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Filipino Times
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Filipino Times
Filipino-Austrian singer hailed as 2025 Eurovision Song Contest champion
For the first time, a Filipino singer has won the Eurovision Song Contest! Representing Austria at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest held in Basel, Switzerland, Filipino-Austrian Johannes 'JJ' Pietsch made history after claiming the top spot with his operatic ballad Wasted Love. JJ's performance earned a total of 436 points, combining scores from both the jury and public televote. The song triumphed in the jury vote with 258 points, while the public added another 176 points, securing the win. During an interview with That Eurovision Site, JJ expressed his gratitude and shared a message of inspiration: 'Be proud of who you are and where you come from. No matter who you are, there's always someone out there who will love you, and you should really believe in yourself. Dreams really do come true, and never give up.' 🇦🇹 We asked #Austria's #Eurovision 2025 and winner JJ and asked him if he has a message to anyone who felt seen after being crowned as the first Filipino winner of the contest. #ESC2025 — That Eurovision Site (@ThatEuroSite) May 18, 2025 Israel's Yuval Raphael took second place with his song New Day Will Rise, earning 357 points, while Estonia's Tommy Cash followed closely in third with 356 points for Espresso Macchiato. The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international music competition where countries primarily from Europe (and a few from outside Europe) participate. Each country selects a musical act to perform an original song on a live broadcast, and the performances are judged by both a professional jury and the public through televoting.
Daily Mirror
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Eurovision stars dealt major blow just hours before grand final kicks off
It's a two horse race for continental glory at tonight's Eurovision final, with previous frontrunners Sweden being snapped at by a pop opera singer from Austria Several Eurovision Song Contest stars have been dealt a huge blow just hours before the live final in Basel, Switzerland. Sweden has been the clear favourite since the end of February, with dance-pop trio KAJ hotly tipped to make it the Scandinavian nation's eighth win. Their song, 'Bara Bada Bastu', is the country's first entry to be sung in Swedish since 1998 and has already topped their native charts. But after a surge in bets placed on Austrian pop-opera soprano Johannes 'JJ' Pietsch, Austria has come in from 3/1 to 11/4, and Sweden's odds have drifted to 10/11. Austria limped in at 24th place last year, but fans seem to have been enchanted by the 24-year-old's entry, 'Wasted Love', praising its "beautiful vocals" and "captivating performance". Third favourites are France, with their pop-ballad chanteuse Louanne seeing her odds slashed from 10/1 to 9/1. Sadly, it doesn't look like the UK's entry - girl group trio Remember Monday - will recreate the success seen by Katrina and the Waves in 1997, who won the contest with their song 'Love Shine A Light'. Ladbrokes' Carl Gildart said: "It's looked like Sweden's contest to lose for a long time, but this odds shift is making people think again. Those who phone in to vote for Austria will be hoping their support isn't wasted love." At the moment Remember Monday's odds are hovering around 66/1, even worse than Israel's controversial entry which still has as 25/1 chance of winning. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 final will feature Norway, Albania, Sweden, Iceland, the Netherlands, Poland, San Marino, Estonia, Portugal, and Ukraine, who all competed in the first semi-final. They will be up against Lithuania, Israel, Armenia, Denmark, Austria, Luxembourg, Finland, Latvia, Malta and Greece, who all made it through from the second semi-final. The so-called 'Big Five' countries of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom - who qualify for the final automatically - will also compete in the grand final, alongside host nation Switzerland.
