Azerbaijan win Eurovision as Blue and Jedward finish mid-table

The rest of Europe were underwhelmed by the battle of the boy bands and voted in droves for a power pop duoIn Britain this year's Eurovision was billed as the battle of the boy bands – Blue, the has-been 00s boy band, performing for the UK, and Jedward, the never-even-really-was-a-boy-band-or-at-least-not-a-proper-one for Ireland.And yet, as it transpired, the rest of Europe just really couldn't care any less. A duo, Ell/Nikki, who had apparently styled their stage outfits on David Brent's loo...

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