Austria wins 69th Eurovision song contest with Wasted Love

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

Austria has won the Eurovision song contest after JJ triumphed in Basel with their song Wasted Love, an operatic ballad with soaring vocals that mutates into a club anthem for the finale. It is the third time the country has won, with JJ following in the footsteps of Udo Jurgens in 1965 and Conchita Wurst in 2014.

Switzerland, which hosted the first ever Eurovision song contest in 1956, was the venue this year after Nemo won in Malmo last year with their song The Code. They presented the trophy to JJ, who called for more love". After finishing a reprise of their winning song, a clearly emotional JJ said thank you Europe, I love you all"