won it twice!
Loreen
Loreen sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 2012 and 2023, for Sweden, and won twice: in 2012 with “Euphoria” and in 2023 with “Tattoo”.
- who
- Swedish singer
- born
- 16 October 1983, Danderyd, Sweden
- contests
- 2012, 2023
- wins
- 2012, 2023
- music
- pop, dance-pop, indie pop, indie rock, trip hop
- active
- since 2004
- record labels
- Universal Music Group, BMG Rights Management
- sang for
- Sweden
Biography
Loreen is a Swedish singer-songwriter who finished fourth in the television competition Idol in 2004, released a first single, “The Snake”, with the band Rob’n’Raz the following year, and worked for a time as a television presenter and producer. A first try at Melodifestivalen in 2011, “My Heart Is Refusing Me”, gave Loreen a top-ten hit in Sweden.
A year later “Euphoria” won the contest in Baku. In 2023 “Tattoo” won it again in Liverpool, making Loreen the second performer to win twice, after Johnny Logan.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Loreen”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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2012 Baku
“Euphoria”
Winner Won the contest with 372 points, ahead of 25 other songs.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Peter Boström, Thomas G:son
- Running order
- 17th of 26 in the final
- Semi-final
- 1st of 18, 181 points
- Age on the night
- 28
Play: Loreen — “Euphoria”, the winning performance at Eurovision 2012 hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 2012: Euphoria in Baku, and a host under scrutiny
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2023 Liverpool
“Tattoo”
Winner Won the contest with 583 points, ahead of 25 other songs.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Peter Boström, Moa Carlebecker, Thomas Gustafsson, Jimmy Jansson, Lorine Talhaoui, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt
- Running order
- 9th of 26 in the final
- Semi-final
- 2nd of 15, 135 points
- Age on the night
- 39
Play: Loreen — “Tattoo”, the winning performance at Eurovision 2023 hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 2023: Liverpool hosts for Ukraine, and Loreen wins a second time
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Away from Eurovision
Other contests and shows
- Idol 2004
- Melodifestivalen 2011
- Melodifestivalen 2012
- Melodifestivalen 2017
- Melodifestivalen 2023
Awards
- MTV Europe Music Award for Best Swedish Act 2012
- NRJ Music Award for International Revelation of the Year 2023
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
In the drama file
The scene from our index of scandals, mishaps and lore that Loreen is part of.
- 2012 The host under scrutiny Politics, protest and security
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Loreen, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 2012 The host under scrutiny
One contestant went to see for herself. Sweden's Loreen met local human rights activists during contest week — the only performer who did — and told reporters afterwards that rights were violated in Azerbaijan every day and that people should not be silent about it.
- 2012 The result
Loreen won, overwhelmingly. "Euphoria" was first with the juries and first with the public, and finished on 372 points out of a possible 492. Russia was second, 113 behind. Serbia's Željko Joksimović was third.
- 2023 The result
The juries chose Sweden. Loreen, the winner of 2012, was back with "Tattoo", and the juries put her comfortably first. The public chose Finland: Käärijä's "Cha Cha Cha" won the televote, with Sweden second.
- 2023 The result
Not everyone in the hall took it well. During the jury voting, Finland's supporters chanted over several of the announcements of twelve points for Sweden. Loreen said afterwards that she did not mind, and liked their enthusiasm.
- 2023 What it meant
Loreen became the second performer to win the contest twice, after Johnny Logan. Sweden's seventh victory drew it level with Ireland at the top of the all-time list.
- 2023 What it meant
In Britain the songs did better than the British entry. In the week after the final four of them were in the top ten of the UK singles chart at once, which had never happened before, and "Tattoo" reached number two.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. Biographical details from Wikidata. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons and is credited beside it. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.