Melodifestivalen 2023 Final ended over an hour ago. Unsurprisingly, the winner is Loreen - "Tattoo" with 177 points. In fact, Loreen also won the jury vote with 92 points and the public vote with 85 points. That's a consistent winner with the international juries, the Swedish public and overall.
Congratulations to Loreen for winning Melodifestivalen 2023 tonight; she will now represent Sweden with the song "Tattoo" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool in May. Sweden is currently the favourite to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Realistically though, can Loreen win, and become only the second singer in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest to win twice? Don't forget, Sweden has to get past the semi-finals first. Loreen will perform in the second half of the ESC 2023 First Semi-Final on 9 May 2023. I won't be able to vote that evening as the UK doesn't vote in that semi-final. Good luck to Loreen in the ESC 2023 First Semi-Final, and in the Grand Final if she gets there.
Commiserations to the other 11 artists who performed tonight; they too did well to get to Melodifestivalen 2023 Final after competing in one of four heats, and in some cases, the semi-final as well.