Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | |
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United by Music | |
Dates | |
Semi-final 1 | 7 May 2024 |
Semi-final 2 | 9 May 2024 |
Final | 11 May 2024 |
Host | |
Venue |
Malmö Arena Malmö, Sweden |
Presenter(s) | |
Directed by |
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Executive supervisor | Martin Österdahl |
Executive producer |
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Host broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) |
Website |
eurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 37 |
Number of finalists | 26 |
Debuting countries | None |
Returning countries | Luxembourg |
Non-returning countries | Romania |
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awards one set in the semi-finals, and two sets in the final, of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs. In all three shows, online votes from viewers in non-participating countries are aggregated and awarded as one set of points. |
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is set to be the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It is scheduled to take place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 2023 contest with the song " Tattoo" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest will be held at the Malmö Arena, and will consist of two semi-finals on 7 and 9 May, and a final on 11 May 2024. [1] The three live shows will be presented by Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman, with the former having previously taken on the role in 2013 and 2016.
Thirty-seven countries will participate in the contest, with Luxembourg returning 31 years after its last participation in 1993, while Romania opted not to participate after doing so the previous year. The inclusion of Israel among the participants in the context of the ongoing Israel–Hamas war has been met with criticism, with protests and petitions calling for its removal, and has pushed the organisers to strengthen the security measures in place for the event.
The 2024 contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 2023 edition with the song " Tattoo", performed by Loreen. It will be the seventh time Sweden hosts the contest, having previously done so in 1975, 1985, 1992, 2000, 2013, and 2016. The selected venue is the 15,500-seat Malmö Arena, the second largest multi-purpose indoor arena in Sweden, which serves as a venue for handball and floorball matches, concerts, and a diversity of other events, noted for having already hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013. [2] Malmö Live will accommodate the "Turquoise Carpet" event on 5 May 2024, where the contestants and their delegations [a] are presented before accredited press and fans, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies; [4] [5] the venue will also offer screenings of the final. [6]
The host city also organises side events in conjunction with the contest. Folkets Park will be the location of the Eurovision Village, which will host performances by contest participants [b] and local artists, as well as screenings of the live shows for the general public and the OGAE Euro Fan Café at Amiralen (originally planned to be at Moriska paviljongen). [5] [8] [9] Malmö Live will be the location of the EuroClub, which will host the official after-parties and private performances by contest participants. A "Eurovision Street" was also meant to be established in Friisgatan, between Folkets Park and Triangeln; [5] its programme would have included music performances, which were ultimately transferred to the Eurovision Village for security reasons, [10] [11] also following the withdrawal of several artists due to Israel's participation in the contest. [12] [13] To celebrate the 50th anniversary of ABBA's – and Sweden's first – victory at the contest in 1974 with " Waterloo", a special ABBA World exhibition will take place at Södergatan between 29 April and 12 May 2024. [14]
Immediately after Sweden's win in the 2023 contest, the first cities to voice their interest in hosting the 2024 edition were Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö, the three largest cities in the country as well as the ones to have previously hosted the contest. Besides these, a number of other cities also expressed their intention to bid in the days that followed the 2023 victory, namely Eskilstuna, Jönköping, Örnsköldsvik, Partille and Sandviken. [15]
SVT set a deadline of 12 June 2023 for interested cities to formally apply. [16] Stockholm and Gothenburg officially announced their bids on 7 and 10 June respectively, [17] [16] followed by Malmö and Örnsköldsvik on 13 June. [18] [19] Shortly before the closing of the application period, SVT revealed that it had received several bids, [20] later clarifying that they had come from these four cities. [21] [22] Prior to this announcement, Sandviken and Jönköping had already declared to have opted out. [23] [24] On 7 July, Gothenburg and Örnsköldsvik's bids were reported to have been eliminated. [25] Later that day, the EBU and SVT announced Malmö as the host city. [1] [26]
Key:
† Host city
* Shortlisted
^ Submitted a bid
City | Venue | Notes | References |
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Eskilstuna | Stiga Sports Arena | Hosted the Second Chance round of Melodifestivalen in 2020. Did not meet the EBU requirements of capacity. | [27] |
Gothenburg ^ | Scandinavium | Hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1985. Roof needed adjustments for the lighting equipment. Set for demolition after the construction of a new sports facility nearby is completed. | [16] [25] [28] [29] [30] [31] |
Jönköping | Husqvarna Garden | Hosted the heats of Melodifestivalen in 2007. Did not meet the EBU requirements of capacity. | [32] [33] |
Malmö † | Malmö Arena | Hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. | [34] [35] |
Örnsköldsvik ^ | Hägglunds Arena | Hosted the heats of Melodifestivalen in 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018 and the semi-final in 2023. | [25] [36] |
Partille | Partille Arena | Hosted Eurovision Choir 2019. Did not meet the EBU requirements of capacity. | [37] |
Sandviken | Göransson Arena | Hosted one heat of Melodifestivalen in 2010. Plans included the cooperation of other municipalities in Gävleborg. | [38] [39] |
Stockholm * | Friends Arena | Hosted all but one final of Melodifestivalen since 2013. Preferred venue of the Stockholm City Council. | [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] |
Tele2 Arena | — | ||
Temporary arena | Proposal set around building a temporary arena in Frihamnen , motivated by the production needs of the contest and difficulties in finding vacant venues during the required weeks. |
Eurovision Song Contest 2024 – Participation summaries by country | |
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Eligibility for participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with an active EBU membership capable of receiving the contest via the Eurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide. The EBU issues invitations to participate in the contest to all members.
On 5 December 2023, the EBU announced that 37 countries would participate in the 2024 contest. Luxembourg is set to return to the contest 31 years after its last participation in 1993, while Romania, which had participated in the 2023 contest, was provisionally announced as not participating in 2024; [46] [47] this was subsequently confirmed on 25 January 2024. [48] [49]
The contest is set to feature two returning artists: Natalia Barbu and Hera Björk, who previously represented Moldova in 2007 and Iceland in 2010, respectively. [50] [51]
Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra, [90] Bosnia and Herzegovina, [91] Monaco [92] and Slovakia [93] confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU. For financial reasons, Romania was not included in the list of participants published on 5 December 2023, but its broadcaster TVR remained in talks with the EBU beyond the deadline regarding its participation; [46] on 25 January 2024, TVR ultimately opted not to participate in 2024. [49]
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is produced by the Swedish national broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). The core team consists of Ebba Adielsson as executive producer, Christel Tholse Willers as deputy executive producer, Tobias Åberg as executive in charge of production, Johan Bernhagen as executive line producer, Christer Björkman as contest producer, and Per Blankens as TV producer. Additional production personnel includes head of production David Wessén, head of legal Mats Lindgren, head of media Madeleine Sinding-Larsen, and executive assistant Linnea Lopez. [94] [95] [96] Edward af Sillén and Daniel Réhn wrote the script for the live shows' hosting segments and the opening and interval acts, [97] while Robin Hofwander, Daniel Jelinek and Fredrik Bäcklund will serve as multi-camera directors. [98] Background music for the shows was composed by Eirik Røland and Johan Nilsson. [99][ better source needed] A majority of the production personnel for 2024 previously worked in the previous three editions of the contest held in Sweden: 2000, 2013 and 2016.
