Eurovision 2025: Austria's JJ wins with 'Wasted Love'

By Amber Louise Bryce & Laura Ingemarsson

Austria has won nan 2025 Eurovision Song Contest pinch 24-year-old JJ's (Johannes Pietsch) operatic ballad ‘Wasted Love’. 

It was a nail biting reveal, pinch Israel successful nan apical spot until nan very past moment — but yet coming successful 2nd place, followed by Estonia. 

This is nan 3rd clip Austria — who were besides 1 of our predicted winners — has won nan contest, pinch erstwhile successes successful 1966 and 2014. The state besides holds nan grounds for nan longest spread — 48 years — betwixt wins. 

In an interview pinch Euronews, JJ explained that his opus is astir unrequited emotion and uncovering spot done achy emotions: “The opus is rather sad, but past there's nan dream that there's ever a ray astatine nan extremity of nan tunnel. And if you person a short, bad phase, it intends that you tin flooded it because... it really is ne'er nan extremity of nan world. You ever travel retired of each business connected a affirmative note. Hope dies last.” 

A full of 26 contestants took portion successful nan ceremony, pinch a grounds number singing successful their autochthonal languages — nan astir divers practice since 1999. 

Despite this year’s mascot symbolising ‘unity’, nan title was besides gripped by governmental divisions complete Israel’s inclusion, pinch pro-Palestine protests taking spot extracurricular nan event, and complete 70 erstwhile contestants signing an unfastened letter demanding Israel and its nationalist broadcaster KAN beryllium banned. 

There was besides contention complete nan song lyrics from Malta’s entry, resulting successful Miriana Conte releasing a reworked type of her opus 'Kant'.

For nan astir part, however, it was an evening filled pinch sandstorm powerfulness ballads, sauna anthems and everything successful between; delivering connected spectacular sets and dazzling performances that felt much caller and niche than ever before.

Take a look astatine our unrecorded blog to spot much highlights from passim nan night.