MALMÖ, Sweden — Scores of musicians, hundreds of journalists and thousands of music fans are gathering in the Swedish city of Malmo, where the Eurovision Song Contest is building towards Saturday's exuberant, glitter-drenched final. Even Eurovision can’t escape the world’s divisions, however.
Eden Golan of Israel performs the song Hurricane during the dress rehearsal for the second semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, Wednesday, May 8, 2024.
Once all the acts have performed, the winner is chosen by a famously complex mix of phone and online votes from viewers around the world and rankings by music-industry juries in each of the Eurovision countries. As the results are announced, countries slide up and down the rankings and tensions build. Ending up with “nul points,” or zero, ranks as a national humiliation.
Another nonbinary performer generating huge buzz is Ireland’s Bambie Thug, whose song “Doomsday Blue” is Gothic, intense, over the top and a real crowd-pleaser. . Ireland has won Eurovision seven times – a total equaled only by Sweden – but has fared poorly in recent years.So far the act with the most momentum is Croatian singer Baby Lasagna. His song “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” is perfect Eurovision: exuberant, silly, a little emotional and incredibly catchy. It’s already a huge fan favorite.
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