Austrians celebrate JJ's victory in bringing home in 11 years | Eurovision 2025

Austrians celebrate JJ on Sunday, Austria-Philippine villain, praised for “sing Austria out of many Austrian songs”, the country’s first Eurovision Song Contest victory in 11 years, which pays tribute to the country’s rich operatic heritage and modern music.

JJ, 24, hits all the right notes with Wasted Love, an opera ballad about unrequited love that turns into the national anthem of the tech club. The 69th competition was held in Basel, Switzerland.

After the success of drag performer Conchita in 2014 and Udo Jürgens' victory in 1966, the victory was Austria's third victory in competition history.

"It was great to get this victory 11 years after Conchita," said Austrian-Italian correspondent Micaela Taroni of Austrian news agency APA. "JJ won because of his voice quality. He was an opponent, so he reached a high profile. He was an outsider, but someone who covered musical modernity with the rich Austrian opera tradition."

JJ's real name is Johannes Pietsch, who won the victory in Israel's Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the October 7 attack by Hamas militants in southern Israel, killing 1,200 people, killing 251 people and killing hostages of 251 people, leading to an ongoing Israeli attack on Gaza, with an estimated 53,000 Palestinians dead.

As in 2024, Israel has joined the world's largest music competition, with more than 160 million people watching the protests worldwide.

A demonstration was held in Basel earlier on Saturday, with a European TV crew member hit by paint as two pro-Palestinian protesters tried to catch up with the stage.

A spokesman for Israeli broadcaster Kan said Raphael was "shaken and frustrated" by protesters.

Many of Basel's 200 protesters wore Palestinian Keffiyeh scarves with signs of "no music murder", "stop genocide" and "singing while Gaza Burns".

Some burned huge Israeli and American flags, while others poured red and green smoke into the air, according to AFP.

The pro-Palestinian march was also held throughout the day in major cities around the world to protest Israel’s intensified bombing of Gaza and its mandatory blockade of food and other humanitarian supplies.

The third place in the competition is Estonia's Tommy Cash and espresso MacChiato, a song that is full of fun and irritating the Italian stereotype.

After winning the Basel winner’s trophy, JJ thanked his voters and called for “more love” in the world.

He said that his Waste Love, co-written with Teodorašpirić and Thomas Turner, aims to give listeners an idea of ​​his deepest ideas.

"There is no waste of love. Love is never wasted." "There is too much love that we can spread around us, and we should use love as the most powerful force on the planet."

JJ's success was praised by Austrian Prime Minister Christian Stocker, who said the singer was writing music history.

"Dear JJ, your voice and sunshine Austrian voice shifted Europe to the focus of people," Austrian Foreign Minister defeated Beate Meinl-Reisinger on X.

The Philippine Consulate in Frankfurt also sent a message to JJ to congratulate JJ.

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"What an incredible moment - the Philippines is proud of on the European stage!" she said.

Austria will now host next year's competition. JJ returned home on Sunday and said he hoped the event would be held in Vienna, where he was born.

Again, the Eurovision Song Contest is pitiful for UK competitors nul point In the public vote, they aptly named Tune, what exactly happened?

In the final, all participating countries received two sets of votes - one from a jury of music experts and a public from Europe who could vote by phone, text or the Eurovision app.

The most popular performance scored 12 points, second in the tenth, and the rest were a top ten in a country.

Despite the setbacks, remember that Monday, a trio that included Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele said the game gave them memories "a lifetime."

The band is the first female team contestant in the UK since 1999, with 88 points from the national jury, including 12 in Italy, which won the contest in 2021 with now-renowned rock band Måneskin.

“Wow – ride a bike,” remembered Monday in a statement. “Three best partners have entered the world’s largest music stage and achieved the top ten jury results, with a large number of streaming numbers and memories going on for a lifetime.”

Meanwhile, Britain held the highest public vote of 12 points against Israel, although the British jury did not award Raphael's song.

37 countries participated in the competition, and 26 entered the finals. The semi-finals brought some surprises. Australia, which has been on the European TV network since 2015, was surprisingly unable to fit with Go-Jo's Innuendo-laden Milkshake Man.

There are still many Risque songs, including Miriana Conte, who had to change the lyrics of her songs to remove references to the Maltese lyrics singing - "Kant", which is because it is obviously similar to the English swearing word. Despite its fan favorite, it scored poorly on the broader public.

In Finland entries in Finland, her songs repeatedly announced that she was coming, and she ended her performance, spraying fireworks with a giant golden microphone.

Other quirky props include Lucio Corsi in Italy, which includes a large piano, and the French Louane is covered with falling sand.