Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | ||||
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| Country |  Sweden | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 2024 | |||
| Selection date(s) | TBA, 2024 | |||
| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Sweden will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, having won the previous edition with "Tattoo" performed by Loreen. The Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) will organise Melodifestivalen 2024 in order to select its entry for the contest.
Background
Prior to the 2024 contest, Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty-two times since its first entry in 1958. Sweden has won the contest on seven occasions (tying with Ireland for the most wins in the contest): in 1974 with the song "Waterloo" performed by ABBA, in 1984 with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" performed by Herreys, in 1991 with the song "Fångad av en stormvind" performed by Carola, in 1999 with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven" performed by Charlotte Nilsson, in 2012 with the song "Euphoria" performed by Loreen, in 2015 with the song "Heroes" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw, and in 2023 with "Tattoo" again performed by Loreen, who became the second artist (after Ireland's Johnny Logan) to win the contest more than once, as well as the first female artist to do so. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, Sweden's entries, to this point, have featured in every final, except for 2010.[1]
The Swedish national broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), broadcasts the event within Sweden and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Since 1959, SVT has organised the annual competition Melodifestivalen in order to select the Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Before Eurovision
Melodifestivalen 2024
The 2024 edition of Melodifestivalen is set to take place early in 2024. It will feature five heats (the fifth replacing the previously held semi-final) and a final. A submission period will open between 25 August and 15 September 2023 to select 30 competing entries.[2]
References
- ^ "Sweden". Eurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ Ryan, Tom (29 June 2023). "SVT announce changes to Melodifestivalen format for 2024". ESCXTRA. Retrieved 29 June 2023.