Some 162 million viewers watched this 12 months’s Eurovision track competitors held in Liverpool, the BBC stated Friday additionally highlighting “record” engagement on-line.
The UK hosted the musical extravaganza on behalf of final 12 months’s winner Ukraine, because of the Russian invasion.
Sweden’s Loreen secured a seventh victory for the Nordic nation with the observe “Tattoo” and made Eurovision historical past as the primary girl to win the competitors twice.
The contest “has never been more popular”, stated Noel Curran, director-general of the European Broadcasting Union that organised the competitors.
The determine counted viewers over the competition’s three stay reveals — two semi-finals and the ultimate — throughout 38 public service media markets.
In host nation Britain round 9.9 million individuals tuned in for the Eurovision ultimate on May 13, up 12 % on final 12 months.
Winner Sweden had a mean viewers of two.3 million viewers, accounting for 82.3 % of all TV viewers within the nation.
Finland, which took second place, had 1.7 million viewers.
On TikTok, the three stay reveals have been seen 4.8 million instances, whereas movies below the #Eurovision2023 hashtag garnered 4.8 billion views between April 30 and May 15.
Starting this 12 months, viewers exterior the 37 collaborating nations might participate within the voting course of.
Votes have been acquired from over 100 non-participating nations, together with the United States, Canada, Turkey and New Zealand.
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