Mark Savage
Music correspondent, at the Eurovision Song Contest

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I don’t know who Jonas Lovv has fallen for, but I’d like to find out.

According to this song, he’s an animal with no self control. He won’t let go! He knows he’s gonna love it! He’s got some broken bones! (I’m not clear what the last one means, to be honest).

It’s a big glam rock stomper that’s one of this year’s most-streamed entries – with four million plays across Spotify and YouTube.

It’s also in one of the so-called “blessed slots” towards the end of the running order. Could it score big later? Ya Ya Ya Maybe.

Mark Savage
Music correspondent, at the Eurovision Song Contest

For tonight’s third ad break, we get a glimpse of the Eurovision events happening around Vienna, plus a recap of the previous two contests in Vienna – in 1967 and 2015.

It’s a chance to relive some memorable moments, including winners Sandie Shaw and Måns Zelmerlöw.

It also includes, for some reason, Electro Velvet – the 2015 UK act, who scored just 19 points for the UK in 2015.

Barry and his friends are celebrating tonight with pink fizz, sequins and sparkles - they've even got their own Eurovision trophy!

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Mark Savage
Music correspondent, at the Eurovision Song Contest

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Italy’s song is such a throwback that they’ve transformed the giant LED stage into the creaky wooden floor of a 1970s disco.

But Sal Da Vinci's song, Per Sempre Si, is much more than a nostalgia trip. It’s a tribute to his wife of nearly 35 years, Paolo Pugliese, and a musing on the sacrifices that enduring love requires.

The staging is really sweet, too. As Sal performs in his crisp white suit, a groom paces around in the background, waiting for his bride to arrive. As the song reaches its climax, she appears on stage and they kiss, before spinning around to Sal’s sillky vocals.

How sweet is that?

We've now heard more than 20 performances for this year's Eurovision final.

Moldova, Finland, Poland, Lithuania, and Sweden recently bought their unique energies to the stage tonight.

Here's how their performances were captured in pictures:

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Mark Savage
Music correspondent, at the Eurovision Song Contest

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Also known as the UK’s other chance to win. Antigoni is a London-born singer with Greek-Cypriot roots, who you might recognise from her appearance on Love Island a couple of years ago.

Her entry, Jalla, is a hip-shaking Shakira soundalike that references the popular belly dance Tsifteteli.

She performs her pneumatic choreography on top of a giant table - the sort you’d find in a taverna - with added fire effects and pyrotechnics. I just hope someone wipes it down before they serve the mezze.

Emma Saunders
Culture reporter

Sweden has another banger this year and while it's not one of the hot favourites to win, the Nordic country has form when it comes to picking up the coveted Eurovision trophy.

Swedish star Felicia performs her song My System in a diamante-studded face mask, which doesn't seem to hinder her vocals.

If it does win, it will move ahead of Ireland for most wins (both currently have seven).

Ireland definitely aren't in the running - they are boycotting the event this year, one of five countries who withdrew after Israel's participation in the competition was officially confirmed towards the end of last year.

Mark Savage
Music correspondent, at the Eurovision Song Contest

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Swedish singer Felicia Erikkson was recording her debut single, Black Widow, last year when she first heard the demo for My System.

“I was like, ‘What is this? This is crazy!’” she recalls. “I love dark EDM songs with a hard drop, so I was like, ‘Send this to me right now. This is my song. I want everything.’”

She rewrote the lyrics to make them more personal and entered the song into Sweden’s prestigious Melodifestivalen – beating 29 other contestants to be selected as the country’s Eurovision entry.

If she wins tonight, Sweden would become the most-garlanded country ever at Eurovision – breaking its tie with Ireland.

“No pressure,” laughs Felicia. “That would be crazy.”

In our next post, we'll bring you more on Sweden's tie with Ireland for the most wins.

Mark Savage
Music correspondent, at the Eurovision Song Contest

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Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984, we have Lithuania’s Lion Ceccah – the stage name of 34-year-old Tomas Alenčikas.

He’s painted head-to-toe in silver to perform Sólo Quiero Más, whose lyrics deal with the desire to break free of the shallowness of social media and artificial intelligence to make real human connections.

Which is all well and good, but I do wonder what sort of extra charges he’s going to incur on his hotel bill after washing off all that paint.

Rhian is celebrating her hen night in style!

She and Rachel sent us this photo of them supporting the UK all the way... and it looks like Graham Norton found time to pop in and wish them well too!

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Mark Savage
Music correspondent, at the Eurovision Song Contest

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Don’t watch this one if you have a fear of heights… or a fear of flinging yourself off a precipice… or a fear of walking backwards uphill in high heels.

Alicja and her backing dancers really fling themselves around the stage for the next three minutes – as she performs a gospel-pop hybrid that uses prayer as a metaphor for overcoming personal struggles.

