13 May 2023 , 23:05
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Mae Muller did the UK proud during Saturday night's Eurovision Song Contest final as she performed on home turf, but it sadly wasn't enough to impress voters across Europe.
The extravaganza came to the UK for the first time in 25 years, the last time being in Birmingham back in 1998.
London singer-songwriter Mae, 25, captivated the audience in the Liverpool Arena with her hit single I Wrote A Song. She was the first female entrant for the UK since SuRie in 2018.
Mae had hoped to build upon Sam Ryder's success in last year's competition where he placed second behind Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra, but sadly she finished second from bottom.
Taking the top spot this year was Loreen for Sweden, closely followed by Käärijä for Finland. Third was Israel followed by Italy and Norway. Mae avoided finishing last in the competition, which was taken by Germany.
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The only two countries whose viewers gave the UK any points were Malta and Ukraine. Meanwhile the juries in Sweden, Ukraine, Finland, Ireland and Denmark handed us some points.
The results mean next year's competition will head to Sweden, on the 50th anniversary of Abba's Waterloo success.
The final results
- 1. Sweden 583
- 2. Finland 526
- 3. Israel 362
- 4. Italy 350
- 5. Norway 268
- 6. Ukraine 243
- 7. Belgium 182
- 8. Estonia 168
- 9. Australia 151
- 10. Czechia 129
- 11. Lithuania 127
- 12. Cyprus 126
- 13. Croatia 123
- 14. Armenia 122
- 15. Austria 122
- 16. France 104
- 17. Spain 100
- 18. Moldova 96
- 19. Poland 93
- 20. Switzerland 92
- 21. Slovenia 78
- 22. Albania 76
- 23. Portugal 59
- 24. Serbia 30
- 25. United Kingdom 24
- 26. Germany 18
Loreen of Sweden was the bookies' favourite (AP)Televote results
The voting public around Europe and the rest of the world had chosen Finland as their favourite by a large margin.
- Finland 376
- Sweden 243
- Norway 216
- Ukraine 189
- Israel 185
- Italy 174
- Croatia 112
- Poland 81
- Moldova 76
- Albania 59
- Cyprus 58
- Belgium 55
- Armenia 53
- France 50
- Lithuania 46
- Slovenia 45
- Czechia 35
- Switzerland 31
- Estonia 22
- Australia 21
- Austria 16
- Portugal 16
- Serbia 16
- Germany 15
- United Kingdom 9
- Spain 5
Jury results
The various juries, however, had a clear favourite in Sweden.
- Sweden 340
- Israel 177
- Italy 176
- Finland 150
- Estonia 146
- Australia 130
- Belgium 127
- Austria 104
- Spain 95
- Czechia 94
- Lithuania 81
- Armenia 69
- Cyprus 68
- Switzerland 61
- Ukraine 54
- France 54
- Norway 52
- Portugal 43
- Slovenia 33
- Moldova 20
- Albania 17
- United Kingdom 15
- Serbia 14
- Poland 12
- Croatia 11
- Germany 3
Who the UK voted for
Here's what UK viewers voted for, with highest marks to Finland
- 12 Finland
- 10 Lithuania
- 8 Poland
- 7 Norway
- 6 Belgium
- 5 Sweden
- 4 Ukraine
- 3 Israel
- 2 Australia
- 1 Moldova
But the UK jury had a different view, preferring Sweden and not even giving Finland a point
- 12 Sweden
- 10 Australia
- 8 Lithuania
- 7 Belgium
- 6 Estonia
- 5 Spain
- 4 Israel
- 3 Armenia
- 2 Italy
- 1 Slovenia