Israel’s Eden Golan booed during Eurovision 2024 performance

Eurovision 2024 nearly pulled out of the song contest, just 25 minutes before the live final.The grand final of the competition took place in Malmö, Sweden – the home of 2023 winner Loreen – on Saturday May 11. However, the show was mired by widespread political backlash over the inclusion of Israel amid the Hamas-Israel conflict.Many of the contestants, including Ireland’s Bambie Thug and UK representative Olly Alexander, faced pressure to boycott the event in solidarity with Palestine.

Eurovision 2024 broke global viewing figures despite protests over the inclusion of Israel at this year’s event.According to figures from the EBU, 163 million viewers tuned into the three live events including the Grand Final.The total reach of the contest also increased by one million people compared to 2023 and has grown by two million since 2022’s event in Turin.The viewing share for the Grand Final was also 46.7 per cent – the highest since 2006 and almost triple the broadcast channels average (17.6 per cent).Germany recorded the highest audience for the Grand Final with an average of 8.1million viewers watching on Das Erste and ONE. The United Kingdom also had the second highest audience with 7.7 million viewers tuning in for the Grand Final on BBC One despite viewing figures being down compared to last year’s event in Liverpool.Online, the Eurovision Song Contest’s digital platforms had another record year with 486million unique accounts reached on TikTok, during the event weeks, more than four times as many as that in 2023.Up to 42million unique viewers across 231 countries and territories also watched content on the official YouTube channel during the week of the live shows.Speaking about the record results across the board, Jean Philip De Tender, EBU Deputy Director General said: “These incredible numbers show the Eurovision Song Contest’s huge global impact – online, on TV and importantly musically.

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The Eurovision Song Contest was certainly dramatic with calls for the competition to be boycotted and one act disqualified the day of the Grand Final. But despite the drama, the Contest went ahead on Saturday night in Malmo and reigning champion Loreen handed over the trophy to a new winner. Let's take a look at the final result.

Switzerland’s Nemo has won the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest!

At the end of a nail biting week of musical performances, the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 finally declared its winner on Saturday evening when Switzerland's Nemo won with their song The Code. The winning performance came after a tense week of surprising mishaps, in which controversy had dogged the 68th edition of the annual song contest for months in the run up to the live shows.

Fans were delighted to see Dame Joanne Lumley appear on screen as she revealed the UK's jury vote during the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest. But the country she named appeared to be a surprise to those tuning into the 68th edition of the contest on Saturday night (May 11).

There were hopes they would perform at the Eurovision Song Contest final and ABBA fans got their wish - sort of. The 68th edition of the world's biggest music competition on Saturday night (May 11) marked 50 years since the Swedish group won the Contest themselves.

All eyes were on Olly Alexander as he took to the stage at Malmo Arena in Sweden to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest. And it while it wasn't meant to be for us this year, with a brutal zero points in the public vote, we did fair slightly better than last year.

After months of excitement - and some last-minute drama - the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is over and the winner's crown this year was handed to Switzerland's Nemo

As music lovers around the world tuned into the Eurovision Song Contest’ s grand final on Saturday night, all eyes were on the 25 acts that were hoping to secure victory. Initially 26 countries had been due to compete, but following a controversial decision by the European Broadcasting Union to ban Dutch entrant Joost Klein, only 25 made it to the stage on Saturday evening.

The highly-anticipated Eurovision final is here at last. Some 25 countries will battle it out to become champion of the world's biggest music competition.

The 68th Eurovision Song Contest is finally here, with another set of musical hopefuls eager to represent their countries and impress both the judges and the public.

Flying the flag for the UK at this year's Eurovision Song Contest is Olly Alexander.

Scandinavian pop sensations Marcus and Martinus are representing reigning champions Sweden at Eurovision 2024.

Representing Germany at this year's Eurovision is the talented Isaak.

Eurovision host Malin Akerman might be a familiar face to some - and it's not surprising why. The actress is making her Eurovision debut as she co-hosts the Song Contest alongside presenter Petra Mede this year.

The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 has finally arrived after a busy week of semi-finals and events for those lucky enough to be in Sweden in the build up to what is always one of the biggest nights of the year.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is making a shocking move.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is coming to an end on Saturday (May 11)!