The UK's Remember Monday have performed their Eurovision entry in this year's grand finale, as a sparkling night of songs is underway in Basel, Switzerland.

A number of other entries have also taken to the stage, including Israel - whose entry Yuval Raphael received a “mixed response” in the arena, according to commentator Graham Norton.

A Eurovision Song Contest crew member was hit with paint after two people tried to rush on stage to disrupt Raphael's performance.

"At the end of the Israeli performance a man and a woman tried to get over a barrier onto the stage," A spokesman for SRG SSR said.

"They were stopped. One of the two agitators threw paint and a crew member was hit. The crew member is fine and nobody was injured. The man and the woman were taken out of the venue and handed over to the police."

Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele are the first girl group act from the UK since 1999. They performed What The Hell Just Happened?, inspired by their friendship that began at a school in Hampshire.

The trio wore colourful regency-style outfits in a performance layered with harmonies.

Luxembourg’s Laura Thorn sang La Poupee Monte Le Son while Estonia’s Tommy Cash entertained with his spaghetti-dancing filled Espresso Macchiato, a parody on Italian stereotypes.

Back to back were two favourites, the Dutch singer Claude Kiambe, and Finland’s Erika Vikman, who had contrasting performances.

The winner will be determined by viewer votes in the participating 26 countries, which have already begun, and juries made up of the music industry.

The rest of the world also had a poll, which will count the same as a country, and the verdict of TV viewers will be added to the combination of points from national juries.

The UK’s national jury votes are set to be announced by singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor after Doctor Who actor Ncuti Gatwa pulled out of being the British Eurovision spokesperson due to “unforeseen circumstances”.

Earlier, there were pro-Palestinian protests near a free concert in the centre of Basel to demonstrate against Israel’s inclusion, with a small group nearby also protesting with Israeli flags.

On Saturday, the Basel government said more than half a million people have visited the city so far this week after the competition came home to Switzerland, which first hosted it in 1956 in Lugano.