It's interesting to note that the 2023 Eurovision song contest grand final in Liverpool was the most watched in the competition's history, according to the BBC. In the UK, there was a five-minute peak of 11 million people watching, and an average viewing figure of 9.9 million, which equates to a 63% TV audience share. This is a significant increase from the previous ratings record in 2011, when an average of 9.5 million viewers tuned in to watch Blue finish in 11th place with their song "I Can." Last year's final in Turin was watched by an average of 8.9 million viewers.
The contest was won by bookies' favourite Loreen of Sweden, who also made history by becoming the first woman to win the contest twice. She triumphed on Saturday with her power ballad "Tattoo" – as in "you're stuck on me like a tattoo" – which came more than a decade after her victory in 2012 with the dance-pop hit "Euphoria." The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international music competition in which participating countries submit original songs and perform them live on television. It has been broadcast since 1956 and is one of the longest-running television programs in the world.
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