam 2021; entrant, 2020), Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir, wife and bandmate of Music/DadiFreyr of Iceland (fourth, Rotterdam 2021; entrant, 2020), Samanta Tīna of Latvia (semifinalist, Rotterdam 2021), Tina Müller of Denmark (presenter of national-selection show ''Dansk Melodi Grand Prix'' in 2021 and 2022), Élodie Gossuin of France (model, Miss France 2001, and co-presenter of Paris 2021 juniors), Linda Martin of Ireland (winner, Malmö 1992), Music/TheRoop vocalist Vaidotas Valiukevičius of Lithuania (eighth, Rotterdam 2021), Aksel Kankaanranta of Finland (entrant, 2020), Johanna Maria "Dotter" Jansson of Sweden (three-time competitor at national-selection show ''Melodifestivalen'' [semifinalist, 2018; runner-up, 2020; fourth, 2021]), Shane Gilberto "Courtney Act" Jenek of Australia (drag queen and participant of the inaugural edition of ''[[Series/AmericanIdol Australian Idol]]'' in 2003, won by eventual Vienna 2015 fifth-placer Music/GuySebastian), and Taťána Kuchařová of the Czech Republic (model and 2006 Miss World).

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* TheCameo: A few former performers and presenters, as well as some other celebrities, appeared as jury points presenters. The most notable are Jeangu Macrooy of the Netherlands (23rd, Rotterdam 2021; entrant, 2020), Jana Burčeska of North Macedonia (semifinalist, Kyiv 2017), Aidan Cassar of Malta (national-selection runner-up, 2022), Music/GoA vocalist Kateryna Pavlenko of Ukraine (fifth, Rotterdam 2021; entrant, 2020), Tanel Padar of Estonia (winner, Copenhagen 2001), The Black Mamba vocalist Pedro Tatanka of Portugal (twelfth, Rotterdam 2021), Music/{{TIX}} of Norway (eighteenth, Rotterdam 2021), Ida Nowakowska of Poland (presenter, Gliwice 2019 and Warsaw 2020 juniors), Stefania Liberakakis of Greece (tenth, Rotterdam 2021; entrant, 2020), Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir, wife and bandmate of Music/DadiFreyr of Iceland (fourth, Rotterdam 2021; entrant, 2020), Samanta Tīna of Latvia (semifinalist, Rotterdam 2021), Tina Müller of Denmark (presenter of national-selection show ''Dansk Melodi Grand Prix'' in 2021 and 2022), Élodie Gossuin of France (model, Miss France 2001, and co-presenter of Paris 2021 juniors), Linda Martin of Ireland (winner, Malmö 1992), Music/TheRoop vocalist Vaidotas Valiukevičius of Lithuania (eighth, Rotterdam 2021), Aksel Kankaanranta of Finland (entrant, 2020), Johanna Maria "Dotter" Jansson of Sweden (three-time competitor at national-selection show ''Melodifestivalen'' [semifinalist, 2018; runner-up, 2020; fourth, 2021]), Shane Gilberto "Courtney Act" "Creator/CourtneyAct" Jenek of Australia (drag queen and participant of the inaugural edition of ''[[Series/AmericanIdol Australian Idol]]'' in 2003, won by eventual Vienna 2015 fifth-placer Music/GuySebastian), and Taťána Kuchařová of the Czech Republic (model and 2006 Miss World).
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** Moldova's song prominently features the line "[[Music/{{Ramones}} Hey ho, let's go!]]"
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* TheCameo: A few former performers and presenters, as well as some other celebrities, appeared as jury points presenters. The most notable are Jeangu Macrooy of the Netherlands (23rd, Rotterdam 2021; entrant, 2020), Jana Burčeska of North Macedonia (semifinalist, Kyiv 2017), Aidan Cassar of Malta (national-selection runner-up, 2022), Music/GoA vocalist Kateryna Pavlenko of Ukraine (fifth, Rotterdam 2021; entrant, 2020), Tanel Padar of Estonia (winner, Copenhagen 2001), The Black Mamba vocalist Pedro Tatanka of Portugal (twelfth, Rotterdam 2021), Music/{{TIX}} of Norway (eighteenth, Rotterdam 2021), Ida Nowakowska of Poland (presenter, Gliwice 2019 and Warsaw 2020 juniors), Stefania Liberakakis of Greece (tenth, Rotterdam 2021; entrant, 2020), Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir, wife and bandmate of Music/DadiFreyr of Iceland (fourth, Rotterdam 2021; entrant, 2020), Samanta Tīna of Latvia (semifinalist, Rotterdam 2021), Tina Müller of Denmark (presenter of national-selection show ''Dansk Melodi Grand Prix'' in 2021 and 2022), Élodie Gossuin of France (model, Miss France 2001, and co-presenter of Paris 2021 juniors), Linda Martin of Ireland (winner, Malmö 1992), Music/TheRoop vocalist Vaidotas Valiukevičius of Lithuania (eighth, Rotterdam 2021), Aksel Kankaanranta of Finland (entrant, 2020), Johanna Maria "Dotter" Jansson of Sweden (two-time competitor at national-selection show ''Melodifestivalen'' [runner-up, 2020; fourth, 2021]), Shane Gilberto "Courtney Act" Jenek of Australia (drag queen and participant of the inaugural edition of ''[[Series/AmericanIdol Australian Idol]]'' in 2003, won by eventual Vienna 2015 fifth-placer Music/GuySebastian), and Taťána Kuchařová of the Czech Republic (model and 2006 Miss World).

