Pietsch follows in the footsteps of Austria’s second Eurovision winner, drag icon Conchita Wurst, who took home the microphone trophy in 2014 with their single “Rise Like A Phoenix”.

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 ...

With his falsetto voice and an angelic smile, Johannes Pietsch, alias JJ, early Sunday catapulted Austria to its first Eurovision victory since the triumph of bearded drag performer Conchita Wurst ...

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JJ, whose full name is Johannes Pietsch, was Austria’s third Eurovision winner, and the first since bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst in 2014.

JJ, whose full name is Johannes Pietsch, was Austria’s third Eurovision winner, after bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst in 2014 and Udo Jürgens in 1966. “This is beyond my wildest dreams.

Austria’s 2025 Eurovision entry is one of the favourites to win this year’s contest. The 23-year-old Austrian-Filipino artist who goes by JJ, full name Johannes Pietsch, may be familiar to UK ...