Who wins Eurovision 2025 and what place does Ukraine take: Final results
Who wins Eurovision 2025 and what place does Ukraine take (photo: Getty Images)
The Eurovision 2025 contest in Basel was won by Austria's representative JJ with the track Wasted Love.
Find out who took the top spots and where our representatives Ziferblat placed in the RBK-Ukraine article below.
Who won Eurovision 2025?
The first place at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest was taken by Austria’s JJ with the track Wasted Love, earning 436 points from the combined votes of the audience and the jury.
Who won Eurovision 2025 (screenshot)
The artist surpassed Israel’s contestant Yuval Raphael, who performed the track New Day Will Rise and scored 357 points.
Final results of Eurovision (screenshot)
Watch the video of the Eurovision winner’s performance
What place did Ukraine take and how many points did we get?
According to the voting results, the band Ziferblat, who spectacularly represented our country with the song Bird of Prey and performed 7th in the final, took 9th place.
The Ukrainian performance scored 218 points in total—158 points from the audience and 60 points from the jury.
Ukraine received:
- 5 points from Sweden
- 8 points from Azerbaijan
- 5 points from Slovenia
- 4 points from Armenia
- 4 points from San Marino
- 1 point from Norway
- 2 points from Italy
- 8 points from Portugal
- 2 points from Latvia
- 2 points from Croatia
- 4 points from Serbia
- 2 points from Spain
- 4 points from Israel
- 2 points from Lithuania
- 6 points from Georgia
- 1 point from Switzerland
Ukraine received 0 points from Malta, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria, France, Latvia, Ireland, Poland, Montenegro, Greece, Czechia, the UK, Finland, Australia, Germany, Belgium, Albania, Iceland, Cyprus, and Estonia.
In an interview with RBC-Ukraine, Ziferblat talked about the meaning behind their song. It carried special significance.
“The song ‘Bird of Pray’ is, above all, about freedom. About the cycle of life and hope for a happy future. It’s a reflective song, whose title can literally be translated as ‘Prayer Bird’ or ‘Bird of Prayer.’ It’s like a journey-confession. I tried to put into it all the chaos, anxiety, worries, and hopes that have lived in my heart since 2022,” said Valentyn Leshchynskyi, the band’s guitarist.
Besides that, there was hidden symbolism in the musicians’ performance. In an interview with RBC-Ukraine, music critic Roman Buturlakin noted that the concept of the performance was very interesting because the band had to follow Eurovision rules but still remind everyone about the war.
“I’m sure there are many hidden meanings that will be revealed to us later... At one point, during the peak of the final chorus, I had the impression that it shows a person running during an air raid alert, because the lighting conveys it very well, and then Dania falls to his knees,” the critic said.
“So, there are these encrypted meanings in the Eurovision style, where you can’t say anything directly. And I really like those kinds of allegories, when there’s something to think about, something to decode, something to discuss,” he added.
List of Eurovision winners for the past 5 years:
2024: Switzerland, Nemo – "The Code"
2023: Sweden, Loreen – "Tattoo"
2022: Ukraine, Kalush Orchestra – "Stefania"
2021: Italy, Måneskin – "Zitti e buoni"
2020: The contest did not take place due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2019: Netherlands, Duncan Laurence – "Arcade"
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