Before she even set foot on stage to compete in the second semi final of Eurovision 2022, Sweden's Cornelia Jakobs was already one of the favourites to win and also has a Eurovision past.
To make it to Italy to compete in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, Cornelia had to make it through the heats of famous Swedish national competition Melodifestivalen and the the final, where she faced very tough competition from national treasure Anders Bagge and his song Bigger Than The Universe. Fortunately for Cornelia, while the lion's share of the viewer vote went to Anders, she came out on top with the international juries and got enough support from the pubic to clinch victory with her track Hold Me Closer.
Sweden have a proud record in Eurovision. No music fan with ever forget ABBA's victories in the early 1970s, while other famous Swedish winners include Charlotte Nilsson who won the final contest of the last millennium with Take Me To Your Heaven, Loreen who won with the anthemic Euphoria 10 years ago and Manz Zamerlow, who scored their last win in 2015.