Malmö Municipality contributed 30 million SEK (approximately €2.5 million) to the budget of the contest. [100] [101]
On 14 November 2023, the EBU announced that "United by Music", the slogan of the 2023 contest, would be retained for 2024 and future editions. [102] The accompanying theme art for 2024, named "The Eurovision Lights", was unveiled on 14 December. Designed by Stockholm-based agencies Uncut and Bold Scandinavia, it is based on simple, linear gradients inspired by vertical lines found on auroras and sound equalisers, and was built with adaptability across different formats taken into account. [103] [104] [105]
The stage design for the 2024 contest, revealed in December 2023, was devised by German production designer Florian Wieder, who had previously designed the sets of six previous contests – the most recent being in 2021. Lighting and screen content was designed by Swedish designer Fredrik Stormby. The stage will feature five movable LED cubes, floors and a backdrop screen along with other lighting, video and stagecraft technology, all set around a cross-shaped centre, with the aim of "creating a unique 360-degree experience" for viewers. Construction of the stage began on 2 April and concluded on 25 April. [106] [107]
The "postcards" are short video introductions shown on television whilst the stage is being prepared for the next entry. Filming began in February 2024. [108]
Swedish comedian and television host Petra Mede and Swedish-American actress Malin Åkerman were announced as the presenters of the 2024 contest on 5 February 2024. Mede had previously hosted both the 2013 and 2016 editions (solo and with Måns Zelmerlöw, respectively), as well as the 2015 special anniversary programme Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits alongside Graham Norton. [109] Jovan Radomir will moderate the contest's press conferences. [110]
In March 2024, Sertab Erener ( 2003 winner for Turkey) stated that she had been invited to the 2024 contest to perform a ballad version of her winning entry " Everyway That I Can" alongside Sena Şener as an interval act in one of the shows. [111] Presenter Petra Mede will also perform an interval number, titled "We Just Love Eurovision Too Much", alongside one or more as yet undisclosed performers. [112]
In November 2023, the production team at SVT stated its intention to increase security measures and to keep in contact with Malmö's police authority during the contest, citing a tense climate of protest amid Israel's participation despite its offensive on Gaza; [113] as of April 2024, this will include police reinforcement from Denmark and Norway, tightened cybersecurity, and a no-fly zone to prevent drone attacks, [114] [115] [116] as well as adjustments to the number of locations set to host side events. Through social media content, Israeli broadcaster Kan also expressed concerns over alleged antisemitism in Malmö, attributing this to the " Islamisation of Europe"; [117] additional measures will be taken to protect the Israeli delegation, with the representative Eden Golan being escorted by Shin Bet agents in addition to local police officers following death threats directed at her via social media. [118]
It has been noted that SVT's decision was made in the context of a high terroristic threat level in Sweden, with the Swedish Security Service (SÄPO) having raised the level from 3 to 4 out of 5 in August 2023, primarily in response to the 2023 Quran burnings in the country and prior to the Israel–Hamas war. [119] Concerns about the risk of terrorist attacks resurged in the wake of the Crocus City Hall attack outside Moscow on 22 March 2024. [117]
After the outcome of the 2023 contest, which saw Sweden win despite Finland's lead in the televoting, sparked controversy among the audience, Norwegian broadcaster NRK began discussions with the EBU regarding a potential revision of the jury voting procedure; it was noted that Norwegian entries in recent years had also been penalised by the juries, particularly in 2019 and 2023, when the country finished in sixth and fifth place overall, respectively, despite coming first in 2019 and third in 2023 with the televote. [120] In an interview, the Norwegian head of delegation Stig Karlsen discussed the idea of reducing the jury's weight on the final score from the current 49.4% to 40% or 30%. [121] [122] No changes to the voting system were ultimately implemented. [123]
For 2024, the "Rest of the World" voting window will be open for 24 hours before each show as well as during each show. For participating countries, it will be open after the last song is performed – as in previous years – in the semi-finals, while in the final it will be opened just before the first performance and will close 25 minutes after the last performance. [e] [124] The automatic qualifiers – the host country and the " Big Five" – will perform their entries in full during the semi-finals, in between the competing acts. [124] Thirteen of the twenty-five open positions in the running order of the final will be subject to a "producer's choice" draw option, alongside six positions available each for the first half and second half of the show; for those countries which draw the "producer's choice" category, the contest producers will be able to place that country anywhere in the running order. [125] The runtime of the final was initially planned to be reduced by approximately an hour, [126] [127] however, this was ultimately not a priority, with the final planned to be shortened by a maximum of five minutes. [128]
The draw to determine the participating countries' semi-finals took place on 30 January 2024 at 19:00 CET, at the Malmö Town Hall . [129] [130] The thirty-one semi-finalists were divided over five pots, based on historical voting patterns, with the purpose of reducing the chance of bloc voting and increasing suspense in the semi-finals. [131] [132] The draw also determined which semi-final each of the six automatic qualifiers – host country Sweden and "Big Five" countries ( France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) – would vote in and be required to broadcast. The ceremony was hosted by Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi, and included the passing of the host city insignia from Steve Rotheram, the mayor of the Liverpool City Region and representative of previous host city Liverpool, to Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, the mayor of Malmö Municipality. [132] [133] [130]
With the approval from the contest's reference group, Israel was allocated to the second semi-final following a request from Israeli broadcaster Kan, as the rehearsal date for the first semi-final coincided with Yom HaShoah. [134]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
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The first semi-final will take place on 7 May 2024 at 21:00 CEST [135] and feature fifteen competing countries. Those countries plus Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the World" vote, will vote in this semi-final. [136] The running order (R/O) was determined by the contest producers and was announced publicly on 26 March. [137] In addition to the competing entries, the United Kingdom, Germany and Sweden will perform their entries during the show, appearing on stage after the entries from Ireland, Iceland, and Moldova, respectively. [124]
R/O | Country | Artist | Song |
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1 | Cyprus | Silia Kapsis | " Liar" |
2 | Serbia | Teya Dora | " Ramonda" |
3 | Lithuania | Silvester Belt | " Luktelk" |
4 | Ireland | Bambie Thug | " Doomsday Blue" |
5 | Ukraine | Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil | " Teresa & Maria" |
6 | Poland | Luna | " The Tower" |
7 | Croatia | Baby Lasagna | " Rim Tim Tagi Dim" |
8 | Iceland | Hera Björk | " Scared of Heights" |
9 | Slovenia | Raiven | " Veronika" |
10 | Finland | Windows95man [c] | " No Rules!" |
11 | Moldova | Natalia Barbu | " In the Middle" |
12 | Azerbaijan | Fahree feat. Ilkin Dovlatov | " Özünlə apar" |
13 | Australia | Electric Fields | " One Milkali (One Blood)" |
14 | Portugal | Iolanda | " Grito" |
15 | Luxembourg | Tali | " Fighter" |
The second semi-final will take place on 9 May 2024 at 21:00 CEST [135] and feature sixteen competing countries. Those countries plus France, Italy and Spain, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the World" vote, will vote in this semi-final. [136] The running order (R/O) was determined by the contest producers and was announced publicly on 26 March. [137] In addition to the competing entries, France, Spain and Italy will perform their entries during the show, appearing on stage after the entries from Czechia, Latvia, and Estonia, respectively. [124]
R/O | Country | Artist | Song |
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1 | Malta | Sarah Bonnici | " Loop" |
2 | Albania | Besa | " Titan" |
3 | Greece | Marina Satti | " Zari" |
4 | Switzerland | Nemo | " The Code" |
5 | Czechia | Aiko | " Pedestal" |
6 | Austria | Kaleen | " We Will Rave" |
7 | Denmark | Saba | " Sand" |
8 | Armenia | Ladaniva | " Jako" |
9 | Latvia | Dons | " Hollow" |
10 | San Marino | Megara | " 11:11" |
11 | Georgia | Nutsa Buzaladze | " Firefighter" |
12 | Belgium | Mustii | " Before the Party's Over" |
13 | Estonia | 5miinust and Puuluup | " (Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi" |
14 | Israel | Eden Golan | " Hurricane" |
15 | Norway | Gåte | " Ulveham" |
16 | Netherlands | Joost Klein | " Europapa" |
The final will take place on 11 May 2024 at 21:00 CEST [135] and feature twenty-six competing countries, composed of the host country Sweden, the "Big Five", and the ten best-ranked entries of each of the two semi-finals. All thirty-seven participating countries with jury and televote, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the World" online vote, will vote in the final. The running order (R/O) of the host nation was determined by a random draw on 11 March; [140] the running order for the remaining finalists will be determined by the contest producers following the second semi-final.
