Once asked if he would ever do Eurovision again Michael Ball once replied, "I'd rather stick needles in my eyes". Last Friday night though, at West End Eurovision, he made a surprise appearance as the cast of Sweeney Todd - in which he stars- performed his 1992 entry One Step Out of Time, with all the required finger-pointy gestures. Ball strode onto the stage in Sweeney mode towards the end of the number and dispatched the lead singer taking over the vocals.

It brought the house down and won Sweeney Todd the coveted West End Eurovision trophy (see it in the foyer of the theatre now).

It was the highlight of an evening marred by technical problems at the event's new home at the Dominion Theatre - the voting had to be abandoned when the scoreboard declined to work and Les Mis's version of Celine Dion winner Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi has to be restarted because of mike problems. Still, Les Mis won the Best Ident trailer prize with their charity-style video for Artists Rags to Sequins Eurovision Dream (ARSED).

Hosts Gabby Roslin and John Partridge had many problems to contend with, not least a panel of celebrities who had little clue about the songs being performed: Stefanie Powers (clueless), Tony Blackburn (bland) and West End star Kerry Ellis who at least was somewhere on this planet and then filled in with a belting impromptu performance to cover up the scoring hiatus.

But despite the problems, the event in aid of the Make a Difference Trust is a fantastic fund-raiser and the campiest night of the year for theatre and Eurovision fans alike.

For the record the entries were:

The 39 Steps:  Boom Boom Boomerang, Austria 1977

Billy Elliot: Shir Habatlanim, Israel 1987

Les Miserables:  Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi, Switzerland 1988

Mamma Mia!: Bonjour, Switzerland 1969

The Phantom of the Opera: Fairytale, Norway 2009

Rock of Ages: Wolves of the Sea, Latvia 2008

Shrek the Musical: Fly On the Wings of Love, Denmark 2000

Sweeney Todd: One Step Out of Time, UK 1992

Wicked: Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son, Luxembourg 1965

The Wizard of Oz: Boom Boom, Armenia, 2011