The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was the 68th annual edition and was held at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden following Loreen's win in Liverpool the previous year. It was the 7th time Sweden has hosted the contest, the 2024 edition falling on the 50th anniversary of ABBA's win in Brighton. It also made Sweden the only country to host in 6 different decades. Malmö hosted for the third time following previous hostings in 1992 and 2013, and it was also the second time that Malmö Arena hosted the event.
The official dates for the semifinals were 7 and 9 May 2024, with the grand final taking place on 11 May 2024.
37 countries participated, with Luxembourg making its return having last competed in 1993, while Romania decided to withdraw over financial issues.
Ireland qualified for the first time since 2018, while Latvia and Georgia both qualified for the first time since 2016. Additionally, all of the Baltic nations participated in the final for the first time since 2015.
163 million viewers from around the world watched the 2024 contest, with fans in 156 countries taking part in the public vote. Many broadcasters in the participating countries saw huge increases in viewership, and engagement on social media also saw massive gains from the previous year.
Switzerland was crowned the winner with the song The Code by Nemo, writing them into the history books as the first non-binary winner of the contest. Additionally, it marks Switzerland's 3rd win overall, and first since 1988. Croatia finished in 2nd place (their best result to date as an independent nation), with Ukraine, France and Israel rounding out the top 5.
Format[]
Voting[]
Despite multiple requests for changes in the voting system, it was confirmed by the EBU that the current 50:50 split between juries and televote that has been in place since 2016 would remain in place for 2024, with the televote-only semifinals introduced in 2023 returning. Following its success in the previous year, it was announced that the Rest of the World Vote would return for its second year.
An extension was made to the voting windows. Voting in the semifinals would remain the same with the window opening following the last performance, while in the final the window would open before the first performance. For the Rest of the World voters, the window opened following the end of the second dress rehearsal for each semi and the final, and closed prior to the start of the live shows, giving this block almost 24 hours to vote for their favorites. According to SVT, their aim to extend voting times was to engage viewers right from the start.
Presenters[]
The presenters were announced on 5 February 2024, with SVT opting for a female duo. Petra Mede returned for her third time hosting Eurovision, after successful hosting stints in 2013 and 2016. Joining her is actress/singer Malin Åkerman, known for her work in 27 Dresses among other films. She also appeared as "Squirrel" on the 9th season of the American version of The Masked Singer.
Theme[]
It was announced by the EBU on 14 November 2023 that following the success of Liverpool's hosting of the contest, its slogan United by Music would become the permanent slogan of the Eurovision Song Contest beginning in 2024. The slogan encompasses the core values of the contest which promotes diversity, inclusivity and artistic expression.
Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl explains the reasoning behind this decision:
“The Eurovision Song Contest is more than just a song competition; it’s a celebration of the power of music to bring people together. After over 20 years of using different slogans, and as we approach our 70th anniversary, we feel we have found one that truly encapsulates our brand. By establishing a permanent slogan, we will have consistency in our message that music unites us all. It’s the perfect slogan to underline our values of inclusivity, equality, universality and celebrating diversity through music. As the popularity of the Eurovision Song Contest continues to grow around the world, we believe using the same slogan annually will help our brand become even stronger.”
The 2024 theme art is known as the "Eurovision Lights", a combination of the Northern Lights prevalent throughout Scandinavia and the power of music that the contest provides. In the bottom left corner of the main theme art are the geographical coordinates of the city of Malmö.
Prequalifiers[]
Since 2016, the pre-qualified acts would record their preview performances during the second dress rehearsal of their assigned semifinal and a short clip would be presented prior to the results at the end of the show. This year, the automatic qualifiers would instead perform their entries live during each of the semifinals in order to give all participants the chance to perform their songs in full at least once, as in the past the pre-qualifiers only got to perform during the final.
Grand Final Allocation[]
In the past, those that qualified from the semifinals to the final and the automatic qualifiers usually drew either first half or second half. This year, SVT introduced a third allocation category called "Producer's Choice" (represented by a blank slip), where if a qualifier were to draw that slip, the producers would be able to put that country anywhere in the first or second half of the running order. This was so the same kinds of entries would not be cramped together to create a better flow of performances.