R/O | Country | Artist | Song |
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1 | Sweden | Marcus & Martinus | " Unforgettable" |
TBD | France | Slimane | " Mon amour" |
Germany | Isaak | " Always on the Run" | |
Italy | Angelina Mango | " La noia" | |
Spain | Nebulossa | " Zorra" | |
United Kingdom | Olly Alexander | " Dizzy" | |
TBD 7 May 2024; 10 best ranked of semi-final 1 | |||
TBD 9 May 2024; 10 best ranked of semi-final 2 |
The 12-point scores from the national juries will be announced by a spokeperson from each participating country. The following spokepersons have been announced as of April 2024 [update]:
All participating broadcasters may choose to have on-site or remote commentators providing insight and voting information to their local audience. While they must broadcast at least the semi-final they are voting in and the final, most broadcasters air all three shows with different programming plans. In addition, some non-participating broadcasters air the contest. The Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel provides international live streams with no commentary of all shows.
The following are the broadcasters that have confirmed in whole or in part their broadcasting plans and/or commentators:
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Show(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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Australia | SBS | SBS | All shows | Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey | [151] [152] |
SBS On Demand | |||||
Austria | ORF | ORF 1 | All shows | TBA | [153] |
FM4 | Final | Jan Böhmermann and Olli Schulz | [154] [155] | ||
Azerbaijan | İTV | All shows | Nurlana Jafarova | [156] | |
Belgium | |||||
RTBF | Tipik | SF1 | Maureen Louys and Jean-Louis Lahaye | [157] [158] [159] | |
La Une | SF2, final | ||||
Auvio | All shows | ||||
VRT | VRT 1 | All shows | Peter Van de Veire | [160] | |
VRT MAX | |||||
Radio 2 | Final | ||||
Cyprus | CyBC | TBA | All shows | Melina Karageorgiou and Hovig | [161] |
Czechia | ČT | ČT2 | All shows | Vašek Matějovský, Patricie Kaňok Fuxová and Dominika Hašková | [162] [163] |
Denmark | DR | DR1 | All shows | Ole Tøpholm | [164] [165] [166] |
DR TV | |||||
Estonia | ERR | ETV | All shows | Estonian: Marko Reikop | [167] |
ETV+ | Russian: Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda | ||||
ETV2 | Sign language: various interpreters | ||||
Finland | Yle | Yle TV1 | All shows | TBA | [168] [169] [170] |
Yle Areena | Inari Sámi: Aslak Paltto and Heli Huovinen | ||||
France | France Télévisions | Culturebox | Semi-finals | Nicky Doll | [171] [172] |
France 2 | Final | Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini | |||
France.tv | Semi-finals | Nicky Doll | |||
Final | Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini | ||||
Germany | ARD/ NDR | One | Semi-finals | Thorsten Schorn | [173] [174] [175] |
Das Erste | Final | ||||
ARD Mediathek | All shows | ||||
Greece | ERT | ERT1 | All shows | Thanasis Alevras and Jérôme Kaluta | [176] [177] |
ERA 2 | TBA | ||||
Iceland | RÚV | RÚV | All shows | Gunna Dís Emilsdóttir | [178] [179] [180] [181] |
RÚV 2 | Sign language: various interpreters | ||||
Israel | IPBC | TBA | Asaf Liberman , Akiva Novick and Yoav Tzafir | [182] [183] | |
Italy | RAI | Rai 2 | Semi-finals | Gabriele Corsi and Mara Maionchi | [184] |
Rai 1 | Final | ||||
RaiPlay | All shows | ||||
Rai Radio 2 | Diletta Parlangeli and Matteo Osso | ||||
Lithuania | LRT | LRT TV | All shows | TBA | [185] |
Luxembourg | RTL | RTL | All shows |
Luxembourgish: Raoul Roos and Roger Saurfeld French: TBA English: TBA |
[146] [186] |
RTL Infos | |||||
RTL Radio | |||||
RTL Today Radio | |||||
rtl.lu | |||||
RTL Play | |||||
Netherlands | NPO/ AVROTROS | NPO 1 | All shows | Cornald Maas and Jacqueline Govaert | [187] [188] |
Poland | TVP | TVP1 | All shows | Artur Orzech | [189] [190] |
Serbia | RTS | RTS 1 | All shows | TBA | [191] |
Slovenia | RTVSLO | TV SLO 1 | SF1, final | Mojca Mavec | [192] [193] [194] |
TV SLO 2 | SF2 | ||||
Radio Val 202 | SF1, final | Maj Valerij | |||
Spain | RTVE | La 2 | SF1 | Spanish: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar | [195] [196] [197] [198] |
La 1 | SF2, final | ||||
RTVE Play | All shows | ||||
La 1 | Final | Catalan: Sònia Urbano and Xavi Martínez | |||
RTVE Play | |||||
Ràdio 4 | |||||
Radio Nacional | David Asensio, Sara Calvo, Ángela Fernández, Manu Martín-Albo and Luis Miguel Montes | [199] | |||
Sweden | SVT | SVT1 | All shows | Tina Mehrafzoon and Edward af Sillén | [200] [201] [202] [203] |
SVT Play | |||||
Switzerland | SRG SSR | RSI La 2 | Semi-finals | Ellis Cavallini and Gian-Andrea Costa | [204] [205] [206] |
RSI La 1 | Final | [207] [208] | |||
RTS 1 | TBA | ||||
SRF zwei | Semi-finals | Sven Epiney | [205] [206] [208] | ||
SRF 1 | Final | ||||
Ukraine | Suspilne | Suspilne Kultura | TBA | [209] | |
Radio Promin | |||||
United Kingdom | BBC | BBC One | Semi-finals | Scott Mills and Rylan Clark | [210] [211] [212] [213] [214] |
Final | TBA | ||||
BBC Radio 2 | Final | Scott Mills and Rylan Clark | |||
BBC iPlayer | Semi-finals | ||||
Final | TBA |
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Show(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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Montenegro | RTCG | TBA | [215] | ||
North Macedonia | MRT | [216] [217] | |||
Slovakia | RTVS | Rádio FM | Final | Daniel Baláž , Lucia Haverlík, Pavol Hubinák and Juraj Malíček | [218] [219] |
United States | NBC | Peacock | All shows | TBA | [220] [221] |
In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the You're a Vision Award will be contested during the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The OGAE (General Organisation of Eurovision Fans) voting poll also took place before the contest.
