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Welcome back to Malmö as we kick off our coverage of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. With as many exciting new additions as show aspects that stayed the same, there’s plenty to catch you up on as we head into this year’s contest.
Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily News From Malmö, Monday 6th May
Fin Ross Russell and Dude Points sit down with Samantha Ross to kick off our daily podcasts from Malmö. They discuss the atmosphere around the city, the changes to this year’s regulations and why the competition this year is still too close to call!
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On the most open contest, I think 2011 and 2017 were open but a strong favourite fell away as the final drew near. Those contests were then won by acts that were second or third in the betting odds and were talked about ahead of the contest. I’d say 2014 and 2021 were much more open in that 2014 boiled down to Austria v Netherlands but neither were top 3 in the betting a week before the contest.
2021 similarly Italy got hot as the final arrived but the question was whether juries would back it.
A really good point from Samantha Ross about televoters running out of votes. One change not mentioned is the producer’s choice draws. I’m sure that and the widened voting window go hand in hand. The EBU and Bjorkman have found a way to give more even help to the songs and countries they want to “shine”.