Sweden: Frans is the Swedish spokeperson for Eurovision 2024!

When the Eurovision Song Contest was last held on home soil, in Stockholm in 2016, Frans stood on stage as Sweden‘s representative with the song “If I Were Sorry“. Now the role is completely different, and he expresses:

“Eurovision has been such a big part of my life and I am incredibly honored to have been given this assignment.”

Frans Jeppsson Wall, with the stage name Frans, became nationally known as a seven-year-old with “Whos’s Da Man“, the group Elias‘ tribute song to Zlatan before the 2006 World Cup.

In Melodifestivalen 2016, Frans went straight to the final with the song “If I Were Sorry” written and produced by Oscar Fogelström, Michael Saxell and Fredrik Andersson. As a seventeen-year-old, Frans became the youngest to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest since Carola‘s victory in Melodifestivalen in 1983. Frans and “If I Were Sorry” placed fifth in the Grand Final.

Viewership of Semi-Final 1

In Sweden, over one million viewers tuned in to watch the live broadcast of Semi-Final One of Eurovision 2024. SVT1, the broadcasting channel, reported 1,081,000 viewers for the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, according to TV viewership ratings service MMS. Although it was the most-watched program in Sweden on May 7, it recorded 224,000 fewer viewers compared to last year’s first semi-final, resulting in a 17.8% decrease in viewership. Additionally, the Eurovision Pre-Party program attracted 657,000 viewers.