United Kingdom, May 18 -- Austria's JJ has won the Eurovision Song Contest.

The 24-year-old singer's track 'Wasted Love' took victory in Basel, Switzerland on Saturday (17.05.25) night following a tense vote, which, although he had topped the jury vote with 258 points, went down to the wire as a huge surge from the public scoring had seen Israel's Yuval Raphael flying up the standings, leaving JJ to need 100 from the public to win.

He bagged 178 more points in the public vote, claiming victory with a total of 436.

Taking to the stage, JJ tearfully said: "I want to thank my entire fmily, my entire team, thank you so much for making my dreams come true. And especially to you Europe, thank you for making my dreams come true.

"Love is the...