Eurovision 2025 final live: Switzerland's JJ wins the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel – BBC

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Austria's JJ wins the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel – in the UK, you can watch his victory performance live above
UK's Remember Monday collect nul points from the public
A combination of points from national juries and viewer votes in the participating countries decides the winner
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Edited by Rorey Bosotti and Johanna Chisholm with Helen Bushby and Emma Saunders in London, and Mark Savage in Basel
Emma Saunders
Culture reporter
Remember Monday came 19th – that's one place below Olly Alexander last year.
Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent, reporting from the Eurovision final
With 178 points in the public vote, Austrian singer JJ wins Eurovision 2025!
His total is 436 points, pushing Israel into second place.
Helen Bushby
Culture reporter
A sharp intake of breath in the arena and the newsroom as Switzerland get nul points in the public vote, along with the UK.
Emma Saunders
Culture reporter
Remember Monday gave it their all with some fabulous vocals but have now dropped down the leaderboard after the public vote – a very disappointing nul points.
Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent, reporting from the Eurovision final
With the jury votes all counted, Austria are at the top of the leaderboard, with Switzerland in second and France third.
The UK is in a pretty respsectable 10th – but it's worth remembering we got nothing in the public televote last year.
It's all been quite chaotic, with no clear favourite emerging. Eight juries gave Austria the maximum 12 points, but Italy was close behind, topping the poll in six countries, and France the favourite for five others.
Emma Saunders
Culture reporter
Don't forget that this is just the juries' votes so far – everything can change once we get the public votes in and it happens very quickly!
Countries on the right-hand side of the table can easily leapfrog up the leaderboard and vice versa.
Nadia Ragozhina
Reporting from the Eurovision Song Contest
I've had the best seat in the house for this Eurovision final – sitting next to our number one expert: Mark Savage.
He has been very hard at work writing up all those brilliant posts faster than the speed of light, while also sharing extra snippets of his extensive knowledge with the team AND singing along to his favourite songs.
Yes, you heard that right, Mark definitely has his favourites and even knows the lyrics. But I won't spill more.
Helen Bushby
Culture reporter
The UK has given its 12 points to Latvia!
Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent, reporting from the Eurovision final
Austria might be top of the table right now, but we've had 11 different countries getting the maximum 12 points.
It shows how close this year's contest is… Despite what bookmakers said in advance.
Helen Bushby
Culture reporter
Remember Monday now have 53 points – beating Olly Alexander's overall score of 46 last year, so this is a big improvement! The jury vote is still ongoing, and then we get the public vote. Hold onto your hats…!
Helen Bushby
Culture reporter
The UK has had a chequered time at Eurovision over the last decade, as you can see below.
The high point was of course Sam Ryder coming second in 2022, when Ukraine won, in marked contrast to the year before, when Måneskin won for Itally, while the UK's James Newman came last.
2017 saw the UK fare better, when Lucie Jones came 15th in the year that Portugal's Salvador Sobral won.
All eyes will now be on this year's UK entry, Remember Monday, with What the Hell Just Happened.
No pressure ladies…
Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent, reporting from the Eurovision final
So the interval has ended without an appearance from Céline Dion.
During rehearsals, the hosts practised a moment where they re-played the star's video message from earlier in the week.
When that failed to materialse in the actual broadcast, many of us in the press centre presumed Queen Céline was on her way.
In the end, nothing. Maybe she'll appear to present the winner's trophy, but the prospect of a performance is receding fast.
Kate Moore
Reporting from the streets of Basel
The Remember Monday's family and friend party is in full swing here in Basel.
Sara, who is Charlotte’s boyfriend’s mum, couldn’t be prouder.
“I thought they did amazingly well – so graceful, so poised. They were iconic!!”
Meanwhile Darcy Arnold-Jones confirms the girls' performance was Bridgerton-inspired.
And Charlotte’s flatmate Luke says that the girls are amazing – and he couldn’t be prouder
Helen Bushby
Culture reporter
Remember Monday just got six points from Luxembourg!
Helen Bushby
Culture reporter
Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa was going to reveal how many points the UK jury was handing out tonight, but due to "unforeseen circumstances" it will now be Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
The BBC has not given any more information on the reason for Gatwa's withdrawal.
Singer and broadcaster Ellis-Bextor is clearly a fan of sequins, as well as the song contest.
“I love Eurovision and it’s a privilege to be part of 2025’s grand final," she said.
"What an honour it is to announce the UK’s jury score on such a special show which always puts music front and centre. I am very much looking forward to delivering the iconic douze points from the United Kingdom!”
In previous years the UK spokesperson's role has been taken on by Catherine Tate, Amanda Holden and AJ Odudu.
Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent, reporting from the Eurovision final
Your time is up. The voting lines have closed. The tallies are being counted.
Whatever happens now, the winner of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest has been decided.
We just have 45 long minutes to wait as the results are teased out…
Andree Massiah
Live reporter
Ian, Kevin and Ashley from Cardiff are holidaying in Gran Canaria but that's not stopping them from seeing the show.
"We’ve been to the contest together each year since 2022," says Ashley.
"But this year we’ve decided to go on holiday to Gran Canaria instead and are watching the competition at a watch party here.
"We’ve always been fans of the competition but we thought we’d try something different this year due to high costs in Switzerland."
Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent, reporting from the Eurovision final
Our host Michelle Hunziker has just been leading a crash-course in playing the Alphorn, the traditional Swiss instrument that's like a cross between the clarinet and the didgeridoo.
She brings up Poland's Justyna Steczkowska for a go, but all she can manage is a breathless puff. Probably spent all her energy hanging from those two ropes earlier tonight.
But it got me wondering – what instrument would we use in the UK? Bagpipes? A hurdy gurdy? The bladder fiddle?
Don't text in. Please.
Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent, reporting from the Eurovision final
After opening the show earlier, last year’s winner, Nemo, is back to play their new single Unexplainable.
It starts small, with Nemo alone in blue spotlight, wearing a Marlene Dietrich wig and a shimmering black bodysuit.
But keep an eye on that neon ladder… And get ready for the song’s explosively anthemic ending.
Seb Cheer
Reporting from the Eurovision Village in Basel
Fans of Sweden dress in towels
Ooo-ey-oo-ey-ooo… SAUNA!
It's clear to see why Sweden are the favourites to win in the fan village in Basel!
Thousands of people burst into song singing along to KAJ, with some attempting the group's now-iconic dance moves. I've even seen a couple of people dressed ready for a sauna.
Conversations around me have already turned to which Swedish city could host next year. We'll see…
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