Well, after 6 weeks, 6 cities, 28 entries, and one stage invasion, the yearly marathon known as Melodifestivalen has come to an end.
Going into the evening, Queen Loreen was sitting at $1.01 with the bookmakers. Eurovisionworld had her at an 87% chance of winning. As she entered the arena, it roared with applause several times louder than for anyone else.
The winner was all but decided two weeks ago, when she debuted her entry “Tattoo” in the fourth heat.
Until, her song began. Everyone held their breath. Would someone try to invade the stage again? Would the roof of friends arena support the 1,800 kg platform hanging above her (apparently the roof in Liverpool cannot)? And then, smoke rolled in from the smoke machines behind her. And kept rolling and rolling and rolling and rolling and rolling until she disappeared completely.
Had the overzealous smoke machine operator ruined her chances?
Of course not.
Loreen went on to easily win the jury vote (getting 7 of the evening’s 8 12 points) and the public vote, finishing 39 points ahead of the next closest artist, Marcus & Martinus.
Sorry, it’s just hard to make this final sound exciting. But maybe that’s not the worst thing in the world. For once, it’s nice to see a song that almost everyone can get behind. No drama, no arguments about people being robbed, no arguments about if the juries ruined it for the public. Just a absolutely deserved winner that even the other artists competing can agree with.