
Photo: Österreichisches Außenministerium / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
What strikes me most about JJ is how naturally he carries the weight of Vienna's musical heritage without being crushed by it. Winning Eurovision 2025 with Wasted Love at such a young age could easily have been a one-night fairy tale, but his classical training at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna gives his voice a foundation that pop spectacle alone cannot fake. I hear a performer who treats the stage as both opera house and playground, and that duality is rare. My honest bet is that he is not a contest winner who fades, but an artist whose best work is still ahead of him.
Overview
Johannes Pietsch (German pronunciation: [joˈhanəs ˈpiːtʃ]; born 29 April 2001), also known by his stage name JJ, is an Austrian singer. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 for Austria with the song "Wasted Love".
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- JJ
- Name (Japanese)
- ヨハネス・ピエッチ
- Reading
- よはねす・ぴえっち
- Born
- April 29, 2001 (age 25)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Snake
- Origin
- Vienna, Austria
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / songwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/johannesjjpietsch/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JJ%20(singer)
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.