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This year’s contest was held in Vienna, Austria, after 25-year-old JJ lifted last year’s trophy in Basel, Switzerland, with his song Wasted Love.<\/p>\n
The show opened with a recap of that song – before the competition started in earnest with Denmark’s S\u00f8ren Torpegaard Lund.<\/p>\n
Writhing with dancers in a sweaty plastic box, his performance set the tone for a night dominated by stories of obsession and animal passion.<\/p>\n
Germany’s Sarah Engels was “on fire”, Norway’s Jonas Lovv had “no self control” and Sweden’s Felicia gave us an image that’s hard to forget: “You’re in my head, my heart, my body parts”. TMI, Felicia.<\/p>\n
As for Serbia, the lead singer of rock band Lavina was so tortured by someone who “trampled on his heart” that he ended his song with a blood-curdling scream.<\/p>\n
Representing Romania, meanwhile, Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu provoked controversy with the lyrics to her song Choke Me.<\/p>\n
Campaigners criticised the track for glamourising sexual violence – but C\u0103pit\u0103nescu said it was really about suffocating under the weight of self-doubt.<\/p>\n
Performed second-to-last, her powerful performance – essentially Lady Gaga fronting the nu metal band Evansecence – proved tantalising enough to take third place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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