Ireland’s record matched as Loreen becomes Sweden’s seventh Eurovision winner

Loreen is the second person ever to win the Eurovision twice, after Johnny Logan
Ireland’s record matched as Loreen becomes Sweden’s seventh Eurovision winner

Loreen, left, and Johnny Logan

Sweden's Loreen has become the first woman, and only the second person after Ireland’s Johnny Logan, to win the Eurovision Song Contest twice. Logan won the contest in 1980 and 1987 with What's Another Year and Hold Me Now.

Loreen, who previously triumphed in 2012 with Euphoria, narrowly beat Finland’s Kaarija after the public and jury votes were combined.

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