Sweden crowned as Eurovision winner
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
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Sweden’s Loreen won the Eurovision song contest in Baku with a score of 372 points in international voting as 26 countries battled it out to be named Europe's best in music.Can Bonomo, who represented Turkey, came in 7th with a total of 112 points.
Bonomo's performance earned a ticket to the final stage of the Eurovision Song Contest on May 24.
Second place in the competition went to Russia, while Serbia was third.
Next year's ceremony will be held in Sweden.
Azerbaijan won the right to host the European song contest after Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal (Ell / Nikki) won at Eurovision 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany.