JJ, representing Austria, winner of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, poses with Austrian Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler and General Director of the Austrian broadcasting company ORF Roland Weissmann in Vienna, Austria, May 18, 2025. REUTERS/Elisabeth Mandl

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's Johannes Pietsch, a classically trained singer who performs under the name of JJ, has won the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest with his song "Wasted Love."