Ally Ross
Updated: May 28 2021, 6:22 ET
Ally Ross
THE Eurovision votes had already been cast by 11pm. Humiliation was in the post.
All our host Graham Norton had to do was avoid tempting fate. So what does he go and say? “If James Newman doesn’t come last, we’ve done better than 2019 . . . ”
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Unfortunately Britain s James Newman secured zero votesCredit: pixel8000
One hour but not a single vote later, James had “solidified Britain’s position”, in much the same way as we did at Gallipoli in 1915.
The climax of a head-spinning four hours at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, where I’d felt slightly short-changed by a lot of the acts ever since BBC4’s semi-final host Scott Mills told us: “Moldova have dropped the dancing ice-creams from their set.”
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The Eurovision Broadcasting Union, which organises the annual contest, says it is examining video footage that showed Damiano David lowering his head over a table in the green room.
The singer has volunteered to take a drugs test when he gets home.
Viewers questioned what they were seeing when Damiano was seen on camera bending over a table, with some suspecting he had been caught snorting cocaine.
One asked on Twitter: Did someone just do a line live on Eurovision telly?
But the singer insisted he was looking down after another band member broke a glass on the floor.