Eurovision 2013 winner is Denmark: Emmelie De Forest "Only Teardrops" performance VIDEO

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Denmark's Emmelie de Forest won the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Only Teardrops".

The Danish singer was the bookies' favourite to win the show and she won the show with a total of 281 points.

Runner up was Azerbaijan with 234 points and Ukraine with 214 points.

Watch Emmelie's live performance of her winning song in the video below:

The show was hosted by Petra Mede and Eric Saade.

26 acts competed for the statue at the Grand Final on the evening of May 18 performing in the following order:

1. France: L'Enfer Et Moi by Amandine Bourgeois 2. Lithuania: Something by Andrius Pojavis 3. Moldova: O Mie by Aliona Moon 4. Finland: Marry Me by Krista Siegfrids 5. Spain: Contigo Hasta El Final (With You Until The End) by ESDM 6. Belgium: Love Kills by Roberto Bellarosa 7. Estonia: Et Uus Saaks Alguse by Birgit 8. Belarus: Solayoh by Alyona Lanskaya 9. Malta:Tomorrow by Gianluca 10. Russia: What If by Dina Garipova 11. Germany: Glorious by Cascada 12. Armenia: Lonely Planet by Dorians 13. The Netherlands: Birds by Anouk 14. Romania: It's My Life by Cezar 15. United Kingdom: Believe In Me by Bonnie Tyler 16. Sweden: You by Robin Stjernberg 17. Hungary:: Kedvesem by ByeAlex 18. Denmark: Only Teardrops by Emmelie de Forest 19. Iceland: Ég Á Líf by Eyþór Ingi 20. Azerbaijan: Hold Me by Farid Mammadov 21. Greece: Alcohol Is Free by Koza Mostra featuring Agathon Iakovidis 22. Ukraine: Gravity by Zlata Ognevich 23. Italy: L'Essenziale by Marco Mengoni 24. Norway: I Feed Your Love by Margaret Berger 25. Georgia: Waterfall by Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani 26. Ireland: Only Love Survives by Ryan Dolan

The Eurovision Song Contest is held annually among active members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). An act from each member country submits a song which is performed on live television. Artists such as ABBA and Celine Dion have directly launched their careers from the Eurovision Song Contest. ABBA represented Sweden in 1974with the song "Waterloo", and Celine Dion represented Switzerland in 1988 with "Ne Partex pas sans moi".

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