Austria’s hiring JJ obtained 436 points with Wasted Love, A song about unrequited love that mixes lyrical tones with a modern rhythmic base, and thus catapulted Austria to his first victory in Eurovision From the triumph of the Austrian Queen Queen with Conchita Wurst beard 11 years ago. In 1966 the country was also winner.
Israel has been even closer to its second place, ahead of Estonia, which has been third, and Sweden, which left as the great favorite and has been fourth.
In part, this triumph has a Spanish seal, since Sergio Jaén has been in charge as an artistic director of transforming his story into a black and white marine epic that carries the rickety raft of the Austrian-philipino interpreter to fruition after overcoming a storm on the high seas.
The actions in Eurovision
Only 26 of the 37 countries that began the race for the glass microphone have reached this final in St. Jakobshalle in Basel (Switzerland), a city chosen by its infrastructure as the headquarters of world pharmaceuticals and for its situation on the edge of three countries.
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It was, the organizers alleged, of a good metaphor for the power of music to cross borders in an edition that, in addition to returning to the country that was his first house, has marked “record” in linguistic diversity since in 1999 he gave freedom to sing in the language he wanted.
The contest has been opened by the Norwegian Kyle Alessandro, the youngest of the participants, to whom they have followed the unique and ironic ‘espresso macchiato’ of the Estonian Tommy Cash and the Israeli representative of this year and survivor of the 2023 Hamas attacks, Yuval Raphael, with slight boos at the beginning and end of their performance, but far from the volume of the protests that aimed at His predecessor.
In sixth place, the Spanish Melody has enforced its quality by applying Temple and Garbo with ‘ESE diva’ in a very complex number in which both the long note and the acrobatic auction have embroidered.
In addition to JJ, other milestones of that first half have included the pragmatic joviality by the Netherlands of the ‘C’est la Vie’ of Claude, with its African leaves, and the Finnish Valkyria Erika Vikman, already lined the back of a giant microphone-cohete to claim the power of female desire with ‘Ich Komme’.
The Polish Pole Justyna Steczkowska has not been relying in effect, running in needle heels or hanging from rings before the jaws of a dragon, in a second half of gala hypnotized by the delicacy of both the Switzerland Zoë Më and the Italian Lucio Corsi.
For the final traca, the great favorites have arrived, the sauna ‘Bara Bada Bastu’ of the Swedes Kaj, and its other great rival, the maternal ode of the French Louane, before the definitive brooch of the performances to the contest with the electronic and ethnic epic of the Albanes Shkodra Elektronike.
Voting
In the first place, as usual, the opinion of the national jurors has been known, with a very disparate cast, but with Austria as the country that has most times the maximum score of 12 points has received. It is not surprising that it has finished as the most voted option of this section, with 258 points, followed by Switzerland (214), France (180), Italy (159) and the Netherlands (133).
The televoto has turned around that result, especially in the case of Israel, which has obtained the largest volume, 297 points, jumping from the fifteenth position to the silver medal. Estonia has followed him in popular support, who has received 258, and Sweden, with 195.
As a result of everything, the “Top 10” has been as follows: 1. Austria (436 points), 2. Israel (357), 3. Estonia (356), 4. Sweden (321), 5. Italy (256), 6. Greece (231), 7). France (230), 8. Albania (218), 9. Ukraine (218) and Switzerland (214). Spain has been relegated to position 24, with 37 points.