A month ago, Austrian broadcaster, ORF has revealed that their 58th representative at Eurovision Song Contest will be a 23 years old, Austrian-Filipino countertenor, Johannes Pietsch whose stage name is JJ.

As ESC Kompakt reports that the date when we can expect the reveal of Austrian entry is going to be 6th of March traditionally it will be released on on the radio show Ö3-Wecker. Prior to that the members of press who got a special invitation will have a chance to attend an event at the Vienna State Opera which will showcase the song, which was the same case as last year when Kaleen’s entry was presented.

 

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JJ will sing “Wasted Love” which was selected among the songs of the first songwriting camp for Eurovision Song Contest held in Austria. Three different jury panels were in charge of the selection. One consisted out of 30 international and national music experts, then a panel of 30 Eurovision fans from five OGAE clubs and an editorial team of ORF.

JJ was born in 2001 and grew up in Dubai before returning back to Austria in 2016. He is performing at the Vienna State Opera and some of his roles were in Die Zauberflöte, Von der Liebe Tod, Tschick, and other pieces. Johannes is a student of classical music at Music and Art Private University of Vienna (MUK). Austrian audience had a chance to hear JJ before as he was one of the finalist of music show “Starmania” in 2021.

Last year the Austrian flag was waved by Kaleen whose “We Will Rave” ended as 24th in the final after she scored 24 points. You can check out her performance below.