Classically trained countertenor JJ from Austria took home the crown at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest Saturday with a stunning operatic performance in Basel.

JJ of Austria, a classically trained countertenor, is the winner of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest with his pop-opera song "Wasted Love."

Austria won the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Swiss host city Basel on Saturday, in the country's first victory since bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst won in 2014. Operatic singer JJ won ahead of Israel in the world's biggest music competition,