Eurovision

Benny, Björn and Frida drop in for first anniversary of London’s Abba Voyage

Show in which youthful digital avatars of the group perform on stage has sold more than 1.3m tickets

Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent

28, May, 2023 @12:11 PM

Cha cha cha! Eurovision stars dominate UK Top 10 after record-breaking final

Winning singer Loreen reaches No 2 and fan favourite Käärijä earns first ever Finnish-language hit in the UK

Safi Bugel

19, May, 2023 @5:05 PM

‘I’m a very spiritual person!’ Eurovision winner Loreen on fear, fame, family and fighting for human rights

Fresh from her second victory in the world’s most over-the-top pop contest, the ‘nomad from the Atlas mountains’ talks about life in Sweden, the pain of competing and her search for a purpose

Zoe Williams

17, May, 2023 @5:00 AM

Eurovision final TV ratings broke modern records, says BBC

During a five-minute peak in the UK, 11m people were watching, while the average viewing figure was 9.9m

Mark Brown North of England correspondent

14, May, 2023 @4:45 PM

This year’s Eurovision was a political statement – whatever the organisers may have wanted | Zoe Williams

President Zelenskiy wasn’t allowed to address the crowd, but the contest was a four-hour anti-war protest – with extra neon, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Zoe Williams

14, May, 2023 @11:55 AM

Ukraine minister ‘confused’ by Eurovision refusal to let Zelenskiy speak

Exclusive: Culture minister says he was puzzled about reasoning for not allowing president to address song contest

Josh Halliday in Liverpool

14, May, 2023 @9:04 AM

Sweden wins Eurovision song contest in Liverpool with Loreen

The UK was hosting the event on behalf of last year’s winner Ukraine and saw Loreen triumph with Tattoo

Josh Halliday in Liverpool

14, May, 2023 @12:41 AM

Eurovision 2023: Sweden wins the 2023 Eurovision song contest with Tattoo by Loreen – as it happened

Loreen becomes only second person to win contest twice as Sweden claims seventh victory overall

Martin Belam

14, May, 2023 @12:00 AM

Peace, love and gloriously diverse chaos triumph as UK hosts Eurovision

The UK proves more than an able stand-in for Ukraine – with Hannah Waddingham stealing the show

Jack Seale

13, May, 2023 @11:22 PM

Russian missiles strike home town of Ukraine’s Eurovision entry during contest

University town of Ternopil, home of Tvorchi, targeted by missiles with two people injured

Nadeem Badshah

13, May, 2023 @11:22 PM

‘I was born to do this’: Ukraine’s 2016 Eurovision winner Jamala on why Putin fears her people, Crimean Tatars

Jamala tells how her 2016 song shone a light on Stalin’s deportations and helped to dispel the myths that Crimea is historically Russian

Emma Graham-Harrison in Kyiv

13, May, 2023 @3:29 PM

Måneskin review – wall-to-wall Italian pop charisma

Deploying lurid earworms and every glam-rock cliche in the book, 2021 Eurovision-winning four-piece Måneskin keep a crowd of 20,000 rapt for two hours

Kitty Empire

13, May, 2023 @1:00 PM