from the 20th century by a master piece. hello i m frankie mccanley. welcome to the programme. sweden s act loreen has won the 2023 eurovision song contest with her pop anthem tattoo. the favourite going into the competition, she s only the second person to win the competition twice. the ukrainian electronic duo tvorchi with their song heart of steel came sixth. their home town in ukraine was hit by russian missiles moments before the band took to the stage in liverpool. the mayor of ternopil said warehouses were damaged. the uk s entry, mae muller, came second from last in the final standings but said she would never forget this journey. for the first time, fans from around the world were allowed to vote in the competition. our arts correspondent, david sillito, reports from liverpool. the public has given you. it was, for a moment, the public has given you. it was, fora moment, rather was, for a moment, rather tense. sweden versus finland. 243 tense. sweden versus finland.
set up that many of us eurovision fans were not even european, hello, i m american! they tune into and figure out whether we like the entry or not that i have this great test case to figure out whether there entry will stick or not and i mean, we were all anticipating her in the bar was high, to be fair. we could have been really let down with what she would give us an sweden s national selection. we were not. when she was selected and came to eurovision it was ok, he was going to be able to best her? i will not lie, finland, they have been coming with heat and fire and, yeah, finland was sort of a good contender to possibly best her but ultimately, sweden still won. we have to talk about uk. i m based in london and british and we were all rooting for mae muller and i met her and she is
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