Swedish singer Loreen wins Eurovision Song Contest for a 2nd time with her power ballad “Tattoo”
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Swedish singer Loreen wins Eurovision Song Contest for a 2nd time with her power ballad “Tattoo.”
Swedish singer Loreen has won the Eurovision Song Contest with her power ballad “Tattoo.”
The diva beat acts from 25 other countries to take the continent’s pop crown at the competition in Liverpool. Finnish singer Käärijä was second.
Loreen previously won Eurovision in 2012 and is only the second performer to take the prize twice.
Britain hosted Eurovision this year on behalf of Ukraine, which won last year but couldn’t take up its right to hold the contest because of the war. Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine as the contest was underway.
The final of the Eurovision Song Contest brought pop and patriotism to Liverpool on Saturday, with a Swedish diva and a party-loving Finnish rapper among favorites to win a joyous music competition clouded, for a second year running, by the war in Ukraine.
Britain is hosting on behalf of Ukraine, which won last year but can’t take up its right to hold the contest because of the war. Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine as the contest was underway, and Ukrainian media reported a strike in Ternopil, home town of Ukraine’s Eurovision entry, Tvorchi.
Under the slogan “united by music,” Eurovision final fused the soul of English port city that birthed The Beatles with the spirit of war-battered Ukraine.
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