Austria win the 69th Eurovision Song Contest

[Blackleaf]

Austria last night won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland.

The song "Wasted Love", performed by 24-year-old JJ, won it with 436 points. It's the third time Austria has won the competition, having also won it in 1966 and 2014.

Israel finished as runners-up with 357 points, just one point ahead of Estonia.

Host nation Switzerland - which hosted the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 - finished 10th with 214 points and the UK - which last won it in 1997 - finished 19th with 88 points.

So next year's Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Vienna or some other Austria city.

 

[Blackleaf]

Israel finished second with the song "New Day Will Rise" performed by Yuval Raphael. It got 357 points...

Sweden is one of the most successful Eurovision countries, having also last winning it in 2023. They were amongst the favourites again last night but ended up finishing fourth with the song "Bara Bada Bastu" by KAJ, which got 321 points. KAJ are actually Finnish but they are native Swedish speakers from an area of Finland that speaks Swedish...

The United Kingdom, which last won it in 1997, finished 19th with the song "What the Hell Just Happened?" by Remember Monday. It got 88 points...

 

[spaminator]

have any north americans won?