omg i cannot STAND salvador sobral and his song I HATED IT SO MUCH and I hated it even more once I realised his attitude. dude. just don't be in eurovision then?? i was so mad when they won.

My thoughts exactly! And people keep interviewing him and he keeps being snootily contemptuous of Eurovision, and I keep being infuriated!

There is always such a huge gulf between the jury and the public votes (it happened with KEiiNO as well, if I remember), but this year it was particularly stark. It's not so much that the public always votes for the same kind of music, but that they vote for performances with a bit of drama and an intense stage show, whereas the juries always give more points to acts that are stripped back and boring.

I liked the French song (it was so unbelievably French) and I wouldn't have been upset if it won, but I'm much happier with the eventual winner, given we couldn't get Ukraine.

And yes, KEiiNO were totally robbed, they were far better than the boring Dutch song, and I'm so sad that they didn't get through the Norwegian competition to be able to compete again this year. I love that you made money with your bets, though — the Icelandic band was great that year!