ESC winner JJ: This is how Austria celebrates him on his return

After his triumph with “Wasted Love” at the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday in Basel, JJ (24) arrived in his birthplace in Vienna on Sunday – including the trophy. The 24-year-old brought the glass cup home safely. how he had strapped the ESC trophy safely on his own seat. Security is just about.

The singer ended up at Vienna-Schwechat Airport at 4:15 p.m. Hundreds of people celebrated him there who waited behind a barrier. JJ, who is called Johannes Pietsch with bourgeois, threw hand kisses into the crowd and posed with individual fans for photos.

The singer Mert Cosmus was waiting for the welcome committee. In 2021 he had taken part in the casting show “Starmania” together with JJ. Austria’s Vice Chancellor and Minister of Culture Andreas Babler (52) also did not miss the opportunity to personally receive the new ESC winner.

The first official date for JJ was on the program on Sunday evening: At a press conference, the ESC winner asked himself the media questions. The 24-year-old revealed his triumph still hardly understand. “It’s crazy. We were sitting in the cloakroom and couldn’t believe that this trophy is just there,” he said. “I think you only realize this on the deathbed.”

JJ bowed to his team, especially the song textor Teya, who had written “Wasted Love” with him. He thanked his family with tears. “It means to me so much that they were there – from the smallest hall to the largest event,” said the son of an Austrian and a Filipina.

With his victory, JJ brought the next Eurovision Song Contest to Austria. He would prefer to open the event with a “huge opera opening”. He would also be “fully” happy to moderate the Song Contest 2026.

In the evening, JJ completed several TV appearances on ORF. He held the ESC Cup firmly in his hand both with the talk in the main evening program and in “ZIB 2”.

The tour continues for JJ this Monday. At 10 a.m., Federal Chancellery will receive Christian Stocker (65) in the Chancellery.