The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-head of delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and winner of the 1984 contest Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final. [222] The awards are divided into three categories: the Artistic Award, the Composers Award, and the Press Award. [223] The winners will be revealed shortly before the Eurovision final on 11 May.
OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 2024 poll was " Rim Tim Tagi Dim" performed by Baby Lasagna; the top five results are shown below. [224] [225] [226]
Country | Performer(s) | Song | OGAE result |
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Croatia | Baby Lasagna | " Rim Tim Tagi Dim" | 356 |
Italy | Angelina Mango | " La noia" | 338 |
Switzerland | Nemo | " The Code" | 290 |
Belgium | Mustii | " Before the Party's Over" | 223 |
France | Slimane | " Mon amour" | 188 |
Since the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war on 7 October 2023, calls have been made for Israel to be excluded from the contest on the grounds of the humanitarian crisis resulting from Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip; [227] [228] this has included protests and petitions directed at national broadcasters in a number of participating countries, notably in Finland, [229] Iceland [230] and Norway, [231] demanding that they withdraw or pressure the EBU to exclude Israel. The Icelandic broadcaster RÚV opted to decide over its participation on 11 March 2024, at the meeting among the heads of delegations of participating broadcasters, [232] ultimately confirming its presence. [51] No other broadcaster indicated its overt opposition to Israeli participation; however, in response to public calls in Slovenia, the country's broadcaster RTVSLO asked the EBU to hold extensive discussions with its members over the issue, [233] [234] receiving no response. [235]
In late February 2024, multiple Israeli media reports stated that two songs had been shortlisted for consideration as the Israeli entry for the 2024 contest, titled "October Rain" and "Dance Forever", and that both had been submitted to the EBU for evaluation but were rejected for containing political lyrics. [236] [237] [238] Israeli broadcaster Kan confirmed these reports on 3 March, while also stating that it asked the writers of both songs to "make the necessary adjustments" in order for them to be eligible. The selected song, titled " Hurricane", was approved by the EBU on 7 March and revealed three days later. [239] [240] [241]
While not mentioning Israel's participation in the contest, on 29 March 2024, several entrants – namely Bambie Thug (Ireland), Gåte (Norway), Iolanda (Portugal), Megara (San Marino), Mustii (Belgium), Nemo (Switzerland), Olly Alexander (United Kingdom), Saba (Denmark), Silvester Belt (Lithuania) and Windows95man (Finland) – released a joint statement calling for "an immediate and lasting ceasefire" in Gaza as well as the return of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas. [242] [243]
On 9 April 2024, the EBU released a statement by deputy director-general Jean Philip De Tender condemning "targeted social media campaigns" against participating artists, reportedly over the insufficient pressure put on the union to exclude Israel, stating that the inclusion of a country in the contest "is the sole responsibility of the EBU's governing bodies and not that of the individual artists". [244] [245]
A number of national selection events were disrupted by activists calling for a boycott in the lead-up to the contest. These included the first semi-final of Norway's Melodi Grand Prix, which saw a protester breaking on stage during the broadcast; [246] Spain's Benidorm Fest winners' clip showing two people waving Palestinian flags; [247] the second heat of Sweden's Melodifestivalen, which saw two audience members briefly shown wearing watermelon costumes and holding up placards calling for attention to the targeting of Palestinian children during the war; [248] and selection events in Denmark [249] and Finland, [250] which were targeted by demonstrators outside the venues calling for a boycott.
Demonstrations against Israeli participation have also taken place in the host city Malmö. In March 2024, the digital signage installed at Malmö Live in preparation for the contest was splattered in red paint, and its base was spray-painted with the words " Free Gaza". [251] [252] In early April, posters carrying messages including " Genocide Song Contest", "Malmö says no to genocide" and "Israel out of Eurovision or Eurovision out of Malmö", appeared in the city. [253] A demonstration took place outside the Malmö City Hall , with protesters chanting " long live Palestine" and " Israel is a terrorist state", on 10 April, when the municipality was set to discuss a popular initiative to rescind hosting duties due to Israel's participation; the city council unanimously voted to reject the proposal, with mayor Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh reiterating that decisions regarding participating countries are the sole responsibility of the EBU, and clarifying that the municipality could not deal with matters of "foreign policy" without contravening the municipal charter. [254] [255] In protest against Israeli participation, a number of artists cancelled their appearances in the Eurovision Village's events, forcing organisers to reschedule them. [10] [11]
As of 22 March 2024, [update] Malmö police has received six requests for protests during the Eurovision week: [256] one against Israeli participation in the contest, planned to include 10,000 people in a walk from Stortorget to Möllevångstorget ; [257] another one against the war in Gaza, to be organised outside Malmö Arena; one to show support to the Israeli Eurovision delegation, set to be held on 9 May and include a few hundred people; and another three in opposition to Israel's participation and in support of Palestine. [257] [258] As an alternative to the Eurovision final, a song contest titled "Falastinvision" is also planned to be held on 11 May at the Plan B music venue in Malmö and streamed online. [257] [259] [260]
Eurovision Song Contest: Malmö 2024 is the official compilation album of the contest, featuring all 37 entries. It was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and was released by Universal Music Group digitally on 12 April 2024, in CD format on 19 April 2024, and will be released in vinyl format on 24 May 2024. [261] [262] [263]
Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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Belgian Compilation Albums ( Ultratop 50 Flanders) [264] | 1 |
Belgian Compilation Albums ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [265] | 3 |
Dutch Compilation Albums ( Compilation Top 30) [266] | 1 |
Finnish Physical Albums ( Suomen virallinen lista) [267] | 8 |
German Compilation Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) [268] | 1 |
Irish Compilation Albums ( IRMA) [269] | 8 |
Swedish Physical Albums ( Sverigetopplistan) [270] | 8 |
Swiss Compilation Albums ( Schweizer Hitparade) [271] | 1 |
UK Compilation Albums ( OCC) [272] | 4 |
Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | |
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United by Music | |
Dates | |
Semi-final 1 | 7 May 2024 |
Semi-final 2 | 9 May 2024 |
Final | 11 May 2024 |
Host | |
Venue |
Malmö Arena Malmö, Sweden |
Presenter(s) | |
Directed by |
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Executive supervisor | Martin Österdahl |
Executive producer |
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Host broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) |
Website |
eurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 37 |
Number of finalists | 26 |
Debuting countries | None |
Returning countries | Luxembourg |
Non-returning countries | Romania |
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awards one set in the semi-finals, and two sets in the final, of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs. In all three shows, online votes from viewers in non-participating countries are aggregated and awarded as one set of points. |
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is set to be the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It is scheduled to take place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 2023 contest with the song " Tattoo" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest will be held at the Malmö Arena, and will consist of two semi-finals on 7 and 9 May, and a final on 11 May 2024. [1] The three live shows will be presented by Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman, with the former having previously taken on the role in 2013 and 2016.
