Everything about Loreen
For many people she's just the Eurovison song Contest 2012 winner..But who is She really?
Who's Loreen?
Her full name is Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui. She was born in 16th of October 1983 in Stockholm, but the family later moved to Västerås.. Loreen is originally from Morocco [Berber descent]. She was first saw in Swedish Idol 2004 where she came 4th,no matter the result she released her first single “The Snake”,right the following year, with the band Rob ‘n Raz,after that she worked as a producer and director for several Swedish reality TV shows. She was off stage for around 8 years….searching herself between Europe and USA.
Next single was released in 2011 called “My heart is refusing me”,which was a huge sucess. With this song she also participated in Swedish Melodifestivalen 2011 but didnt make it to the end.
In the first semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2012 on 4 February, Loreen advanced directly to the final round with her entry “Euphoria”, written by Thomas G:son andPeter Boström. She won the national final on 10 March with a combined total of 268 points and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The song won the competition with a total of 372 points from 40 voting countries out of 42 (Italy was the exception, and Sweden could not vote for itself). According to online betting companies she was the favourite to win the contest.
It’s important to be told that on 3 June 2012, Loreen’s Eurovision winning entry “Euphoria” charted at No. 3 on theUK Official Singles Chart, the highest chart position for a non-UK Eurovision entry sinceJohnny Logan’s “Hold Me Now” in 1987. The single sold 62,148 copies in its first week in the United Kingdom She is also noted for having an ongoing chart presence in the United Kingdom, remaining in the top twenty for weeks after the competition, rare for a Eurovision song. Her single “Euphoria” also reached #1 in many European countries.
In late August, Loreen confirmed that her debut album will be called Healed and is set to be released on 22 October 2012.
Loreen was the only one who cared about the human rights in Baku saying “Human rights are violated in Azerbaijan every day. One should not be silent about such things.”
in July 2012, Loreen performed at Slavianski Bazaar in Belarus, where Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko was in attendance. During her visit to the country, she met with the wife of political prisoner Ales Bialiatski, Viasna representatives and independent journalists, and in a two-hour meeting expressed her words of support to political prisoners and signed the petition to ban the death penalty in the country.
Loreen’s BI.People must learn to accept! as she says” Love is where you find it”
She won many awards..between them 2/3 Rockbjörnen awards[ "Best Swedish Song of the year" with Euphoria and "Best female Live Artist"! ] Also the “best dressed celebrity” award by the CHIC.
Loreen For Life