Postcards[]
Unlike past years, this year's postcards are delivered from the artist's point of view. From Malmö, a ray of light travels across a map of Europe to each country where clips of past Eurovision entries are shown. Then each participant, through "selfie mode", introduces themselves through their various interests before ending the postcard striking a pose in their own style.
Incidents[]
Greece vs. Cyprus[]
Cyprus had planned to do Fame Story for their national selection filmed in Greece and airing on a secondary Greek channel. However, Greek broadcaster ERT submitted a complaint to the EBU saying their broadcasting rights were being violated by the Cypriot broadcaster CyBC (RiK). On 6 August 2023, the EBU issued a statement siding with ERT saying that broadcasters cannot violate the exclusivity and participants of another broadcaster, and that national selections should be conducted within their own jurisdictions. As such, CyBC scrapped their national final plans entirely and went with an internal selection instead.
Safety and security issues[]
Following an increase in hate crimes linked to the conflict in Gaza, police in Malmö and the 2024 organizing team committed themselves to making sure the safety and security of the event and the delegations are of prime importance for all fans, delegations and volunteers. Extra resources from neighboring countries Denmark and Norway were called in to assist.
In order for Israeli representative Eden Golan to participate comfortably, a security plan was developed by the organizers and Israeli authorities to keep her safe following extreme backlash against her on social media. The Israeli delegation would be accompanied by a security team, and Eden would not be able to leave her assigned hotel except for going to rehearsals and the live shows. Additionally, she would not participate in the pre-party circuit prior to the contest, and would not attend the opening ceremony in order to observe Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day).[1]
Protests for Palestine[]
Tied in with the Gaza conflict, many people left comments on the Eurovision social media channels demanding that Israel be banned from the 2024 contest, also threatening to boycott either attending or watching the event if their demands were not met in solidarity with Palestine. OGAE Iceland and the country's songwriting body along with the Icelandic branch of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement petitioned RÚV to withdraw its participation, while Finnish broadcaster YLE considered pulling out itself. Neither country had issues with participation when Israel hosted the event in 2019, with the exception of Hatari's pre-planned stunt during the final when they displayed Palestinian flag scarves on camera during the televote results.
On 6 January 2024, NRK announced that Norway would not seek Israel's removal from the contest, with DR in Denmark issuing a similar statement several days later. Irish Head of Delegation Michael Kealy joined the opposition to a boycott on 21 January 2024 citing it would set a dangerous precedent if RTÉ were to withdraw.
On 18 January 2024, the EBU issued a statement via Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that confirmed Israel and its broadcaster KAN would not be excluded from the competition. The statement reads as follows:
“The Eurovision Song Contest is a competition between public service organizations from across Europe and the Middle East that are members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It is a competition for broadcasters – not governments – and the Israeli broadcaster has been participating for 50 years.”
A letter signed by over 400 members of the entertainment industry from all parts of the world (including 2023 Israeli representative Noa Kirel) on behalf of the organization Creative Community for Peace expressed its solidarity with the EBU's decision.[2]
Following recent reports of threats and abuse on social media against several of the 2024 artists, notably protesters outside the London Eurovision Party on 6 April demanding UK representative Olly Alexander boycott the event, the EBU released another statement on 9 April condemning this behavior.[3]
Prior to the first semifinal, the EBU ordered Irish representative Bambie Thug to remove messages from their stage makeup that read "Ceasefire" and "Freedom for Palestine" in Ogham script. During the first semifinal opening number, former Swedish representative Eric Saade was shown wearing a keffiyeh on his left wrist, which in recent news has been a symbol for pro-Palestinian protest. This move was criticized by contest executive producer Ebba Adielsson. There was also a delay in the upload of Iolanda's grand final performance to the ESC YouTube channel due to the artist displaying keffiyeh designs on her nails, which the production initially claimed "technical difficulties".
Iceland vs. Eurovision[]
Tied in with the above incident, RÚV severed ties between its national final and the EBU, deciding to make its selection process, Söngvakeppnin, an independent competition, with the broadcaster consulting with the eventual winner as to whether or not to participate in Eurovision.
Palestinian artist Bashar Murad was the heavy favorite to win the competition with the song "Wild West", however many saw this as a stunt aimed at the EBU for allowing Israel to remain in the 2024 edition. In the end, 2010 Icelandic representative Hera Björk defeated Murad in the superfinal to win the selection.
