The Netherlands' Duncan Laurence wins the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest

Duncan Laurence fought off fierce competition from North Macedonia, Sweden, and Italy to be crowned this year's champion.
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The Netherlands' Duncan Laurence has been crowned the winner of this year's Eurovision Song Contest. 

Arcade scored high in the jury votes and when public voting was counted and added, romping to victory with 492 points.

The UK's entry, Bigger Than Us, sung by Michael Rice, came in a very disappointing last, with 16 points. Michael's performance featured pyrotechnics and he gave it his all – but it wasn't enough, settling for just three points from voters at home.

See where every UK Eurovision entry has reached on the Official Singles Chart

Coming in second were Italy and third was Russia. Nobody went home with the dreaded "nul points", although Germany did score zero from the public vote. See the final table of scores on the Eurovision website.

Sweden finished top of the jury votes, closely followed by surprise standout North Macedonia, and eventual winner The Netherlands. North Macedonia slipped to eighth when all votes were combined, and early favourite Azerbaijan dropped from fifth to seventh. Norway topped the public vote.

Among the interval acts were former winners Dana International, Netta, Conchita, and Mans Zelmerlow, while Madonna headlined, performing Like A Prayer and new song Future, with Quavo. 

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Image: Thomas Hanses/Eurovision

Look back through every UK Eurovision entry to date below:

 

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Piran

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Shame that Michael came last! He definitely deserved better, but I honestly think Brexit is part of the reason why that happened, not the song so much.
I think The Netherlands did an awesome job this year & I'm really hoping 'Arcade' becomes a big hit across Europe. It's probably the first time since 2015 that I'm actually glad who won. It was cool seeing Italy get second overall too! :)

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Zoltán Oskovits

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Arcade is basically a Coldplay song. Why do you think it won and why was it the favourite all along (bookies, fans etc.)? I have no idea. It did not stand out this much at all.

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Piran

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I'm personally a really big fan of it & for me, I can totally see why it won. The fact that it's like a lot of Coldplay's music is partly the reason, but Duncan Laurence sounds consistently solid throughout such a wide range & the lyrics are both beautiful & heartbreaking at the same time.
Again, it's just my opinion, but this song definitely touched a lot of Eurovision fans, including me.

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Andr Krawutk

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every year the same with the balkan music

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A Taste Of International Music

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Which is quite a stupid comment, given that there is one Balkan country in the Top 10 (North Macedonia's first ever Top 10!), and even that song is not what you would call 'Balkan Music'. In the Top 10 you have Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Australia and Iceland, which all don't fall into your "Eastern European music is bad" scheme.

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Andr Krawutk

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UK last position
what a shame

every year the same

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Official Charts

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etin

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UK very well deserved. They didnt choose gina g in 2005..