In a close result Russia has won the 2008 Eurovision, followed by Ukraine and Greece. The top five scoreboards was:1st Russia (272 points)
2nd Ukraine (230 points)
3rd Greece (218 points)
4th Armenia (199 points)
5th Norway (182 points)
UK contestant Andy Abraham came in joint last place with just 14 points, equal with Germany and Poland.
For the second year running there was remarkable agreement between the voting in Western and Eastern Europe. Despite immediate claims of Eastern bias from a BBC commentator, an analysis of the voting from Western European countries (with the Eastern votes excluded) produced virtually identical results with the same top five countries, just in a slightly different order.
It is yet to be confirmed which Russian city will host the next Eurovision, however it is likely to be Moscow. The provisional dates for the 2009 competition have been announced by the EBU listen.
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