The world’s biggest music competition returns this May as the Eurovision Song Contest, one of the longest-running and most-watched non-sporting events in the world, is broadcast live from Malmö across the BBC. In celebration of the most spectacular music contest on the planet, the BBC is promising viewers and listeners a huge array of Eurovision content across TV, Radio, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sounds and Online.
Multi-award winning music superstar Olly Alexander will be representing the UK with his single ‘Dizzy’, released by Polydor . Both viewers across Europe and professional juries in each country will vote in the Grand Final, and their combined scores will decide the winner of Eurovision 2024. For the 2nd year running there will be a ‘Rest of the World’ viewer vote too which will be incorporated into the total points of the viewer vote.
The BBC’s Eurovision Song Contest 2024 coverage is a BBC Studios Entertainment production, commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC. The Executive Producers are Andrew Cartmell and Lee Smithurst. The Creative Director for BBC Studios Entertainment North is Pete Ogden and Suzy Lamb is the Managing Director of Entertainment & Music at BBC Studios. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Ruby Kuraishe.
The 15 countries competing are: Cyprus, Serbia, Lithuania, Ireland, Ukraine, Poland, Croatia, Iceland, Slovenia, Finland, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Australia, Portugal and Luxembourg. Highlights include, Nemo who is representing Switzerland with a song encompassing Drum ‘n’ Bass, Rap, Opera and a James Bond-esque sound, who is currently one of the favourites to win. Kaleen from Austria whose song ‘We Will Rave’ is a nod to 90’s dance anthems. Joost Klein is representing Netherlands and also bringing a 90’s dance vibe with a style of Dutch techno, called Gabba, in there song ‘Europapa’ after taking inspiration from Vengaboys and 2Unlimited.
After the presentation of the scores from the juries, the televoting points from all participating countries will be combined, providing one overall score for each song. These televoting results will then be announced by the hosts building towards a dramatic climax as the winner of Eurovision 2024 is announced.The residents of Albert Square are in for a treat this spring as multi-award winning singer and actor, Olly Alexander, arrives in Walford for a surprise visit.
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