Måns Zelmerlöw may have won the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden, but the real litmus test of victory is how the public across the world vote with their hard-earned cash.
It's not only the victor who can induce people to part with their money, but some of the also-rans too - if they're lucky. Consequently, the music charts across the world become the barometer of what was truly popular at Eurovision.
So, here's a snapshot of the chart positions of some of the 2015 entries (correct at the time of publication):
Heroes - Måns Zelmerlöw
Australia | #19
Belgium | #1
The Netherlands | #38
Finland | #16
France | #38
Ireland | #10
Norway | #37
Portugal | #45
Spain | #7
Sweden | #5 (Previously peaked at #1)
Switzerland | #1
United Kingdom | #11 (The midweek update puts the song at #39, meaning that it will have dropped out of the Top 40 by Sunday).
Three other Eurovision-related songs managed to make their marks across Europe, albeit in relatively lowly positions. Switzerland's chart, home to several Eurovision entries, saw Aminata's Love Injected scrape in at #74 while Spain's effort, Amanecer by Edurne, returned to its national chart at #12, having previously peaked at #3.
Finally, last year's winner Conchita Wurst, reappeared in the Austrian chart at #52 with the single You Are Unstoppable, far off its original peak of #13.
It appears the success rate of songs in 2015 will not match their predecessors of the last few years . In fact, the UK Number 11 entry of Sweden's winning song has already failed to match the Number 3 high of Loreen's victorious entry from 2012, Euphoria.
The elation and celebration of the 60th edition has not translated into huge singles sales across the Continent, it seems.
The victor at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, Emmelie de Forest, has secured a Top 20 hit in the UK. It was announced yesterday that her winning song, Only Teardrops, has entered the British chart at Number 15.
It's slightly disappointing, as the Midweek chart had indicated that Emmelie was set to storm the Top 10. However, it seems that other songs around her continued to shift more copies forcing her debut placing lower. But, how is Only Teardrops performing in selected music charts across Europe? Here's the current positions:
National Chart
Position
Austria
63
Belgium
13
Denmark
1
Netherlands
28
Finland
17
France
79
Ireland
5
Spain
14
Sweden
3
Emmelie has also crept into the Top 50 of the Australian chart at Number 47.
Other Eurovision-related songs to register on various European charts this weekend are:
Tomorrow (Malta)
You (Sweden)
Euphoria (Sweden)
L'essenziale (Italy)
I Feed You My Love (Norway)
Marry Me (Finland)
Glorious (Germany)
Believe in Me (UK)
Birds (The Netherlands)
What If (Russia)
You and Me (Switzerland)
Shine (Austria)
Aside from Denmark's winner, only the songs from Norway and The Netherlands are making any great impression - specifically on their own country's national charts: Number 11 and Number 8 respectively. Italy's Marco Mengoni still appears on the Italian chart at Number 13, having earlier completed a run of eight consecutive weeks at Number One.
Not only are these singles finding some success, but in the UK, the 2013 Eurovision Album has now entered the Official Compilations Album Chart Top 10 at Number 10.
Should we expect a better showing of Eurovision songs on national charts across Europe?
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