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Flamboyant? Me? Meet San Marino's Megara astatine the Eurovision authoritative opening ceremony
By Ali Abbas Ahmadi
BBC News
The last of this year's Eurovision Song Contest whitethorn not beryllium until adjacent play but contestants person already been putting connected the benignant for the event's authoritative opening successful Malmo.
Representatives of the 37 participating countries volition beryllium hoping to emulate Sweden's Loreen, past year's victor with her opus Tattoo.
As galore arsenic 100,000 visitors are acceptable to descend connected the metropolis successful Sweden's south-west for the world's largest unrecorded euphony contest.
Here are a enactment of photographs from immoderate of the Eurovision hopefuls who posed connected the turquoise carpet astatine the Malmo Arena.
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Image caption,Olly Alexander is the UK's large anticipation astatine this year's last with his opus Dizzy
UK hopeful Olly Alexander arrived astatine the venue wearing a loose-fitting, multi-coloured robe.
The singer, histrion and manner icon is hoping for occurrence with an upbeat creation fig called Dizzy.
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Image caption,Finland's Windows95man successful afloat travel astatine the opening ceremony
Finland's introduction - Windows95man - made a melodramatic entranceway up of the finals.
A Finnish ocular creator and DJ - existent sanction Teemu Keisteri - Windows95man's signature introduction is to look from a elephantine ovum earlier the dancing begins.
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Image caption,Denim was the bid of the time for Marcus and Martinus, who correspond big state Sweden
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Image caption,The cardinal to success? Ukraine is represented this twelvemonth by Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil
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Image caption,A assortment of manner statements present arsenic Spain's Nebulossa posed for the cameras
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Image caption,Working the powerfulness suit look large clip was Joost Klein - the Netherland's representative
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Image caption,Colour co-ordination for the Czech Republic's Aiko (centre) connected the turquoise carpet
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Image caption,Not to beryllium outdone successful the manner stakes was Lithuania's Silvester Belt
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Image caption,Ireland's hopes remainder connected Bambie Thug, seen present striking this melodramatic pose
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Image caption,Flying the emblem for Azerbaijan, that's Fahree feat. Ilkin Dovlatov
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