Eurovision 2025 updates: Austria wins the song contest as UK receives humiliating zero public votes
FINAL OUTCOME Eurovision 2025 updates: Austria wins the song contest as UK receives humiliating zero public votes
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AUSTRIA has won Eurovision 2025 - beating this year's favourites to win, Sweden.
Singer JJ, 24, was crowned the winner after receiving a combined 436 points for his track Wasted Love.
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Meanwhile, fan-favourites KAJ from Sweden with their eccentric song Bara Bada Bastu came in fourth place.
Israel's Yuval Raphael - who sung New Day Will Rise - emerged as the runner-up with 357 points.
The UK's three-piece girlband Remember Monday suffered a crushing defeat when they received zero public votes from the rest of the world.
The song contest saw 26 countries battle it out on the stage in Basel, Switzerland.
The competition was broadcast live in the UK on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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