Eurovision champion Loreen joked she would love to move to Liverpool after her historic victory in the city on Saturday.
The Swedish singer, 39, who became the first woman to take home the trophy twice, said she ‘loved Merseyside’ before praising the ‘creativity’ and ‘trendsetting’ of the locals.
She joked The sun“I’m like, ‘My God, I have to get the hell out of Sweden.'”
Loreen subsequently admitted that she had genuinely thought about moving to Blighty and despite visiting many times, her latest award-winning visit made the option a real possibility.
Elsewhere, she told the publication how she almost flashed audiences at the city’s M&S Arena as well as the 180 million viewers at home during her performance.
Congratulations: Eurovision champion Loreen, 39, joked she would love to move to Liverpool after her historic victory in the city on Saturday
Love it: The Swedish singer, who became the first woman to take home the trophy twice, gushed that she ‘loved’ Merseyside before praising the locals’ ‘creativity’ and ‘trendsetting’
Loreen took off her futuristic and form-fitting pants minutes after she came off the famous stage and had impressed with her very physical routine.
Admit it: “I think it was the glutes I was doing.”
“I was so high on adrenaline that I was walking down the halls afterwards thinking, ‘It feels so cool,’ then I saw my pants.”
But luckily her stylist had a few more that she slipped into before she was crowned the winner.
It comes after Eurovision fans accused the Eurovision Song Contest of manipulating the result in order for Sweden to win.
Viewers allege organizers orchestrated Loreen’s win so that Sweden would host next year, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of ABBA’s win.
One person said: ‘Look, I’m not saying it’s manipulated, but… Sweden wins the year before the anniversary of ABBA’s win seems all too convenient to me’.
A second tweeted: “They really haven’t manipulated everything for Sweden to host the 50th anniversary of ABBA’s win bro. I am SALT’.
Oops: Elsewhere she told the publication how she almost flashed both the M&S Arena crowd in the city and the 180 million viewers at home during her performance
Rest in peace! Loreen took off her futuristic and form-fitting pants minutes after she came off the famous stage and had impressed with her very physical routine
A third echoed, “this whole ABBA anniversary and Sweden winning seems a bit too coincidental to me, idk.”
A fourth agreed, writing: “I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but the idea that this is rigged for Sweden to host the 50th anniversary of Abba’s victory makes a lot of sense at this point.”
While a fifth added: “I love the instant conspiracy theory that #EUROVISION2023 was rigged so that next year could be in Sweden for ABBA & Waterloo’s 50th anniversary.”
And a sixth wrote: ‘They wanted Sweden to win, so ABBA will perform their 50th Eurovision anniversary in Sweden next year’.
Swedish group ABBA entered the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo and Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid were catapulted to stardom after their victory.
2024 will mark exactly 50 years since their decisive win, with many expecting the group to perform at next year’s competition.
Sweden was hit with more persistent accusations after fans also saw Loreen’s microphone left behind.
One fan commented, “Did they give Loreen the main mic for her performance yet?” Or is this just for the interview, do they normally do dual mics?
Fixed? Eurovision fans have accused the Eurovision Song Contest of manipulating the result in order for Sweden to win
Anniversary: Viewers claim organizers orchestrated Loreen’s victory so that Sweden would host next year, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of ABBA’s victory
Deflated: Britain’s Mae Muller looked distressed as the scores were read out for her performance, and she ended the evening with just 24 points despite being among the top ten favorites
On Saturday night, Loreen won with no less than 583 points, followed closely by Finland. Ukraine, meanwhile, scored an impressive 243 points after shooting up in the standings thanks to the public vote.
But Britain’s Mae Muller looked sad when the scores were read out for her performance and she finished the evening with just 24 points despite being among the top ten favourites.
Liverpool hosted the game on behalf of war-torn Ukraine, who won it last year, and fans in the UK proudly showed their support for both countries.
Eurovision fans went wild for hosts Graham Norton, Hannah Waddingham, Alesha Dixon and Ukrainian rock star Julia Sanina.
Hannah Waddingham was forced to calm the jeering crowds in Liverpool and remind them that everyone was ‘friends’ when it was revealed that the British entry only got a handful of points in the public vote.
After the votes of the individual country jury, Sweden came out on top with 277 points, and they topped the leaderboard again when the public vote came through.