"This night is dedicated to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom."
Conchita Wurst's Eurovision victory was truly heartwarming television and one in the eye for more closed-minded sections of the European community.
Europe has fallen in love with the drag queen and her Shirley Bassey-esque 'Rise Like a Phoenix' stormed to victory, beating all the bookies favourites to take the Song Contest to Austria in 2015.
Here are some of the best reactions to the win on Twitter.
It's only a song contest but tonight it showed talent can overcome prejudice and ignorance. Well done Conchita - I am glad I saw that moment
— John Bishop (@JohnBishop100) May 10, 2014
Just a song contest, I know, but the world feels a little kinder & more civilised at the end of this one (+it was the best song) #eurovision
— Pete Paphides (@petepaphides) May 10, 2014
We're with @danisnotonfire - Conchita Wurst...
Conchita Wurst's Eurovision victory was truly heartwarming television and one in the eye for more closed-minded sections of the European community.
Europe has fallen in love with the drag queen and her Shirley Bassey-esque 'Rise Like a Phoenix' stormed to victory, beating all the bookies favourites to take the Song Contest to Austria in 2015.
Here are some of the best reactions to the win on Twitter.
It's only a song contest but tonight it showed talent can overcome prejudice and ignorance. Well done Conchita - I am glad I saw that moment
— John Bishop (@JohnBishop100) May 10, 2014
Just a song contest, I know, but the world feels a little kinder & more civilised at the end of this one (+it was the best song) #eurovision
— Pete Paphides (@petepaphides) May 10, 2014
We're with @danisnotonfire - Conchita Wurst...
- 5/10/2014
- Digital Spy
Queen Elizabeth II has gone to visit her husband Prince Philip in hospital following his heart scare. The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire on Friday evening (December 23) with chest pains and had surgery to relieve a blocked coronary artery. "The Duke of Edinburgh had a good night," a Buckingham Palace spokesperson told the Afp news agency, adding: "There will be some members of the family visiting him this morning in hospital." The Queen left the royal estate at Sandringham in Norfolk by helicopter at 10.35am today (Christmas Eve) and was driven to the hospital in a motorcade. BBC News Channel correspondent Alex Dunlop suggested that as family (more)...
- 12/24/2011
- by By Kate Goodacre
- Digital Spy
Prince Philip has had a comfortable night in hospital following his heart scare. The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire on Friday evening (December 23) with chest pains and had surgery to relieve a blocked coronary artery. "The Duke of Edinburgh had a good night," a Buckingham Palace spokesperson told the Afp news agency, adding: "There will be some members of the family visiting him this morning in hospital." BBC News Channel correspondent Alex Dunlop suggested that as family members are visiting the 90-year-old duke in hospital, it means (more)...
- 12/24/2011
- by By Kate Goodacre
- Digital Spy
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