Loreen, a 28-year-old Swede of Moroccan-Berber descent, won the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with her dance song "Euphoria," beating out a sextet of dancing Russian grannies to take the title on Sunday (May 27) in Azerbaijan.
"I wouldn't have been able to do this without you," said Loreen, thanking her fans after her victory. "Thank you so much."
The Russians did come in second with their folksy "Party for Everybody," while Zeljko Joksimovic, from Serbia, was a distant third with his ballad, "Nije Ljubav Stvar."
The annual competition has been in place for 57 years, reports USA Today, and is watched by more than 125 million fans worldwide.
Sweden's most famous band, Abba, won the contest in 1974 with their hit-in-the-making, "Waterloo."
Below, Loreen's performance in the semi-final round:...
"I wouldn't have been able to do this without you," said Loreen, thanking her fans after her victory. "Thank you so much."
The Russians did come in second with their folksy "Party for Everybody," while Zeljko Joksimovic, from Serbia, was a distant third with his ballad, "Nije Ljubav Stvar."
The annual competition has been in place for 57 years, reports USA Today, and is watched by more than 125 million fans worldwide.
Sweden's most famous band, Abba, won the contest in 1974 with their hit-in-the-making, "Waterloo."
Below, Loreen's performance in the semi-final round:...
- 5/27/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Baku, Azerbaijan — 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 Sunday in host country Azerbaijan. Sweden will take over hosting duties 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 more contemporary offering and ended up second on 259 points.
Zeljko Joksimovic, a Eurovision regular from Serbia, came in a...
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 Sunday in host country Azerbaijan. Sweden will take over hosting duties 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 more contemporary offering and ended up second on 259 points.
Zeljko Joksimovic, a Eurovision regular from Serbia, came in a...
- 5/27/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Week 2: Eurovision usually prides itself on balls-out club bangers but things have changed in the wake of a world where every household owns a copy of Adele – 21. Esc 2012 features more balladeers than you can air-grab-during-a-key-change at but whether this is a good thing is highly debatable. Do we really want twelve identical piano-led torch songs about broken hearts? Can we survive a whole evening without a single firework display?
Here are five varying levels of balladry making up the highs and lows of what it means to send a slow song to Eurovision:
Rona Nishliu – Suus (Albania)
Now the occasional tendency with ballads is if you have a good voice and get a bit too into the emotion of the song you d0 a spot of wailing similar to demon-possessed cats scratching blackboards (not that i’ve ever heard that thank goodness). Now Albania’s entry by Rona Nishliu...
Here are five varying levels of balladry making up the highs and lows of what it means to send a slow song to Eurovision:
Rona Nishliu – Suus (Albania)
Now the occasional tendency with ballads is if you have a good voice and get a bit too into the emotion of the song you d0 a spot of wailing similar to demon-possessed cats scratching blackboards (not that i’ve ever heard that thank goodness). Now Albania’s entry by Rona Nishliu...
- 4/27/2012
- by Josh Webb
- Obsessed with Film
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