Thirty-seven countries will participate in the contest, with Luxembourg returning 31 years after its last participation in 1993, while Romania opted not to participate after doing so the previous year. The inclusion of Israel among the participants in the context of the ongoing Israel–Hamas war has been met with criticism, with protests and petitions calling for its removal, and has pushed the organisers to strengthen the security measures in place for the event.
The 2024 contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 2023 edition with the song " Tattoo", performed by Loreen. It will be the seventh time Sweden hosts the contest, having previously done so in 1975, 1985, 1992, 2000, 2013, and 2016. The selected venue is the 15,500-seat Malmö Arena, the second largest multi-purpose indoor arena in Sweden, which serves as a venue for handball and floorball matches, concerts, and a diversity of other events, noted for having already hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013. [2] Malmö Live will accommodate the "Turquoise Carpet" event on 5 May 2024, where the contestants and their delegations [a] are presented before accredited press and fans, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies; [4] [5] the venue will also offer screenings of the final. [6]
The host city also organises side events in conjunction with the contest. Folkets Park will be the location of the Eurovision Village, which will host performances by contest participants [b] and local artists, as well as screenings of the live shows for the general public and the OGAE Euro Fan Café at Amiralen (originally planned to be at Moriska paviljongen). [5] [8] [9] Malmö Live will be the location of the EuroClub, which will host the official after-parties and private performances by contest participants. A "Eurovision Street" was also meant to be established in Friisgatan, between Folkets Park and Triangeln; [5] its programme would have included music performances, which were ultimately transferred to the Eurovision Village for security reasons, [10] [11] also following the withdrawal of several artists due to Israel's participation in the contest. [12] [13] To celebrate the 50th anniversary of ABBA's – and Sweden's first – victory at the contest in 1974 with " Waterloo", a special ABBA World exhibition will take place at Södergatan between 29 April and 12 May 2024. [14]
Immediately after Sweden's win in the 2023 contest, the first cities to voice their interest in hosting the 2024 edition were Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö, the three largest cities in the country as well as the ones to have previously hosted the contest. Besides these, a number of other cities also expressed their intention to bid in the days that followed the 2023 victory, namely Eskilstuna, Jönköping, Örnsköldsvik, Partille and Sandviken. [15]
SVT set a deadline of 12 June 2023 for interested cities to formally apply. [16] Stockholm and Gothenburg officially announced their bids on 7 and 10 June respectively, [17] [16] followed by Malmö and Örnsköldsvik on 13 June. [18] [19] Shortly before the closing of the application period, SVT revealed that it had received several bids, [20] later clarifying that they had come from these four cities. [21] [22] Prior to this announcement, Sandviken and Jönköping had already declared to have opted out. [23] [24] On 7 July, Gothenburg and Örnsköldsvik's bids were reported to have been eliminated. [25] Later that day, the EBU and SVT announced Malmö as the host city. [1] [26]
Key:
† Host city
* Shortlisted
^ Submitted a bid
City | Venue | Notes | References |
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Eskilstuna | Stiga Sports Arena | Hosted the Second Chance round of Melodifestivalen in 2020. Did not meet the EBU requirements of capacity. | [27] |
Gothenburg ^ | Scandinavium | Hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1985. Roof needed adjustments for the lighting equipment. Set for demolition after the construction of a new sports facility nearby is completed. | [16] [25] [28] [29] [30] [31] |
Jönköping | Husqvarna Garden | Hosted the heats of Melodifestivalen in 2007. Did not meet the EBU requirements of capacity. | [32] [33] |
Malmö † | Malmö Arena | Hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. | [34] [35] |
Örnsköldsvik ^ | Hägglunds Arena | Hosted the heats of Melodifestivalen in 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018 and the semi-final in 2023. | [25] [36] |
Partille | Partille Arena | Hosted Eurovision Choir 2019. Did not meet the EBU requirements of capacity. | [37] |
Sandviken | Göransson Arena | Hosted one heat of Melodifestivalen in 2010. Plans included the cooperation of other municipalities in Gävleborg. | [38] [39] |
Stockholm * | Friends Arena | Hosted all but one final of Melodifestivalen since 2013. Preferred venue of the Stockholm City Council. | [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] |
Tele2 Arena | — | ||
Temporary arena | Proposal set around building a temporary arena in Frihamnen , motivated by the production needs of the contest and difficulties in finding vacant venues during the required weeks. |
Eurovision Song Contest 2024 – Participation summaries by country | |
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Eligibility for participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with an active EBU membership capable of receiving the contest via the Eurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide. The EBU issues invitations to participate in the contest to all members.
On 5 December 2023, the EBU announced that 37 countries would participate in the 2024 contest. Luxembourg is set to return to the contest 31 years after its last participation in 1993, while Romania, which had participated in the 2023 contest, was provisionally announced as not participating in 2024; [46] [47] this was subsequently confirmed on 25 January 2024. [48] [49]
The contest is set to feature two returning artists: Natalia Barbu and Hera Björk, who previously represented Moldova in 2007 and Iceland in 2010, respectively. [50] [51]
Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra, [90] Bosnia and Herzegovina, [91] Monaco [92] and Slovakia [93] confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU. For financial reasons, Romania was not included in the list of participants published on 5 December 2023, but its broadcaster TVR remained in talks with the EBU beyond the deadline regarding its participation; [46] on 25 January 2024, TVR ultimately opted not to participate in 2024. [49]
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is produced by the Swedish national broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). The core team consists of Ebba Adielsson as executive producer, Christel Tholse Willers as deputy executive producer, Tobias Åberg as executive in charge of production, Johan Bernhagen as executive line producer, Christer Björkman as contest producer, and Per Blankens as TV producer. Additional production personnel includes head of production David Wessén, head of legal Mats Lindgren, head of media Madeleine Sinding-Larsen, and executive assistant Linnea Lopez. [94] [95] [96] Edward af Sillén and Daniel Réhn wrote the script for the live shows' hosting segments and the opening and interval acts, [97] while Robin Hofwander, Daniel Jelinek and Fredrik Bäcklund will serve as multi-camera directors. [98] Background music for the shows was composed by Eirik Røland and Johan Nilsson. [99][ better source needed] A majority of the production personnel for 2024 previously worked in the previous three editions of the contest held in Sweden: 2000, 2013 and 2016.
