Eurovision Song Contest 2019: Winner Is Duncan Laurence (Netherlands) With 'Arcade'!

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (Top40 Charts) Duncan Laurence has won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest for the Netherlands with 'Arcade'. They won a total of 492 points from the expert juries and televote. Italy finished in second place and Russia came third. 'Arcade' is written and composed by Duncan Laurence, Joel Sjöö and Wouter Hardy.

24 year old Duncan Laurence was born in 1994 in Spijkenisse, The Netherlands. He graduated this year from the Rock Academy in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Here he developed himself as a singer, songwriter and music producer. Besides that, he spent a lot of time writing songs in London and Stockholm.

Speaking when he was selected to represent the Netherlands, Duncan said: "In the past few years many well known artists represented The Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest. I'm not well-known, but that's also a good thing; The Netherlands has a lot of young and talented musicians. My participation proves that nothing is impossible. You can suddenly get the opportunity to represent your country on an international stage. I'm very proud to represent my country... I will give it my all!"

Eurovision Song Contest 2019 Full Results List:
1 Netherlands 492
2 Italy 465
3 Russia 369
4 Switzerland 360
5 Norway 338
6 Sweden 332
7 Azerbaijan 297
8 North Macedonia 295
9 Australia 285
10 Iceland 234
11 Czech Republic 157
12 Denmark 120
13 Slovenia 105
14 France 105
15 Cyprus 101
16 Malta 95
17 Serbia 92
18 Albania 90
19 Estonia 86
20 San Marino 81
21 Greece 71
22 Spain 60
23 Israel 47
24 Germany 32
25 Belarus 31
26 United Kingdom 16