Madrid (EFE) on Saturday the 11th of that month.
Sweden was the winner of the last edition, thanks to the interpretation of “Tattoo” by the singer from that country, Loreen, who in 2012 already reached the top of this festival with the song “Euphoria”.
Organizing the festival is also part of the prize awarded to the winner, so Malmö will receive the visit of thousands of people during the days of the contest, one of the most popular in Europe.
As announced this Friday, the town was selected among almost a dozen Swedish cities that also showed “their interest” in celebrating the festival next year, but only four reached the final stretch: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Örnsköldsvik and Malmö. .
Third time in Malmö
The first time the Eurovision Song Contest traveled to Malmö was in 1992 and eleven years later, in 2013, the competition returned to the city after Loreen’s first victory.
In 1992, 23 countries vied for the throne and it was the singer Linda Martin from Ireland who took the victory with her rendition of “Why Me?”.
In 2013 there were 39 contenders and the Danish Emmelie de Forest with the song “Only Teardrops” got the winning trophy.
The 2024 edition will be held at the Malmö Arena, a venue opened in 2008 with a capacity for approximately 12,000 spectators.
A wide variety of events have been held inside it over the years, including ice hockey games, concerts and the semifinals of the Melodifestivalen, the television program in which the Swedes annually choose their representative for the Festival of Eurovision.
Sweden and Ireland, tied to victories
With Loreen’s win last May, Sweden tied Ireland for the number of wins: seven. The seventh victory of the Nordic country will be celebrated in a big way the next edition, since in 2024 it will be 50 years since ABBA’s victory in this festival, in which it was the first Swedish victory.
It was on April 6, 1974 when the members of ABBA, Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, managed to win in the British city of Birmingham with Waterloo.
The theme, which shot the group to world fame, was chosen as the best song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, on its 50th anniversary celebrated at a special gala in 2005.