Malmö Municipality contributed 30 million SEK (approximately €2.5 million) to the budget of the contest. [100] [101]
On 14 November 2023, the EBU announced that "United by Music", the slogan of the 2023 contest, would be retained for 2024 and future editions. [102] The accompanying theme art for 2024, named "The Eurovision Lights", was unveiled on 14 December. Designed by Stockholm-based agencies Uncut and Bold Scandinavia, it is based on simple, linear gradients inspired by vertical lines found on auroras and sound equalisers, and was built with adaptability across different formats taken into account. [103] [104] [105]
The stage design for the 2024 contest, revealed in December 2023, was devised by German production designer Florian Wieder, who had previously designed the sets of six previous contests – the most recent being in 2021. Lighting and screen content was designed by Swedish designer Fredrik Stormby. The stage will feature five movable LED cubes, floors and a backdrop screen along with other lighting, video and stagecraft technology, all set around a cross-shaped centre, with the aim of "creating a unique 360-degree experience" for viewers. Construction of the stage began on 2 April and concluded on 25 April. [106] [107]
The "postcards" are short video introductions shown on television whilst the stage is being prepared for the next entry. Filming began in February 2024. [108]
Swedish comedian and television host Petra Mede and Swedish-American actress Malin Åkerman were announced as the presenters of the 2024 contest on 5 February 2024. Mede had previously hosted both the 2013 and 2016 editions (solo and with Måns Zelmerlöw, respectively), as well as the 2015 special anniversary programme Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits alongside Graham Norton. [109] Jovan Radomir will moderate the contest's press conferences. [110]
In March 2024, Sertab Erener ( 2003 winner for Turkey) stated that she had been invited to the 2024 contest to perform a ballad version of her winning entry " Everyway That I Can" alongside Sena Şener as an interval act in one of the shows. [111] Presenter Petra Mede will also perform an interval number, titled "We Just Love Eurovision Too Much", alongside one or more as yet undisclosed performers. [112]
In November 2023, the production team at SVT stated its intention to increase security measures and to keep in contact with Malmö's police authority during the contest, citing a tense climate of protest amid Israel's participation despite its offensive on Gaza; [113] as of April 2024, this will include police reinforcement from Denmark and Norway, tightened cybersecurity, and a no-fly zone to prevent drone attacks, [114] [115] [116] as well as adjustments to the number of locations set to host side events. Through social media content, Israeli broadcaster Kan also expressed concerns over alleged antisemitism in Malmö, attributing this to the " Islamisation of Europe"; [117] additional measures will be taken to protect the Israeli delegation, with the representative Eden Golan being escorted by Shin Bet agents in addition to local police officers following death threats directed at her via social media. [118]
It has been noted that SVT's decision was made in the context of a high terroristic threat level in Sweden, with the Swedish Security Service (SÄPO) having raised the level from 3 to 4 out of 5 in August 2023, primarily in response to the 2023 Quran burnings in the country and prior to the Israel–Hamas war. [119] Concerns about the risk of terrorist attacks resurged in the wake of the Crocus City Hall attack outside Moscow on 22 March 2024. [117]
After the outcome of the 2023 contest, which saw Sweden win despite Finland's lead in the televoting, sparked controversy among the audience, Norwegian broadcaster NRK began discussions with the EBU regarding a potential revision of the jury voting procedure; it was noted that Norwegian entries in recent years had also been penalised by the juries, particularly in 2019 and 2023, when the country finished in sixth and fifth place overall, respectively, despite coming first in 2019 and third in 2023 with the televote. [120] In an interview, the Norwegian head of delegation Stig Karlsen discussed the idea of reducing the jury's weight on the final score from the current 49.4% to 40% or 30%. [121] [122] No changes to the voting system were ultimately implemented. [123]
For 2024, the "Rest of the World" voting window will be open for 24 hours before each show as well as during each show. For participating countries, it will be open after the last song is performed – as in previous years – in the semi-finals, while in the final it will be opened just before the first performance and will close 25 minutes after the last performance. [e] [124] The automatic qualifiers – the host country and the " Big Five" – will perform their entries in full during the semi-finals, in between the competing acts. [124] Thirteen of the twenty-five open positions in the running order of the final will be subject to a "producer's choice" draw option, alongside six positions available each for the first half and second half of the show; for those countries which draw the "producer's choice" category, the contest producers will be able to place that country anywhere in the running order. [125] The runtime of the final was initially planned to be reduced by approximately an hour, [126] [127] however, this was ultimately not a priority, with the final planned to be shortened by a maximum of five minutes. [128]
The draw to determine the participating countries' semi-finals took place on 30 January 2024 at 19:00 CET, at the Malmö Town Hall . [129] [130] The thirty-one semi-finalists were divided over five pots, based on historical voting patterns, with the purpose of reducing the chance of bloc voting and increasing suspense in the semi-finals. [131] [132] The draw also determined which semi-final each of the six automatic qualifiers – host country Sweden and "Big Five" countries ( France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) – would vote in and be required to broadcast. The ceremony was hosted by Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi, and included the passing of the host city insignia from Steve Rotheram, the mayor of the Liverpool City Region and representative of previous host city Liverpool, to Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, the mayor of Malmö Municipality. [132] [133] [130]
With the approval from the contest's reference group, Israel was allocated to the second semi-final following a request from Israeli broadcaster Kan, as the rehearsal date for the first semi-final coincided with Yom HaShoah. [134]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
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The first semi-final will take place on 7 May 2024 at 21:00 CEST [135] and feature fifteen competing countries. Those countries plus Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the World" vote, will vote in this semi-final. [136] The running order (R/O) was determined by the contest producers and was announced publicly on 26 March. [137] In addition to the competing entries, the United Kingdom, Germany and Sweden will perform their entries during the show, appearing on stage after the entries from Ireland, Iceland, and Moldova, respectively. [124]
R/O | Country | Artist | Song |
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1 | Cyprus | Silia Kapsis | " Liar" |
2 | Serbia | Teya Dora | " Ramonda" |
3 | Lithuania | Silvester Belt | " Luktelk" |
4 | Ireland | Bambie Thug | " Doomsday Blue" |
5 | Ukraine | Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil | " Teresa & Maria" |
6 | Poland | Luna | " The Tower" |
7 | Croatia | Baby Lasagna | " Rim Tim Tagi Dim" |
8 | Iceland | Hera Björk | " Scared of Heights" |
9 | Slovenia | Raiven | " Veronika" |
10 | Finland | Windows95man [c] | " No Rules!" |
11 | Moldova | Natalia Barbu | " In the Middle" |
12 | Azerbaijan | Fahree feat. Ilkin Dovlatov | " Özünlə apar" |
13 | Australia | Electric Fields | " One Milkali (One Blood)" |
14 | Portugal | Iolanda | " Grito" |
15 | Luxembourg | Tali | " Fighter" |
The second semi-final will take place on 9 May 2024 at 21:00 CEST [135] and feature sixteen competing countries. Those countries plus France, Italy and Spain, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the World" vote, will vote in this semi-final. [136] The running order (R/O) was determined by the contest producers and was announced publicly on 26 March. [137] In addition to the competing entries, France, Spain and Italy will perform their entries during the show, appearing on stage after the entries from Czechia, Latvia, and Estonia, respectively. [124]
R/O | Country | Artist | Song |
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1 | Malta | Sarah Bonnici | " Loop" |
2 | Albania | Besa | " Titan" |
3 | Greece | Marina Satti | " Zari" |
4 | Switzerland | Nemo | " The Code" |
5 | Czechia | Aiko | " Pedestal" |
6 | Austria | Kaleen | " We Will Rave" |
7 | Denmark | Saba | " Sand" |
8 | Armenia | Ladaniva | " Jako" |
9 | Latvia | Dons | " Hollow" |
10 | San Marino | Megara | " 11:11" |
11 | Georgia | Nutsa Buzaladze | " Firefighter" |
12 | Belgium | Mustii | " Before the Party's Over" |
13 | Estonia | 5miinust and Puuluup | " (Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi" |
14 | Israel | Eden Golan | " Hurricane" |
15 | Norway | Gåte | " Ulveham" |
16 | Netherlands | Joost Klein | " Europapa" |
The final will take place on 11 May 2024 at 21:00 CEST [135] and feature twenty-six competing countries, composed of the host country Sweden, the "Big Five", and the ten best-ranked entries of each of the two semi-finals. All thirty-seven participating countries with jury and televote, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the World" online vote, will vote in the final. The running order (R/O) of the host nation was determined by a random draw on 11 March; [140] the running order for the remaining finalists will be determined by the contest producers following the second semi-final.
