The Austrian Johannes Pich, whom fans are called JJ, rapidly turned from a little-known opera performer into a true sensation "Eurovision-2025". His moving song Wasted Love brought a victory for Austria, and at the same time a new icon for the European scene. However, even before the finals, the singer had time to heal the scandal.
We have collected five facts about Johannes Oven, which will help you better understand who this emotional, voice and a little provocative guy is.
1. Voice from Heaven: Contratonor as Super Arms
His vocal sounds so high and gentle that the listeners first confuse him with a female voice. But the stove is a container, one of the rare vocal categories among men. His singing is a combination of strength and fragility, which perfectly conveys the mood of the Wasted Love . And all this is live, without auto -rovin or doublers.
2. Open hey that is not afraid to be yourself
Johannes Pich does not hide his orientation and actively supports LGBT+ community. In his interview, he repeatedly emphasized that he wanted to be an example for young people who are afraid to get out of the shadow. On stage it is free, bright and emotional. Its authenticity is one of the reasons why Europe fell in love.
3. Shadow Netrebko: Scandal on social networks
In March, a mini-scandal exploded around JJ: users noticed that he actively licked Instagram-posts of the scandalous Russian opera maiden Anna Netrebko, known for his loyalty to Putin's regime. Subsequently, the stove was stopped from Netrebko, and his representatives called it "a youthful capture of talent, not a political position." But the fact remained - and some still put it for him for sin.
4. A song written in heart (broken)
Wasted Love is not a fictional story. As the singer himself confessed, the composition was born after a heavy break with a partner. He turned this pain into music, and it is felt in every couplet. Ballads about unrequited love - the classic "Eurovision", but the furnace was the exception: tenderness and drama sounded sincerely, not as a stage game, but as a real cry of the soul.
5. Fashion Theater on stage
Sequins, pearls, atlas, light makeup - for the scene oven - is a podium, and each projection is a performance. His images cause controversy, but they leave no one indifferent. He plays with gender, style and perception, and this is what makes it so remembered.
