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Sweden wins the Eurovision 2012 Song contest in Baku (UPDATE)(VIDEO)(PHOTO)

Azerbaijan Materials 27 May 2012 03:17 (UTC +04:00)
Sweden wins the Eurovision 2012 Song contest as a result of the final voting.
Sweden wins the Eurovision 2012 Song contest in Baku (UPDATE)(VIDEO)(PHOTO)

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 27 /Trend/

As a result of the final voting, Sweden wins the Eurovision 2012 Song contest with 372 points.

Swedish singer Loreen with song "Euphoria" captured the biggest amount of votes after the final results.

Lorine Zineb Noka Talhaoui, better known by her stage name Loreen, is a Swedish pop singer and music producer. She represents Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with her entry "Euphoria".

Sweden got the highest score of 12 from eighteen countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Slovakia, The Netherlands, Iceland, Norway, Estonia, Denmark, Latvia, Spain, Finland, Germany, Russia, Hungary, Israel and Ireland.

The winning country got 10 points from Romania, Slovenia, Cyprus, Lithuania and Serbia, while Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria and Georgia all gave Sweden's Loreen 8 points each.

Russia's Buranovskie Babushki with song "Party for Everybody" took the second place with 259 points.

Serbia's Zeljko Joksimovic with song "Nije Ljubav Stvar" settled for third place with 214 points.

Azerbaijan is hosting the 57th contest in Baku Crystal Hall, after in 2011 the country won the right to host the contest at Eurovision 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany last May. First Semifinal of the contest was hosted on May 22, second on May 24.

Photos - European Broadcasting Union

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