The Swedish singer won the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, which took place in Liverpool. Loreen, who turned out to be the best in 2012 with the track Euphoria, was now called the favorite. The 39-year-old artist fulfilled the bookmakers’ expectations. In Liverpool, she performed the song Tattoo dedicated to love. According to the results of the jury and audience voting, Lorin received 583 points.
The second place in the music competition was taken by rapper Kaarijan (Kyaarija) from Finland with a song “Cha Cha Cha” – 526 points. On the third row was the singer Noa Kirel (Noa Kirel) from Israel with a composition “Unicorn” – 242 points. The last place, 26th, was occupied by the group Lord of the Lost from Germany, which received only 18 points.
Showman Andrey Danilko appeared for a few seconds on the stage of Eurovision 2023 in the form of Verka Serduchka. 15 years ago he sang Dancing Lasha Tumbai but many have heard “Goodbye Russia”. After that, the singer assured that the title of the song is abracadabra, a reworked title of Viktor Tsoi’s hit “Boshetunmay”. He also claimed that it means “whipped cream” in Mongolian. However, there are no such words in the Mongolian language. Now Danilko has performed this phrase twice in a short period of time.
After the end of the main program of Eurovision 2023, a musician from the British rock band Queen performed in front of the audience: Roger Taylor played drums during Sam Ryder’s performance of the song Mountain. Sam came second in the competition last year and is now the guest of honour. Roger turned out to be the “secret guest” previously announced by the pageant organizers.
Andrey Danilko was on the list of artists banned from entering Russia for 50 years. Hit performer “Everything is going to be fine” he admitted he was angry. At the same time, he assured that he still hopes to visit Moscow.”In principle, I have a chance to walk around Red Square with a cane in 50 years, “said Danilko.