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Austria wins 69th Eurovision Song Contest with JJ's "Wasted Love "

Israel finished second, with Estonia third and the pre-contest favourites from Sweden fourth

Organisers later said a Eurovision song contest crew member was hit with paint after two people tried to rush on stage to disrupt the Israeli singer Yuval Raphael’s performance. Miriana Conte and Serving at Eurovision.In Finland’s entry, Ich Komme by Erika Vikman, her song repeatedly announced that she was coming, and she ended her performance hoisted up on a giant gold microphone spraying out fireworks. Photograph: Georgios Kefalas/EPAOther outlandish props including Italy’s Lucio Corsi with an outsized piano, France’s Louane gradually being doused with falling sand, and Estonia’s Tommy Cash wearing a post-it note with “I love Eurovision” on it on his suit pocket, while dancing outside a set called the “Winners Café”.

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