Following the event, Einar Hrafn Stefánsson (one of the writers of "Wild West") called for an investigation into the voting. After the release of the results, it was stated that even if some of Hera Björk's votes went to Murad in the superfinal, Björk still would have won. Björk confirmed prior to the competition that she would absolutely participate in Malmö if she won.
Ásdís María Viðarsdóttir, the co-writer of the winning song "Scared of Heights", cut her ties to the entry stating she could not conscientiously be part of it any longer. She also proposed only letting the first round of the final voting be the one that counted which would send Bashar Murad to Sweden, but her proposal was rejected. Additionally, she wanted to withdraw the song completely, but was unable to as all songs submitted to the selection became RÚV's property.
On 11 March 2024, the deadline for song submissions to the EBU, RÚV granted Björk's wishes and officially confirmed participation in Malmö rather than withdraw, leave the first semifinal with 14 participants (with the possibility of an act moving over from semifinal 2 to even the numbers out), and/or pay a fine.
Italian televote leak[]
During the end of the Italian broadcast of the second semifinal, a scrolling band inadvertently showed results of the country's public vote with Israel supposedly receiving nearly 40% of the vote. This led to widespread panic among the press, fans and the bookmakers, causing Israel to rise to second favorite in the odds and some fans on social media to start counter-campaigns asking others to vote for other countries (mainly Croatia) in order to stop a potential Israeli victory. On 10 May, RAI confirmed via a statement that it was the result of a technical glitch and the data was incomplete, also apologizing to the EBU for the error. The statement reads as follows (translated into English):
"With regard to the publication of the results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in the credits of this semi-final, Rai specifies that it was a technical inconvenience as a result of which some data - completely partial - of the Italian national vote were wrongly highlighted in graphics. These results, pursuant to the 68th Eurovision Song Contest Regulations, can be made public only after the final evening. Rai has promptly apologized to the EBU summits and believes that this inconvenience does not affect the regularity of the final result. The published votes are incomplete. Rai has in any case already spoken with EBU, confirming its commitment to full respect for all the rules for the rest of the event."
Disqualification of Joost Klein[]
Dutch representative Joost Klein was absent from the first dress rehearsal for the grand final despite being present for the opening flag parade. The EBU revealed in a statement that due to an investigation being conducted at the time regarding an incident brought to their attention (reports say Klein had an altercation with a photographer who was part of the Swedish production team), Klein would not rehearse until further notice. He also did not take part in the jury final, therefore the juries evaluated his performance from the second semifinal.
On 11 May 2024, the EBU released a statement that due to a violation of the contest's rules for inappropriate behavior, the Dutch entry was disqualified from the final.[4]. With the 5th spot in the running order vacated, all countries following it (slots 6 through 26) would retain their start positions and not move up. Additionally, the Dutch jury result would remain valid, and viewers in the Netherlands would still be able to participate in the grand final televote.
Malmö Police assisted with the investigation. This caused the Rest of the World voting window, which was scheduled to open following the grand final jury show (at 00:00 CET), to eventually be delayed until 13:00 CET on the day of the final.
Withdrawal claims[]
Norwegian newspaper VG reported prior to the grand final that six countries had considered withdrawing from the event following "crisis meetings" with the EBU. The six countries in question were Greece, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and eventual winners Switzerland. Three of the countries (Greece, Ireland and Switzerland) did not participate in the opening flag parade during the third dress rehearsal, while Ireland did not perform at all (a clip of Bambie Thug's performance from the first semifinal was used instead).
The article claimed the six countries were dissatisfied with the heightened security detail and the poor backstage behavior shown by members of the Israeli delegation. It also claimed that an unknown compromise was made with the group with only 25 minutes prior to the grand final going live. Greek broadcaster ERT, United Kingdom broadcaster BBC, the management team of Portuguese representative Iolanda and Swiss head of delegation Yves Schifferle all denied this, saying they had never considered dropping out of the contest at all.
Flag policy[]
There were reports that fans carrying EU flags as well as non-binary pride flags were either turned away from the venue or had their flags confiscated prior to the grand final - SVT had a policy in place where only the flags of the 37 participating countries and the general rainbow Pride flag were allowed into the arena.
During the winner's press conference, Nemo admitted that they had to smuggle their non-binary pride flag in (which was clearly displayed during the opening flag parade and in the Swiss section of the green room).
