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Swedes celebrate victory in Evrovision-2012 in fountain

Eurovision - 2012 Materials 27 May 2012 12:47 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 27 / Trend E. Kosolapova/

Sweden, which singer Loreen won Evrovision-2012 in Baku with the song "Euphoria" celebrates victory, Reuters reported.

After the result was announced, hundreds of people poured onto a roundabout in central Stockholm, honking horns and waving flags and playing the winning song.
Celebrants bathed and danced in their underwear in the fountain, where Swedes traditionally celebrate major sporting event wins.

Hundreds sang "We're going up up up up up!!!", repeating a line from Loreen's song.
"This is historical and magical! I think I'm going to die. This is the best thing that has happened to Sweden in 13 years!" said 20-year-old Tanja Tuuliainen, wearing a Swedish flag and drinking from a bottle of champagne with her girlfriends on the edge of a fountain in downtown Stockholm.

Sweden's entry last won the Eurovision contest in 1999.

The Eurovision-2012 Song Contest took place at the Baku Crystal Hall, built on the shores of the Caspian Sea specifically for Eurovision 2012. The hall seats 23,000 spectators and another 16,000 spectators were able to watch the contest's semi-finals and final live on big screens.

The television audience of Eurovision 2012 hit 100 million people in 50 world countries.
The logo for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest was 'Fire Flower', while the motto was Light your fire.

Representatives of 42 countries participated in this 57th contest.

Azerbaijan won the right to host the prestigious European song contest after the victory of Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal (Ell / Nikki) at Eurovision 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany last May.

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.

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