By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Austrian performer Johannes Pietsch won the 69 th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night while Israel’s Yuval Raphael came second after a tense showdown ...

JJ, whose full name is Johannes Pietsch, was Austria’s third Eurovision winner, and the first since bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst in 2014. The 24-year-old countertenor, who sings at the Vienna ...

BASEL, Switzerland — Classically trained Filipino-Austrian singer Johannes Pietsch (or JJ) won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland on Saturday with “Wasted Love,” a song that ...

Austria has won the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The country’s 24-year-old entrant — Johannes Pietsch, known as JJ — won the total cumulative votes from the public and judges ...

JJ, aka Johannes Pietsch, won the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with his operatic-techno fusion track Wasted Love on May 17, 2025. He became Austria's first Eurovision winner since Conchita Wurst ...

VIENNA, Austria — With his falsetto voice and an angelic smile, Johannes Pietsch, alias JJ, early Sunday catapulted Austria to its first Eurovision victory since the triumph of bearded drag ...

With his falsetto voice and an angelic smile, Johannes Pietsch, alias JJ, early Sunday catapulted Austria to its first Eurovision victory since the triumph of bearded drag performer Conchita Wurst ...

Johannes Pietsch, an Austrian singer with classical training, won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland on Saturday with the song “Wasted Love”. Johannes Pietsch, an Austrian singer ...

Austrian performer Johannes Pietsch won the 69 th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night while Israel's Yuval Raphael came second after a tense showdown at the Grand Final in Basel, Switzerland.