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* TheCameo: A few former performers and presenters, as well as some other celebrities, appeared as jury points presenters. The most notable are Jeangu Macrooy of the Netherlands (23rd, Rotterdam 2021; entrant, 2020), Jana Burčeska of North Macedonia (semifinalist, Kyiv 2017), Aidan Cassar of Malta (national-selection runner-up, 2022), Music/GoA vocalist Kateryna Pavlenko of Ukraine (fifth, Rotterdam 2021; entrant, 2020), Tanel Padar of Estonia (winner, Copenhagen 2001), The Black Mamba vocalist Pedro Tatanka of Portugal (twelfth, Rotterdam 2021), Music/{{TIX}} of Norway (eighteenth, Rotterdam 2021), Ida Nowakowska of Poland (presenter, Gliwice 2019 and Warsaw 2020 juniors), Stefania Liberakakis of Greece (tenth, Rotterdam 2021; entrant, 2020), Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir, wife and bandmate of Music/DadiFreyr of Iceland (fourth, Rotterdam 2021; entrant, 2020), Samanta Tīna of Latvia (semifinalist, Rotterdam 2021), Tina Müller of Denmark (presenter of national-selection show ''Dansk Melodi Grand Prix'' in 2021 and 2022), Élodie Gossuin of France (model, Miss France 2001, and co-presenter of Paris 2021 juniors), Linda Martin of Ireland (winner, Malmö 1992), Music/TheRoop vocalist Vaidotas Valiukevičius of Lithuania (eighth, Rotterdam 2021), Aksel Kankaanranta of Finland (entrant, 2020), Johanna Maria "Dotter" Jansson of Sweden (two-time (three-time competitor at national-selection show ''Melodifestivalen'' [runner-up, [semifinalist, 2018; runner-up, 2020; fourth, 2021]), Shane Gilberto "Courtney Act" Jenek of Australia (drag queen and participant of the inaugural edition of ''[[Series/AmericanIdol Australian Idol]]'' in 2003, won by eventual Vienna 2015 fifth-placer Music/GuySebastian), and Taťána Kuchařová of the Czech Republic (model and 2006 Miss World).
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: "Leo", the drone featured in all the postcards, is obviously named after UsefulNotes/LeonardoDaVinci, among whose most notable works is a sketch for a helicopter-like "aerial screw".

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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: "Leo", the drone featured in all the postcards, is obviously named after UsefulNotes/LeonardoDaVinci, Creator/LeonardoDaVinci, among whose most notable works is a sketch for a helicopter-like "aerial screw".
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* GratuitousLatin: The Serbian entry, "In corpore sano" by Konstrakta, is sung mainly in Serbian but features some lines in Latin at the end, all riffing on (and subverting) the saying "mens sana in corpore sano" (a healthy mind in a healthy body).

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* GratuitousLatin: The Serbian entry, "In corpore sano" by Konstrakta, is sung mainly in Serbian but features some lines in Latin at the end, all riffing on (and subverting) the saying "mens sana in corpore sano" (a healthy mind in a healthy body). This marked the first use of Latin lyrics in the contest's history.



** Meanwhile, a Greek singer is representing Cyprus instead (just like in 2018, 2019, and 2021), with the honour going to Andromache Dimitropoulou.

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** Meanwhile, a Greek singer is representing Cyprus instead (just like in 2018, 2019, and 2021), with the honour going to German-born Andromache Dimitropoulou.
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* CheatersNeverProsper: During the second semifinal, the juries for Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, and San Marino were all disqualified and had a substitute jury vote created for them, based on the (legitimate) jury votes from the other countries in their pot in the allocation draw. According to one of Belgium's broadcasters, they had made agreements to vote for one another.

