With the song „Arcade“, written by Duncan Laurence, Joel Sjöö and Wouter Hardy and performed by Duncan Laurence, the Netherlands won last night’s 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Tel Aviv, Israel. It’s the Netherlands’ fifth victory in the contest, following their wins in 1957, 1959, 1969 and 1975, and the first time with a male solo artist. „Arcade“ scored 492 points.
Italy’s Mahmood („Soldi“) finished second with 465 points and Sergey Lazarev from Russia („Scream“) in third place with 369 points.
Check out the full results of this year’s competition:
(note: Due to irregularities with the Belarusian jury voting the results were corrected by the EBU, four days after the Grand Final. For details please visit eurovision.tv. The corrected results read as follows:)
01. NETHERLANDS – Duncan Laurence (“Arcade”): 498 points
02. ITALY – Mahmood (“Soldi”): 472 points
03. RUSSIA – Sergey Lazarev (“Scream”): 370 points
04. SWITZERLAND – Luca Hänni (“She Got Me”): 364 points
05. SWEDEN – John Lundvik (“Too Late For Love”): 334 points
06. NORWAY – KEiiNO (“Spirit In The Sky”): 331 points
07. NORTH MACEDONIA – Tamara Todevska (“Proud”): 305 points
08. AZERBAIJAN – Chingiz (“Truth”): 302 points
09. AUSTRALIA – Kate Miller-Heidke (“Zero Gravity”): 284 points
10. ICELAND – Hatari (“Hatrið mun sigra”): 232 points
11. CZECH REPUBLIC – Lake Malawi (“Friend Of A Friend”): 157 points
12. DENMARK – Leonora (“Love Is Forever”): 120 points
13. CYPRUS – Tamta (“Replay”): 109 points
14. MALTA – Michela (“Chameleon”): 107 points
15. SLOVENIA – Zala Kralj und Gašper Šantl (“Sebi”): 105 points
16. FRANCE – Bilal Hassani (“Roi”): 105 points
17. ALBANIA – Jonida Maliqi (“Ktheju tokës”): 90 points
18. SERBIA – Nevena Božovic (“Kruna”): 89 points
19. SAN MARINO – Serhat (“Say Na Na Na”): 77 points
20. ESTONIA – Victor Crone (“Storm”): 76 points
21. GREECE – Katerine Duska (“Better Love”): 74 points
22. SPAIN – Miki (“La Venda”): 54 points
23. ISRAEL – Kobi Marimi (“Home”): 35 points
24. BELARUS – ZENA (“Like It”): 31 points
25. GERMANY – S!sters (“Sister”): 24 points
26. UNITED KINGDOM – Michael Rice (“Bigger Than Us”): 11 points