Following additional concerns from the EU vice president about the policy, the EBU confirmed that they would discuss a review of the flag policy for 2025 with the incoming team from Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR. In an interview with 20 Minuten after the contest, Reference Group chairman Bakel Walden stated that the non-binary flag was indeed allowed (the policy was partly implemented incorrectly on site) and that Nemo had done everything right.
By extension, contest organizers admitted in a post on the official Instagram account on 1 June to celebrate Pride Month that the policy was handled incorrectly and that all denominations of pride flags were actually allowed in the venue, confirming what Bakel Walden had said about the issue in the 20Minuten interview. As posted below:
Lots of comments below mention our flag policy and how it was implemented in Malmö.
Pride flags (from all LGBTQ+ communities) were not banned and were welcome alongside the flags of the participating nations - but sometimes things don’t go as planned during complex live events, and we recognize that we could have done a better job of implementing this policy with consistency and consideration.
We regret if anyone had their flag removed wrongly or felt that they couldn’t be their authentic self because of this.
Pride Month is about celebrating LGBTQ+ communities and individuals - we’re extremely proud of Nemo and our non-binary, trans and queer fans, and grateful to them for bringing this to our attention.
In the spirit of Pride: we will learn from this and do better in 2025.[5]
Participants[]
The semi-final allocation draw was held on 30 January 2024 at Malmö City Hall, and hosted by Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi. The insignia handover ceremony took place before the draw began, officially beginning the countdown to the contest.
The pots are as follows, calculated by the EBU's voting providers Digame and based on voting patterns over the past 10 years:
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Albania Austria Croatia Serbia Slovenia Switzerland
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 Australia Denmark Estonia Finland Iceland Norway
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 Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Israel Latvia Lithuania Ukraine
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 Cyprus Greece Ireland Malta Portugal San Marino
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 Belgium Czechia Luxembourg Moldova The Netherlands Poland
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 France Germany Italy Spain Sweden (Host) United Kingdom |
Pre-Allocations[]
- Israel was pre-allocated to Semifinal 2 as per a request from KAN, as semifinal 1 falls on the Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) holiday. It was approved by the Reference Group.
Returning Artists[]
| Artist(s) | Previous Year(s) |
|---|---|
| Natalia Barbu | 2007 |
| Hera Björk | 2010 |
Languages[]
Ulveham is the first Norwegian-language song since 2006.- (Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi is the first Estonian entry to be performed in its native language since 2013.
- One Milkali (One Blood) features lyrics in Yankunytjatjara, an Aboriginal dialect spoken in South Australia.
- Özünlə Apar features lyrics in Azeri, a first for the contest.
Gallery[]
Semi Final One[]
Germany, Sweden and United Kingdom, plus 
Rest of the World, voted in this semi. It took place on 7 May 2024.
NOTE: As the automatic qualifiers were integrated into each semi, they are highlighted in blue and bolded for reference in the running order, have ">>" as their draw designation and "AQ" as their placement/points score.
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Cyprus
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Silia Kapsis | Liar | English | -- | 6 | 67 |
| 02 | Serbia
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Teya Dora | Ramonda | Serbian | 10 | 47 | |
| 03 | Lithuania
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Silvester Belt | Luktelk | Lithuanian | Wait a bit | 4 | 119 |
| 04 | Ireland
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Bambie Thug | Doomsday Blue | English | -- | 3 | 124 |
| >> | United Kingdom
|
Olly Alexander | Dizzy | AQ | |||
| 05 | Ukraine
|
Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil | Teresa & Maria | English, Ukrainian | 2 | 173 | |
| 06 | Poland
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Luna | The Tower | English | 12 | 35 | |
| 07 | Croatia
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Baby Lasagna | Rim Tim Tagi Dim | 1 | 177 | ||
| 08 | Iceland
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Hera Björk | Scared of Heights | 15 | 3 | ||
| >> | Germany
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Isaak | Always On the Run | AQ | |||
| 09 | Slovenia
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Raiven | Veronika | Slovene | 9 | 51 | |
| 10 | Finland
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Windows95man | No Rules! | English | 7 | 59 | |
| 11 | Moldova
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Natalia Barbu | In the Middle | 13 | 20 | ||
| >> | Sweden
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Marcus & Martinus | Unforgettable | AQ | |||
| 12 | Azerbaijan
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Fahree ft. Ilkin Dovlatov | Özünlə Apar | English, Azeri | Take me with you | 14 | 11 |
| 13 | Australia
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Electric Fields | One Milkali (One Blood) | English | -- | 11 | 41 |
| 14 | Portugal
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Iolanda | Grito | Portuguese | Shout | 8 | 58 |
| 15 | Luxembourg
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Tali | Fighter | English, French | -- | 5 | 117 |
Semi Final Two[]
France, Italy and Spain, plus Rest of the World, voted in this semi. It took place on 9 May 2024.