R/O | Country | Artist | Song |
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1 | Sweden | Marcus & Martinus | " Unforgettable" |
TBD | France | Slimane | " Mon amour" |
Germany | Isaak | " Always on the Run" | |
Italy | Angelina Mango | " La noia" | |
Spain | Nebulossa | " Zorra" | |
United Kingdom | Olly Alexander | " Dizzy" | |
TBD 7 May 2024; 10 best ranked of semi-final 1 | |||
TBD 9 May 2024; 10 best ranked of semi-final 2 |
The 12-point scores from the national juries will be announced by a spokeperson from each participating country. The following spokepersons have been announced as of April 2024 [update]:
All participating broadcasters may choose to have on-site or remote commentators providing insight and voting information to their local audience. While they must broadcast at least the semi-final they are voting in and the final, most broadcasters air all three shows with different programming plans. In addition, some non-participating broadcasters air the contest. The Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel provides international live streams with no commentary of all shows.
The following are the broadcasters that have confirmed in whole or in part their broadcasting plans and/or commentators:
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Show(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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Australia | SBS | SBS | All shows | Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey | [151] [152] |
SBS On Demand | |||||
Austria | ORF | ORF 1 | All shows | TBA | [153] |
FM4 | Final | Jan Böhmermann and Olli Schulz | [154] [155] | ||
Azerbaijan | İTV | All shows | Nurlana Jafarova | [156] | |
Belgium | |||||
RTBF | Tipik | SF1 | Maureen Louys and Jean-Louis Lahaye | [157] [158] [159] | |
La Une | SF2, final | ||||
Auvio | All shows | ||||
VRT | VRT 1 | All shows | Peter Van de Veire | [160] | |
VRT MAX | |||||
Radio 2 | Final | ||||
Cyprus | CyBC | TBA | All shows | Melina Karageorgiou and Hovig | [161] |
Czechia | ČT | ČT2 | All shows | Vašek Matějovský, Patricie Kaňok Fuxová and Dominika Hašková | [162] [163] |
Denmark | DR | DR1 | All shows | Ole Tøpholm | [164] [165] [166] |
DR TV | |||||
Estonia | ERR | ETV | All shows | Estonian: Marko Reikop | [167] |
ETV+ | Russian: Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda | ||||
ETV2 | Sign language: various interpreters | ||||
Finland | Yle | Yle TV1 | All shows | TBA | [168] [169] [170] |
Yle Areena | Inari Sámi: Aslak Paltto and Heli Huovinen | ||||
France | France Télévisions | Culturebox | Semi-finals | Nicky Doll | [171] [172] |
France 2 | Final | Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini | |||
France.tv | Semi-finals | Nicky Doll | |||
Final | Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini | ||||
Germany | ARD/ NDR | One | Semi-finals | Thorsten Schorn | [173] [174] [175] |
Das Erste | Final | ||||
ARD Mediathek | All shows | ||||
Greece | ERT | ERT1 | All shows | Thanasis Alevras and Jérôme Kaluta | [176] [177] |
ERA 2 | TBA | ||||
Iceland | RÚV | RÚV | All shows | Gunna Dís Emilsdóttir | [178] [179] [180] [181] |
RÚV 2 | Sign language: various interpreters | ||||
Israel | IPBC | TBA | Asaf Liberman , Akiva Novick and Yoav Tzafir | [182] [183] | |
Italy | RAI | Rai 2 | Semi-finals | Gabriele Corsi and Mara Maionchi | [184] |
Rai 1 | Final | ||||
RaiPlay | All shows | ||||
Rai Radio 2 | Diletta Parlangeli and Matteo Osso | ||||
Lithuania | LRT | LRT TV | All shows | TBA | [185] |
Luxembourg | RTL | RTL | All shows |
Luxembourgish: Raoul Roos and Roger Saurfeld French: TBA English: TBA |
[146] [186] |
RTL Infos | |||||
RTL Radio | |||||
RTL Today Radio | |||||
rtl.lu | |||||
RTL Play | |||||
Netherlands | NPO/ AVROTROS | NPO 1 | All shows | Cornald Maas and Jacqueline Govaert | [187] [188] |
Poland | TVP | TVP1 | All shows | Artur Orzech | [189] [190] |
Serbia | RTS | RTS 1 | All shows | TBA | [191] |
Slovenia | RTVSLO | TV SLO 1 | SF1, final | Mojca Mavec | [192] [193] [194] |
TV SLO 2 | SF2 | ||||
Radio Val 202 | SF1, final | Maj Valerij | |||
Spain | RTVE | La 2 | SF1 | Spanish: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar | [195] [196] [197] [198] |
La 1 | SF2, final | ||||
RTVE Play | All shows | ||||
La 1 | Final | Catalan: Sònia Urbano and Xavi Martínez | |||
RTVE Play | |||||
Ràdio 4 | |||||
Radio Nacional | David Asensio, Sara Calvo, Ángela Fernández, Manu Martín-Albo and Luis Miguel Montes | [199] | |||
Sweden | SVT | SVT1 | All shows | Tina Mehrafzoon and Edward af Sillén | [200] [201] [202] [203] |
SVT Play | |||||
Switzerland | SRG SSR | RSI La 2 | Semi-finals | Ellis Cavallini and Gian-Andrea Costa | [204] [205] [206] |
RSI La 1 | Final | [207] [208] | |||
RTS 1 | TBA | ||||
SRF zwei | Semi-finals | Sven Epiney | [205] [206] [208] | ||
SRF 1 | Final | ||||
Ukraine | Suspilne | Suspilne Kultura | TBA | [209] | |
Radio Promin | |||||
United Kingdom | BBC | BBC One | Semi-finals | Scott Mills and Rylan Clark | [210] [211] [212] [213] [214] |
Final | TBA | ||||
BBC Radio 2 | Final | Scott Mills and Rylan Clark | |||
BBC iPlayer | Semi-finals | ||||
Final | TBA |
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Show(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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Montenegro | RTCG | TBA | [215] | ||
North Macedonia | MRT | [216] [217] | |||
Slovakia | RTVS | Rádio FM | Final | Daniel Baláž , Lucia Haverlík, Pavol Hubinák and Juraj Malíček | [218] [219] |
United States | NBC | Peacock | All shows | TBA | [220] [221] |
In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the You're a Vision Award will be contested during the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The OGAE (General Organisation of Eurovision Fans) voting poll also took place before the contest.
