The winner of the 2019 Eurovision song contest is announced in Tel Aviv, Israel. TEL AVIV — With a powerful but low-key ballad, the Netherlands won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, an unapologetically kitschy event with 41 participating countries held this year in Tel Aviv. Destination Eurovision was an annual song competition organised by French public broadcaster France Télévisions in collaboration with the television channel France 2.From 2018 to 2019, it selected the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision fans were kept on the edge of their seats during the voting in the grand final on May 18, 2019. From "ecstatic" and "overjoyed" to finding the winning song "a little bit boring," fans in the arena gave the BBC their verdicts on the 2019 Eurovision song contest. Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) featured at the … Italy came second (465), with Russia just edging out Switzland by nine points to take third place. Eurovision Song Contest 2019 result: Netherlands won with the song "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence with 498 points Date: 18 May 2019, 21:00 CEST Location: Expo Tel Aviv, Israel In a tight run finish, the Netherlands emerged as victor with 492 points - their first win for 44 years.