Broadcasting from the birthplace of The Beatles, Eurovision 2023 (BBC One) proved a long and winding road. But after nearly four hours of singing, dancing and the occasional human centipede, Sweden’s Loreen justified her favourite tag to sweep to victory with her song Tattoo.
Sweden has won the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, marking a historic double for its victorious artist Loreen. The Swedish star had previously won in 2012 with ‘Euphoria’, and she repeated the feat on Saturday evening with ‘Tattoo,’ which earned 583 points. An estimated global audience of close to 180million watched as she collected the prize […]
LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Sweden's Loreen won Eurovision 2023 with the song "Tattoo" in Liverpool, northern England, on Saturday, becoming the first woman to triumph twice in the contest. "I am seriously overwhelmed," Loreen told reporters. Loreen is the only person after Ireland's Johnny Logan to win the contest twice, and her victory puts Sweden level with Ireland as the most successful Eurovision countries, 49 years after Abba's famous victory.
Louis Walsh has sung the praises of Eurovision's 'kitsch, camp' nature and remembered how his competition success started with a chance meeting on a bus.