Austria wins Eurovision 2025 with ‘Wasted Love’

London CNN 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 The song which showcases the classically trained singer s remarkable vocals and was staged in a dramatic style that evoked a shipwreck dazzled the crowd in Basel and saw Austria triumph for the first time since Conchita Wurst s accomplishment in Israel came second in the leaderboard with Yuval Raphael a survivor of Hamas October attacks winning backing for her performance of New Day Will Rise Estonia was placed third while San Marino earned the last-placed spot Before the final JJ advised CNN I feel very very humbled and honored that the artwork that I m putting out there is being so well accepted This is the kind of music that I want to continue making I had a pretty tough year and I sought to write about my personal experience with wasted unreciprocated love he revealed adding that if he won Saturday s final he would ostensibly break down start crying and then call my family This is a urgent story More details to come