🇸🇪 News from the HoD meeting

Today, there is some interesting news from the Head of Delegation meeting. This meeting took place today, and some decisions are made about the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest:

Iceland

It was a big questionmark whether Iceland was going to take part or not. Icelandic broadcaster RUV stated that they, together with the artist, would make a decision. Icelandic artists expressed serious concern about their country taking part in a contest with Israel being there.
The decision now made is that Iceland will take part. Big releave for singer Hera Björk, who now will for sure represent her country.

Marcus & Martinus

Always, the place for the host country gets drawn at the HoD meeting. So this time, it was decided where Sweden would perform in the final. And the result is: they will open it! In 1984, Sweden opened the show too and won. Is it an omen?

Big Five

For the very first time, the artists from the Big Five countries – France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom – and host nation Sweden will each perform their entries in full live during the Semi-Finals. In other years, a part of the rehearsals was shown, but never the entire performance. Longer ago, even that didn’t happen and only a part of the video was shown.

The voting

A new feature for Malmö 2024 includes extending the timeframe for voting during the Grand Final.

Voting will start just before the first song is performed on Saturday, 11 May. This allows viewers to vote for the songs in real-time as they are being performed, a departure from the traditional method where voting commenced after all the entries were showcased. This approach was the standard since the introduction of public voting in 1997, with the exceptions of 2010 and 2011 when voting opened at the show’s start.

Moreover, fans from countries not competing (Rest of The World) will be given almost 24 hours to vote for their preferred songs before the start of each live show. For these international fans, online voting will be available right after the conclusion of the second dress rehearsal for each Semi-Final and the Grand Final, continuing until the commencement of the live broadcasts.

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In 5 heats, 2 songs each go to the final. Number 3 goes to the ‘final qual’. After the 5th heat, 2 songs from that contest will be added to the final, which contains 12 songs. 4th heat date: 21 februaryPlace: Malmö Arena, MalmöHosts: Gina Dirawi & Hampus Nessvold 1 Cimberly Eternity Final       l & m: Cimberly-Malaika Wanyonyi, David Lindgren Zacharias, Dino Medanhodzic & Melanie Wehbe         2 Timo Räisänen Ingenting är efter oss Eliminated       l & m: Andreas “Giri” Lindbergh, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Lina Räisänen, Linnea Deb & Timo Räisänen         3 Meira Omar Dooset daram Qualified for Final Qual       l & m: Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Laurell Barker & Meira Omar         4 Felix Manu Hatar

