Austria’s JJ wins Eurovision 2025 with emotional ballad Wasted Love

Israel finished second, with Estonia third and the pre-contest favourites from Sweden fourth

JJ from Austria (Martin Meissner/AP)

Austria has won the Eurovision song contest after JJ triumphed in Basel with their song Wasted Love, an operatic ballad with soaring vocals that mutates into a club anthem for the finale. 

It is the third time the country has won, with JJ following in the footsteps of Udo Jürgens in 1965 and Conchita Wurst in 2014.