Former foes' votes hand Serbia Eurovision victory
China Daily | Updated: 2007-05-14 07:04
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Serbian singer Marija Serifovic performs Molitva, or Prayer of Love, during the Eurovision Song Contest final in Helsinki, Finland, on Saturday night. The heart-felt ballad beat off competitors from 24 European countries, more than ever before coming from Eastern Europe, to take first place, in large part thanks to support from other former Yugoslavian countries.AFP |
Serbia's victory came after the entry won a large majority of votes from countries of the former Yugoslavia, its former foes in the Balkan wars of the 1990s.
Some 120 million television viewers across Europe tuned in to watch Saturday night's event and cast their votes by telephone.
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