Austria has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with Rise Like a Phoenix, sung by bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst.
The 25-year-old performer, whose real name is Tom Neuwirth, took the Eurovision crown in Copenhagen despite initial expectations that the eye-catching performance would be too controversial in socially conservative countries.
"We are unity, and we are unstoppable," she said after winning the glitzy competition with 290 points compared with 238 points for runner-up the Netherlands, in what Eurovision fans had anticipated would be a more closely fought race.
So Conchita Wurst came out on top and Molly Smitten-Downes didn't win.
It was inevitable really, wasn't it?
But it was tense until the closing stages (for Austria if not for the UK) on a thoroughly epic night of Eurovision brilliance.
There were plenty of memorable moments from Poland's raunchy routine as they tried to sex up their Eurovision entry, hamster wheels, an appearance from Gina G and ladders several storeys high.
Next year it will be Austria's turn to host the biggest Eurovision party so keep up with all the Eurovision news and reaction on our dedicated page - or read on to see how the night unfolded...Conchita Wurst won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with a score of 290 after a grandiose James Bond-theme-like ballad, Rise Like a Phoenix, before a TV audience of around 180 million people in 45 countries.
UK hopeful Molly Smitten-Downes came in seventeenth place with a score of just 40 with her song Children Of The Universe.
'This is dedicated to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom,' a tearful Conchita said as she accepted the trophy from Denmark's Emmelie de Forrest, who won the contest last year. 'We are unity and we are unstoppable.'
Glittering prize: Conchita Wurst representing Austria performs the song Rise Like A Phoenix after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
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