Eurovision 2025 ended last Saturday, announcing the winner: JJ from Austria.
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The Winner Takes it All: JJ

• It is the 3rd win of Austria in the contest (1966 and 2014 beforehand)
• JJ ended up in first place with the jury (258 points) and 4th place with the public (178 points). This puts them with a total of 436 points.
• Austria got points from every possible country (jury or public vote).
• Austria got 0 points from the public in Armenia, Luxembourg, Estonia, Sweden, and the UK.
• Austria didn’t receive any set of 12 points from the public.
• Austria‘s highest public score was 10 points from Azerbaijan, Slovenia, Greece, Serbia, and Malta
• Austria won the jury vote by 44 points, getting 8 sets of 12 points: The Netherlands, Ireland, Latvia, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Belgium
• JJ performed as song number 9th. He is the 5th artist to win from this position, following France 1962, Austria 1966, Switzerland 1988, and Sweden 2023.
• JJ achieved the lowest combined result under the new system (2016 and later on), just behind Duncan Laurence (The Netherlands 2019) with 498 points
• This is also the lowest televote score for a winner, under the new system: 178 points (Just behind Nemo in last year with 226 points)
• Despite winning the contest, JJ ended only 5th in semi-final 2.

The Grand Final

This is how the national jury voted:

Here’s how the public voted:

Rank	Country	Points
1	Israel	297
2	Estonia	258
3	Sweden	195
4	Austria	178
5	Albania	173
6	Ukraine	153
7	Poland	139
8	Greece	126
9	Finland	108
10	Italy	97
11	Germany	74
12	Norway	67
13	Lithuania	62
14	France	50
15	The Netherlands	42
16	Latvia	42
17	Iceland	33
18	Armenia	30
19	Luxembourg	24
20	San Marino	18
21	Spain	10
22	Malta	8
23	Denmark	2
24	UK	0
25	Switzerland	0

The combined results (jury and public) are:

Jury Vote vs Public Vote

Unsurprisingly, we have some differences between the jury votes and the public vote.

The top 5 countries that had the biggest points gap between the jury and the public (much higher in the jury than the public) are:

• Switzerland: 214 points from the jury, 0 points from the public – a difference of 214 points
• France: 180 points from the jury, 50 points from the public – a difference of 130 points
• The Netherlands: 133 points from the jury, 42 points from the public – a difference of 91 points
• UK: 88 points from the jury, 0 points from the public – a difference of 88 points
• Latvia: 116 points from the jury, 42 points from the public – a difference of 74 points

The top 5 countries that had the biggest points gap between the jury and the public (much higher in the public than the jury) are:

• Israel: 297 points from the public, 60 points from the jury – a difference of 237 points
• Estonia: 258 points from the public, 98 points from the jury – a difference of 160 points
• Albania: 173 points from the public, 45 points from the jury – a difference of 128 points
• Poland: 139 points from the public, 17 points from the jury – a difference of 122 points
• Ukraine: 158 points from the public, 60 points from the jury – a difference of 98 points

Here, you can see the share of points each country received from jury vote and public vote:

Running Order vs Place Overview

We would like to sum up this chapter with 3 graphs:

Comparison of jury votes per running order: 2016-2024 and 2025

Comparison of public votes per running order: 2016-2024 and 2025

Comparison of total points per running order: 2016-2024 and 2025

The Grand Final / Historical Events

1. For the first time since 1987, only one song in the top 10 was performed in English (this time Austria)
2. The UK ended with 0 points from the public for the 4th time in history: 2003, 2021, 2024, and 2025.
3. Greece ended in 8th place in the public vote for the second year in a row.
4. None ex-Yugoslav countries made it to the final: Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Croatia.
5. All Nordic countries made it to the final: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland.
6. Greece achieved its best score since 2013 – 6th place.
7. Ukraine has finished in the top 10 for the fifth consecutive year (2021-2025).
8. For the first time since 2008, both Israel and Greece entered the top 10 in the final,
9. Italy finished in the top 10 for the 8th year in a row (2017-2025)
10. Albania finished in 8th place, its 3rd-highest placing (5th in 2012, 7th in 2004).
11. Israel holds the record for the biggest gap between jury and public vote this year: 237 points. Last year, they held the biggest gap in Eurovision history.
12. Armenia and Poland are the only countries that didn’t vote for Israel (neither in a public vote nor a jury vote). Israel received public vote points from 35 countries
13. Israel won the public vote for the second time in the modern era (the previous time was 2018).
14. For the 3rd time since 2015, all 3 Baltic countries made it to the final: Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. It happened in 2015, 2024, and 2025.
15. Denmark broke their long non-qualification streak of 4 years (2021 – 2024)
16. For the first time since 2016, a woman represented Switzerland.
17. For the second time since 2013, a non-Big 5 (or host country) finishes in last place in the final. This year it was San Marino.
18. San Marino ended in last place in the final for the first time
19. Germany ended up outside the bottom 5 for the 2nd year in a row.
20. The difference between the 2nd and 3rd place was 1 point only!
21. Spain ended in the bottom 5 for the second year in a row.
22. In both semi-finals, the second-to-last song (Croatia and Serbia) , the 3rd song (Slovenia and Ireland), and the 10th song (Azerbaijan and Georgia) didn’t qualify for the final.
23. All big 5 countries and the host country performed in one of their national langauges
24. Here is the number of jury members ranked first (out of 184 members)
    • Austria – 32
    • Italy – 26
    • France – 17
    • Switzerland – 15
    • Greece – 14
    • Germany – 9
    • The Netherlands – 8
    • Latvia – 7
    • Albania – 6
    • Armenia – 6
    • Denmark – 6
    • Finland – 6
    • Malta – 5
    • UK – 5
    • Israel – 4
    • Ukraine – 1
    • Lithuania – 1
    • Estonia – 1
25. Here is the number of jury members ranked in each country last (out of 184 members)
    • San Marino – 32 members
    • Lithuania – 18
    • Israel – 13
    • Iceland – 12
    • Albania – 11
    • Finland – 10
    • Portugal – 10
    • Malta – 9
    • Armenia – 8
    • Latvia – 6
    • Norway – 6
    • Poland – 6
    • Ukraine – 6
    • Estonia – 5
    • UK – 5
    • Luxembourg – 5
    • Sweden – 4
    • Denmark – 4
    • Germany – 4
    • Greece -3
    • Austria – 3
    • Italy – 2
    • Spain – 2

