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| Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | |
|---|---|
| United by Music | |
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| 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) | Petra Mede Malin Akerman |
| Directed by | Robin Hofwander Daniel Jelinek Fredrik Bäcklund |
| Executive supervisor | Martin Österdahl |
| Executive producer | Ebba Adielsson Christel Tholse Willers |
| Host broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 37 |
| Number of finalists | 25 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries |  Luxembourg |
| Disqualified countries |  Netherlands |
| 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. |
| Winning song |  Croatia"Rim Tim Tagi Dim" |
The Fifth Blight was an armed conflict against the Darkspawn that lasted from 9:30 to 9:31 Dragon. The Grey Wardens sensed a coming Blight as early as 9:25 Dragon, but active hostilities began early in 9:30, when the horde broke the surface in the Korcari Wilds of southern Ferelden.
The first skirmishes of the war took place in late Wintermarch, at the fortress of Ostagar. It was there where the king of Ferelden, Cailan Theirin, had assembled an army to fight the Darkspawn horde. Despite the assurance of the Grey Wardens, the Ferelden commanders did not believe at the time that an Archdemon had risen, and its threat was dismissed.
The Battle of Ostagar occurred in Guardian 9:30 and proved to be the turning point of the war. The King, the Grey Wardens, and the bulk of the Ferelden forces were betrayed and left to die by Teyrn Loghain Mac Tir during a major Darkspawn assault on the fortress. Loghain and the troops of the Gwaren teynir fled the battlefield and returned to the Ferelden capital of Denerim. In the days following the battle, Loghain usurped the now-vacant throne, refused entry at the border to the Grey Warden reinforcements from Orlais, and sparked the Ferelden Civil War.
With Ostagar overrun, the horde were free to enter Ferelden proper. The kingdom would have been at the mercy of the darkspawn advance were it not for the survival of the two junior members of the Ferelden Grey Wardens and the infiltration into the country by a lone Orlesian Warden. The two Ferelden Wardens, Nesiris Surana and Alastair Theirin, were able to evade multiple assassination attempts by supporters of Loghain and came to assemble a coalition which consisted of forces from Orzammar, the Brecillian Dalish clan, the Circle of Magi, the Templar Order, and the arlings of western Ferelden. These combined forces were used to combat the advancing Darkspawn forces, and successfully slowed the horde’s advance into northern Ferelden throughout 9:30.
Additionally, the Grey Wardens supported the Ferelden royalists in the concurrent Ferelden Civil War. In the Landsmeet of 9:30 Dragon, the Warden-Royalist coalition were successful in deposing Loghain through diplomatic rathern then militaristic means and recruited him into the Grey Wardens, thus putting an end to the civil war. In his place, they appointed the Grey Warden Alastair, bastard son of the former king Maric Theirin, as ruler, marrying him to Queen Dowager Anora, wife of the former King Cailan and daughter of former Teyrn Loghain.
The Fifth Blight culminated in the Battle of Denerim in Wintermarch 9:31, where the Archdemon Urthemial was slain by the Wardens at the top of Fort Drakon, resulting in the death of Loghain Mac Tir. It was the smallest and shortest Blight in history, being stopped before it had a chance to expand beyond Ferelden and gain its full momentum. Nevertheless, the damage was immense, with multiple towns in southern Ferelden were destroyed, and thousands being killed or displaced. Elements of the Darkspawn horde would continue to plague Ferelden throughout the subsequent years, including in the Amaranthine Crisis of 9:31 Dragon, and the last of the horde’s remnants would remain on the surface until the end of the decade.
The Fifth Blight culminated in the Battle of Denerim in Wintermarch 9:31, where the Archdemon Urthemial was slain by the Wardens at the top of Fort Drakon, resulting in the death of Loghain Mac Tir. It was the smallest and shortest Blight in history, being stopped before it had a chance to expand beyond Ferelden and gain its full momentum. Nevertheless, the damage was immense, with multiple towns in southern Ferelden were destroyed, and thousands being killed or displaced. Elements of the Darkspawn horde would continue to plague Ferelden throughout the subsequent years, including in the Amaranthine Crisis of 9:31 Dragon, and the last of the horde’s remnants would remain on the surface until the end of the decade.
