Sweden's Loreen sings to Eurovision Song title
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May 28, 2012, Monday
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SWEDEN'S Loreen clinched the top spot at this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her dance hit "Euphoria," pushing aside competition from a sextet of Russian grannies and a Serbian balladeer.
Juries and television viewers from across Europe awarded Loreen a total of 372 points, handing her an easy win in an event that ended in the early hours yesterday in host country Azerbaijan. Sweden will host the event next year.
Softly spoken Loreen, a 28-year-old of Moroccan-Berber descent, thanked her fans for their support.
"I wouldn't have been able to do this without you. Thank you so much," she said after her victory was announced.
Russia's Buranovskiye Babushki garnered much public affection for their cute onstage presence, but their folksy dance ditty "Party for Everybody" couldn't quite match Sweden's offering and ended up second on 259 points.
Zeljko Joksimovic, a Eurovision regular from Serbia, came in a distant third with his slow and stripped-down "Nije Ljubav Stvar."
The 57-year-old pan-European contest is viewed by 125 million people globally and is seen by fans as harmless, kitschy fun that allows Europeans to forget their differences - and economic troubles - for at least one night.
Juries and television viewers from across Europe awarded Loreen a total of 372 points, handing her an easy win in an event that ended in the early hours yesterday in host country Azerbaijan. Sweden will host the event next year.
Softly spoken Loreen, a 28-year-old of Moroccan-Berber descent, thanked her fans for their support.
"I wouldn't have been able to do this without you. Thank you so much," she said after her victory was announced.
Russia's Buranovskiye Babushki garnered much public affection for their cute onstage presence, but their folksy dance ditty "Party for Everybody" couldn't quite match Sweden's offering and ended up second on 259 points.
Zeljko Joksimovic, a Eurovision regular from Serbia, came in a distant third with his slow and stripped-down "Nije Ljubav Stvar."
The 57-year-old pan-European contest is viewed by 125 million people globally and is seen by fans as harmless, kitschy fun that allows Europeans to forget their differences - and economic troubles - for at least one night.
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