The winner was Austria with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix", performed by Conchita Wurst and written by Charley Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, and Julian Maas. Austria's victory was the longest gap between victories for any country at the time - 48 years, not having won since 1966. The Netherlands, Sweden, Armenia and Hungary rounded out the top five.
A new record of 195 million viewers for the contest was reported.
The Netherlands achieved their best result since victory in 1975, while Hungary achieved their best result since their 4th place in 1994. Also, Armenia equalled their best result from 2008.