Malmö 18 May 2013 – Europe has voted. Emmelie de Forest from Denmark is the winner of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden.

The 20 year old scored 281 points for 'Only Teardrops', which was performed before exuberant fans who packed the Malmö Arena.

She was closely followed by Azerbaijan with 234 points and Ukraine with 214 points.

More than 100 million television viewers tuned in the two Semi and Grand Finals of the Contest, which was transmitted live over the Eurovision and Euroradio networks via EBU Member SVT.

The result bestows hosting rights to next year's event to EBU Member DR, Denmark.

EBU Executive Supervisor, Jon Ola Sand, said the production had exceeded expectations.

"The EBU would like to thank everyone at SVT for their extraordinary effort in staging this year’s Song Contest. All three shows set new standards for TV entertainment worldwide. Our congratulations go to Denmark and to all the delegations that participated in the 58th edition of Europe’s favourite TV show."

Voting
This year, viewers were able to vote via a dedicated app, made available for iOS and Android users. A further highlight is the app's second-screen functionality, which offered viewers live updates during the shows about thecontestants, their songs, opening and interval acts, as well as the results.

In addition, professional juries from each of those countries also have a 50 per cent stake in the outcome. The professional juries each comprise six representatives.

The full results:

Finalists list:

Armenia	Germany	Norway
Azerbaijan	Greece	Romania
Belarus	Hungary	Russia
Belgium	Iceland	Spain
Denmark	Ireland	Sweden
Estonia	Italy	The Netherlands
Finland	Lithuania	Ukraine
France	Malta	United Kingdom
Georgia

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