EUROVISION 2017 IN KYIV: PORTUGAL TRIUMPHS

Salvador Sobral, the winning contestant from Portugal, at the winner's press conference at the Eurovision Grand Final

Salvador Sobral, the winning contestant from Portugal, at the winner's press conference at the Eurovision Grand Final. Source: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images

Final. Portugal won the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv in impressive style, sealing victory with both the jury vote and the popular vote. In a field of much pumping beats and pyrotechnics, Salvador Sobral secured victory for his nation for the first time in 53 years, with his simple, traditional ballad Amar Pelos Dois ("Love For Both").



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