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* CheatersNeverProsper: During the second semifinal, the juries for Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, and San Marino were all disqualified and had a substitute jury vote created for them, based on the (legitimate) jury votes from the other countries in their pot in the allocation draw. According to one of Belgium's broadcasters, they had made agreements to vote for one another. The infraction was seen as ''such'' a problem that the EBU would later announce the 2023 semi-finals would change to a 100% televote qualification system, forgoing juries until the final.
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* GuestStarPartyMember: Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra received a special government exemption to travel to Turin (as all men aged from 18 to 60 were conscripted to the Ukrainian army), though members Danyil Chernov/"MC [=KylymMen=]" and backing singer Andrii Handziuk/"Dzhonni Dyvnyy" remained in the country, to aid in the defense effort or for other personal reasons. On the Eurovision stage, they were replaced respectively by Vlad Kurochka and Oleksandr Slobodianyk/"Sasha Tab", a musician friend of the band who already participated in ''Vidbir'' 2017 (Ukraine's national selection show) as the frontman of the band Salto Nazad.

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* GuestStarPartyMember: Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra Music/KalushOrchestra received a special government exemption to travel to Turin (as all men aged from 18 to 60 were conscripted to the Ukrainian army), though members Danyil Chernov/"MC [=KylymMen=]" and backing singer Andrii Handziuk/"Dzhonni Dyvnyy" remained in the country, to aid in the defense effort or for other personal reasons. On the Eurovision stage, they were replaced respectively by Vlad Kurochka and Oleksandr Slobodianyk/"Sasha Tab", a musician friend of the band who already participated in ''Vidbir'' 2017 (Ukraine's national selection show) as the frontman of the band Salto Nazad.
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* AnonymousBand: Norway’s Subwoolfer, who wore yellow wolf masks that concealed their identities, and Georgia’s Circus Mircus. Cue WildMassGuessing as to who were behind both bands.[[note]]The most common theories, which were both confirmed months after the contest, speculated that the former are portrayed by singers Ben Adams and Gaute Ormåsen, while the latter is a project of Stockholm 2016 Georgia representative Nika Kocharov.[[/note]]

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* AnonymousBand: Norway’s Subwoolfer, Music/{{Subwoolfer}}, who wore yellow wolf masks that concealed their identities, and Georgia’s Circus Mircus. Cue WildMassGuessing as to who were behind both bands.[[note]]The most common theories, which were both confirmed months after the contest, speculated that the former are portrayed by singers Ben Adams and Gaute Ormåsen, while the latter is a project of Stockholm 2016 Georgia representative Nika Kocharov.[[/note]]

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* AnonymousBand: Norway’s Subwoolfer, who wore yellow wolf masks that concealed their identities, and Georgia’s Circus Mircus. Cue WildMassGuessing as to who were behind both bands.[[note]]The most common theory says that the former are portrayed by singers Ben Adams and Gaute Ormåsen, while the latter was eventually confirmed to be a project of Stockholm 2016 Georgia representative Nika Kocharov.[[/note]]

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* AnonymousBand: Norway’s Subwoolfer, who wore yellow wolf masks that concealed their identities, and Georgia’s Circus Mircus. Cue WildMassGuessing as to who were behind both bands.[[note]]The most common theory says theories, which were both confirmed months after the contest, speculated that the former are portrayed by singers Ben Adams and Gaute Ormåsen, while the latter was eventually confirmed to be is a project of Stockholm 2016 Georgia representative Nika Kocharov.[[/note]]



** Although no-one was entirely sure, the fact that one of the Norwegian masked band Subwoolfer spoke with a British accent led to speculation across both sides of the North Sea as to who was under that wolf head. The most credible theory was that it was Ben Adams from A1, which is what Creator/TheBBC seem to think as well.

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** Although no-one was entirely sure, the fact that one of the Norwegian masked band Subwoolfer spoke with a British accent led to speculation across both sides of the North Sea as to who was under that wolf head. The most credible theory was that it was English singer Ben Adams from A1, which is what Creator/TheBBC seem seemed to think as well.well. And they were right, as Adams was eventually confirmed as being one half of the lupine duo (along with Gaute Ormåsen) during the finale of Melodi Grand Prix 2023.



* WildMassGuessing: Both Georgia and Norway sent out acts that concealed their identities, which led to a lot of people trying to work out who they actually were underneath the costumes.

