The Mayor of Vienna has awarded JJ, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest winner, one of Vienna’s highest accolades – the Goldener Rathausmann.

JJ follows Udo Jürgens and Conchita Wurst, Austria’s other Eurovision winners, to have been awarded the Goldener Rathausmann. The Mayor of Vienna, Michael Ludvig, had the following to say about JJ and Vienna’s bid for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest:

“All of Austria, but especially Vienna,  was delighted when Eurovision in Basel ended with JJ winning. As a visible token of appreciation, I am now presenting Johannes Pietsch with the Goldener Rathausmann. It is a wonderful sign of the quality of our private music and arts university that an exceptional artist like JJ is studying there.

We are striving to host the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna again and have already submitted an 80-page application. Back in 2015, we proved that we can offer the necessary conditions and host the Eurovision Song Contest. Internationally, the contest in Vienna was also recognised as one of the best ever held. JJ is the first Austrian to achieve one million streams in one week. Previous Eurovision winners Udo Jürgens and Conchita Wurst also received the Goldener Rathausmann. Congratulations to JJ!”

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Author: Richard Taylor

Source: Eurovoix