Eurovision 2025 results: JJ wins for Austria

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JJ has won the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest for Austria with Wasted Love.

JJ won with a total of 436 points - 258 from the juries (1st) and 178 (4th) from the televote.

Runner-up was Israel's Yuval Raphael, with New Day Will Rise, winning the televote and coming 14th with the juries for a total of 357 points.

Estonia's Tommy Cash took 3rd place, finishing 9th with the juries and coming second in the televote with Espresso Macchiato finishing on a total of 356 points.

JJ delivers Austria their third Eurovision win after Udo Jürgens (1966) and Conchita Wurst (2014).

The final was opened by 2024 winner Nemo performing their winning song, The Code, followed by the flag parade, introducing all twenty-six finalists, backed by the Basel Police Brass Band and remixes of Swiss hits. The interval acts included four former Swiss participants performing their competing songs: Peter, Sue and Marc with their 1981 entry Io senza te, Paola with her 1980 entry Cinéma, Luca Hänni with his 2019 entry She Got Me, and Gjon's Tears with his 2021 entry Tout l'univers. 2024 Croatian entrant Baby Lasagna and 2023 Finnish entrant Käärijä performed a mash up of their respective competing songs Rim Tim Tagi Dim and Cha Cha Cha followed by their new collaborative single Eurodab; whilst Nemo performed their new single Unexplainable.

8 countries gave Austria the full 12 points in the jury vote and they were awarded 7 points by the Australian jury. In fact Austria received jury points from 31 of the 36 other countries taking part in this year's contest!

They also received televote points from 33 of the other 36 countries taking part although no country had them as their televote winner. The Australian public awarded Austria 3 points.

Austria also received 1 point from the Rest of the World, a combined score derived from the votes of viewers residing in countries other than those participating in the contest.

The overall Top 10 results:

1. Austria - 436 points

2. Israel - 357 points

3. Estonia - 356 points

4. Sweden - 321 points

5. Italy - 256 points

6. Greece - 231 points

7. France - 230 points

8. Albania - 218 points

9. Ukraine - 218 points

10. Switzerland - 214 points

About the artist

JJ (Johannes Pietsch), is a 24-year-old male soprano opera singer who grew up in Dubai before returning to Vienna in 2016. He is best known for appearing on The Voice UK in 2020, where he impressed the judges with his operatic vocals and whistle register. He also appeared on the Austrian TV show Starmania 21 the following year.

JJ studied classical music at the Music and Art Private University of Vienna and is a member of the Vienna State Opera company where he has appeared in productions such as Die Zauberflöte and Von der Liebe Tod.

He is also a student at the Music and Art Private University of Vienna (MUK), where he studies under the renowned soprano - Professor Linda Watson.

In addition to his native language of German, Pietsch also speaks English, French and Tagalog.

About the song

Wasted Love was co-written by JJ and Austrian 2023 Eurovision representative Teodora Špirić, best known as being part of the duo Teya & Salena who performed Who The Hell is Edgar?

The music video was directed by Marek Vesely and was filmed in various locations in Austria, including a pine forest near Wiener Neustadt, the Stadttheater Baden, and the I Dive Diving School in Vienna, where JJ was submerged for the underwater shots. A forest with water and snow was recreated in a studio in Lower Austria.

According to Marek, the music video “is intended to be a visual journey into the deep abyss of unrequited love, underscored by dramatic elements. It is structured in five acts and plays with the opera vibe as its underlying mood.”

How Australia voted in the Grand Final

Australian Jury

12 - Greece

10 - Latvia

8 - Malta

7 - Austria

6 - Sweden

5 - Poland

4 - Denmark

3 - Estonia

2 - Finland

1 - Switzerland

Australian Televote

12 - Israel

10 - Finland

8 - Sweden

7 - Greece

6 - Estonia

5 - Malta

4 - Albania

3 - Austria

2 - Latvia

1 - Poland

Australia in Semi-Final 2

After full results were released, it can be revealed that Australia finished 11th in Semi-Final 2 on 41 points, narrowly missing the final by 10 points.

Who voted for Australia? (Televote only)

Australia received 6 points from Latvia and Lithuania

5 points from Finland, Malta and United Kingdom

3 points from Denmark and Ireland

2 points from Rest of the World, Austria and Germany

1 point from Czechia and Georgia

A total of 41 points from the televote.

Australian televoters gave their points to -

12 - Israel

10 - Finland

8 - Malta

7 - Latvia

6 - Denmark

5 - Greece

4 - Luxembourg

3 - Austria

2 - Ireland

1 - Lithunia

Marcel Bezençon Awards

Before the show the annual Marcel Bezençon Awards were handed out by contest producer Christer Björkman. The Media Award, voted on by the accredited media, was awarded to France's Louane for Maman. Maman  also won the Artistic Award as voted for by the commentators from each participating broadcaster.

The Composer Award, which is presented to an entry's composers, and voted on by all participating composers was won by Switzerland's Voyage and presented to the song's writers Zoë Më, Emily Middlemas and Tom Oehler.

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