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Malta
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Sarah Bonnici | Loop | English | -- | 16 | 13 |
| 02 | Albania
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Besa | Titan | 15 | 14 | ||
| 03 | Greece
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Marina Satti | Zari | Greek | Dice | 5 | 86 |
| 04 | Switzerland
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Nemo | The Code | English | -- | 4 | 132 |
| 05 | Czechia
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Aiko | Pedestal | 11 | 38 | ||
| >> | France
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Slimane | Mon amour | French | My love | AQ | |
| 06 | Austria
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Kaleen | We Will Rave | English | -- | 9 | 46 |
| 07 | Denmark
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Saba | Sand | 12 | 36 | ||
| 08 | Armenia
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Ladaniva | Jako | Armenian | 3 | 137 | |
| 09 | Latvia
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Dons | Hollow | English | 7 | 72 | |
| >> | Spain
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Nebulossa | Zorra | Spanish | Vixen | AQ | |
| 10 | San Marino
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Megara | 11:11 | -- | 14 | 16 | |
| 11 | Georgia
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Nutsa Buzaladze | Firefighter | English | 8 | 54 | |
| 12 | Belgium
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Mustii | Before The Party's Over | 13 | 18 | ||
| 13 | Estonia
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5Miinust x Puuluup | (Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi | Estonian | We (really) don't know anything about (these) drugs | 6 | 79 |
| >> | Italy
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Angelina Mango | La noia | Italian | Boredom | AQ | |
| 14 | Israel
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Eden Golan | Hurricane | English, Hebrew | -- | 1 | 194 |
| 15 | Norway
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Gåte | Ulveham | Norwegian | Wolf skin | 10 | 43 |
| 16 | The Netherlands
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Joost Klein | Europapa | Dutch | -- | 2 | 182 |
Grand Final[]
All countries voted with the Rest of the World aggregate vote added as an extra set of televotes. The final took place on 11 May 2024. Sweden's place in the running order was decided during the Head of Delegations meetings in March 2024.
Withdrawing/Uncertain[]
- Andorra - RTVA confirmed on 17 August 2023 that Andorra would not return for 2024.
- Belarus - Belarusian broadcaster BTRC remains suspended following their disqualification from the 2021 contest due to suppression of artistic freedom. Despite reports that the suspension would expire on 1 July 2024, the EBU revealed that BTRC's suspension was in fact indefinite, meaning there was no specific time that it would be lifted.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - BHRT announced on 7 June 2023 that Bosnia and Herzegovina would not return for 2024 due to continued sanctions by the EBU for unpaid debts.
- Bulgaria - BNT confirmed via Twitter on 12 May 2023 that Bulgaria has ceased participation in all Eurovision events for the foreseeable future.
- Hungary - MTVA announced that it would not air the 2024 contest.
- Kosovo - Kosovo remains ineligible to participate as RTK is not a full or associate member of the EBU, nor is the country itself a member of the ITU. The shows aired on RTK 1 and Radio Kosovo 2.
- Monaco - Despite new channel TVMonaco being eligible to compete through its cooperation with MMD, it was announced on 15 September 2023 that Monaco would not return for 2024 because of the short window between its launch and the closing of the window for broadcasters to confirm or submit their interest to participate. On 12 April 2024, TVMonaco became a full EBU member, which now makes a return as early as 2025 possible.
- Montenegro - RTCG did not confirm participation for Montenegro in 2024. According to ESCDiscord, they are exploring a possible 2025 return with a music festival potentially serving as its national selection process. TVCG 1 and Radio 98 aired all three shows.
- The Netherlands - BVN aired all 3 shows in Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, the Dutch Caribbean, Thailand, Switzerland, the Philippines, South Africa, and Portugal with Dutch commentary.
- North Macedonia - Despite rumors of a return, MRT confirmed that North Macedonia would not participate in 2024.
