Eurovision 2014: Poland's buxom entry proves a hit with Britons - video

 
Favourite: Poland's risqué performance proved a hit with British viewers
Gareth Vipers13 May 2014
The Weekender

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The British voting public would have picked Poland's risqué performance featuring buxom young women as the Eurovision Song Contest winner had the choice been theirs alone.

Competition organisers revealed the breakdown of every nation's voting, which is weighted 50/50 between a five-member jury panel and that country's voting public.

The data showed the Polish entry Donatan and Cleo were the British people's - if not the critics' - choice for the crown on the night.

The UK's expert jury actually placed Malta's entry Firelight in first place on average, slotting the eventual overall winner, Austria's drag artist Conchita Wurst, in third.

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However, the combined ranking which also includes the telephone votes of the public meant "bearded lady" Wurst ended up being allotted the UK's top marks of 12 points.

The analysis also apparently revealed a huge gulf between British voters' perceptions and that of the jury, with panel members ranking Poland at the bottom of the table at 25th.

Poland's eye-opening performance left host Graham Norton, who was commentating for the UK audience tuning into BBC One's coverage, speechless.

Their entry featured scantily-clad young female performers suggestively dancing to lyrics which included the line "shake what your mama gave you".

The Poles ended up on 62 points and finished 14th, which was three places above Britain's Molly Smitten-Downes.

Additional reporting by the Press Association

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