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Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui (Arabic: لورين زينب نورا طلحاوي, born 16 October 1983), known professionally as Loreen (), is a Swedish singer. Representing Sweden, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 and 2023 with the songs "Euphoria" and "Tattoo" respectively. She is the second performer, after Johnny Logan, to win the contest twice, and the first woman to do so.

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Loreen is a Swedish singer who has won the Eurovision Song Contest twice—in 2012 with "Euphoria" and in 2023 with "Tattoo"—making her only the second person ever to win the contest twice and the first woman to achieve this feat. Her back-to-back victories represent a rare accomplishment in one of the world's most prominent international music competitions.

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Lorine Talhaoui, known as Loreen, is a music artist and music composer from Sweden with Moroccan parents. She won Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 and 2023. Loreen is also an actress and voice actress. She has previously worked as a TV presenter and TV producer.

Known for

  • 70 Jahre ESC - More than Music — Self (archive footage)2026
  • MTV - Euphoria! 50 Eurovision Hits! — Self (archive footage)2025
  • Eurovision Calling: Jason and Chelcee’s Ultimate Guide — Self2023
  • Die Helene Fischer Show 2023 — Self2023
  • Drag Race Sweden — Self - Guest Judge2023
  • Eurovision... A Little Bit More — Self - Guest2023
  • RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World — Self - Guest Judge2022
  • JJ+E — María2021
  • The A-Z of Eurovision — Self - Contestant (archive footage)2020
  • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga — Loreen2020

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Sweden
Active from
1983
dance-popelectropopeurodanceeuropopeurovision 2023 artistsindie pop

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Loreen (born Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui on October 16, 1983 in Västerås, Sweden) is a Swedish singer and music co-producer of Moroccan-Berber descent, who rose to international fame after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, with chart topping "Euphoria". Later on going to once again win Eurovision Song Contest in 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom with her successful song "Tattoo". <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Loreen">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Musical artist.name
Loreen
Musical artist.background
solo_singer
Musical artist.image
Loreen - Melodifestivalen 2023, Malmö 118 (cropped).jpg
Musical artist.caption
Loreen in February 2023
Musical artist.birth_name
Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui
Musical artist.birth_place
Stockholm, Sweden
Musical artist.genre
Dance-pop
Musical artist.years_active
2004–present

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Official website
loreenofficial.com
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Loreen - Melodifestivalen 2023, Malmö 118 (cropped).jpg
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Loreen
date of birth
1983-10-16
birth name
Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui
start of work period
2004-00-00
name in native language
Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui
social media followers
813000
pseudonym
Loreen
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17 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Music career
  • 2004–2010: ''Idol''
  • 2011–2013: Melodifestivalen, Eurovision Song Contest and ''Heal''
  • 2014–2015: ''Paperlight'' project and touring
  • 2016–2019: Melodifestivalen return, ''Nude'' and ''Ride''
  • 2020–2024: ''Så mycket bättre'', acting debut, Melodifestivalen and Eurovision return
  • 2025–present: SAGES and ''Wildfire''
  • Political activism
  • Personal life
  • Discography
  • Albums
  • Tours and residencies
  • Filmography
  • Awards and nominations
  • References
  • External links

Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui (Arabic: لورين زينب نورا طلحاوي, born 16 October 1983), known professionally as Loreen (), is a Swedish singer. Representing Sweden, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 and 2023 with the songs "Euphoria" and "Tattoo" respectively. She is the second performer, after Johnny Logan, to win the contest twice, and the first woman to do so.

Interested in becoming a musician, Loreen finished fourth in the Idol 2004 television competition. The following year, she released her first single, "The Snake", with the band Rob'n'Raz, and became a television presenter on TV400. While working as a segment producer and director for several Swedish reality TV shows, she entered Melodifestivalen 2011 with the song "My Heart Is Refusing Me", which became a top 10 hit in Sweden. She had two top 20 hits in Sweden with the singles "Crying Out Your Name" (2012) and her Melodifestivalen 2017 entry "Statements".

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