- Romania - TVR announced on 25 January 2024 that Romania would withdraw, citing "financial constraints". However, poor results in past years could have also contributed to their decision.
- Russia - Russian broadcasters C1R and VGTRK remain suspended following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
- Slovakia - RTVS announced on 5 June 2023 that Slovakia would not return for 2024. It was later announced that it would not return in 2025 citing financial issues. The contest was broadcast on Radio FM.
- Türkiye - Opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu had stated his support for Türkiye's return to the contest. However, he was unsuccessful in the 2023 Turkish general election including the run-off, so a Turkish return in 2024 didn't happen
Other Countries[]
- The grand final aired in Brazil on the Zapping Channel.
- The contest aired in Canada via the official YouTube live streams.
- The grand final aired in Chile on the Zapping Channel.
- Faroese broadcaster KVF announced after the completion of the 2023 contest that it would apply for EBU membership.
- NBC's streaming service Peacock aired all three shows in the United States without commentary.
Trivia[]
- This contest marked the first time...
- a country was disqualified from the contest after qualifying for the grand final.
- openly non-binary artists (Bambie Thug, Nemo and Olly Alexander) participated, with the former two finishing in the top 10.
- Croatia won the televote and finished in the top 3.
- the overall winner landed four places lower in the televote compared to the jury vote.
- the country with the lowest odds at qualifying for the grand final (Latvia at 15%) actually qualified.
- 3 countries received 300 points or more in the televote.
- a Swiss-born participant had won since 1956 (1988 winner Celine Dion is Canadian).
- since 2002 that a song performing out of the second spot in the final finished in the top 3.
- since 2019 that a country achieved its best ever result (not including countries that have already won winning again).
- since 2021 that Switzerland and France were the top 2 in the jury vote.
- Portugal competed in a contest hosted by Sweden since 1992 (they were relegated in 2000, and voluntarily sat out in 2013 and 2016). Coincidentally, Portugal's last participation on Swedish soil was in Malmö.
- Romania voluntarily withdrew (they were relegated in 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2001, and disqualified in 2016).
- Luxembourg competed in a semifinal round and cast a televote, as their last participation was before the semifinals and televoting were introduced.
- all of the Founding Seven nations (and by extension, the nations of the Benelux region) competed together since 1993.
- no returning artists participated in the grand final since 2004.
- Switzerland qualified for the final on Swedish ground in the semifinal era (the country finished 13th and last in the semifinals in their previous two attempts in Sweden).
- For the second contest in a row...
- all participating ex-Yugoslav nations qualified for the final.
- Armenia qualified for the final without Azerbaijan.
- Azerbaijan came 14th in their semi-final.
- the country which won the jury vote was the overall winner.
- the winner of the Artistic Award at the Marcel Bezençon Awards won the contest overall.
- Cyprus was represented by an Australian-born singer.
- Slovenia preceded Croatia in the grand final running order.
- the country performing last in the grand final running order (UK in 2023, Austria in 2024) finished second to last with 24 points.
- For the first time since 2013, when the contest was last hosted in Malmö following a Loreen win...
- an automatic qualifier (France in 2013, Sweden in 2024) opened the grand final.
- Ukraine and Italy placed 3rd and 7th respectively.
- Estonia placed 20th with an Estonian-language song (their 20th-placing entry in 2019 was sung in English).
- Greece qualified for the final with a Greek-language song.
- the country which placed last in the grand final (Ireland in 2013, Norway in 2024) was not an automatic qualifier.
- It was the 5th consecutive contest not to be held in the capital city of the host country, and the 4th consecutive contest where Moldova sent a returning artist.
- Canada, the United States, Romania, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Hungary, Slovakia, South Africa and Bulgaria cast the most votes in the Rest of the World vote.
- "Pedestal" was the 1700th song performed at Eurovision.
References (if any)[]
- ↑ https://eurovisionfun.com/en/2024/03/israel-increased-security-measures-will-be-implemented-for-malmo/
- ↑ https://www.creativecommunityforpeace.com/blog/2024/02/14/eurovisionccfp2024/
- ↑ https://eurovision.tv/mediacentre/release/ebu-statement-esc-2024-artists
- ↑ https://eurovision.tv/mediacentre/release/statement-dutch-participation-eurovision-song-contest
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/C7qqv45CF_O/