Key:
† Host city
* Shortlisted
^ Submitted a bid
| City | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Eskiltuna | Stiga Sports Arena | Hosted the Second Chance round of Melodifestivalen in 2020. Did not meet the EBU requirements of capacity. |
| 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. |
| Jönköping | Husqvarna Garden | Hosted the heats of Melodifestivalen in 2007. Did not meet the EBU requirements of capacity. |
| Malmö † | Malmö Arena | Hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. |
| Örnsköldsvik ^ | Hägglunds Arena | Hosted the heats of Melodifestivalen in 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018 and the semi-final in 2023. |
| Partille | Partille Arena | Hosted Eurovision Choir 2019. Did not meet the EBU requirements of capacity. |
| Sandviken | Göransson Arena | Hosted one heat of Melodifestivalen in 2010. Plans included the cooperation of other municipalities in Gävleborg. |
| Stockholm * | Friends Arena | Hosted all but one final of Melodifestivalen since 2013. Preferred venue of the Stockholm City Council. |
| 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. |
| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Albania
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RTSH | Besa | "Titan" | English |
 Armenia
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AMPTV | Ladaniva | "Jako" (Ժակո) | Armenian |
 Australia
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SBS | Electric Fields | "One Milkali (One Blood)" | English, Yankunytjatjara |
 Austria
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ORF | Kaleen | "We Will Rave" | English |
 Azerbaijan
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İTV | Fahree feat. Ilkin Dovlatov | "Özünlə apar" | English, Azerbaijani |
 Belgium
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RTBF | Mustii | "Before the Party's Over" | English |
| Croatia
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HRT | Baby Lasagna | "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" | English |
 Cyprus
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CyBC | Silia Kapsis | "Liar" | English |
 Czechia
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ČT | Aiko | "Pedestal" | English |
 Denmark
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DR | Saba | "Sand" | English |
 Estonia
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ERR | 5miinust and Puuluup | "(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi" | Estonian |
 Finland
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Yle | Windows95man | "No Rules!" | English |
 France
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France Télévisions | Slimane | "Mon amour" | French |
 Georgia
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GPB | Nutsa Buzaladze | "Firefighter" | English |
 Germany
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NDR | Isaak | "Always on the Run" | English |
 Greece
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ERT | Marina Satti | "Zari" (Ζάρι) | Greek |
 Iceland
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RÚV | Hera Björk | "Scared of Heights" | English |
 Ireland
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RTÉ | Bambie Thug | "Doomsday Blue" | English |
 Israel
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IPBC | Eden Golan | "Hurricane" | English, Hebrew |
 Italy
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RAI | Angelina Mango | "La noia" | Italian |
 Latvia
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LTV | Dons | "Hollow" | English |
 Lithuania
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LRT | Silvester Belt | "Luktelk" | Lithuanian |
| Luxembourg
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RTL | Krick | "Drowning in the Rain" | English |
 Malta
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PBS | Sarah Bonnici | "Loop" | English |
 Moldova
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TRM | Natalia Barbu | "In the Middle" | English |
| Netherlands
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AVROTROS | Joost Klein | "Europapa" | Dutch |
 Norway
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NRK | Gåte | "Ulveham" | Norwegian |
 Poland
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TVP | Luna | "The Tower" | English |
 Portugal
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RTP | Iolanda | "Grito" | Portuguese |
 San Marino
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SMRTV | Megara | "11:11" | Spanish, Italian |
 Serbia
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RTS | Teya Dora | "Ramonda" (Рамонда) | Serbian |
 Slovenia
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RTVSLO | Raiven | "Veronika" | Slovene |
 Spain
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RTVE | Nebulossa | "Zorra" | Spanish |
 Sweden
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SVT | Marcus & Martinus | "Unforgettable" | English |
 Switzerland
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SRG SSR | Nemo | "The Code" | English |
 Ukraine
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Suspilne | Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil | "Teresa & Maria" | Ukrainian, English |
 United Kingdom
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BBC | Olly Alexander | "Dizzy" | English |