International Courant
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By Jennifer Clarke
BBC information
Sweden will host the 68th Eurovision Contest.
Nice Britain routinely qualifies for the grand remaining, however singer Olly Alexander introduced the British entry Dizzy in the course of the first semi-final on Tuesday.
Israel is among the many sixteen nations competing within the second semi-final on Thursday, by which Eden Golan will sing Hurricane.
What’s the Eurovision Tune Contest and which nations take part?
The Eurovision Tune Contest is an annual tv competitors organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
Songs have to be unique and now not than three minutes.
The lead vocals have to be dwell and a most of six singers and dancers are allowed.
Most Eurovision nations are European, however Australia takes half yearly, having been invited to participate within the Eurovision Tune Contest’s sixtieth anniversary celebrations in 2015. Nonetheless, Australia can’t host if it ever wins.
Different non-European nations, together with Israel, take part as a result of they’re members of the EBU.
The place will the Eurovision Tune Contest 2024 happen?
She grew to become the primary girl to win the competitors twice, after triumphing with Euphoria in 2012.
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Loreen is certainly one of solely two particular person singers to have achieved multiple Eurovision win; the opposite is Irish Johnny Logan
That is the seventh time that Sweden has hosted the competitors, and the third time that it has been held in Malmö.
The competitors is introduced by actor Malin Åkerman, and presenter and comic Petra Mede, who was additionally on the helm in 2013 and 2016.
When are the semi-finals and remaining of the Eurovision Tune Contest, and the way can I watch and hear?
The grand remaining will happen on Saturday, Might 11 on the Malmo Area.
Sweden would be the first nation to carry out, following a random draw.
France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Nice Britain are additionally assured a spot within the remaining, so will not be competing within the semi-finals, however they may nonetheless get the prospect to showcase their songs in the course of the reveals.
The primary semi-final was on Tuesday, Might 7, the second on Thursday, Might 9.
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Eire’s Bambie Thug has one of the vital weird numbers of the competitors
Moldova, Iceland, Australia, Poland and Azerbaijan didn’t qualify.
On Thursday, Might 9, sixteen nations will probably be within the second semi-final, together with Austria, Denmark, Greece and Israel.
Who’s British contestant Olly Alexander?
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A seasoned recording artist, Alexander has scored a number of high 10 hits throughout Europe
Alexander is understood all through Europe for hits akin to Need, King and If You are Over Me.
He’s additionally a Bafta-nominated actor and starred in Channel 4’s hard-hitting Aids drama It is A Sin.
Why is Israel’s participation within the Eurovision Tune Contest controversial?
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Israel will probably be represented at this yr’s competitors by Eden Golan
The revised texts inform the story of a lady going by means of a private disaster, based on Israeli public broadcaster Kan.
Individually, musicians and organizations from a lot of nations have referred to as for Israel to be suspended over the battle in Gaza.
The Icelandic Affiliation of Composers and Lyricists stated Israel’s army motion made its participation incompatible with an occasion “marked by pleasure and optimism.”
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The organizers of the Eurovision Tune Contest have resisted requires Israel’s exclusion, saying the conditions in Ukraine and Gaza are totally different.
The EBU has additionally stated that abuse and harassment of artists as a consequence of Israel’s participation are “unacceptable.”
How does voting work within the Eurovision Tune Contest?
The semi-finals are determined solely by a public vote of competing nations and other people world wide.
Public in Nice Britain, Germany, Sweden and the opposite nations not collaborating in both semi-final can vote.
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Can followers full well-liked Eurovision Tune Contest lyrics?
For the ultimate, every qualifying nation will award two units of scores: one from a jury of consultants and one from followers.
Every of their ten favourite songs receives factors, however they can’t vote for their very own nation’s music.
Their favourite act will get 12 factors, their second favourite 10 factors, their third alternative eight factors, after which seven factors, and so forth, down to 1 level for his or her tenth favourite.
Eurovision was one of many first tv competitions the place viewers might vote.
Followers in Austria, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Nice Britain started voting by phone in 1997.
In 2023, the remainder of the world might vote, with factors being awarded to the ten hottest songs worldwide.
How a lot does Eurovision price?
Every collaborating broadcaster pays an entrance price to the EBU.
France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Nice Britain pay probably the most, though the BBC doesn’t make its contribution public.
It’s thought that staging the 2023 occasion in Liverpool might have price the BBC between £8 million and £17 million. The British authorities pledged £10 million, whereas native authorities in Liverpool pledged £4 million.
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