Eurovision 2023: who is Loreen, the Swedish candidate at the top of the list of favorites?

Published by Caroline de Sortiraparis · Published on May 9th, 2023 at 05:20 p.m.
Will Sweden once again win Eurovision? Answer on Saturday, May 13 at the grand finale of the song contest. In the meantime, discover who is Loreen, representative of Sweden and ranked among the 5 favorites of this 2023 edition with her song "Tattoo".

This week, all eyes are on Liverpool, Great Britain, for the new and 67th edition ofEurovision. So, who will succeed to Kalush Orchestra, representative of Ukraine and winner of the song contest last year? For the time being, the suspense remains, but the first tendencies already make it possible to indicate the big favourites of the Eurovision, 2023 edition.

Good news, since France, represented this year by the singer La Zarra, is part of the Top 5 favorites of the contest. But, according to the bookmakers, the artist who has the best chance to win this 2023 edition of Eurovision is called Loreen. So who is it? We tell you everything.

Loreen, whose real name is Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui, is the candidate chosen this year by Sweden. At the same time singer, dancer, pianist and producer, Loreen hopes to get the first place of the contest and bring home the trophy thanks to her song " Tattoo ". An effective song, already viewed more than 5.1 million times on Youtube.


With her heady chorus and her sublime voice, Loreen could well win this 2023 Eurovision contest, making the joy of many Swedes for whom this song contest is an institution. We recall that the Scandinavian country has already won the contest six times: in 1974 with ABBA, in 1984 with Herreys, in 1991 with Carola, in 1999 with Charlotte Nilsson, in 2015 with Måns Zelmerlöw, without forgetting in 2012 with a certain... Loreen!

Yes, the singer Loreen has already represented her country more than 10 years ago. It was in Baku, Azerbaijan with her song " Euphoria ".

So, will Loreen repeat this feat and win the Eurovision contest for the second time? Answer on May 13.

In the meantime, the electro-pop artist will have to win this Tuesday, May 9, 2023, during the first of the semi-finals, where she will have to face another great favorite of the contest, the Finnish Käärijä.

Now 39 years old, Loreen started her career as a singer in 2004 by participating in the Idol show, the Swedish version of American Idol. It was finally in 2012 that she released her first opus"Heal", quickly ranked in the "top 10" of 14 European countries. It also includes the single " Euphoria " that allowed the committed artist to win Eurovision in 2012. In 2017, Loreen released her second studio album"Ride". In recent years, the artist was more discreet, but this was to better prepare for her return to the song contest!

So, what do you think, will Loreen once again take the first place in the Eurovision contest with her song " Tattoo "?

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