Austria wins with the last moment vote as the United Kingdom comes 19th

The Austrian singer JJ won the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, after a nail bite finale, who saw him take Israel from the pole position at the last moment.

The 24-year-old, who is a counter-staff at the State Opera in Vienna, took the title with the song Loded Love, a tumultuous electro-balad for unrequited love.

“Thank you very much for fulfilling my dreams,” he said, as he accepts the coveted trophy from a glass microphone. “Love is the strongest power in the world, let’s spread more love.”

The singer scored 436 points, with Israel in second place in 357 and Estonia third in 356. The United Kingdom act, do not forget Monday, ranked 19th with 88 points.

For the second consecutive year, the United Kingdom received zero from the public.

1. Austria: JJ – Propylena Love
2. Israel: Juval Rafael: The new day will rise
3. Estonia: Tommy Cash – espresso Macciato
4. Sweden: Kai – just swim a sauna
5. Italy: Lucio Corsy – I wanted to be difficult

The younger sister of JJ was pierced by security guards to hug him after his victory was announced.

The Austrian said his entire family had arrived to support him at the competition, including his 85-year-old grandfather and a four-month-old niece, who was watching out with his brother.

This is the third time Austria won the race, with previous wins going to Merci, Cherie, Cherie of Udo Jürgens in 1966; And Conchita Wurst with Rise as Phoenix in 2014. JJ was inspired to participate in Eurovision by Conchita.

The singer has always been one of the favorites for victory, but the hottest athletes were the Kai of Sweden-Oda in the language in the won of the sauna culture, Basta Bati Bar, eventually finished fourth.

Speaking after the show, JJ said he was “so pleased” that viewers were associated with his story of heart pain.

“I wanted to allow them to have an idea of ​​my deepest soul (s) how I felt when we wrote the song.”

“What I am trying to engage (to) is that there is no lost love. There is so much love that we can spread around. This is the strongest power on planet Earth.”

Asked how he would celebrate, he replied, “Honestly, I have to sleep now. I’m tired.”

For the second consecutive year, there was a dispute over Israel’s participation, with protesters arguing about the country’s dismissal of his military action in Gaza.

Protestical protests were held on the streets of Basel in the hours before the race.

Later, a man and a woman were prevented from invading the stage during Israel’s performance.

“One of the two agitators threw a paint and a crew member was struck,” says Swiss operator SRG SSR in a statement to the BBC.

“The crew member is fine and no one is injured.

“The man and the woman were removed from the place and handed over to the police.”

The performance, by the young singer Yuval Rafael, was not affected.

The 25-year-old survived from Hamas’s attacks on October 7, 2023, an experience that color her delicate ballad, the new day will rise.

The Israeli delegation said Rafael was left “shaken and upset” by the incident, but that he was “extremely proud” by her presentation, which was Israel in a respectful way. “

Elsewhere, Eurovision was his usual explosion at a high camp, sexual hint and dresses that are removed to reveal smaller, more stringed dresses.

Malta’s Mariana Conte was forced to rewrite her disco anthem serving Kant to eliminate what sounds like a swear word – but fulfilled the censored version with a wink, safe in the knowledge that the audience would fill in the blanks.

Although he was a favorite of the fans, Conte could only manage the 17th.

Tommy Cash of Estonia, who was in third place, also maintained the Innuendo train to work with Espresso Macchiato, a caffeine disco, including the unforgettable phrase: “Life is like spaghetti until you do.”

Another focus was Erica Vickman from Finland, who freed himself with double participants entirely to the Come, a life anthem of sexual pleasure.

The singer finished her performance as a flight on a giant faicy microphone that shoots sparks in the air.

This pushed her into the 11th position and a permanent place in the Eurovision Pantheon.

The competition also dealt with more severe items such as economic migration (Portuguese rock group NAPA) and an environmental disaster (Latvia’s Tautumeitas, which scored 12 points from the United Kingdom jury).

The Dutch singer Claude delivered his mother’s hearty tribute to C’EST La Vie, an optimistic anthem that affects her positivity while eradicating the family from their homeland of the Democratic Republic of Congo as a child.

In a touching climax, the 21-year-old danced with the image of his childhood in a mirror on stage.

Thinking about their childhood was the French singer Luan, whose tears ballad was dedicated to his mother, who died of cancer when she was 17 years old.

In one of the most playing performances at night, she was surrounded by a whirlwind of sand as she spin the word “mother” again and again.

One of the favorites to win, it ended the night in seventh place A place after receiving disappointing 50 points from the public.

JJ’s performance was similar dramatic. Shocked entirely in black and white, he saw him throwing around on a debauchery, as the waves (of emotion) threaten to consume it.

The honorary mention also goes to Italy Lucio Corsy, whose Harmonica Solo in Volevo Esser Un Duro celebrated the first time the Eurovision has been playing a live instrument since 1998.

The United Kingdom spent the third year in the lower half of the ranking, despite the spiritual performance by Girl Group, remembers Monday.

A group of friends who met in high school, their inventive pop song What the hell happened to just? He painted for her long experience at West End Theater.

The girls removed their complex three -piece harmonies as they danced around a fallen chandelier, but the performance did not contact the voters.

Although he won healthy 88 points from court hearings – including 12 from Italy – he bombarded with viewers.

They finished in 19th place, one under last year participant Oli Alexander.

The group laughed at their “Nul Points” score from the public, holding peaceful signs and hugging when the result was announced.

The vote was complete chaos.

Thirteen of the 26 finalists received a maximum of 12 points from at least one jury, leaving the competition fully open before reporting the public vote.

Israel, who fell into the lower half of the table, then received 297 public points (a maximum of 444). Twelve of these points came from the United Kingdom.

For a while, it seemed that Juvel Rafael’s lead could be inapplicable – but Austria from 178 was the last one that was announced, leaving the singer with empty -handed.

And spare the thought of Switzerland.

Their competitor, Zoya Maya, was second after the voting of the jurors, with 214 points. Then the public gave her the only other result with a zero point.

In order to gasp in the arena, her song Voyage was reduced to 10th place.

There was also a disappointment with Canadian singer fans Celine Dion, who were rumored to appear at the race.

The singer won Eurovision for Switzerland in 1988 and appeared in a video, wishing the competitors luck at the semifinals on Tuesday.

Despite the hopes of Eurovision organizers that it may appear, the moment never happened.