Classically trained countertenor JJ of Austria is the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest winner with “Wasted Love,” a song that combines operatic, multi-octave vocals with a techno twist. JJ beat 25 other competitors during Saturday’s (May 17) grand final in the Swiss city of Basel.

Austria has won Eurovision 2025 in a nailbiting finish, with artist JJ singing Wasted Love. In the end it came down to two likely winners, with Austria leapfrogging Israel, which won the public vote despite protests over the nation's inclusion.

UK’s Remember Monday in 10th place after jury vote as Austria’s JJ leads - Voting has now closed, with the UK’s Remember Monday and Israel’s Yuval Raphael among the acts vying for this year’s Eurovisi