THE UK has been branded an embarrassment after presenter Amanda Holden boasted she couldn't tell the difference between saying hello in French and Dutch as she appeared at the final of the Eurovision song contest.

She made the gaffe when she was tasked with delivering the UK's jury's result on the last night of the competition hosted in Rotterdam.

Hereford Twitter users (those who include 'Hereford' in their profiles) joined the general despair at the UK's performance, with one raging: "The last few years we've had calls to quit Eurovision because nobody votes for us. Absolutely pathetic country."

Appearing from London to address viewers and the show's international participants, Amanda, a Britain's Got Talent judge, said: "Bon soir. Goedenavond. That is good evening in French and Dutch although I've got absolutely no idea which is which."

In contrast, 10-year-old Manolis Gkinis from Greece confidently delivered his country's result in fluent English.

The United Kingdom ended up coming last for a second time in a row in the competition with many viewers concluding the result reflected the UK's unpopularity in many parts of the world.

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Italian band Maneskin won the competition 

Here are some tweets with reactions from Herefordshire Twitter users:

Nazir Afzal, a former chief prosecutor in the North West of England, and an author, tweeted: "UK getting No Points was not half as bad as Amanda Holden telling the whole of Europe that she doesn’t know one European language from another. We looked like stereotypical ignorant arrogant Brits. Thank you & Bonne Nuit x."

UK Twitter user Catherine Baker also highlighted Holden's ignorance: "Yes that is a UK spokesperson going live on air to the whole of Europe and making a joke about not being able to tell French from Dutch #Eurovision."

Another viewer noted the different approaches between Holden and Gkinis.

Ryan Latto tweeted: "Eurovision 2021  the Greek spokesperson, 10 years old, had a better grasp of different languages than Amanda Holden..."

UK contestant James Newman scored zero points after his performance of his song Embers. 

It is the second time in a row that the UK has ended the contest with no points.
Italy's pop-rock Maneskin triumphed with France coming second in the competition which was held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands last night. 

Other top performances came from Switzerland, Iceland, Russia and Lithuania.
People watching across the UK swiftly noted that the UK's result in the competition reflected its unpopularity among the other 25 countries taking part.

Journalist Lesley Riddoch wrote on Twitter this morning: "Eurovision was as life-affirmingly barking as ever. Silken Italian punks were elegantly defiant. Iceland was happy and cool. France/Switzerland songs were belters. And Brexited Britain is now clearly Johnny no mates. Ah well."

Actor Dan Stevens, who played the Russian contestant Alexander Lemtov in the film Eurovision, highlighted a quote from his character in the movie.

Stevens tweeted: "Called it" and referred to Lemtov's words in the popular film: "She's quite good but everybody hates the UK, so zero points."

The results were: 
Italy - 524
France- 499
Switzerland - 432
Iceland- 378
Ukraine- 364
Finland - 301
Malta - 255
Lithuania - 220
Russia - 204
Greece - 170
Bulgaria - 170
Portugal - 153
Moldova - 115
Sweden - 109
Serbia - 109
Cyprus- 94
Israel - 93
Norway - 75
Belgium - 74
Azerbaijan - 65
Albania - 57
San Marino - 50
Netherlands - 11
Spain - 6
Germany - 3
United Kingdom - 0