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Hit and miss Goths, glory and plenty of gimmicks

1. Switzerland was a smash hit

After a week of turmoil, we got a popular winner. Swiss singer Nemo, who identifies as non-binary, came into the night as third favourite but romped to a widely welcomed victory. Their poperatic, drum’n’bass-driven song The Code wasn’t just naggingly catchy but imaginatively staged, with the 24-year-old hitting high notes while balancing on a giant spinning turntable. The committed performance was impossible to resist.

Just a shame about the awkward ending. Not only was Nemo’s interminable walk from the green room to the stage like

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