we start in the uk, where the wait is now over for eurovision fans. in the last hour in liverpool, the winner of this year s eurovision song contest has been annouced, with sweden taking the crown for the seventh time with loreen s song tattoo. this was the moment her victory was announced. loreen was already the bookies favourite but she now becomes the first woman to ever win the contest twice, after her victory in 2012 with the track euphoria. well, loreen led the way from the start of the jury vote. here she is with her winning performance of tattoo earlier. # to get closer to you. # you re stuck on me. # like a tattoo. # to get closer to you. # you re stuck on me. # like a tattoo. # no, i don t care about the pain. # i ll walk through fire. # and through rainjust # to get closer to you. # you re stuck on me. # like a tattoo. # no, i don t care about them. and here she is accepting the award. only the second person to win eurovision twice. how does it feel? this is overw
To win eurovision twice. how does it feel? this is overwhelming. i m so happy and i am so thankful. thank you for this. this is for you, thank you. we are so happy foryou, loreen, bringing eurovision to sweden for abba s 50th anniversary year. it s so, so special. just after loreen was announced as the winner i spoke to our chief presenter maryam moshiri, who has been watching all the action in liverpool. it is so exciting, what a show. it is so exciting, what a show. it was absolutely extraordinary, and ijust love extraordinary, and i just love the extraordinary, and ijust love the way that eurovision keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very last minute. all through the end, all through the voting, thejury through the end, all through the voting, the jury voting, sweden kept getting 12 points, 12 points, 12 points, over and over again. 12 points, 12 points, over and overagain. finland 12 points, 12 points, over and over again. finland were around fourth or fifth place, over a
We start in the uk, where the wait is now over for eurovision fans. in the last hour in liverpool, the winner of this year s eurovision song contest has been annouced, with sweden taking the crown for the seventh time with loreen s song tattoo. this was the moment her victory was announced. loreen was already the bookies favourite but she now becomes the first woman to ever win the contest twice, after her victory in 2012 with the track euphoria. well, loreen led the way from the start of the jury vote. here she is with her winning performance of tattoo earlier. # to get closer to you. # you re stuck on me. # like a tattoo.
Country didn t compete. alesia michelle is one of those super fans. tonight she is the host of a large eurovision watch party here in washington, which she livestreamed on youtube. this was the moment when it became clear sweden was the winner. and alesia is with me now. you have been watching and live streaming all night. we saw that loreen was crowned champion. what was your reaction? just saw it, you seemed pretty excited. i reaction? just saw it, you seemed pretty excited. i had to take a moment, seemed pretty excited. i had to take a moment, i seemed pretty excited. i had to take a moment, i had - seemed pretty excited. i had to take a moment, i had to - seemed pretty excited. i had to l take a moment, i had to breathe in, i had to breathe out. you know, considerthat in, i had to breathe out. you know, consider that the thing. i know some people were maybe just thinking sweden isjust going to walk away with it, but let s be realistic. she did not walk away with this win. finla
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