JJ

Real name Johannes Pietsch, Austrian singer JJ is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 2025 with his song "Wasted Love". Born in Vienna on April 29, 2001, he grew up in Dubai, before his family returned to Austria in 2016. A contestant on The Voice UK in 2020, he didn't make it to the finals and then entered the Austrian competition Starmania, before going on to study singing at the University of Vienna. With a soprano voice before his moult, JJ was chosen by the ÖRF to represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest with the operatic pop song "Wasted Love", already ranked no. 24 in his country. On May 27, 2025, JJ wins the competition in Basel, Switzerland. Following the international success of "Wasted Love", he continued in the same vein with the singles "Back to Forgetting" (#61 in Austria) and "Shapeshifter" in 2025, followed by "Ballerina" and his first EP, Into the Unkown, released in May 2026.