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Sun 05 May 2009Norway secures 'Fairytale' win

Norway won the 54th Eurovision Song Contest last night in Moscow after singer Alexander Rybak beat 24 other contestants in the Russian capital.

Rybak's song Fairytalewon with 387 points, beating Iceland with 218 of points and Azerbaijan with 207 points.