Sobral from Portugal wins Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Eurovision Song Contest 2017 has come to an end with Portugal as the winner of the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Amar Pelos Dois" performed by Salvador Sobral.

Salvador won with record breaking 758 points - the most points in Eurovision history – and this is the first winning song since 2007 sung solely in national language.

Eurovision 2017 Results

Check out the detailed results, voting and points from Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

Salvador Sobral

Salvador Sobral (27) is a Portuguese singer and composer. He won Festival da Canção 2017 in March 2017, which selected him as the Portuguese representative at Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv.

He originally studied Psychology in Lisboa, but his passion for music was stronger.

In 2009 he competed in the third season of "Ídolos" (Idols), where he finished seventh.

Salvador has been studying jazz music in Barcelona at the school Taller de Musics. During his stay in Barcelona, he was the vocalist of the pop indie band "Noko Woi", with whom he participated in the Festival Sónar in Spain.

In Portugal he has been working with several big names on the Jazz scene, and in 2016 his first album in his own name, "Excuse Me" was released.

Voting & Points

The voting procedure was the same as last year. Each country had two sets of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10 and 12 points to give. One set for each country's jury, and one set for each country's televoting.

• Each of the 42 countries participating in this years Eurovision voted
• Each country had a national jury who gave one set of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10 and 12 points
• Each country used televoting which also resulted in a set of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10 and 12 points
• First the the juries' points were presented individually by a spokesperson from each country
• Secondly the points from televoting were bundled and given combined
• Televoters and national juries had equal weight in the voting
• The national juries voted Friday evening (Friday, 12 May) during the second dress-rehearsal
• If two countries have the same points, the best of the two is the song which has obtained points from the highest number of countries. If the tying songs have received points from the same number of countries, the highest number of 12-point scores shall be decisive. If the winner still cannot be determined by this procedure, the number of times ten points have been awarded shall be the deciding factor. If necessary, this method shall continue until account has been taken of the number of times one point has been awarded

Check out the detailed results, voting and points from Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

Eurovision Song Contest 2017

The 62nd Eurovision Song Contest took place on 9, 11 and 13 May 2017. The contest was held in Kyiv, Ukraine, and produced by the Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC.

• Place: Kyiv International Exhibition Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine
• Participants: 42
• Semi-final 1: Took place on 9 May 2017 with 18 participants. The 10 songs with highest points advanced to the Grand Final
• Semi-final 2: Took place on 11 May 2017 with 18 participants. The 10 songs with highest points advanced to the Grand Final
• Grand Final: Took place on 13 May 2017 with 26 participants; Ukraine (host), Big-5 (Germany, Spain, France, Italy and United Kingdom), 10 best from Semi-Final 1, 10 best from Semi-Final 2

Portugal in Eurovision Song Contest

Portugal has participated 49 times since 1964. It was a very bad start, as they managed to get Zero Points in the debuting year. Until 2017 they have never won the contest, and never made the top-5. In fact Portugal did hold the record for most appearances in the contest without a win!

Since the introduction of Semi-finals in 2004 Portugal only qualified for the Grand Final 4 out of 12 times.