THE winners of a schools’ Eurovision Song Contest have performed in front of the Mayor when he called in to congratulate them this week.

St Augustine’s produced a stunning version of Puccini’s soprano aria O Mio Babbino Caro, which has featured in movies including Room With A View and Prizzi’s Honor, to win the contest.

Darlington Mayor Cllr Brian Jones, along with the Deputy Mayoress Cllr Doris Jones, visited the school this week to celebrate their win and hear them put on a repeat performance when they sang exclusively for them.

Twenty-one schools took part in the contest at the Dolphin Centre, Darlington, last month.

St Mary’s CE Primary School, representing Scotland, were runners-up, with St Bede’s RC Primary, singing for Brazil, coming third.

The judges on the night were Councillor Cyndi Hughes; Michael Summers, manager of Music Education for Durham Music Services; Trish Brown, from Darlington Building Society; Marie Green, of the Rotary Club of Darlington; and soprano Val MacConachie.