{"id":18009,"date":"2023-05-13T23:51:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T23:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/13\/sweden-wins-eurovision-song-contest-with-loreen\/"},"modified":"2023-05-13T23:51:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T23:51:43","slug":"sweden-wins-eurovision-song-contest-with-loreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/13\/sweden-wins-eurovision-song-contest-with-loreen\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden wins Eurovision Song Contest with Loreen"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Sweden’s Loreen has won the Eurovision Song Contest.<\/p>\n

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Loreen has won Eurovision for Sweden<\/p>\n

The 39-year-old singer scored a mammoth 583 points for her song ‘Tattoo’ as she repeated her 2012 triumph in Liverpool.<\/p>\n

Loreen becomes just the second artist, after Ireland’s Johnny Logan, to win the long-running contest more than once.<\/p>\n

She narrowly defeated Finland’s Kaarija – who finished second with 526 points for his song ‘Cha Cha Cha’ – while Israel, Italy and Norway rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n

Taking to the stage after her triumph, Loreen said that her victory was “overwhelming”.<\/p>\n

\nThe star said: “I\u2019m so happy. I\u2019m so thankful. Thank you for this. This is for you. Thank you.”<\/p>\n

\nThe victory means that the event will be returning to Sweden next year on the 50th anniversary of ABBA’s famous triumph with ‘Waterloo’ in 1974.<\/p>\n

\nThe UK’s entrant Mae Muller could only muster 24 points as she finished second from last with her entry ‘I Wrote A Song’ as she was unable to emulate Sam Ryder’s second-place finish from last year.<\/p>\n

\n2022 winners Ukraine finished in sixth place on a poignant night where the war in the country was remembered as Britain staged the event on the nation’s behalf.<\/p>\n

\nThe horrors of war were felt on the night as Ternopil – the home city of Ukraine’s act Tvorchi – was hit by Russian missiles just moments before the electronic duo took to the stage.<\/p>\n

\nMeanwhile, the night featured many surprises as Catherine, Princess of Wales performed on the piano to accompany Ukraine’s 2022 winners Kalush Orchestra as they opened the show with their song ‘Stefania’.<\/p>\n

\nA moving rendition of Liverpool FC anthem ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ by Dutch singer Duncan Laurence and a choir of past Eurovision winners saw many in the M and S Bank Arena reduced to tears as footage of Ukrainians singing along at the Golden Gate in Kyiv was shown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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