Eurovision Song Contest 2024 - Malmö

[650lb Sumo]

Tomorrow is the final!

British TV coverage starts at 8pm BST tomorrow.

The venue is the Malmö Arena (capacity 15,500), which hosted the finals in 2013. This is Sweden's seventh time as host.

Competitors who made it to the final, and the languages of their songs:

Armenia - Armenian
Austria - English
Croatia - English
Cyprus - English
Estonia - Estonian

Finland - English
France - French
Georgia - English
Germany - English
Greece - Greek

Ireland - English
Israel - English/Hebrew
Italy - Italian
Latvia - English
Lithuania - Lithuanian

Luxembourg - English/French
Netherlands - Dutch
Norway - Norwegian
Portugal - Portuguese
Serbia - Serbian

Slovenia - Slovenian
Spain - Spanish
Sweden - English
Switzerland - English
Ukraine - English/Ukrainian

UK - English

You might wonder how countries are supposed to represent their national talent and culture while singing in a foreign language (which I have refrained from calling 'Globish', although that is what it really is). 'English' was banned for everyone except the UK, Ireland and Malta from 1977 to 1998.

You also might wonder why Israel is competing when it isn't in Europe (there were a few other countries whose European-ness is debatable, or which are totally non-European, in earlier stages but they didn't make the final). This is not a political thread so I won't go into that here. However Israel's participation has angered a lot of people, and competitors have been ordered to avoid any expressions about Israel/Palestine etc. The street performance part of the event was cancelled due to security concerns and protests of up to 100,000 are ongoing in Malmö

It is also alleged that clapping and cheering have been played over the sound system to drown out boos and hisses when the Israeli competitor, Eden Golan, who is being bodyguarded by Shin Bet as well as Swedish police, performed in earlier events. Protests have broken out when she and the 2014 winner, Israeli drag queen Conchita Wurst, have performed in the run up to the finals, in Malmö. In fact there have been a lot of anti-Israeli protests at the smaller events in the earlier stages of the competition, in other cities and countries too. Russia has been banned from Eurovision since 2022.

Ok politics over! All song entries can be watched/listened to here:

'Non-binary Gothic Witch' Bambie Thug, representing Ireland, has already attracted a lot of attention:



and personally I think Norway has a strong entry this year:



I don't see Olly Alexander for the UK doing very well, but we'll see how things go on the night!



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BREAKING

Joost Klein, the Dutch competitor, has been pulled from dress rehearsals today following an 'incident':

The participants of this year’s contest, which are being held in Sweden after Loreen was victorious at last year’s event in Liverpool, have been taking part in dress rehearsals today for the final tomorrow night.

But during one of the dress rehearsals, Joost did not perform as intended. Whilst some reports on social media have suggested the singer appeared in the opening flag parade, he and his dancers did not appear on stage when it was time to practice their routine. The rest of the dress routine is said to have then continued on.

Bosses behind the contest, which will also feature Years & Years’ frontman Olly Alexander representing the United Kingdom, have not yet given any details on what has happened besides suggesting that they are investigating an incident.

In a statement issued to television critic Scott Bryan and shared on his social media, Eurovision organisers are reported to have said: “We are currently investigating an incident that was reported to us involving the Dutch artist.

“He will not be rehearsing until further notice. We have no further comment at this time and will update in due course.”

 

[650lb Sumo]

Joost Klein has been disqualified.

Swedish police have investigated a complaint made by a female member of the production crew after an incident following his performance in Thursday night’s Semi Final.
“While the legal process takes its course, it would not be appropriate for him to continue in the Contest."

A man has been questioned by police over allegations of threats at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Swedish news outlets have reported that he is being investigated after an incident involving a television production worker.

 

[650lb Sumo]

It was an entertaining tournament! All the songs I thought were strong didn't do well though lol. Norway got completely destroyed.

I thought Spain was the best, and the British entry was poor. Israel's 323 public votes were blatantly fake.

