Austria triumphed after 11 years. The winner of Eurovision was the opera singer from Vienna
The audience was interested in Wasted Love.
Basel. The winner of the 69th EUROVIZIA Song competition for 2025 was the Austrian singer JJ with a pop song « Wasted Love ».
Israeli singer Juval Rafaelová finished second, Estonian Tommy Cash took third place.
Twenty -four -year -old Vienna opera singer with Philippine roots and civil name Johannes Pietsch scored a total of 436 points.
In the final of the Eurovision, the votes of national wanders were counted in addition to the votes of the audience.
In the fight for the title beat 25 countries
Austria succeeded in Eurovision after eleven years, when the Austrian transsexual singer Conchita Wurst won the popular show with the song « Rise Like and Phoenix ».
JJ defeated 25 other countries on Saturday’s final. He composed the winning song together with singers Teodor Spiričová and Thomas Turner.
« This overcomes my wildest dreams. It’s crazy, » said 24-year-old Austrian-Filipino artist with a trophy in his hand on stage in Sankt Jakobshall. He joked that it was impossible to believe the bettors who attributed him the second place.
Eurovision is an international competition of popular music in which artists within the European Broadcasting Network (EBU) are competing in live television.
Each singer or group will show the three -minute song Ao the winner will decide the voices of national juries and spectators from all over the world. This year was held in the multipurpose arena. Jakobshalle in the suburbs of Swiss Basel.
As a winner of this year, Austria has the right to organize the next one.
Demonstrators tried to disrupt the course of the competition
The competition also caused negative emotions this year. A group of propalestinian demonstrators in Basel got into a collision with the local police.
Demonstrators do not agree with the participation of Israel in the song competition Eurovision 2025 for its continuing offensive in Gaza band.
Israel The competition was nominated by singer Juval Rafaelová, who survived the terrorist attack to the south of Israel from October 7, 2023.
The police intervened against the demonstrators with tear gas and put a water cannon in the streets. According to the Swiss news agency Keystone-Ats, the struggle caused police intervention to prevent the conflict between protesters and two men waving Israeli flags.
Demonstrators in Basel chanted shouts « no music for murderers », « Stop genocide » or « singing, while Gaza burns ». Some protesters in the streets burned Israeli or American flags and fired green and red smoke bombs.
The Israeli Security Council has issued a warning for Israeli citizens in Basel before demonstrations and recommended « avoiding confrontations and trying in public spaces for the inconspicuousness of Israeli identifiers ».
After Rafael’s performance, the two protesters in the arena tried to get through the inhibitions to the stage and disrupt the course of the competition. One of the demonstrators was stopped by a member of the staff whose unknown protesting poultry paint. Both troublemakers were handed over to the police.