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Both Georgia and Norway sent out acts that concealed their identities, which led to a lot of people trying to work out who they actually were underneath the costumes.[[note]]As detailed above, the identities of both groups were eventually revealed months after the contest, confirming the most prevalent theories: 2016 returnee Nika Kocharov and his bandmates for Georgia, and Ben Adams and Gaute Ormåsen for Norway.[[/note]]
** Speaking of Norway, many listeners were left wondering ''what'' exactly was "[[WordSaladLyrics Give That Wolf a Banana]]" about. One common interpretation is that it's about vaccination against the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic, with the "wolf" being the virus, the "banana" being the vaccine, and "grandma" representing the vulnerable elderly population.

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* AnonymousBand: Norway’s Subwoolfer, who wore yellow wolf masks that concealed their identities, and Georgia’s Circus Mircus. Cue WildMassGuessing as to who were behind both bands.[[note]]The most common theory says that the former are portrayed by singers Ben Adams and Gaute Ormåsen, while the latter is a project connected to the Stockholm 2016 Georgia representative Nika Kocharov.[[/note]]

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* AnonymousBand: Norway’s Subwoolfer, who wore yellow wolf masks that concealed their identities, and Georgia’s Circus Mircus. Cue WildMassGuessing as to who were behind both bands.[[note]]The most common theory says that the former are portrayed by singers Ben Adams and Gaute Ormåsen, while the latter is was eventually confirmed to be a project connected to the of Stockholm 2016 Georgia representative Nika Kocharov.[[/note]]



* TheBusCameBack: This year features four former representatives (five, if the aforementioned Haydar is counted as well) returning to represent their country once again. Curiously, in each case said representative(s) shares the position with another act or bandmates who are newcomers to the contest.

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* TheBusCameBack: This year features four five former representatives (five, (six, if the aforementioned Haydar is counted as well) returning to represent their country once again. Curiously, in each case said representative(s) shares the position with another act or bandmates who are newcomers to the contest.


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** Georgia's Circus Mircus was later confirmed to include Nika Kocharov, who represented the country in 2016 along with his band Young Georgian Lolitaz.

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* GratuitousSpanish: Albania's song, "Sekret" by Ronela Hataji, is mostly in Albanian and English, but also contains the Spanish phrase "tocalo" (touch it). The chorus of Romania's song, "Llámame" by WRS, is entirely in Spanish.

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* GratuitousSpanish: Albania's song, "Sekret" by Ronela Hataji, is mostly in Albanian and English, but also contains the Spanish phrase "tocalo" words "tócalo" (touch it).it) and "dámelo" (give it to me). The chorus of Romania's song, "Llámame" by WRS, is entirely in Spanish.



* GuestStarPartyMember: Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra received a special government exemption to travel to Turin (as all men aged from 18 to 60 were conscripted to the Ukrainian army), though members Danyil Chernov/"MC [=KylymMen=]" and backing singer Andrii Handziuk/"Dzhonni Dyvnyy" remained in the country to aid in the defense effort. On the Eurovision stage, they were replaced respectively by Vlad Kurochka and Oleksandr Slobodianyk/"Sasha Tab", a musician friend of the band who already participated in ''Vidbir'' 2017 (Ukraine's national selection show) as the frontman of the band Salto Nazad.
* HarsherInHindsight: In the BBC commentary, Graham Norton noted that Marius Bear's jacket was similar to James Newman's the year before. While causation doesn't mean correlation, Bear did wind up suffering the same nul-televote fate Newman did. However, unlike Newman (who picked up no points with either the jury or public), Bear did have 78 jury points to console himself with.

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* GuestStarPartyMember: Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra received a special government exemption to travel to Turin (as all men aged from 18 to 60 were conscripted to the Ukrainian army), though members Danyil Chernov/"MC [=KylymMen=]" and backing singer Andrii Handziuk/"Dzhonni Dyvnyy" remained in the country country, to aid in the defense effort. effort or for other personal reasons. On the Eurovision stage, they were replaced respectively by Vlad Kurochka and Oleksandr Slobodianyk/"Sasha Tab", a musician friend of the band who already participated in ''Vidbir'' 2017 (Ukraine's national selection show) as the frontman of the band Salto Nazad.
* HarsherInHindsight: In the BBC commentary, Graham Norton noted that Marius Bear's jacket was similar to James Newman's the year before. While causation doesn't mean correlation, Bear did wind up suffering the same nul-televote fate Newman did. However, unlike Newman (who picked up no points with either the jury or public), Bear did have 78 jury points to console himself with.
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* CheatersNeverProsper: During the second semifinal, the juries for Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, and San Marino were all disqualified and had a substitute jury vote created for them, based on the (legitimate) jury votes from the other countries in their pot in the allocation draw. According to one of Belgium's broadcasters, they had made agreements to vote for one another.



