Flights to Oslo for next year's Eurovision Song Contest?

Saturday night's Eurovision Song Contest was quite the spectacle. There was Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber accompanying UK hopeful Jade Ewan, Dita Von Teese appearing with the German representatives, a Ronan-Keating-penned song for Denmark and a mesmerising interval act which featured suspended swimming pools. There was even a link-up with the International Space Station as cosmonauts, quoting Yuri Gagarin, opened the phonelines for voting.

Norway quickly ran away with the Eurovision, clocking up 387 points - and smashing the record for the most points awarded during the competition - for Alexander Rybak.

The song for Norway, "Fairy Tale", was composed and sung by the violin-playing Rybak. Iceland came in second place, followed by Azerbaijan in third.

The UK bucked the trend of recent years and came in a respectable fifth place. Sir Lloyd Webber, quoted in The Telegraph, said: "After so many years of disappointing results the UK can finally hold its head up high."

Before searching for cheap flights to Oslo for next year's final, let's remember the countries that were our biggest fans on Saturday night:

Portugal The Iberian country came in 15th place for its traditional-sounding "Todas as ruas do amor" by Flor-de-Lis, but gifted the UK ten points.

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Greece was the only country to give the UK its "douze points". Sakis Rouvas had been hotly tipped to win the contest with "This Is Our Night", but came 7th in the end.

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Malta's singer, Chiara, gave a good performance with her ballad. The jury for the Mediterranean island gave the UK ten points.

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Spain. Our favourite destination for summer holidays awarded the UK entry ten points. Its singer Soraya gave a stirring performance with "La Noche Es Para Mi", but clocked up just 23 points to finish in 23rd place.

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Ireland. Our nearest neighbour gave the UK ten points. Ireland's glory days seem far behind; its entry -  Sinead Mulvey and Black Daisy -   failed to make it into the final.

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Germany. The presence of Dita Von Teese, Queen of Burlesque, wasn't enough to advance Germany in the competition. The German jury gave the UK eight points.

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