The Netherlands Wins 65th Eurovision Song Contest

THE NETHERLANDS WINS 64th EUROVISION SONG CONTEST!!!

Duncan Laurence has won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest for the Netherlands with 'Arcade'. They won a total of 492 points from the expert juries and televote. Italy finished in second place and Russia came third

24 year old Duncan Laurence was born in 1994 in Spijkenisse, The Netherlands. He graduated this year from the Rock Academy in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Here he developed himself as a singer, songwriter and music producer. Besides that, he spent a lot of time writing songs in London and Stockholm.

Speaking when he was selected to represent the Netherlands, Duncan said: “In the past few years many well known artists represented The Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest. I’m not well-known, but that’s also a good thing; The Netherlands has a lot of young and talented musicians. My participation proved that nothing is impossible. You can suddenly get the opportunity to represent your country on an international stage. I’m very proud to represent my country… I will give it my all!”

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The day has come! After months of preparation and two Semi-Finals, acts from 26 countries compete in the Grand Final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. The result was determined by a combination of expert juries and viewers from all 41 participating countries. The show  featured special guest performances from reigning Eurovision queen Netta, former winners Dana International, Conchita Wurst and Måns Zelmerlöw, as well as Eurovision icon Verka Serduchka. And Madonna performed as guest star during the show!

Madonna performed as guest star during the show!

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The Grand Final of the 64th Eurovision Song Contest was brought to you by the European Broadcasting Union and Israeli public broadcasting corporation KAN. The show was hosted by Bar Refaeli, Erez Tal, Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub, live from Expo Tel Aviv.

Bar Refaeli, Erez Tal, Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub

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The 26 competing acts

The Grand Final saw acts from 26 countries competing for the title of 2019 Eurovision Song Contest winner. They represented the 10 countries with the highest points from each of the two Semi-Finals that took place earlier this week, along with the 'Big Five' — France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom — and host nation Israel.

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The Acts were:

  1. Malta - Michela with Chameleon
  2. Albania - Jonida Maliqi with Ktheju tokës
  3. Czech Republic - Lake Malawi with Friend of a Friend
  4. Germany - S!sters with Sister
  5. Russia - Sergey Lazarev with Scream
  6. Denmark - Leonora with Love Is Forever
  7. San Marino - Serhat with Say Na Na Na
  8. North Macedonia - Tamara Todevska with Proud
  9. Sweden - John Lundvik with Too Late For Love
  10. Slovenia - Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl with Sebi
  11. Cyprus - Tamta with Replay
  12. The Netherlands - Duncan Laurence with Arcade
  13. Greece - Katerine Duska with Better Love
  14. Israel - Kobi Marimi with Home
  15. Norway - KEiiNO with Spirit In The Sky
  16. United Kingdom - Michael Rice with Bigger Than Us
  17. Iceland - Hatari with Hatrið mun sigra
  18. Estonia - Victor Crone with Storm
  19. Belarus - ZENA with Like It
  20. Azerbaijan - Chingiz with Truth
  21. France - Bilal Hassani with Roi
  22. Italy - Mahmood with Soldi
  23. Serbia - Nevena Božović with Kruna
  24. Switzerland - Luca Hänni with She Got Me
  25. Australia - Kate Miller-Heidke with Zero Gravity
  26. Spain - Miki with La Venda

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Ola Melzig, production manager for Eurovision Song Contest 2019, shared some facts about this year's massive production, located at Expo Tel Aviv in Israel and featuring stage design by Florian Wieder and lighting design by Dakar Azulay and Ronen Najar.

General

  • 54 days from load in to load out.
  • 21 days of build up.
  • 96 hours for load out.
  • 7,200 spectators in the audience.
  • 3,000 shifts of stagehands.
  • 225 people to operate a Eurovision broadcast.
  • 250 trucks of gear.
  • 37 forklifts, cherry pickers, and scissor lifts for the build up and load out.
  • 200 kilometers of cable.

Duncan Laurence Winner of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest

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