Austrian performer Johannes Pietsch wins 69Th On Saturday night, Israel's Yuval Raphael had a nervous showdown in the finals in Basel, Switzerland, second in the European TV Song Contest.
Pietsch is an Austrian-Filipino opera singer who is also named after JJ, who sang the opera ballad "Waste Love" in the strobe lights on the stage and scored 436 points. While she finished second with 357 points, he defeated Israeli contestant Raphael while also winning the public voting part of the game.
The top five in the national music industry jury and global public voting match ranked third with 356 points, while Sweden ranked 321 points with 321 points and 256 points.
The finals included Raphael singing her power ballad: "A new day will rise." During her performance, a man and a woman tried to rush onto the stage. A spokesperson for Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR told Hollywood Reporter Two protesters threw paint on a crew member before being arrested.
For the second consecutive year, the Eurovision Competition was overshadowed by protests against the European Broadcasting League’s decision to allow Israeli contestants to participate as the country’s conflict in Gaza continues. Raphael, a survivor of the Nova Festival massacre on October 7, 2023, performed solo on a huge chandelier-like staircase on the stage during the finals.
this Hunger Games 26 competitors in pop music compete with original songs, whether tortured folk or electronic pop singers, to win the glory of Eurovision. The competition even included Tavo Akys of Lithuania, wearing a long-sleeved top in a 12-zone style.
Eurovision content usually blends sparkling costumes, beautiful sets and light shows, and of course fans cheering in the arena and at home. Entering the finals, gamblers’ favorites include Swedish entries, Finnish-Swedish musical comedy trio Kaj and their accordion-led song “Bara Bada Bastu,” an ode to the steaming Wood Cabin Bliss, French singer and French singer Louane Basel.
This year's competition also sparked controversy over Estonia's Tommy Cash, with the bent leg dance performing the caffeinated pop song "Espresso MacChiato", about another country, Italy and coffee, with some Italians criticizing them for laughing at their culture with stereotypes.
Among the 37 contenders who competed in two semi-finals earlier this week, they saw 26 performances Saturday night, which were cut in the 37 contenders. The finals of the annual singing contest opened with video, hosts Hazel Brugger, Sandra Studer and Michelle Hunziker nervously awaiting extreme sports athletes to deliver the glass microphone Eurovision trophy to the arena.
Then last year's winner, Switzerland's Nemo, performed their song “The Code” against a splashy laser light show, followed with a flag parade of 26 country finalists, with all contestants welcomed on stage to rapturous chefs from flag-waving fans in the arena audience and in an adjoining soccer stadium filled with another 36,000 spectators who at one point during the Eurovision Grand Final show did a mass performance of the ABBA hit “Waterloo.”