vincitrice announced even before the start of the competition, the Swede Loreen won Eurovision 2023 hands down with its overwhelming Tattoos.
Loreen wins Eurovision 2023. Victory for Sweden
After overwhelmed the national competition, Loreen arrived in Liverpool this year with already excellent chances in her pocket. The song Tattoos in fact he is perfect for his vocal skills, a sumptuous electronic ride reminiscent of some main theme of movie soundtracks James Bond.
Co-written by Loreen herself with Scandinavian hit maker Jimmy Jansson, the song is immediately jumped to the top of the Swedish charts. And ever since his first performance, during the semifinals, the bookmakers had no doubts on his victory.
Loreen, winner of Eurovision 2023 with the song “Tattoo”. (spa)
Loreen, a life for music
Born in Stockholm in 1983 – born Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui –, Loreen is the daughter of Moroccan immigrants of Berber origin. Eldest of six children, she has had a passion for singing since she was a little girl and at 19 years old she is enrolled by her sister in the talent show Swedish Idol in 2004.
Despite the good success, she finished third, the very young singer decides to take a break from musicdevoting himself to television. Where he alternates directing some shows with running different programs. Then, seven years later, Loreen decides to go back to singing. And the success will be overwhelming.
Winner at Eurovision 2012
After a first attempt in 2011, with the song My heart is refusing methe following year Loreen finally manages to snatch a qualification for the musical festival most famous on the planet.
With the song Euphoriathe pop star from amazing vocal skills outruns all the competition e triumphs by winning 372 pointswhat it was then the second highest score in history of the contest.
Loreen in the final in Azerbaijan of Eurovision 2012. (Getty Images)
The piece becomes an international summer hit and launches the singer’s first album Heal. Which immediately rockets to the top of the Swedish rankings and achieves excellent results in the rest of Europe as well.
For Loreen is the consecration and in the following years will churn out one hit after another. As Neon Lightsa song from last year in which he describes himself a modern Joan of Arc.
Always alternating between his television commitments and a promising acting career. Which, in 2021, brought her to the set of Netflix movies Vinterviken where she plays the mother of a rebellious teenager.
Not just music: political and social activism
Openly bisexual – she declared in a TV interview in 2017 -, Loreen has had a long history with her colleague Daniel Lindström and a couple of years ago she confided in a podcast that she a mysterious new companion.
Extremely sensitive to social and political issues since she was very young, in 2012, during her participation in Eurovision in Azerbaijan, she openly condemned human rights violations in the country. And in the same summer, a guest in Belarus, he strongly wanted to meet some political prisoners.
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