Loreen

Lorine Zineb Noka Talhaoui, aka Loreen, was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to parents of Moroccan origin. She rose to fame in Sweden on Swedish Idol, where she competed as Lorén Talhaoui in 2004. She was able to stay in the competition for five weeks and finished fourth.

A year later, in 2005, she released a promotional single called The Snake, and then changed direction a bit and tried her hand as a presenter on the TV screen, and then also did some editing work in the background. After a couple of years, she returned to music in 2011 under the name Loreen, which she still uses today, and a year later she won the Melodifestivalen competition with her song Euphoria. This allowed her to represent Sweden at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. The song won with a total of 372 points from 40 out of 42 countries.

He returned to the Eurovision stage many times to perform his latest hits until 11 years later when he announced that he would be competing in Sweden for the first time with his song Tattoo. Loreen came away a winner this time too, and was once again delegated to the international competition. The singer won the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time in 2023, making her the second artist to win twice.