After epic performances from 26 countries and votes cast by both the jury and the viewing public, we have our Eurovision Song Contest 2025 winner.
Tonight, the Grand Final took place in Basel, Switzerland, with the competition held there following Nemo’s win with The Code in 2024.
Representing the UK, three-piece pop-country girl group Remember Monday delivered a high-fashion performance of their theatrical tune, What The Hell Just Happened?
But after a lengthy scoring process, we can reveal that Austria has been victorious with their entrant JJ.
Following the conclusion of the jury vote results, Austria sat firmly at the top of the scoreboard with 258 points, while Switzerland was second with 214, and France got 180.
Meanwhile, the UK girl group, which consists of Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele, received a total of 88 points, totally annihilating the previous curse of our acts finishing with ‘nil points.’
Although, that did not change at all with the addition of the viewer vote, as the trio received nothing from the public, placing them 19th, just one place behind 2024 entry Olly Alexander.
But at least no country went home empty-handed tonight, even though San Marino found themselves at the bottom of the leaderboard with just 27 points.
Tonight, the UK’s national jury votes were announced by singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor after Doctor Who actor Ncuti Gatwa pulled out of British Eurovision spokesperson duties just days ago, citing ‘unforeseen circumstances’.
Our 12 points went to Latvia, while we also awarded 10 points to Denmark and eight to Austria.
Elsewhere in the final, singer Nemo returned with a reprised version of their winning track, while previous Eurovision runners-up Croatia’s Baby Lasagna and Finland’s Kaarija also performed a raucous duet.
Tonight’s final was hosted by Michelle Hunziker, who was joined by semi-final hosts Hazel Brugger and Sandra Studer on the stage in St. Jakobshalle.
Switzerland first hosted the competition in 1956 in Lugano, with the Basel government estimating that more than half a million people have visited the city so far this week.
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