Austrian singer JJ wins 2025 Eurovision in Basel

After Basel in 2025, next year’s Eurovision will head to Austria – thanks to JJ’s victory on Saturday. Associated Press

The Austrian countertenor JJ won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in the Swiss city of Basel on Saturday night. Switzerland’s Zoë Më came tenth.

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In the end, the Eurovision final came down to a neck-and-neck race between Austria and Israel, with JJ finally came out on top with Wasted LoveExternal link, a high-pitched track mixing elements of opera with club beats.

The winning song was also combined with a performance in black and white in which JJ battled a storm on the high seas; to avoid falling off his boat, the singer was forced to hold on to the mast.

Austria was tipped as one of the favorites in the run up to the event on Saturday. After the national jury points were all awarded, JJ was already in first place, before he managed to maintain this position after the public vote.

Switzerland’s Zoë Më meanwhile led the jury vote at times, and finished this stage of the voting in second place. However, the international audience wasn’t kind to her, giving her zero points and shunting her down to tenth overall.

Adapted from German by DeepL/dos

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