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.

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Austrians were getting ready Sunday to welcome back home and celebrate classically trained singer JJ, who won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest for their country with “Wasted Love,” a song that combines operatic, multi-octave vocals with a techno twist.

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,