While the results are known by morning Australian time, Australia's national and mostly government-funded multilingual and multicultural broadcaster SBS broadcasts the semi-finals and final at peak viewing times in the evenings.
In fact, Eurovision has a very strong and long-time following in Australia, aside from many Australians having migrated from many of the song entrant countries, there is the kitsch value, which resonates well with a broadly Australian sense of humour.
Winners, Ell and Nikki with "Running Scared" for Azerbaijan
Last year's winner Lena, for Germany, with 'Taken By a Stranger'
Moldova may not have won but those hats begged an explanation (photo not from actual final but a dress rehearsal - by Pieter Van den Berghe of EBU)
Photos below from Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) via Deutsche Welle
Sweden's Eric Saade might have been trying to be Popular by channeling the goddess Kali
Denmark's A Friend in London tried to find a New Tomorrow. Why do Danish musicians always sing in English?
Germany's Lena was Taken By a Stranger, it seems they might be extra-terrestrials
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