It's fair to say that this joke by host Dmitry Shepelev didn't go down very well.
"And the 12 points from Russia go to...Russia!"
At all.
Bad call with the 'lol you love our evil wackiness really' joke, Russia. #Eurovision2015
#Eurovision 'here's a funny joke about fixing election results. Hello? Hello? Is this thing on?' #russia
the award for the worst joke of the evening goes to mother russia
Good joke, Russia. 😒😒😒😒
Nobody will ever see that guy who made the Russia-voting-for-Russia joke again. #Eurovision2015
Not least because the contest was very close at the time he decided to do it.
But there had also been the show of rainbow flags at the end of Russia's performance (above), and the booing whenever they got points, and so on.
Anyway, some people seemed to like it.
I love Russia for the "Russia's 12 points go to.....RUSSIA HAHAHAHAHA" joke.
Fair dues. Best joke of the night from Russia.
First time in 40 years I laughed at a Eurovision joke. Well played russia.