After battling it out against 36 other countries, Austria has officially won Eurovision 2025.
Austria’s entrant, JJ, wowed crowds with their song Wasted Love, a ballad turned club anthem with operatic vocals.
This marks the third victory for Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest, following wins by Udo Jürgens in 1965 and Conchita Wurst in 2014.
Austria’s JJ, the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, proudly holds up the trophy onstage after securing the win with the performance of the song “Wasted Love”. Source: AP / Martin Meissner
Austria earned 178 points from the audience and 257 from the jury, taking them to 435 points in total.
Israel came in second place with 357 points. They also topped the Australian public vote.
After a surge in audience votes, Estonia came in third with 356 points for their coffee bop, Espresso Macchiato.
While Switzerland, France, and Italy received high scores from the jury, they did not garner as much support from the audience.
The favourites coming into the competition were Sweden’s KAJ, with their catchy tune about heading to the sauna, Bara Bada Bastu.
JJ, whose real name is Johannes Pietsch, was born in Vienna in 2001.
Described by Eurovision as “A countertenor with a distinctive voice that can reach soprano heights”, the Austrian-Filipino artist’s music is classical meets club.
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