The 20-year-old from Randers chalked up 281 points to finish ahead of Azerbaijan's Farid Mammadov on 234 and Ukraine's Zlata Ognevich on 214.
Those were the only three countries to breach the double century in what was a much tighter contest than last year when Sweden's Loreen blew the opposition away with 'Euphoria'.
Of course, for that edition, the United Kingdom entered 76-year-old crooner Engelbert Humperdinck - and, this year, 61-year-old Bonnie Tyler was chosen by the BBC to represent our interests.
In fairness to Bonnie, she did much better than her predecessor, picking up points from seven different countries, including seven from Ireland, five from Malta, and four from Spain.
In total, she received 23 points to finish in 19th place out of 26 - not a bad effort taking into account just how insipid her ballad 'Believe in Me' actually was.
Reflecting on the result, the Welsh singer said: "I'm sure a lot of people will be disappointed on my behalf but I have really enjoyed my Eurovision experience.
"I did the best that I could do with a great song. I don't feel down and I'm ready to party."
At the bottom, no country suffered the complete indignity of nul points - but it was Ryan Dolan for Ireland who surprisingly brought up the rear with just three points all night.
That was somewhat of a surprise for his song 'Only Love Survives' which seemed primed to do well, bringing the acts to a close amid a flurry of pyrotechnics and topless, oiled-up drummers.
Perhaps Europe had just got bored of the entire show by then. Or, more likely, Ireland's desperately low score was just punishment for the appearance of Jedward for the last two years.
EUROVISION 2013: THE RESULTS
Voting for the United Kingdom: Ireland (7), Malta (5), Spain (4), Romania (3), Switzerland (2), Slovenia (1), Sweden (1) = 23
| Country | Song - Artist | Points | Douze | |
| 01 | Denmark | Only Teardrops - Emmelie de Forest | 281 | (8) |
| 02 | Azerbaijan | Hold Me - Farid Mammadov | 234 | (10) |
| 03 | Ukraine | Gravity - Zlata Ognevich | 214 | (5) |
| 04 | Norway | I Feed You My Love - Margaret Berger | 191 | (3) |
| 05 | Russia | What If - Dina Garipova | 174 | (2) |
| 06 | Greece | Alcohol Is Free - Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis | 152 | (2) |
| 07 | Italy | L'essenziale (The essential) - Marco Mengoni | 126 | (3) |
| 08 | Malta | Tomorrow - Gianluca | 120 | (-) |
| 09 | Netherlands | Birds - Anouk | 114 | (1) |
| 10 | Hungary | Kedvesem (My darling - Zoohacker remix) - ByeAlex | 84 | (1) |
| 11 | Moldova | O mie (A thousand) - Aliona Moon | 71 | (1) |
| 12 | Belgium | Love Kills - Roberto Bellarosa | 71 | (1) |
| 13 | Romania | It's My Life - Cezar | 65 | (-) |
| 14 | Sweden | You - Robin Stjernberg | 62 | (1) |
| 15 | Georgia | Waterfall - Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani | 50 | (-) |
| 16 | Belarus | Solayoh - Alyona Lanskaya | 48 | (1) |
| 17 | Iceland | Eg a lif (I am alive) - Eythor Ingi | 47 | (-) |
| 18 | Armenia | Lonely Planet - Dorians | 41 | (-) |
| 19 | United Kingdom | Believe in Me - Bonnie Tyler | 23 | (-) |
| 20 | Estonia | Et uus saaks alguse (So there can be a new beginning) - Birgit | 19 | (-) |
| 21 | Germany | Glorious - Cascada | 18 | (-) |
| 22 | Lithuania | Something - Andrius Pojavis | 17 | (-) |
| 23 | France | L'enfer et moi (Hell and me) - Amandine Bourgeois | 14 | (-) |
| 24 | Finland | Marry Me - Krista Siegfrids | 13 | (-) |
| 25 | Spain | Contigo hasta el final (With you until the end) - ESDM | 8 | (-) |
| 26 | Ireland | Only Love Survives - Ryan Dolan | 3 | (-) |
EUROVISION 2013 RUNNING ORDER
BBC One, 8pm
Click on the links for the official Eurovision videos of each of the songs. Odds supplied by Ladbrokes. See www.oddschecker.com/tv/eurovision/winner
| Country | Song - Artist | Odds | ||
| 01 | France | L'enfer et moi (Hell and me) - Amandine Bourgeois | 150/1 | |
| 02 | Lithuania | Something - Andrius Pojavis | 250/1 | |
| 03 | Moldova | O mie (A thousand) - Aliona Moon | 100/1 | |
| 04 | Finland | Marry Me - Krista Siegfrids | 25/1 | |
| 05 | Spain | Contigo hasta el final (With you until the end) - ESDM | 250/1 | |
| 06 | Belgium | Love Kills - Roberto Bellarosa | 150/1 | |
| 07 | Estonia | Et uus saaks alguse (So there can be a new beginning) - Birgit | 100/1 | |
| 08 | Belarus | Solayoh - Alyona Lanskaya | 150/1 | |
| 09 | Malta | Tomorrow - Gianluca | 80/1 | |
| 10 | Russia | What If - Dina Garipova | 14/1 | |
| 11 | Germany | Glorious - Cascada | 33/1 | |
| 12 | Armenia | Lonely Planet - Dorians | 150/1 | |
| 13 | Netherlands | Birds - Anouk | 25/1 | |
| 14 | Romania | It's My Life - Cezar | 50/1 | |
| 15 | United Kingdom | Believe in Me - Bonnie Tyler | 50/1 | |
| 16 | Sweden | You - Robin Stjernberg | ||
| 17 | Hungary | Kedvesem (My darling - Zoohacker remix) - ByeAlex | 66/1 | |
| 18 | Denmark | Only Teardrops - Emmelie de Forest | 8/13 fav | |
| 19 | Iceland | Eg a lif (I am alive) - Eythor Ingi | 100/1 | |
| 20 | Azerbaijan | Hold Me - Farid Mammadov | 12/1 | |
| 21 | Greece | Alcohol Is Free - Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis | 20/1 | |
| 22 | Ukraine | Gravity - Zlata Ognevich | 9/1 | |
| 23 | Italy | L'essenziale (The essential) - Marco Mengoni | 25/1 | |
| 24 | Norway | I Feed You My Love - Margaret Berger | 11/2 | |
| 25 | Georgia | Waterfall - Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani | 20/1 | |
| 26 | Ireland | Only Love Survives - Ryan Dolan | 25/1 |
RELATED LINKS
- Official Eurovision website (Facebook - Twitter)
- Official Eurovision Youtube website
- BBC Eurovision website
- Wikipedia Eurovision page
PREVIOUS REPORTS
2009 - Norway storm Eurovision
2010 - Lena out of the world with 'Satellite' as UK finish bottom
2011 - Azerbaijan surprise leaves Britain feeling Blue
2012 - Loreen lives up to her billing as Sweden win
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