The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-head of delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and winner of the 1984 contest Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final. [222] The awards are divided into three categories: the Artistic Award, the Composers Award, and the Press Award. [223] The winners will be revealed shortly before the Eurovision final on 11 May.
OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 2024 poll was " Rim Tim Tagi Dim" performed by Baby Lasagna; the top five results are shown below. [224] [225] [226]
Country | Performer(s) | Song | OGAE result |
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Croatia | Baby Lasagna | " Rim Tim Tagi Dim" | 356 |
Italy | Angelina Mango | " La noia" | 338 |
Switzerland | Nemo | " The Code" | 290 |
Belgium | Mustii | " Before the Party's Over" | 223 |
France | Slimane | " Mon amour" | 188 |
Since the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war on 7 October 2023, calls have been made for Israel to be excluded from the contest on the grounds of the humanitarian crisis resulting from Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip; [227] [228] this has included protests and petitions directed at national broadcasters in a number of participating countries, notably in Finland, [229] Iceland [230] and Norway, [231] demanding that they withdraw or pressure the EBU to exclude Israel. The Icelandic broadcaster RÚV opted to decide over its participation on 11 March 2024, at the meeting among the heads of delegations of participating broadcasters, [232] ultimately confirming its presence. [51] No other broadcaster indicated its overt opposition to Israeli participation; however, in response to public calls in Slovenia, the country's broadcaster RTVSLO asked the EBU to hold extensive discussions with its members over the issue, [233] [234] receiving no response. [235]
In late February 2024, multiple Israeli media reports stated that two songs had been shortlisted for consideration as the Israeli entry for the 2024 contest, titled "October Rain" and "Dance Forever", and that both had been submitted to the EBU for evaluation but were rejected for containing political lyrics. [236] [237] [238] Israeli broadcaster Kan confirmed these reports on 3 March, while also stating that it asked the writers of both songs to "make the necessary adjustments" in order for them to be eligible. The selected song, titled " Hurricane", was approved by the EBU on 7 March and revealed three days later. [239] [240] [241]
While not mentioning Israel's participation in the contest, on 29 March 2024, several entrants – namely Bambie Thug (Ireland), Gåte (Norway), Iolanda (Portugal), Megara (San Marino), Mustii (Belgium), Nemo (Switzerland), Olly Alexander (United Kingdom), Saba (Denmark), Silvester Belt (Lithuania) and Windows95man (Finland) – released a joint statement calling for "an immediate and lasting ceasefire" in Gaza as well as the return of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas. [242] [243]
On 9 April 2024, the EBU released a statement by deputy director-general Jean Philip De Tender condemning "targeted social media campaigns" against participating artists, reportedly over the insufficient pressure put on the union to exclude Israel, stating that the inclusion of a country in the contest "is the sole responsibility of the EBU's governing bodies and not that of the individual artists". [244] [245]
A number of national selection events were disrupted by activists calling for a boycott in the lead-up to the contest. These included the first semi-final of Norway's Melodi Grand Prix, which saw a protester breaking on stage during the broadcast; [246] Spain's Benidorm Fest winners' clip showing two people waving Palestinian flags; [247] the second heat of Sweden's Melodifestivalen, which saw two audience members briefly shown wearing watermelon costumes and holding up placards calling for attention to the targeting of Palestinian children during the war; [248] and selection events in Denmark [249] and Finland, [250] which were targeted by demonstrators outside the venues calling for a boycott.
Demonstrations against Israeli participation have also taken place in the host city Malmö. In March 2024, the digital signage installed at Malmö Live in preparation for the contest was splattered in red paint, and its base was spray-painted with the words " Free Gaza". [251] [252] In early April, posters carrying messages including " Genocide Song Contest", "Malmö says no to genocide" and "Israel out of Eurovision or Eurovision out of Malmö", appeared in the city. [253] A demonstration took place outside the Malmö City Hall , with protesters chanting " long live Palestine" and " Israel is a terrorist state", on 10 April, when the municipality was set to discuss a popular initiative to rescind hosting duties due to Israel's participation; the city council unanimously voted to reject the proposal, with mayor Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh reiterating that decisions regarding participating countries are the sole responsibility of the EBU, and clarifying that the municipality could not deal with matters of "foreign policy" without contravening the municipal charter. [254] [255] In protest against Israeli participation, a number of artists cancelled their appearances in the Eurovision Village's events, forcing organisers to reschedule them. [10] [11]
As of 22 March 2024, [update] Malmö police has received six requests for protests during the Eurovision week: [256] one against Israeli participation in the contest, planned to include 10,000 people in a walk from Stortorget to Möllevångstorget ; [257] another one against the war in Gaza, to be organised outside Malmö Arena; one to show support to the Israeli Eurovision delegation, set to be held on 9 May and include a few hundred people; and another three in opposition to Israel's participation and in support of Palestine. [257] [258] As an alternative to the Eurovision final, a song contest titled "Falastinvision" is also planned to be held on 11 May at the Plan B music venue in Malmö and streamed online. [257] [259] [260]
Eurovision Song Contest: Malmö 2024 is the official compilation album of the contest, featuring all 37 entries. It was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and was released by Universal Music Group digitally on 12 April 2024, in CD format on 19 April 2024, and will be released in vinyl format on 24 May 2024. [261] [262] [263]
Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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Belgian Compilation Albums ( Ultratop 50 Flanders) [264] | 1 |
Belgian Compilation Albums ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [265] | 3 |
Dutch Compilation Albums ( Compilation Top 30) [266] | 1 |
Finnish Physical Albums ( Suomen virallinen lista) [267] | 8 |
German Compilation Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) [268] | 1 |
Irish Compilation Albums ( IRMA) [269] | 8 |
Swedish Physical Albums ( Sverigetopplistan) [270] | 8 |
Swiss Compilation Albums ( Schweizer Hitparade) [271] | 1 |
UK Compilation Albums ( OCC) [272] | 4 |