The Italian band Maneskin winning the Eurovision Song Contest final last night. VIEWERS watching Eurovision took to Twitter to point out the UK s widespread unpopularity after its dismal showing in the contest. James Newman scored a total of zero points from each country s panel of judges, as well as the popular votes, after he performed his song Embers. It is the second time in a row that the UK has ended the contest with no points. Italy s pop-rock Maneskin triumphed with France coming second in the competition which was held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, last night. Other top performances came from Switzerland, Iceland, Russia and Lithuania.
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Jack O’Neil has flipped his disability on its head and turned it into an ability.
“Much of what I do every day is geared towards lifting up my community of disabled athletes and fighting for equality,” the soon-to-be Village High School graduate said.
As an amputee who has been involved with sports his entire childhood, O’Neil considers himself fortunate to be a part of that community.
At the young age of 9, O’Neil had to make a grownup decision: whether to allow doctors to amputate his left leg above the knee. After numerous operations to try to correct genetic defects, they had run out of surgical options.