Loreen becomes the second performer to achieve the Eurovision double, after the Irish Johnny Logan, who achieved it in 1980 and 1987. Sweden has climbed along with Ireland to the podium of Eurovision victories, with seven in total since Abba's legendary 1974 triumph with Waterloo.
Finland's Käärijä lifted the audience from their seats with that hymn to hedonism entitled Cha, cha, cha. Blanca Paloma had the bad luck to sing right after the winner and had to settle for being in the "top ten"