JJ has been selected to represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. The song he will be performing in Basel will be released in early March.
ORF internally selected this year’s Austrian entry, a process they have followed since 2017.
Johannes Pietsch, known as JJ is an opera singer at the Vienna State Opera but will sing a pop song with classical elements. According to Kleine Zeitung, the song will be called “Wasted Love”.
The song was written by former Austrian Eurovision representative TEYA, who wrote and performed “Who The Hell is Edgar?” for the country at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
It was previously reported that seven songs were in the running to represent including two songs from Philip Piller and Dominic “Dodo” Muhrer who previously represented Austria on home soil for 2015 as part of The Makemakes.
This will be Austria’s 58th appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest. Kaleen represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with “We Will Rave”. She finished in 24th place, gaining 24 points.
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Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
Austria debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957. Bob Martin represented the country on their debut but finished in the last place scoring just 3 points. Austria has won the contest twice, the first being in 1966 when Udo Jürgens performed “Merci, Cherie”. It was 48 years later when Austria won again when Conchita Wurst performed “Rise Like a Phoenix”, scoring a total of 290 points.
