Classically trained countertenor JJ of Austria is the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest winner with “Wasted Love,” a song that combines operatic, multi-octave vocals with a techno twist.

Lately, I can’t stop listening to JJ’s “Wasted Love,” the emotive, operatic anthem that won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The first time I heard it, something in me cracked, and ...

Classically trained countertenor JJ of Austria wins 69th Eurovision Song Contest with his pop-opera song “Wasted Love.” Israel’s Yuval Raphael came second at a competition overshadowed by ...

El cantante austriaco JJ compite en la final con la canción “Wasted Love” con la que se coronó en la 69na edición del concurso Eurovisión, en Basilea, Suiza, el sábado 17 de mayo de 2025.

Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest JJ from Austria on stage after winning the competition with the song “Wasted Love” during the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel ...

JJ from Austria, who performed the song “Wasted Love,” reacts to voting during the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland Sunday, May 18.

JJ from Austria who performed the song “Wasted Love” reacts to voting during the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, early Sunday, May 18, 2025.

Classically trained countertenor JJ of Austria wins 69th Eurovision Song Contest with his pop-opera song "Wasted Love." The Swiss city of Basel was hosting the final of the contest on Saturday night.

Austria has won the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The country’s 24-year-old entrant — Johannes Pietsch, known as JJ — won the total cumulative votes from the public and judges ...

BASEL, Switzerland — Classically trained countertenor JJ of Austria won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest Saturday with the operatic song “Wasted Love.” Israel’s Yuval Raphael came second ...

Classically trained countertenor JJ of Austria wins 69th Eurovision Song Contest with his pop-opera song “Wasted Love.” Nation & World By JILL LAWLESS – Associated Press Updated 1 hour ago ...