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Switzerland Eurovision Song Contest(Image: AP)<\/p>\nAustria has won Eurovision 2025 that saw Israel second with 357 points despite hostile protestors and the UK come in at a dismal 88 points from the judges and ZERO for the second time from the public.<\/p>\n
00:16, 18 May 2025Updated 00:21, 18 May 2025<\/p>\n
Switzerland Eurovision Song Contest(Image: AP)<\/p>\n
Austria has been crowned the winner of Eurovision 2025 after a dramatic and politically charged contest in Basel, Switzerland.<\/p>\n
The country\u2019s act, singer JJ, secured a commanding victory at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest with a total of 436 points, seeing off fierce competition from Israel, who finished second with 357 points despite a mixed reception and protests.<\/p>\n
The United Kingdom suffered another dismal result, picking up just 88 points from the judges and, for the second time, receiving zero points from the public.<\/p>\n
British hopefuls Remember Monday <\/a>performed their genre-bending track \u201cWhat the Hell Just Happened?\u201d, hoping to bounce back after Olly Alexander\u2019s disappointing showing last year. But public support failed to materialise, adding to the UK\u2019s long-running Eurovision woes.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Israel\u2019s Yuval Raphael delivered a performance that sparked controversy and disruption. Two audience members were reportedly ejected and handed over to police after rushing the stage and hitting a crew member with paint during her set.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Israel ‘booed’ and ‘jeered’ at Eurovision amid attempts to storm the stage<\/a>READ MORE: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s ‘unpredictable’ marriage has ‘come at a cost’<\/a><\/p>\n Raphael, a survivor of the Nova Festival massacre on October 7, 2023 \u2014 where she hid under bodies for eight hours during the Hamas terror attack \u2014 received a \u201cslightly mixed reception,\u201d according to BBC commentator Graham Norton.<\/p>\n Video footage appeared to show boos and jeers from parts of the standing audience as Raphael took to the stage. Local police have confirmed that two individuals were removed from the venue for attempted stage invasion.<\/p>\n Despite the tense atmosphere, the contest went ahead with its usual flair, humour and spectacle. Returning to his much-loved presenting duties after major surgery, Graham Norton provided his trademark wit and dry commentary throughout the night.<\/p>\n Norton had viewers in stitches as he compared Ukraine\u2019s act Ziferblat to \u201ca young Margaret Thatcher\u201d during his intro to the track Bird of Pray.<\/p>\n \u201cGraham Norton giving us an unexpected but welcome cross in the \u2018Mention of Maggie Thatcher\u2019 box for Eurovision Bingo,\u201d joked one fan on X, @smcarthyplc.<\/p>\n Another viewer, @davidbroone51, added: \u201cLoved Graeme\u2019s comment before Ukraine the guy looks like a teenage Margaret Thatcher he\u2019s no wrong funny eyebrows [sic].\u201d<\/p>\n Norton didn\u2019t stop there \u2014 comparing Italy\u2019s entry, Lucio Corsi, to the \u201cchild catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,\u201d sending social media into meltdown.<\/p>\n And as the camera cut to the audience following Israel\u2019s controversial performance, Norton added: \u201cNot sure how it sounded at home\u201d \u2014 a line many interpreted as a subtle suggestion that the crowd\u2019s reaction may have been edited for broadcast.<\/p>\n The show wasn\u2019t without its surprises, with Finland\u2019s comedy-music trio KAJ \u2014 the early bookies\u2019 favourites \u2014 storming through the first semi-final with their sauna-themed song Bara Bada Bastu.<\/p>\n Celine Dion, who won Eurovision for Switzerland in 1988, appeared in a special pre-recorded message during the second semi-final, fuelling rumours she may return to the stage in future contests.<\/p>\n Sadly for Norton, his home country Ireland didn\u2019t make it to the final, failing to earn enough public votes in the second semi-final.<\/p>\n Despite the drama and division, Eurovision 2025 proved once again to be a show full of emotion, spectacle, and surprises \u2014 with Austria\u2019s JJ taking home the trophy and the UK left to reflect on another bruising result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austria has won Eurovision 2025 that saw Israel second with 357 points despite hostile protestors and the UK…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[192,748,393,13735,4884,27602,839,1144,712,13466,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-110628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-bbc","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-eurovision-song-contest","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-margaret-thatcher","15":"tag-middle-east","16":"tag-northern-ireland","17":"tag-scotland","18":"tag-terrorism","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom","21":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114526582978235904","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Switzerland](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Yuval-Raphael-from-Israel-AP-PhotoMartin-Meissner.jpg\")
Yuval Raphael from Israel(Image: AP)<\/p>\n![\"Remember](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_GettyImages-2214655300.jpg\")
Remember Monday took to the stage at the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland to represent the UK. <\/p>\n