 

[Chad The Limey]

I think the strongest song and production won, although I preferred the Croatian and Irish entries

 

[PurpleStorm]

Winners of the Eurovision Song Contest.

year	song, songwriter	performer	country
1956	“Refrain,” Émile Gardaz, Géo Voumard	Lys Assia	Switzerland
1957	“Net als toen,” Willy van Hemert, Guus Jansen	Corry Brokken	Netherlands
1958	“Dors mon amour,” Pierre Delanoë, Hubert Giraud	André Claveau	France
1959	“Een beetje,” Willy van Hemert, Dick Schallies	Teddy Scholten	Netherlands
1960	“Tom Pillibi,” Pierre Cour, André Popp	Jacqueline Boyer	France
1961	“Nous les amoureux,” Jacques Datin, Maurice Vidalin	Jean-Claude Pascal	Luxembourg
1962	“Un Premier Amour,” Rolande Valade, Claude Henri Vic	Isabelle Aubret	France
1963	“Dansevise,” Sejr Volmer-Sørensen, Otto Francker	Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann	Denmark
1964	“Non ho l’età,” Nicola Salerno	Gigliola Cinquetti	Italy
1965	“Poupée de cire, poupée de son,” Serge Gainsbourg	France Gall	Luxembourg
1966	“Merci chérie,” Udo Jürgens, Thomas Hörbiger	Udo Jürgens	Austria
1967	“Puppet on a String,” Bill Martin, Phil Coulter	Sandie Shaw	United Kingdom
1968	“La, la, la,” Ramón Arcusa, Manuel de la Calva	Massiel	Spain
1969	“Vivo cantando,” Aniano Alcalde, María José de Cerato	Salomé	Spain
“Boom Bang-a-Bang,” Peter Warne, Alan Moorhouse	Lulu	United Kingdom
“De troubadour,” Lenny Kuhr, David Hartsena	Lenny Kuhr	Netherlands
“Un Jour, un enfant,” Eddy Marnay, Emile Stern	Frida Boccara	France
1970	“All Kinds of Everything,” Derry Lindsay, Jackie Smith	Dana	Ireland
1971	“Un Banc, un arbre, une rue,” Yves Dessca, Jean-Pierre Bourtayre	Séverine	Monaco
1972	“Après toi,” Klaus Munro, Yves Dessca, Mario Panas	Vicky Leandros	Luxembourg
1973	“Tu te reconnaîtras,” Vline Buggy, Claude Morgan	Anne-Marie David	Luxembourg
1974	“Waterloo,” Stikkan Anderson, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus	ABBA	Sweden
1975	“Ding-a-Dong,” Will Luikinga, Eddy Ouwens, Dick Bakker	Teach-In	Netherlands
1976	“Save Your Kisses for Me,” Tony Hiller, Lee Sheriden, Martin Lee	Brotherhood of Man	United Kingdom
1977	“L’Oiseau et l’enfant,” José Gracy, Jean-Paul Cara	Marie Myriam	France
1978	“A-Ba-Ni-Bi,” Ehud Manor, Nurit Hirsh	Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta	Israel
1979	“Hallelujah,” Shimrit Orr, Kobi Oshrat	Gali Atari and Milk and Honey	Israel
1980	“What’s Another Year,” Shay Healy	Johnny Logan	Ireland
1981	“Making Your Mind Up,” Andy Hill, John Danter	Bucks Fizz	United Kingdom
1982	“Ein bisschen Frieden,” Bernd Meinunger, Ralph Siegel	Nicole	West Germany
1983	“Si la vie est cadeau,” Alain Garcia, Jean-Pierre Millers	Corinne Hermès	Luxembourg
1984	“Diggi-loo diggi-ley,” Britt Lindeborg, Torgny Söderberg	Herrey’s	Sweden
1985	“La det swinge,” Rolf Løvland	Bobbysocks	Norway
1986	“J’aime la vie,” Marino Atria, Jean-Pierre Furnémont, Angelo Crisci	Sandra Kim	Belgium
1987	“Hold Me Now,” Sean Sherrard	Johnny Logan	Ireland
1988	“Ne partez pas sans moi,” Nella Martinetti, Atilla Sereftug	Céline Dion	Switzerland
1989	“Rock Me,” Stevo Cvikich, Rajko Dujmich	Riva	Yugoslavia
1990	“Insieme: 1992,” Toto Cutugno	Toto Cutugno	Italy
