The 39-year-old brought her song Tattoo to this year\u2019s competition, hosted by the UK in Liverpool on behalf of the Ukraine<\/a>, topping the leaderboard<\/a> in tonight\u2019s final.<\/p>\n Loreen rose to the top of the scoreboard with a whopping 583 points, beating Finland\u2019s K\u00e4\u00e4rij\u00e4, who scored 528 points and looked set to take the crown.<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s Noa Kirel<\/a> came in third place, picking up 362 points, while Italy<\/a> placed fourth with its entry Marco Mengoni.<\/p>\n The Swedish singer, who was the bookies\u2019 favourite to win in the run up to the contest, isn\u2019t a Eurovision newbie, having won in 2012 with her entry Euphoria.<\/p>\n After the two semi-finals<\/a>, 26 acts<\/a> were confirmed to take part in tonight\u2019s final, with the likes of Israel, <\/a>Switzerland, <\/a>Norway<\/a> and Austria<\/a> competing alongside the Big Five (United Kingdom<\/a>, France<\/a>, Spain<\/a>, Germany<\/a> and Italy<\/a>) as well as last year\u2019s winner Ukraine.<\/p> Hosted by presenters<\/a> Alesha Dixon,\u00a0Ted Lasso<\/a>\u00a0star Hannah Waddingham and Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina<\/a>, tonight\u2019s 2023 final saw last year\u2019s runner-up Sam Ryder<\/a> return to perform in the interval, while 2022 winner Kalush Orchestra opened the ceremony with a performance titled Voices of a New Generation.<\/p>\n Graham Norton was back on commentary duty for BBC One, sharing the mic with former Bake Off host Mel Giedroyc.<\/p>\n Loreen wasn\u2019t the only Eurovision entry returning to the competition, with Lithuania\u2019s Monika Linkyt\u00e9<\/a> representing the country for a second time after coming in 18th place with This Time in 2015.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Mae Muller<\/a> was representing the UK this year, with her track \u2018I Wrote A Song\u2019, predicted by the bookies to come in ninth place.<\/p>\n Listen to all of this year\u2019s Eurovision songs on TIDAL<\/strong><\/a>, while the full album of tracks is also<\/strong>\u00a0available on CD<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and<\/strong>\u00a0vinyl<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0now.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our<\/strong>\u00a0TV Guide<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or visit our dedicated<\/strong>\u00a0Entertainment<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. 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