Semi-Final 1

The first semi-final results are:

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Place	Country	Points
1	Ukraine	177
2	Albania	122
3	The Netherlands	121
4	Sweden	118
5	Estonia	113
6	Iceland	97
7	Poland	85
8	Norway	82
9	Portugal	56
10	San Marino	46
11	Cyprus	44
12	Croatia	28
13	Slovenia	23
14	Belgium	23
15	Azerbaijan	7

• Ukraine has finished in the top 2 of the semi-final every year since 2020.
• Ukraine got points from all the voting countries in semi-final 1.
• Ukraine maintained its impressive 100% qualification rate.
• Albania finished in 2nd place in the semi-final, for the second time in history. This is their 2nd highest score (the best was in 2012).
• After finishing in the top 10 two years in a row, Croatia failed to qualify for the final.
• Azerbaijan continues its non-qualification row (3 years). It is the first time they have been last in the semi-final. In addition, it is the 3rd time in a row that Azerbaijan is in the bottom 2 in the semi-final.
• Sweden got 3 sets of 12 points in the semi-final from: Estonia, Iceland and Norway – All of them Nordic countries
• Cyprus lacked 2 points to qualify for the final. It seems their entry was quite divisive: They got the top 2 points in 3 countries (Azerbaijan, Slovenia, Albania), 5 points from 2 others (Portugal and San Marino), and 0 from the rest.
• The difference between the 2nd place (Albania) and the 3rd place (The Netherlands) was only 1 point.
• Sweden extended their long qualification sequence (since 2011), the same for Norway (since 2017).
• Iceland qualified for the final after 2 years of not making it.
• Portugal maintains an honorable qualification streak: appearing in the final for the 5th time in a row.
• San Marino qualified for the final, after 3 years of not making it to the finals.
• Slovenia and Azerbaijan are the only two non-qualifiers that have not received 10 or 12 points from any voting country.
• It is the 3rd time in a row that the opening song gets 6th place in semi-final 1.
• Besides Slovenia, all the first half acts qualified for the final: Iceland, Poland, Estonia, Ukraine, Sweden, and Portugal.
• All the eliminated songs were performed in English: Belgium, Slovenia, Cyprus, Azerbaijan, and Croatia.
• The Rest of The World voting preferred Croatia as a qualifier over San Marino.
• For the first time in many years, the last acts in the running order didn’t make the final.

Semi-Final 2

The first semi-final results are:

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Place	Country	Points
1	Israel	203
2	Latvia	130
3	Finland	115
4	Greece	112
5	Austria	104
6	Lithuania	103
7	Luxembourg	62
8	Denmark	61
9	Malta	53
10	Armenia	51
11	Australia	41
12	Czechia	29
13	Ireland	28
14	Serbia	28
15	Georgia	28
16	Montenegro	12

