Sweden wins Eurovision 2023 with Loreen singing 'Tattoo'

• The 67th edition of the Eurovision 2023 passed in the book of Eurovision history writing down as big winner the country of Sweden with Loreen and the song 'Tattoo'.

  After months of national selections and preparations and two weeks of ongoing rehearsals and two semifinals, Eurovision 2023  conclude with the Grand Final Live Show taking place at M&S Bank Arena in Liveroool.

  Liverpool, the city of music, the hometown of Beatles hosted amazingly this year's Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of last year's winners, Ukraine due to the war in the country. BBC , UA:PBC and EBU managed to Unite Europe through music and bring on stage a spectacular show which was hosted by Julia Sanina, Hannah Waddingham, Alesha Dixon alongside with Graham Norton.

  

  A total of 26 countries will be competing in this evening's show. The 20 qualifiers from the 1st and 2nd  semi final shows along with the pre-qualified Big-5 countries and last year's winners, Ukraine, took to the stage for their final performance. 

   

   

  The Opening acts

  The Grand final show opened with last year’s winners, Kalush Orchestra, performing their special act titled ‘Voices of a New Generation’. 

   

  The flag parade will follow with past Ukrainian participants gracing the stage (Jamala, Tina Karol, Go_A, Verka Serduchka).

   

   

  The  competing performances

  26 countries competed in this evening's final show with the delegates performing in the following running order: 

   

  1. Austria | Teya & Salena - Who The Hell Is Edgar?

   

  2. Portugal | Mimicat - Ai Coração

   

  3. Switzerland | Remo Forrer - Watergun

   

  4. Poland | Blanka - Solo

   

  5. Serbia | Luke Black - Samo Mi Se Spava

   

  6. France: La Zarra - Évidemment

   

  7. Cyprus | Andrew Lambrou - Break A Broken Heart

   

  8. Spain: Blanca Paloma - Eaea

   

  9. Sweden | Loreen - Tattoo

   

  10. Albania | Albina & Familja Kelmendi - Duje

   

  11. Italy: Marco Mengoni - Due Vite

   

  12. Estonia | Alika - Bridges

   

  13. Finland | Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha

   

  14. Czechia | Vesna - My Sister's Crown

   

  15. Australia | Voyager - Promise

   

  16. Belgium | Gustaph - Because Of You

   

  17. Armenia | Brunette - Future Lover

   

  18. Moldova | Pasha Parfeni - Soarele şi Luna

   

  19. Ukraine: TVORCHI - Heart of Steel

   

  20. Norway | Alessandra - Queen of Kings

   

  21. Germany: Lord of the Lost - Blood & Glitter

   

  22. Lithuania | Monika Linkytė - Stay

   

  23. Israel | Noa Kirel - Unicorn

   

  24. Slovenia | Joker Out - Carpe Diem

   

  25. Croatia | Let 3 - Mama ŠČ!

   

  26. United Kingdom | Mae Muller - I Wrote A Song

   

   

  Interval Acts

  Once the competing acts completed their performances the lines opened for the public to vote. Meanwhile we saw take the stage last year UK's  Sam Ryder showcasing Liverpool’s  pop music history, with former Eurovision acts Mahmood, Netta, Daði Freyr, Cornelia Jakobs, Duncan Laurence, and Sonia taking the stage. 

   

   

  The results

  The outcome of the final was determined 50% by the votes from the national juries that were cast last evening during the Jury show and 50% by the televoting that took place in the Grand final live show. 

   

  Jury Voting

  First the spokesperson of each one of this year's competing countries in the contest, revealed the national final jury votes. With all 37 national juries' votes in this how the jury voting turned out: 

  

  Sweden topped the jury voting with the impressive amout of 340 points followed by Israel with 177 points and Italy with 176 points. 

   

  Televoting Results added in

  Following the jury results the hosts started revealing public voting and how many point each country received from televoting starting from the country with the lowest score in the jury vote. Once all points were attributed the overall score declared winners of this year's contest Sweden's Loreen with the song 'Tattoo'.

   

   

  Congratulations to Sweden for their 7th victory in Eurovision history catching Ireland in first place with the most victories. 

   

  News Source/images: Eurovision.tv
  Cover Photo: EBU/Corinne Cumming

   

   

   

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Angelos D.
Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 12 consecutive years along with the 2017-2023 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last two years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.