By John Revill BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) -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.

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 with his emotional song about unrequited love "Wasted Love,

Austria won its third Eurovision Song Contest after a glittering grand final in neighboring Switzerland, with singer JJ earning the continent’s votes for the operatic pop anthem “Wasted Love.”