Not one of the favourites to win, it’s still notable for the lip-smacking noise Alicja produces in the second verse – which, I’ve recently discovered, is called a bilabial pop.

Erin, Gary, Ang and Paul are enjoying listening to Eurovision on BBC Radio 2, with Rylan and Sara Cox, as they drive home on the M6.

They're on their back from Wembley after "watching Manchester City win the cup!"

"Can we have a shout out please!"

Consider it done.

Mark Savage
Music correspondent, at the Eurovision Song Contest

"You set me on fire but you’re never truly mine."

Finland’s entry is a tortured story of unreciprocated love, performed by pop star Pete Parkkonen, who’s getting the cold shoulder from classical violinist Linda Lampenius.

Linda says the lyrics draw on the experiences of her youth.

"I used to be like that. I’d let people fall in love with me but when they got too close, I’d get scared [and shut them out]," she explains.

"Now, I've been with my husband for 20 years, and he actually gave me the self-esteem to feel loved for who I am."

On stage, that tug-of-war becomes an apocalyptic hellscape, full of flames and broken furniture. And the passionate performances have made this tonight’s favourite to win.

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Sophie Yardley
BBC Radio Manchester

We've just heard from the UK's act Look Mum No Computer - and the BBC caught up with Sam Battle's real mum.

An organ made from Furbies, a Star Wars droid orchestra, and a synthesiser bike - just some of the inventions of Sam Battle, AKA Look Mum No Computer, who's just represented the UK.

He even made some of tonight's staging himself.

And someone who’s been watching him dismantle and rebuild the world around him since day one is his mum, Jane.

She's in Vienna with Sam's dad, Alan - both proudly wearing matching jumpsuits with "Look Mum No Computer" emblazoned on the back.

"The first thing he did when I gave him a trike, wasn't to try and ride it, it was to turn it upside down and see if he could get the wheels off - he's always been like that. He'll try and build anything, take it apart, see how it works."

Jane says this week has been "a whirlwind" but is "so proud" of her son, who became a dad just a few weeks ago.

"What an experience, I mean, how many people can say this is what they've done?"

So what's next for Sam after Eurovision? "Changing nappies," she smiles, "and then probably getting on with another mad project. He's got quite a few on the go. He's got a car that he's rebuilding; it'll probably have flames coming out and make a tune."

Mark Savage
Music correspondent, at the Eurovision Song Contest

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For Moldova, tonight is a triple anniversary - 70 years of Eurovision, 20 years of Moldova competing in Eurovision, and 35 years of Moldovan independence.

Satoshi’s song celebrates all three, with a hyperactive song that urges us all to visit the compact, landlocked territory between Romania and Ukraine.

"It has a message not only about my country – but about the whole mess of languages and cultures in this tiny continent we share," Satoshi tells us.

He delivers his manifesto in a mixture seven languages, including Spanish ("mi casa es su casa") and Italian ("saluti a tutti").

And, let me tell you, no-one is having more fun on stage than these guys.

Mark Savage
Music correspondent, at the Eurovision Song Contest

To fill space in another commercial break, our hosts are plugging the all-new Eurovision Song Contest Asia.

Broadcasters from 10 countries in the region, including South Korea, Thailand and the Philippines, have confirmed that they will be taking part.

The countries will first host their own national selections before the grand final in Bangkok on 14 November.

Hopefully it’ll work better than the American spin-off, which ended after one year.

Mark Savage
Music correspondent, at the Eurovision Song Contest

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At 17 years old, Monroe is this year’s youngest contestant– but she’s already an accomplished musician, who released her debut album in France last year.

Her song, Regarde! is all about taking a quiet moment to appreciate the world around us – and mixes her training as an opera singer with a dynamic pop production.

On stage, she says, “the challenge is going from one style to another, between the classical and the popular music – and finding the balance between the shifts”.

For the Look Mum No Computer fans out there, Charlotte and her friends have taken his lyrics literally, when he sings: "Eins, zwei, drei with a slice of pepperoni."

This one made us laugh - here it is, in human form:

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And along with Graham Norton and Rylan at Charlotte's party, you may also spot a few other lookalikes from tonight's performers...

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Interestingly, there is more German language in the UK entry - Eins, Zwei, Drewi - than Germany's own song, Fire, which is sung entirely in English.

While the verses reference traditional English desserts like "roly poly with custard", the chorus is partially sung in German.

"If only there was a language I could count in that would make me feel better," musician Look Mum No Computer - real name Sam Battle - says before launching into the German-inspired chorus.

"I spend a lot of time going around [Germany] in a little van, me and my mate, and they're very friendly, very nice," the singer explains. "So I thought, let's write a song about going on holiday in Germany."

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