UK Eurovision contestant SuRie has broken her silence after a stage invader crashed her performance during the live final.
The man, reported to be political activist Dr ACactivism, ran onto the stage during SuRie’s song Storm and snatched the microphone from her hands.
He appeared to shout something about Nazis “in the UK media" before being wrestled offstage by security.
SuRie was forced to clap along to the music, looking shocked, before she was handed back the mic and able to continue with her performance.
She took to Twitter hours after performing her 24th placed song Storm writing: “Well, I've always said anything can happen at Eurovision ...”
Fans praised the singer’s tenacity as she carried on with her number seemingly unfazed.
Chloe Hatherley wrote on Twitter: “You made us all proud tonight, you were such a professional- please represent us next year too!”
Thomas Murford added: “You handled the situation amazingly. You stayed so calm and still continued to give an EPIC performance. You made Britain proud.”
Another person said: “Guuuurl....it ain't about scores. This year.. this time round... You won our hearts where as usually we are the first to slate our contestants. You sang amazingly. You dealt with it amazingly. Such a British way... 'I'll just clap and carry on till he's gone'. Loved it! Be proud.”
Australian TV presenter Joel Creasey won the hearts' of Britons , including Harry Potter author JK Rowling, after branding the invader “an absolute c***head” live on air.
UK host Graham Norton was clearly shocked by the unfolding events, saying: “Well I don’t know what will happen now, whether we will get another performance or not.”
Norton added: "We are still reeling, there was a stage invasion."
The man responsible for the invasion was being held in police custody, the official Eurovision account announced.
According to reports, he is a man called Dr ACactivism, who also stormed the stage and interrupted Dermot O'Leary at the National Television Awards this year and The Voice in 2017.
They added that the EBU network "regrets" the incident.
Israel’s entry Netta triumphed with her performance of TOY in Lisbon.
SuRie finished with 48 points, enough to keep her off the bottom spot. Finland finished on 46 and hosts Portugal on 39.
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