FACTBOX: All you need to know about Eurovision 2024

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Roughly 100,000 visitors from 89 countries are expected in host city Malmö during the week for the 68th edition of the competition.The event will kick off on May 7 at 1900 GMT for the first semi-final, followed by a second semi-final two days later. The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place in Malmö, Sweden’s third-largest city with a population of 362,000. The city also hosted Eurovision in 1992 and in 2013.

Cyprus, Serbia, Lithuania, Ireland, Ukraine, Poland, Croatia, Iceland, Slovenia, Finland, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Australia, Portugal, and Luxembourg. Malta, Albania, Greece, Switzerland, Czechia, Austria, Denmark, Armenia, Latvia, San Marino, Georgia, Belgium, Estonia, Israel, Norway, and the Netherlands. The previous year’s winner and host nation Sweden has automatic entry to the final as well as the “Big Five” countries: United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Eurovision features live music performances from most European countries and beyond, including Israel and Australia.

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