operatic the code.
for the uk, 18th place.
but after the withdrawals,
the disqualification
and the protests, by the end,
it feels very eurovision
and very much switzerland's night.
david sillito, bbc news, malmo.
scott bryan is a tv
critic and broadcaster.
he looked back at what has been
a controversial and politicised
eurovision song contest.
made at the ebu will be looking back
and probably thinking to themselves,
my word. i feel in the lead up to it
in the weeks running up, israel's or
just a patient has had protests and
calls for boycotts, while there have
been many people thinking the
country should remain within the
contest, too. ithink
country should remain within the
contest, too. i think the last 2a
hours, with spokespeople leaving the
competition and not representation