Austrian Eurovision winner JJ is back with new music! The singer, who won the Contest in Basel in 2025, has today released his latest single “Sweetest Salvation”. The track is JJ’s latest release since performing on home soil in Vienna for the 2026 Contest, following “Not Afraid” earlier in the year.
About “Sweetest Salvation”
Eurovision 2025 winner JJ is back with another new single. The “Wasted Love” singer has this week released his latest track, “Sweetest Salvation”. The song is a big dance-pop track, with a banging beat and an incredibly catchy chorus. It’s high energy, camp and sexy.
JJ began working on the song back in June and comes after the release of “Not Afraid” back in September. This new single continues JJ’s dance / pop era, but blends his operatic vocal into the chorus. The accompanying music video is full of colour and choreography, as well as serving a slightly raunchier, sexier side of JJ. The song is a perfect gay club banger from the Eurovision winner.
The new single was written and composed by JJ himself, alongside Ido Nadjar and Kristine Bogan, and is released under the Warner Music Germany record label.
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Who is JJ?
Austrian opera and pop singer JJ was born Johannes Pietsch in Vienna, Austria, in 2001 to an Austrian father and a Filipino mother. He spent much of his childhood in Dubai. Here, he was introduced to both pop, through karaoke parties with his family, and opera, through his father. He moved back to Vienna with his family in 2016.
In 2020, JJ took part in the ninth series of The Voice UK, after missing the deadline for The Voice of Germany. He made it through to the knockout round under the mentorship of coach will.i.am. JJ was unfortunately unable to make the final. The following year, he took part in the fifth season of Austria’s Starmania talent show, making it to the first final of the competition.
JJ’s Eurovision journey
For the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Austrian broadcaster ORF internally selected JJ to represent the nation. The song he would perform in the Contest, “Wasted Love”, was written by JJ himself, alongside Thomas Turner and previous Austrian Eurovision entrant TEYA. He performed his song “Wasted Love” in the second of the Semi-Finals, and earned a spot in the Saturday Grand Final. At the close of voting in the 2025 Contest, JJ was crowned the winner of the Contest with a total of 436 points. He became the first Eurovision winner of Southeast Asian descent, as well as the first solo Eurovision winner born in the 21st century.
His home city of Vienna hosted the 2026 edition of the Song Contest, and JJ made a grand entrance back to the Eurovision stage at the start of the show, opening the Grand Final with a performance of “The Queen of the Night” and new single “Unknown”. He also performed a remixed version of his winning entry “Wasted Love” during the opening flag ceremony, and presented eventual winner DARA with the trophy at the close of voting.
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