The 69th Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) final took place in Basel, Switzerland on Saturday 17 May 2025, with Austria’s JJ securing the top spot; Luxembourg’s Laura Thorn ranked 22nd.
Artists representing 26 countries sang their hearts out on Saturday evening for the chance to become the ESC 2025 winner.
JJ (Austria) ultimately won the jury vote with 258 points and received an additional 178 televote (public) points for his operatic ballad “Wasted Love”, earning 436 points and 1st place overall.
Israel came second (357 points), after a tense vote count in which Yuval Rephael received the most points in the public vote with her song “New Day Will Rise”. There had been controversy again this year over Israel’s participation; pro-Palestine protesters gathered in Basel to voice their discontent.
Estonia’s Tommy Cash came third (356 points) with the song “Espresso Macchiato”, followed by Sweden’s KAJ in fourth place (321 points) with “Bara Bada Bastu” (a song about Nordic sauna culture) and Italy’s Lucio Corsi in fifth place (256 points) with “Volevo Essere Un Duro”.
Laura Thorn, who represented Luxembourg with her French-language song “La Poupée Monte Le Son” (The doll turns up the sound), placed 22nd, having received 23 points from the juries and 24 points from televoters (47 points in total). The catchy song was a nod to Luxembourg’s winning ESC 1965 entry, “Poupée de cire, poupée de son”, by France Gall. Laura followed in the footsteps of Tali, who represented Luxembourg at ESC 2024 - marking the country's return to Eurovision after 31 years.
At the bottom of the final scoreboard was San Marino’s Gabry Ponte with just 27 points in total for “Tutta L’Italia”.
The other countries represented in the final were: Greece (6th place); France (7th); Albania (8th); Ukraine (9th); Switzerland (10th); Finland (11th); Netherlands (12th); Latvia (13th); Poland (14th); Germany (15th); Lithuania (16th); Malta (17th); Norway (18th); United Kingdom (19th- despite receiving zero points from televoters); Armenia (20th); Portugal (21st- just ahead of Luxembourg, with 50 points); Denmark (23rd- just after Luxembourg but both had 47 points); Spain (24th); Iceland (25th).
Several (informal) ESC watch parties took place across Luxembourg, notably in the capital, on Saturday evening.
