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There is a little bit of Bronski Beat’s Smalltown Boy about the opening chord sequence, but it soon starts sounding like a cross between the traditional Ukrainian singing that we are familiar with from Ukrainian entries past, and some religious chorus. I think this will do well. Full disclosure: I got to interview them this week and they were lovely so maybe I have a bias.

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Sweden couldn’t do it again, could they? This is a glorious little slice of electronic pop with some delightfully squelchy analgoue-sounding flourishes. The biggest drawback for them is possibly going first. But with voting open from the start this year, who knows whether all the usual rules and omens about the running order need to be chucked away?

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No live blog is complete without some bingo card suggestions. Of course, if you want to have a shot of drink each time you spot one of these things, you are welcome, but drinking is not compulsory. Instead you can just shout out “Rim Tim Tagi Dim!” or “Ram-di-dam-dam-dam!” or which ever bit of lyrics has got lodged in your brain already. Here are my suggestions …

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• ✨✨✨ A costume change! ✨✨✨

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• ✨✨✨ A keytar! ✨✨✨

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• ✨✨✨ One of the presenters raps! ✨✨✨

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• ✨✨✨ Someone says the evening/songs have been “wonderful”! ✨✨✨

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• ✨✨✨ A performance is designed to look great on TV but looks terrible in the hall! ✨✨✨

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• ✨✨✨ Unexpected use of the French language! ✨✨✨

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• ✨✨✨ An artist has their dog in their postcard! ✨✨✨

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• ✨✨✨ A painfully high note is delivered! ✨✨✨

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• ✨✨✨ A song includes a middle eight that seems entirely designed to facilitate the choreography! ✨✨✨

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• ✨✨✨ Twelve points from Greece to Cyprus! ✨✨✨

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• ✨✨✨ You’re live blogger makes a typo! [THAT’S THE JOKE] ✨✨✨

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• ✨✨✨ A cynical and “uplifting” key change near the end of the song! ✨✨✨

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• ✨✨✨ The wind generator is working! ✨✨✨

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• ✨✨✨ Too long of a pause to deliver “does points” when you are already at a disadvantage! ✨✨✨

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• ✨✨✨ Joanna Lumley! ✨✨✨

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• ✨✨✨ When someone presses the button, fire will appear on the stage! ✨✨✨

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• ✨✨✨ The boys are shirtless again! ✨✨✨

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The Netherlands’ entry has been disqualified from the grand final of the Eurovision song contest due to an incident involving a female member of the production crew, the competition’s organisers have announced.

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Dutch singer and rapper Joost Klein, 26, had qualified for the contest’s main event but was absent from Friday’s dress rehearsals.

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It’s the first time in Eurovision’s 68-year history that a contestant has been disqualified after the start of the five-day event.

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“Swedish police have investigated a complaint made by a female member of the production crew after an incident following his [Klein’s] performance in the semi-final on Thursday night,” Eurovision organizers said in a statement.

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“It would not be appropriate for him to continue participating in the contest while the legal process is ongoing,” the newspaper said.

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“We maintain a zero-tolerance policy against inappropriate behavior at our events and are committed to providing a safe and secure environment.”

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Organizers said the incident did not involve any other performers or delegation members.

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Every competing country in the contest – that is all 37 who initially entered, not just those appearing in the final – have both a jury awarding votes, and a public vote.

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Once voting closes, each country reveals who has received a maximum 12 points from their country. Points are awarded as follows: 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. This is the bit where we go from country to country and a celebrity or Eurovision alumni says “Hello Malmö! What a great show” and then takes too long to reveal the score.

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After that procedure, organisers go through all the competing countries in the final, from those placed last to those placed first after the jury vote, and add their total points from the 37 public votes. The online votes from viewers in non-participating countries around the world are aggregated and awarded as one set of points at this point too.

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Essentially this engineers a tension where countries in the top five or six after the jury votes have to wait until right at the end of the show to see whether they earned enough points with the public to overhaul each other.

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Hallå! Välkommen till vår bevakning av den 68:e Eurovision song contest!

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That is about as much Swedish as I can manage. By which I mean that is all the Swedish that I put into Google translate earlier. The contest gets under way at 9pm CEST, which is 8pm BST, and if I’ve done my maths right, is 5am tomorrow in Sydney.

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I’d love to hear from you, so ping me an email at eurovision@theguardian.com with your thoughts, and especially pictures if you have dogs watching the show.

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I will be your host for tonight’s coverage, not as well dressed or as smooth as Malin Akerman or Petra Mede, but not as scripted either, so hopefully I will provide an enjoyable add-on if you are watching, or a way of keeping up with it if you’ve not got to a television.

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