1991	“Fångad av en stormvind,” Stephan Berg	Carola	Sweden
1992	“Why Me,” Sean Sherrard	Linda Martin	Ireland
1993	“In Your Eyes,” Jimmy Walsh	Niamh Kavanagh	Ireland
1994	“Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids,” Brendan Graham	Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan	Ireland
1995	“Nocturne,” Petter Skavlan, Rolf Løvland	Secret Garden	Norway
1996	“The Voice,” Brendan Graham	Eimear Quinn	Ireland
1997	“Love Shine a Light,” Kimberley Rew	Katrina and the Waves	United Kingdom
1998	“Diva,” Yoav Ginay	Dana International	Israel
1999	“Take Me to Your Heaven,” Gert Lengstrand	Charlotte Nilsson	Sweden
2000	“Fly on the Wings of Love,” Jørgen Olsen	Olsen Brothers	Denmark
2001	“Everybody,” Maian-Anna Kärmas, Ivar Must	Tanel Padar, Dave Benton, and 2XL	Estonia
2002	“I Wanna,” Marija Naumova, Marats Samauskis	Marie N	Latvia
2003	“Every Way That I Can,” Demir Demirkan, Sertab Erener	Sertab Erener	Turkey
2004	“Wild Dances,” Ruslana Lyzhichko, Aleksandr Ksenofontov	Ruslana	Ukraine
2005	“My Number One,” Christos Dantis, Natalia Germanou	Helena Paparizou	Greece
2006	“Hard Rock Hallelujah,” LORDI	LORDI	Finland
2007	“Molitva,” Vladimir Graić, Saša Milošević Mare	Marija Šerifović	Serbia
2008	“Believe,” Dima Bilan, Jim Beanz	Dima Bilan	Russia
2009	“Fairytale,” Alexander Rybak	Alexander Rybak	Norway
2010	“Satellite,” Julie Frost, John Gordon	Lena	Germany
2011	“Running Scared,” Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman, Iain Farquharson	Ell/Nikki	Azerbaijan
2012	“Euphoria,” Thomas G:son, Peter Boström	Loreen	Sweden
2013	“Only Teardrops,” Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen, Thomas Stengaard	Emmelie de Forest	Denmark
2014	“Rise like a Phoenix,” Charly Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, Julian Maas	Conchita Wurst	Austria
2015	“Heroes,” Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Anton Hård af Segerstad	Måns Zelmerlöw	Sweden
2016	“1944,” Susana (“Jamala”) Jamaladinova	Susana (“Jamala”) Jamaladinova	Ukraine
2017	“For the Both of Us,” Luisa Sobral	Salvador Sobral	Portugal
2018	“Toy,” Doron Medalie, Stav Beger	Netta	Israel
2019	“Arcade,” Duncan Laurence, Joel Sjöö, Wouter Hardy	Duncan Laurence	Netherlands
2020	Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021	“Zitti e buoni,” Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis, Thomas Raggi, Ethan Torchio	Måneskin	Italy
2022	“Stefania,” Ivan Klymenko, Oleh Psiuk, Ihor Didenchuk, Tymofii Muzychuk, Vitalii Duzhyk	Kalush Orchestra	Ukraine
2023	“Tattoo,” Jimmy Jansson, Jimmy Joker, Loreen, Moa Carlebecker, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son	Loreen	Sweden
2024	“The Code,” Benjamin Alasu, Lasse Midtsian Nymann, Linda Dale, Nemo Mettler	Nemo	Switzerland

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

 

[PurpleStorm]

Can anyone briefly explain the criteria for this contest? Don't feel like looking it up. Fascinating that Abba, Sandy Shaw & Serge Gainsbourg are on the above list. Love them. Most artists I've never heard. I'd love a lot of these songs if I heard them because I like a lot of pop music.

 

[Boomb]

It's a "trash parade" it hasn't been about music for a couple of decades now, imo.