Austria's JJ Wins Eurovision Contest With Pop-Opera Song ‘Wasted Love’

Austrian singer JJ wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, at the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel on May 18. — Austrian singer JJ wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, at the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel on May 18.
Photographer: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

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By Associated Press

May 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM UTC

Updated on

May 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM UTC

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Classically trained Austrian singer JJ won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland on Saturday with “Wasted Love,” a song that combines operatic, multi-octave vocals with a techno twist.

Israeli singer Yuval Raphael came second at an exuberant celebration of music and unity that was shadowed by the Gaza war and rattled by discord over Israel’s participation.