Eurovision winner Loreen has said it “would be nice” to duet with Irish singer Johnny Logan – as the only two singers to win the contest twice.
The Swedish pop star claimed her second victory in Liverpool on Saturday with her song Tattoo. She became the first woman to bag two first places, having first triumphed in 2012 with Euphoria. The only other person with two Eurovision wins is legend Logan, who won in 1980 and 1987.
At a press conference after the final, Loreen, 39, was asked if she would consider a project with Johnny, 69. She said: “If he wanted to, but what if he says no? That would be nice, a ballad maybe.”
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Loreen’s win also means Sweden ties with Ireland for the most song contest victories – with both claiming seven. Asked why she thought Sweden was so successful at songwriting, she joked: “If we had beaches we’d probably sit on them.
“We have some sh**ty weather so we’re like, ‘Hey, let’s hang in the studio man’.” She said she thought Ukraine, which was unable to host this year because of the Russian invasion, should “absolutely” have the chance to host in the future and expressed her love for the country.
She added: “It hurts me to see what’s going on.” Asked by a Ukrainian journalist about the power of creativity, she said: “For me creativity is spirituality. It does things to us.
"It is a powerful tool. It can create movements. Look at John Lennon.” She then sang the line “Imagine all the people”, from his song written during the Vietnam War.
The singer said her experience this year had been different to 2012, when she “didn’t know what to expect”.
She said: “It’s like going back to a family, we have had an 11-year relationship, we know each other. This experience was more motherly and effortless.”
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