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The show starts at 20:00 CET and you can watch it at SVT. final date: 7 marchPlace: Strawberry Arena, StockholmHosts: Gina Dirawi & Hampus Nessvold 1 A*Teens Iconic         l & m: Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy Jansson, Lina Hansson, Moa Carlebecker & Thomas G:son         2 Meira Omar Dooset daram         l & m: Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Laurell Barker & Meira Omar         3 Lilla Al-Fadji Delulu         l & m: Daniel Réhn, Edward af Sillén, Fredrik Sonefors, Lilla Al-Fadji, Melanie Wehbe & Mikaela Samuelsson         4 Saga Ludvigsson Ain’t Today         l & m: Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy Jansson, Johanna “Dotter” Jansson, Saga Ludvigsson         5 Smash Into Pieces Hollow         l & m: Benjamin Jennebo, Chris Adam Hedman Sörbye, Per Bergquist & Philip Strand         6 Cimberly Eternity         l & m: Cimberly-Malaika Wanyonyi, David Lindgren Zacharias, Dino Medanhodzic & Melanie Wehbe         7 Medina Viva L’Amor         l & m: Ali Jammali, Anderz Wrethov, Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt & Sami Rekik         8 Greczula Half Of Me         l & m: Andreas Werling, Karl Ivert, Kian Sang & Kristofer Greczula         9 Robin Bengtsson Honey, Honey         l & m: Gavin Jones, Petter Tarland, Pär Westerlund & Robin Bengtsson         10 Felicia My System         l & m: Audun Agnar, Emily Harbakk, Felicia Eriksson, Julie Bergan & Theresa Rex         11 Sanna Nielsen Waste Your Love         l & m: Jimmy Jansson, Peter Boström & Thomas G:son         12 Brandsta City Släckers Rakt in i elden         l & m: Anderz Wrethov, Elin Wrethov, Kristofer Strandberg & Robert Skowronski           1st heat date: 31 JanuaryPlace: Saab Arena, LinköpingHosts: Gina Dirawi & Hampus Nessvold 1 Greczula Half Of Me       final l & m: Andreas Werling, Karl Ivert, Kian Sang & Kristofer Greczula         2 Jacqline Woman       Final qual l & m: Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy Jansson, Moa “Cazzi Opeia” Carlebecker & Thomas G:son         3 Noll2 Berusade ord       eliminated l & m: Fredrik Andersson, Jakob Westerlund & Wilmer Öberg         4 Junior Lerin Copacabana Boy       eliminated l & m: Fredrik Andersson         5 Indra Beautiful Lie       eliminated l & m: Anderz Wrethov, Indra Elg, Kristofer Strandberg, Laurell Barker, Robert Skowronski         6 A*Teens Iconic       final l & m: Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy Jansson, Lina Hansson, Moa Carlebecker & Thomas G:son           2nd heat date: 7 februaryPlace: Scandinavium, GöteborgHosts: Gina Dirawi & Hampus Nessvold 1 Arwin Glitter Eliminated       l & m: Arwin Ismail, Axel Schylström, Dino Medanhodzic, Melanie Wehbe & Robert Skowronski         2 Laila Adèle Oxygen Eliminated       l & m: Jonas Thander, Laila Adèle & Marcus Winther-John         3 Robin Bengtsson Honey, Honey Qualified for Final Qual       l & m: Gavin Jones, Petter Tarland, Pär Westerlund & Robin Bengtsson         4 Felicia My System Final       l & m: Audun Agnar, Emily Harbakk, Felicia Eriksson, Julie Bergan & Theresa Rex         5 Klara Almström Där hela världen väntar Eliminated       l & m: Fredrik Sonefors, Jimmy Jansson & Klara Almström         6 Brandsta City Släckers Rakt in i elden Final       l & m: Anderz Wrethov, Elin Wrethov, Kristofer Strandberg & Robert Skowronski           3rd heat date: 14 FebruaryPlace: Kristiansand Arena, KristiansandHosts: Gina Dirawi & Hampus Nessvold 1 Patrik Jean Dusk Till Dawn Eliminated       l & m: David Lindgren Zacharias, Joy Deb, Melanie Wehbe & Patrik Jean         2 Korslagda King of Rock ‘n’ Roll Eliminated       l & m: Andreas Werling, Kristofer Strandberg, Pedro Sanchez & Stefan “UBBE” Sjur         3 Emilia Pantić Ingenting Eliminated       l & m: Emilia Pantić, Fredrik Andersson, Jakob Westerlund, Theodor Ström & Wilmer Öberg         4 Medina Viva L’Amor Final       l & m: Ali Jammali, Anderz Wrethov, Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt & Sami Rekik         5 Eva Jumatate Selfish Qualified for Final Qual       l & m: Eva Jumatate, Herman Gardarfve, Marlene Strand, Ruth Lindegren         6 Saga Ludvigsson Ain’t Today Final       l & m: Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy Jansson, Johanna “Dotter” Jansson, Saga Ludvigsson         Sweden selects its song through Melodifestivalen. In 5 heats, 2 songs each go to the final. Number 3 goes to the ‘final qual’. After the 5th heat, 2 songs from that contest will be added to the final, which contains 12 songs. 4th heat date: 21 februaryPlace: Malmö Arena, MalmöHosts: Gina Dirawi & Hampus Nessvold 1 Cimberly Eternity Final       l & m: Cimberly-Malaika Wanyonyi, David Lindgren Zacharias, Dino Medanhodzic & Melanie Wehbe         2 Timo Räisänen Ingenting är efter oss Eliminated       l & m: Andreas “Giri” Lindbergh, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Lina Räisänen, Linnea Deb & Timo Räisänen         3 Meira Omar Dooset daram Qualified for Final Qual       l & m: Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Laurell Barker & Meira Omar         4 Felix Manu Hatar

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