JJ – Wasted Love | Austria 🇦🇹 at Eurovision 2025 | ELLE On The Go With GINTA

🎭💔 JJ – Wasted Love | Austria 🇦🇹 at Eurovision 2025 | ELLE On The Go with Ginta 💔🎭 What happens when pop, opera, and techno collide on the Eurovision stage? You get JJ — Austria’s powerhouse voice and genre-blending visionary, delivering heartbreak with high drama and soaring elegance. 💫✨ In this deeply personal, charmingly vulnerable episode of ELLE On The Go, Ginta sits down with the brilliantly emotional and effortlessly stylish JJ, who’s here to talk about his genre-bending entry “Wasted Love” — a track born from unrequited affection and reimagined as a symphonic anthem of closure, catharsis, and confidence. From karaoke nights in Dubai to opera-fueled school performances in Vienna, JJ walks us through his multicultural upbringing, his love for fashion, and how he turned wasted love into a performance that pushes literal buttons on stage. 🎬 Timestamps & Highlights 00:00 – JJ steps into the Elle Bubble (with Basil the teddy bear in tow) 🧸 01:30 – The heartbreak story behind Wasted Love — written in a Berlin studio with Teya 02:50 – Can love really be wasted? JJ answers with emotional wisdom 💌 04:15 – If “Wasted Love” were a dish: messy Geschnetzeltes or a layered Sachertorte 🍰 05:20 – On-stage secrets: the button that controls the show (and what happens if it’s missed) 🎛️ 06:40 – JJ’s fashion inspirations: Diesel vibes, edgy tailoring & black on black on black 🖤 08:10 – Rings, symbolism, and grandma’s legacy — jewelry that tells stories 💍 09:30 – Childhood in Dubai, classical mornings and pop karaoke nights 🎶 11:45 – The opera-pop-electronic fusion: how “Wasted Love” became genre poetry 🎼 13:30 – JJ’s studio process: 12 magical hours of chemistry, creativity, and closure 15:00 – Countertenor origins: from party trick to professional identity 🌟 16:30 – Rituals: 10 push-ups and a plank before hitting the stage 17:45 – His message in a bottle: Stay strong. Use your voice. Never give up. 18:30 – Imitations & hidden talents: from Cher to vacuum cleaners 20:00 – Icon Battle: Mariah Carey, Maria Callas… and JJ chooses himself 😌 21:00 – A love note to Lithuanian fans (and a heartfelt “Aš Tave Myliu”) 🇱🇹❤️ 🎤 Quote Highlights “I poured all my love into someone... and then wrote a song to reclaim it.” “Wasted love can become something beautiful — if you turn it into art.” “I start my day by checking if my voice is still there.” “I’m not a morning person... but I am a maximalist.” “If I switched lives with Mariah Carey, I’d whistle all day long.” 💡 JJ’s Eurovision 2025 Entry 🎵 Song: Wasted Love 🎶 Genre: Pop x Opera x Electronic 🎭 Theme: Closure, emotion, transformation 🔘 Staging Gimmick: A button-activated set, symbolizing emotional buildup and release 🌟 This episode is for you if you love: ✔️ Maximalist fashion meets minimal sleep ✔️ Eurovision performances with high-concept stagecraft ✔️ Emotional storytelling and real tears turned into vocals ✔️ Voices that defy range and gender ✔️ Culture-crossing artists with multilinguistic charm 📌 Don’t forget to subscribe, hit the 🔔 bell, and follow Elle on the Go with Ginta for exclusive backstage magic and artist interviews from Eurovision 2025. 🧡 #JJ #WastedLove #Eurovision2025 #AustriaEurovision #ElleOnTheGo #GintaXElle #OperaPop #CountertenorPower #GenreFusion #StageMagic #BaselTheTeddy #EmoMaximalist #EurovisionVibes #AshoLithuania #NeverGiveUp #PushTheButton