winner, 2019
Duncan Laurence
Duncan Laurence represented the Netherlands at Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv with “Arcade”, and won.
- who
- Dutch singer
- born
- 11 April 1994, Spijkenisse, Netherlands
- contest
- 2019
- win
- 2019
- music
- pop
- plays
- piano
- active
- since 2014
- record labels
- Universal Music Group
- sang for
- Netherlands
Biography
Duncan Laurence is a Dutch singer and songwriter who reached the semi-finals of the fifth series of The Voice of Holland. In 2019 Laurence won the contest in Tel Aviv with “Arcade”, the first Dutch win since 1975. The song went on to be one of the most successful winners of recent years on streaming services and in the charts.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Duncan Laurence”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2019 Tel Aviv
“Arcade”
Winner Won the contest with 498 points, ahead of 25 other songs.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Wouter Hardy, Will Knox, Duncan Laurence, Joel Sjöö
- Running order
- 12th of 26 in the final
- Semi-final
- 1st of 18, 280 points
- Age on the night
- 25
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Away from Eurovision
Other contests and shows
- The Voice of Holland, season 5
Awards
- Marcel Bezençon Awards 2019
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
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- 2021 The virus arrives anyway Moments people still talk about
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Duncan Laurence, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 2019 The result
The Netherlands won, for the first time in 44 years. Duncan Laurence's "Arcade" finished on 498 points, 26 ahead of Italy's Mahmood.
- 2019 The result
Nobody could say it was the runaway favourite of either electorate. The juries put North Macedonia first and Sweden second. The public put Norway first. "Arcade" was third with one and second with the other, and that was enough.
- 2020 What was planned
The final was to have included eight former winners performing their songs, from Gigliola Cinquetti, who won in 1964, to Duncan Laurence.
- 2021 The virus arrives anyway
The reigning champion missed his own homecoming. Duncan Laurence tested positive two days before the final and appeared only on tape.
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