Sweden pips Russia in Eurovision pop fest nail-biter
Mans Zelmerlow wins 365 points from voters and juries in 40 countries, while Polina Gagarina scores 303 points
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SWEDEN narrowly beat Russia on Sunday in a nail-biting 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, winning its sixth crown in Europe's annual anything-goes music extravaganza.
Some 41 years after Swedish superstars ABBA took the title, chiselled Mans Zelmerlow won 365 points from voters and juries in 40 countries with his up-tempo crowd-pleaser Heroes. As the scores came through nation by nation via videolink to Vienna, it looked for a while as though Russian Polina Gagarina would take the title with her paean to world peace - A Million Voices.
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