Eurovision 2024: Olly Alexander’s father ‘surprised’ by son’s lack of points – live

From an almost-naked performance from Finland, a bizarre clip of a group of underwhelmed Brighton residents and a repetitive ‘Gilmore Girls’ gag, we break down the most bizarre moments.

Eurovision Song Contest winner Nemo Mettler appeared to break their trophy following victory in Malmo on Saturday (11 May).

Ironically, the incident occurred seconds after UK commentator Graham Norton warned, “Don’t break the trophy”.

Nemo triumphantly shook the trophy in their left hand for the audience, before placing it on the floor.

As the focus returned to Nemo, the broadcast camera caught a broken stem left behind.

Bambie Thug has accused Eurovision organisers of “not supporting”them over a row with Israel.

The singer, who secured a sixth place finish in Ireland’s first grand final of the music event since 2018, accused the Israeli broadcaster, Kan, of a rule break and said they have been waiting to hear back from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) about what action would be taken.

Eurovision 2024 unfolded under the darkest shadow in its history, withe the atmopsher backstage said to have been on a knife-edge.

Yet, despite gaping fractures in its façade of international musical unity, the show went on – and you can find music editor Roisin O’Connor’s verdict on the contest below.

Switzerland act Nemo was crowned this year’s Eurovision winner after what has been the most controversial contest in its history.

In a press conference after the event, Nemo was asked about organisers making audience members throw away the non-binary flag before entering the arena.

“That is unbelievable. I had to smuggle my flag in because Eurovision said no, but I did it anyway, so I hope some people did that too. But, I mean, come on, this is clearly a double standard. I broke the trophy. The trophy can be fixed – maybe Eurovision needs fixing a little bit too every now and then.”

Those who planned to boycott this year’s Eurovision clearly made good of their promise, with overnight ratings revealing a substantial drop from 2023’s figures, which was the most-watched Eurovision since viewing records began.

Olly Alexander’s father has expressed surprise over his son receiving zero points in the Eurovision public vote.

David Thornton described his son’s participation as a “fantastic learning experience”, calling it “one more step to wherever he’s going”.

However, he said he thought people would “connect” more with Alexander’s performance of the song “Dizzy”, which he said he “enjoyed”.

“To me, it’s a real surprise the public didn’t sort of connect with that song, though the juries gave it a really good score,” Thornton said.

Alexander finished in 18th place out of 25.

Netherlands has shed more light on the “incident” that led to Eurovision’s disqualification of Dutch delegate Joost Klein.

Klein was barred from being able to perform at the event hours before it was scheduled to take place as police investigated a complaint of inappropriate behaviour made by a female member of the production crew.

AVROTROS, who organises Netherlands’ entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, was unimpressed by the “disproportionate” decision.

Find out how different acts addressed one of the most controversial Eurovision contests in recent history.

Olly Alexander received a mixed reaction to his racy Eurovision Song Contest performance.

The British singer, 33, performed his song “Dizzy” alongside a group of backing dancers – his first release under his own name.

The Brit was supported in the UK by narrator Graham Norton, who described the performance as “terrific”, but admitted that he did not know how well it would do because “it is so different to everything else in the contest tonight.”