Twenty-year-old barefoot singer Emmelie de Forest was the toast of Denmark Sunday after winning this year's Eurovision Song Contest in the Swedish city of Malmoe Her song, "Only Teardrops" confirmed its status as the bookmakers' favourite to register a comfortable win at Saturday night's finals, scoring 281 points at a glittering ceremony watched by millions of viewers.
Azerbaijan was the runner-up on 234 points, followed by Ukraine with 214 points. "Europe adores Emmelie," Denmark's tabloid newspaper Ekstrabladet declared on its website soon after the result.
"Denmark's darling was the big favourite and she met all expectations," public broadcaster DR wrote on its website. Broadsheet Politiken chimed in too, noting that "Only Teardrops" was "the best song in Europe."
Denmark last won the contest in 2000 with "Fly on the wings of love" by Olsen Brothers, also in Sweden. There was no shortage of Danish support in the Malmoe Arena, located just minutes away from Sweden's southern neighbour across the eight-kilometre (five-mile) Oeresund bridge.
"I believed in the song, but the exciting thing about Eurovision is that you never know what's going to happen," de Forest told reporters after the competition. In the past the contest has produced surprise winners, such as the monster-mask clad Finnish rockers Lordi in 2006.
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