- Title: "My dream came true," says Netherlands Eurovision winner
- Date: 19th May 2019
- Summary: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (MAY 19, 2019) (REUTERS) NETHERLANDS WINNER OF THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST, DUNCAN LAURENCE, WALKING UP TO PODIUM HOLDING TROPHY WITH HIS TEAM FOR A NEWS CONFERENCE LAURENCE SITTING AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) DUTCH SINGER-SONGWRITER DUNCAN LAURENCE, WHO WON THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST WITH HIS SONG 'ARCADE', SAYING: "No words, I mean like, li
- Embargoed: 2nd June 2019 02:43
- Keywords: Eurovision Netherlands winner Israel
- Location: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
- City: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
- Country: Israel
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Music
- Reuters ID: LVA001AFKE81Z
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- Story Text:Dutch singer-songwriter Duncan Laurence said his dream came true, shortly after he won for the Netherlands the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in Israel on Sunday (May 19).
Laurence beat 25 other contestants in the grand final in Tel Aviv to win the glass microphone trophy, in a songfest that passed off without serious incident, despite calls by pro-Palestinian groups to boycott the event.
The 25-year-old favourite won 492 points with his piano ballad "Arcade" about a failing relationship. His victory gives the Netherlands the right to host the 2020 finals. Italy came second, with 465 points, and Russia third, with 369.
After receiving the prize from last year's winner, Israeli singer Netta Barzilai, Laurence said he hoped he had touched listeners, while excited fans celebrated his win after watching the event on huge screens at a Tel Aviv 'Eurovision Village'.
Eurovision Song Contest Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand told the Dutch team that the organisation will make sure that next year's contest in the Netherlands will be "a successful event."
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