Classically trained countertenor JJ of Austria wins 69th Eurovision Song Contest with his pop-opera song “Wasted Love.”

Austria’s JJ has won the Eurovision Song Contest with the emotional song Wasted Love, while Israeli singer Yuval Raphael was the runner-up. The singer, real name Johannes Pietsch, opted for a black and white staging in Basel,

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,