Duncan is your winner (Picture: AFP)

The Netherlands has won the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

Duncan Laurence and his song Arcade beat 25 other nations to be named 2019 champion, taking over the reigns from Netta, who won for Israel in 2018 with Toy.

The 25-year-old, who was the firm favourite to win for months, finished with 492 points after a gripping finale to the song contest, which saw him win in the final seconds.

Duncan didn’t actually win in the jury votes, with Sweden topping the jury votes, as seen below.


Eurovision 12 points Portugal: Netherlands Azerbaijan: Russia Malta: Italy North Macedonia: Italy San Marino: Italy The Netherlands: Sweden Montenegro: Serbia Estonia: Sweden Poland: Australia Norway: Czech Republic Spain: Sweden Austria: North Macedonia United Kingdom: North Macedonia Italy: Denmark Albania: North Macedonia Hungary: Czech Republic Moldova: North Macedonia Ireland: Sweden Belarus: Israel Armenia: Sweden Romania: Australia Cyprus: Greece Australia: Sweden Russia: Azerbaijan Germany: Italy Belgium: Italy Sweden: The Netherlands Croatia: Italy Lithuania: The Netherlands Serbia: North Macedonia Iceland: Sweden Georgia: Czech Republic Greece: Cyprus Latvia: The Netherlands Czech Republic: Sweden Denmark: Sweden France: The Netherlands Finland: Sweden Switzerland: North Macedonia Slovenia: Czech Republic Israel: The Netherlands

However, after the public votes were read out, Duncan leapfrogged his competitors, leaving Italy in second place and Russia in third place.



This is despite The Netherlands not topping either the jury vote or the public vote – which was won by KEiiNO from Norway.

Duncan came second in the public vote, receiving 30 points less than the Spirit in the Sky singers.

And it was a disappointing night for the UK, with Michael Rice finishing dead last.

Michael and his song Bigger Than Us failed to impress with the juries and the public – receiving just three points in the popular vote, and 16 overall.

Nobody received nil points on the scoreboard, although Germany didn’t receive a single point from the public.

Eurovision 2019 leaderboard Netherlands: 492 Italy: 465 Russia: 369 Switzerland: 360 Norway: 338 Sweden: 332 Azerbaijan: 297 North Macedonia: 295 Australia: 285 Iceland: 234 Czech Republic: 157 Denmark: 120 Slovenia: 105 France: 105 Malta: 95 Serbia: 92 Albania: 90 Estonia: 86 San Marino: 81 Greece: 71 Spain: 60 Israel: 47 Germany: 32 Belarus: 31 United Kingdom: 16

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