LIVE: Stockholm glitters for Eurovision Song Contest

8.00pm It's Eurovision time!

Good evening everyone and welcome to a night full of glitz, kitsch, pompous ballads, dubious Euro techno, geopolitics disguised as glittery pop... and The Local's live Eurovision blog!

Keeping you company in front of your smartphones and laptops tonight is our Deputy Editor Emma Löfgren, who's maing the blog, and Editor Maddy Savage, who will be chatting to fans for all the latest gossip. Got any buing questions or Idea or generally just want to praise our effort? Tweet us!

The show is set to kick off at 9pm Stockholm time, with Russia, France and Australia (get ready for some mind-bending European geography that you never leaed at school) among the favourites to win.