* CurbStompBattle: Ukraine received a massive '''439 points''' (out of a possible 468) from televoters, to date the highest points received by any country from that segment in the split-results era, over 150% as much as the United Kingdom's 283 jury points, and even faring better with juries (fourth with 192 points) than the UK did with televoters (fifth with 183 points). In addition, Ukraine broke the record set by Sweden's Loreen from Baku 2012 with the most ''douze points'' from a single voting sector with ''twenty-eight'', including the Big Five and the Nordic and Baltic blocs, as well as receiving televote points from every country except itself, as low as ''sept points'' from the Serbian public.

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* CurbStompBattle: Ukraine received a massive '''439 points''' (out of a possible 468) from televoters, to date the highest points received by any country from that segment in the split-results era, over 150% as much as the United Kingdom's 283 jury points, and even faring better with juries (fourth with 192 points) than the UK did with televoters (fifth with 183 points). In addition, Ukraine broke the record set by Sweden's Loreen from Baku 2012 with the most ''douze points'' from a single voting sector with ''twenty-eight'', including the Big Five and the Nordic and Baltic blocs, as well as receiving televote points from every country except itself, as low as ''sept points'' from the Serbian public.with only Malta, North Macedonia and Serbia giving them fewer than 10 points.
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* EiffelTowerEffect / BritainIsOnlyLondon: Averted by the UK, who decided to put their jury spokesperson AJ Odudu in front of a shot of the New Media City in Salford (which is not one of Britain’s best known cities, let alone landmarks) instead of the usual background of The London Eye. She even proudly announced where she was as well, which probably left a lot of viewers across Europe suddenly looking on a map of Britain to try and find out where on earth Salford actually was.

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* EiffelTowerEffect / BritainIsOnlyLondon: Averted by the UK, who decided to put their jury spokesperson AJ Odudu in front of a shot of the New Media City [=MediaCityUK=] in Salford (which is not one of Britain’s best known cities, cities - being overshadowed by its neighbour Manchester - let alone landmarks) instead of the usual background of The London Eye. She even proudly announced where she was as well, which probably left a lot of viewers across Europe suddenly looking on a map of Britain to try and find out where on earth Salford actually was.

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* PassingTheTorch: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] for the second year running. Music/{{Maneskin}} did not present the trophy to eventual winners Kalush Orchestra, possibly because Damiano David had injured his leg just before the Final and needed to rest.



** While most acts seemed to go for more casual attire, Australia’s Sheldon Riley performed his song in a big jewel encrusted white gown.
** Some of the jury spokespeople seem determined to make up for the lack of pimped out dresses in the actual show during the results announcement instead. Spain’s Nieves Álvarez wore a pink dress with a huge puffy sleeve that prompted Creator/TheBBC’s Graham Norton to wonder if she had her shopping hiding in it, while the UK’s AJ Odudu looked like she had raided Series/TheGreatBritishSewingBee entire haberdashery for her pink, and extremely fringed, dress.

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** While most acts seemed to go for more casual attire, Australia’s Australia's Sheldon Riley performed his song in a big jewel encrusted white gown.
** Some of the jury spokespeople seem determined to make up for the lack of pimped out dresses in the actual show during the results announcement instead. Spain’s Spain's Nieves Álvarez wore a pink dress with a huge puffy sleeve that prompted Creator/TheBBC’s Creator/TheBBC's Graham Norton to wonder if she had her shopping hiding in it, while the UK’s UK's AJ Odudu looked like she had raided Series/TheGreatBritishSewingBee entire haberdashery for her pink, and extremely fringed, dress.
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** A similar thing happened to Gigliola Cinquetti, the first Italian Eurovision winner all the way back to Copenhagen 1964 and who was supposed to join five other former winners for the interval act of the Rotterdam 2020 grand final. When that year's contest was cancelled, the line-up for the following year's act did not include Gigliola (most probably for reasons connected to her advanced age and the risk of COVID-19 contagion). This year, she sung again her winning song "Non ho l'età" on the Eurovision stage in her home country during the grand final interval.
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** Similarly, Spain snaps a six-contest run of bottom-seven finishes to make it all the way to third with a sensuous performance by Chanel Terrero, their best result since Anabel Conde finished second behind Norway's Secret Garden in Dublin 1995.

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** Similarly, Spain snaps a six-contest run of bottom-seven finishes to make it all the way to third with a sensuous performance by Chanel Terrero, Creator/ChanelTerrero, their best result since Anabel Conde finished second behind Norway's Secret Garden in Dublin 1995.

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