WE HAVE A FIRST-TIME WINNER!
Words by Hass Yusuf, Images by David Ransted.
Well done to Salvador Sobral and his composer sister, Luisa, for finally winning Eurovision for Portugal with Amor Pelos Dois! The 53-year wait is finally over! And they did it by singing in Portuguese! Brilliant!
And well done to Lucie Jones for achieving our highest placing in years – 15th! She sang her heart out and made us proud! Let’s wish Lucie all the best in her future career – and please come back to Eurovision!
Here are the final results:
- Portugal 758
- Bulgaria 615
- Moldova 374
- Belgium 363
- Sweden 344
- Italy 334
- Romania 282
- Hungary 200
- Australia 173
- Norway 158
- Netherlands 150
- France 135
- Croatia 128
- Azerbaijan 120
- United Kingdom 111
- Austria 93
- Belarus 83
- Armenia 79
- Greece 77
- Denmark 77
- Cyprus 68
- Poland 64
- Israel 39
- Ukraine 36
- Germany 6
- Spain 5
And that’s it from us. This is Hass Yusuf (on behalf of the OGAE UK organising committee) and David Ransted signing off. And also many thanks to Robin Scott.
See you all next year in Portugal!