• Israel won the semi-final for the 3rd time in its history (previously in 2018 and 2024).
• Israel has finished in the top 3 in the semi-finals for the 3rd year in a row.
• Israel won 12 points from the Rest of the World (in the semi-final) for the 3rd in a row
• Israel received 13 sets of 12 points from: Greece, Germany, France, the UK, Czechia, Austria, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Australia, Denmark, Finland The Rest of The World. Their lowest score was 2 points from Armenia.
• Latvia ended 2nd in the semi-final, receiving points from each voting country, and 1 set of 12 points from Lithuania. Their lowest score was 3 points from Malta and Montenegro.
• Finland ended 3rd in the semi-final, getting points from each country. Their lowest score was 2 points from Greece and France.
• It is the second time in history that Latvia has ended in 2nd place in the semi-final; the previous time was in 2015 with Aminata.
• Austria got points from each voting country besides the UK and The Rest of The World. Neither of the countries ranked it first.
• Armenia finished in 10th place in the semi-final, which is their lowest place in the semi-final, out of all the times they qualified.
• Only 9 countries voted for Armenia, with 2 sets of 12 points: Georgia and Israel
• The 13th, 14th, and 15th place in the final (Ireland, Serbia, Georgia) got the same amount of 28 points.
• Lithuania qualified for the final for the 5th time in a row (2021-2025).
• Denmark qualified for the final, after 4 years not making it to the final.
• Denmark got points from each voting country except Georgia, Greece, and Serbia.
• Malta qualified for the final, after not making it for 3 years in a row.
• The 4 following four countries voted for each other in the top 10: Australia, the UK, Malta and Ireland (NOTE: the UK participated only as a voter and a guest performer).
• Montenegro ended in the last place and managed to achieve only 12 points, all of them from Serbia
• Czechia got only 3 unique sets of points: 3,5, and 8. The highest points (8 points) are from the Rest of The World.
• Australia and Czechia haven’t qualified for the final for the 2nd year in a row.
• Serbia broke its qualification row (between 2018 and 2024).
• Montenegro finished in 16th place in the semi-final for the 4th time (previously in 2017, 2018, and 2019). However, this is the first time ending in the last place in the semi-final.
• The point difference between some pairs of 2 consecutive places was up to 3 points: 3rd and 4th place, 5th and 6th place, 7th and 8th place, 9th and 10th place.
• The Rest of the World voting preferred Australia, Czechia, and Ireland as qualifiers over Austria, Luxembourg, and Armenia.

Familiar Names on the National Jury

Eurovision fans will probably recognise the following names on the national jury panel:

1. 🇦🇺 Andrew Lambrou – Represented Cyprus in Eurovision 2023.
2. 🇦🇿  Tural Isa Bagmanov – Represented Azerbaijan in Eurovision 2023, as part of a duo.
3. 🇸🇮 Ana Soklic – Represented Slovenia in Eurovision 2021.
4. 🇸🇮 Eva Boto – Represented Slovenia in Eurovision 2012.
5. 🇸🇮 Gregor Starsbergar – The host of “EMA 2025″.
6. 🇸🇮 Jon Vitezič – Competed in “EMA 2025”.
7. .🇧🇪 Noémie Wolfs – Former member of Hooverphonic.
8. 🇭🇷 Mia Negovetić – Participated in the national selection “Dora” several times.
9.  🇨🇾 Charis Savva – Represented Cyprus in Junior Eurovision 2008.
10. 🇩🇰 Mads Enggaard Jørgensen – Eurovision stage director (Denmark and Azerbaijan)
11. 🇪🇪 Elina Nechayeva – Participated in Eurovision 2018
12. 🇪🇪 Ott Lepland – Participated in Eurovision 2012
13.  🇪🇪 Indrek Sarrap – Composer Estonia’s entry for Eurovision 2013
14. 🇩🇪 Vasilisa Subotic (Lyza) – 2nd place in the German selection for Eurovision 2025
15.  🇮🇸 Bjarni Arason – Participated in the national selection in 2025.
16. 🇮🇸 Aníta Rós Þorsteinsdóttir – Participated in the national selection in 2024.
17.  🇮🇹 Andrea Settembre (Settembre) – Participated in “Sanremo 2025”
18. 🇲🇹 Aidan Cassar – 2nd place in the Maltese selection for Eurovision 2022
19.  🇵🇱 Krystian Ochman – Participated in Eurovision 2022
20. 🇳🇴 Iris Severin O. Mikalsen (LadyBug) – Participated in “Melodi Grand Prix 2025”
21. 🇳🇴 Reidun Sæther – Participated in “Melodi Grand Prix 2012″
22. 🇷🇸 Luka Jovanovic – Composer of “Ramonda” (Serbia Eurovision 2024)
23. 🇷🇸 Bojana Stamenov – Represented Serbia in Eurovision 2015
24. 🇷🇸 Zejna Murkic – Participated in the national selection in 2023 and 2024.
25. 🇪🇸  Ana Isabel Conde – Represented Spain at Eurovision 1995.
26. 🇪🇸 María Melodía Pérez Castillo (Mel Ömana) – Competed in “Benidorm Fest 2025”.
27. 🇸🇪 Kenny Krister Kevin Lantz – One of the known “Melodiestivalen” dancers.
28. 🇸🇪Theodor Jan Haraldsson (Theoz) – Competed in “Melodifestivalen” in 2022 and 2023
29. 🇸🇪 Amanda Josefina Elisabeth Nordelius – Writer of “Believe Me” by Greczula (“Melodifestivalen 2025”).
30. 🇺🇦 Dmytro Shurov (Piano Boy) – Former “Vidbir” music manager.
31. 🇺🇦 Tetiana Reshetniak – Competed in “Vidbir” in 2017 and 2018.
32. 🇺🇦 Kostiantyn Bocharov (Melovin) – Represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2018