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Sweden wins Eurovision Song Contest with power ballad by Loreen
- Liverpool in the UK hosted the competition on behalf of last year’s winner Ukraine, which could not host because of the Russian invasion
- The sights and sounds of Ukraine ran through the show, starting with an opening film that showed 2022 Eurovision winners Kalush Orchestra
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Swedish singer Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, UK on Saturday with her power ballad Tattoo.
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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 could not take up its right to hold the contest because of the war. Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine as the contest was under way.
Under the slogan “united by music,” the Eurovision final fused the soul of the English port city that birthed The Beatles with the spirit of war-battered Ukraine.
The sights and sounds of Ukraine ran through the show, starting with an opening film that showed 2022 Eurovision winners Kalush Orchestra singing and dancing in the Kyiv subway, with the tune picked up by musicians in the UK – including Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, shown playing the piano.
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