Austria welcomes JJ back home with cheers, hugs and roses after winning Eurovision Song Contest

VIENNA (AP) — Austrian fans enthusiastically welcomed classically trained singer JJ back home at Vienna airport on Sunday after he won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest with “Wasted Love.”

As JJ walked through the gate, hundreds of fans cheered, some played JJ’s song, and others surrounded the new star, hugging him and asking for autographs.

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