In exactly two months from now, we will know the winner of Eurovision 2024. However and in order to keep the excitement high, SVT has announced some changes to the 2024 edition.
The voting window will be extended in the Grand Final
As for now, following the conclusion of all the participants’ performances in the Grand Final, the voting window opens for the public. However, this year, the voting will start at the beginning of the show, just before the first performance. This system was only implemented twice before , in 2010 and 2011 and will return in 2024.
Moreover, fans in non-participating countries (the Rest of the World) will now have nearly 24 hours to vote for their favorite songs before each live show begins. Online voting for the Rest of The World will begin immediately after the second dress rehearsal for each Semi-Final and Grand Final concludes the previous night, and will remain open until the live shows begin.
For these changes, the executive producer of Eurovision 2024, Ebba Adielsson, mentions:
Voting in the final has previously opened when all 26 entries have finished singing. Instead, we want to provide the opportunity to engage the viewers from the start – if you see something you like, you should be able to vote immediately. You can also, of course, wait until the recap at the end, as in previous years.
SVT has positive experience with this voting procedure in ‘Melodifestivalen’ (Sweden’s national final). In addition, there are viewers in other parts of the world who want to vote and we want to give them a better opportunity to participate in the result. Now they don’t have to set an alarm clock in the middle of the night.
Big Five and Sweden will perform in the semi-finals
The artists from the Big Five nations—France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom—as well as the host country, Sweden, will each perform their entry in full live during the semi-finals for the first time.
Previously, during the Semi-Finals, a brief video snippet of each of their rehearsals was shown. The Big Five and Sweden will now get the opportunity to present their entries to the audience live alongside the competing acts on the Eurovision stage.
However, their performances will not be presented during the interval, as usual, but they will be slotted in between the participants’ acts.
- Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom will perform in the first semi-final
- France, Italy and Spain will perform in the second semi-final
Regarding this, the executive producer of Eurovision 2024, Ebba Adielsson, mentions:
We think that this change gives the Big Five countries and the host country a fairer playing field in the Grand Final, as they now have the opportunity to perform “for real” on stage in the Semi-Finals. It is also a win for both the audience in the arena and the viewers at home, in that they get to see all the acts competing this year live before the Grand Final.
The changes will not stop here, with SVT teasing us with an additional major change.
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