| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) | |||
| Country |  Sweden | |||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 2024 | |||
| Selection date | 9 March 2024 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Unforgettable" | |||
| Artist | Marcus & Martinus | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 9th, 174 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Sweden was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Unforgettable", written byJimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt,Joy Deb,Linnea Deb,Marcus and Martinus Gunnarsen, and performed by Marcus and Martinus. The Swedish participating broadcaster,Sveriges Television (SVT), organisedMelodifestivalen 2024 in order to select its entry for the contest. In addition, SVT was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at theMalmö Arena inMalmö, after winning theprevious edition with the song "Tattoo" byLoreen.
As the host country, Sweden automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 1, the country placed ninth out of the 25 performing countries with 174 points.
Prior to the 2024 contest,Sveriges Radio (SR) until 1979, andSveriges Television (SVT) since 1980, had participated in theEurovision Song Contest representing Sweden sixty-two times since SR's first entry in1958. They have won the contest on seven occasions (tying withIreland for the most wins): in1974 with the song "Waterloo" performed byABBA, in1984 with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" performed byHerreys, in1991 with the song "Fångad av en stormvind" performed byCarola, in1999 with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven" performed byCharlotte Nilsson, in2012 with the song "Euphoria" performed byLoreen, in2015 with the song "Heroes" performed byMåns Zelmerlöw, and in2023 with "Tattoo" again performed by Loreen, who became the second artist (after Ireland'sJohnny Logan), as well as the first female artist, to win the contest more than once. Following theintroduction of semi-finals for the2004 contest, the Swedish entries, to this point, have featured in every final, except for2010.[1]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, SVT organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Since 1959, SR first and SVT later have organised the annual competitionMelodifestivalen in order to select their entries for the contest.
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The 2024 edition ofMelodifestivalen took place between 3 February and 9 March 2024 across six Swedish cities.[2][3] It featured five heats (the fifth replacing the previously held semi-final) and a final. A submission period was open between 25 August and 15 September 2023 to select 30 competing entries.[4]
The final took place on 9 March 2024 at theFriends Arena inStockholm.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Juries | Televote | Total | Place |
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| 1 | Maria Sur | "When I'm Gone" | 37 | 35 | 72 | 7 |
| 2 | Jay Smith | "Back to My Roots" | 20 | 26 | 46 | 10 |
| 3 | Lisa Ajax | "Awful Liar" | 26 | 11 | 37 | 11 |
| 4 | Smash Into Pieces | "Heroes Are Calling" | 31 | 59 | 90 | 3 |
| 5 | Cazzi Opeia | "Give My Heart a Break" | 46 | 41 | 87 | 4 |
| 6 | Annika Wickihalder | "Light" | 38 | 25 | 63 | 8 |
| 7 | Marcus & Martinus | "Unforgettable" | 85 | 92 | 177 | 1 |
| 8 | Dotter | "It's Not Easy to Write a Love Song" | 26 | 8 | 34 | 12 |
| 9 | Medina | "Que Sera" | 43 | 61 | 104 | 2 |
| 10 | Liamoo | "Dragon" | 38 | 45 | 83 | 5 |
| 11 | Jacqline | "Effortless" | 40 | 21 | 61 | 9 |
| 12 | Danny Saucedo | "Happy That You Found Me" | 34 | 40 | 74 | 6 |
As part of the promotion of their participation in the contest, Marcus & Martinus attended the PrePartyES inMadrid on 30 March 2024, theLondon Eurovision Party on 7 April 2024, the Eurovision in Concert event inAmsterdam on 13 April 2024, the Nordic Eurovision Party in Stockholm on 14 April 2024 and the Nordic Music Celebration's Eurovision Night inOslo on 20 April 2024.[5][6][7][8]
TheEurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at theMalmö Arena inMalmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. As the host country, Sweden automatically qualified to compete in the final on 11 May 2024, but is also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. This was decided via a draw held during the semi-final allocation draw on 30 January 2024, when it was announced that Sweden would be voting in the first semi-final.[9][10] Despite being an automatic qualifier for the final, the Swedish entry was also performed during the semi-final. On 11 March 2024, during the Heads of Delegation meeting, Sweden was drawn to open the grand final in position 1.[11][12] It was the first time since1970 that a host country has opened the final.
In Sweden, all shows were broadcast onSVT1 as well as online viaSVT Play, with commentary byTina Mehrafzoon andEdward af Sillén,[13][14][15][16] and on radio viaSR P4, with commentary byCarolina Norén.[17][18][19] The three shows are also available in the FinnishYle-operated broadcasts onTV Finland, with Finnish commentary byMikko Silvennoinen and Swedish commentary byEva Frantz andJohan Lindroos [sv], and SVT Play, withInari Sámi commentary by Heli Huovinen andNorthern Sámi commentary byAslak Paltto [fi].[20][21] In addition, as part of the Eurovision programming, SVT andDR cooperated with other EBU member broadcasters – namelyARD/WDR, theBBC,ČT,ERR,France Télévisions,NRK,NTR,RÚV,VRT andYle – to produce and air a documentary titledABBA – Against the Odds, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary ofSweden's first victory at the contest with "Waterloo" byABBA.[22][23]
Marcus & Martinus took part in technical rehearsals on 2 and 4 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 10 and 11 May.[24] Their performance of "Unforgettable" at the contest had a staging similar to the one atMelodifestivalen, with four supporting dancers joining them on stage;[25] the duo stated that they had been inspired by the style ofSuper Bowl halftime shows, with 2023 winnerLoreen commenting that the staging was reminiscent ofThe Matrix.[26]
On 11 March 2024, during the Heads of Delegation meeting, Sweden was drawn to open the grand final in position 1.[12] The country was followed byUkraine in position 2.[27] Marcus and Martinus took part in dress rehearsals on 10 and 11 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show on 11 May. They performed a repeat of their semi-final performance during the final on 11 May. Sweden placed ninth in the final, scoring 174 points; 49 points from the public televoting and 125 points from the juries.
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to and by Sweden in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public.[28] The Swedish jury consisted ofRobin Bengtsson, who representedSweden in the 2017 contest, Ellen Berg,Henrik Olsson,Boris René, and Elin Trogen.[29] In the final, Sweden placed 9th with 174 points, receiving the maximum twelve points in the jury vote fromGermany. Over the course of the contest, Sweden awarded its 12 points toCroatia in the first semi-final, and toSwitzerland (jury) andIsrael (televote) in the final.[30][31]
SVT appointedFrans Jeppsson Wall, who representedSweden in the 2016 contest, as its spokesperson to announce the Swedish jury's votes in the final.[32]
| Score | Televote | Jury |
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| 12 points |  Germany | |
| 10 points |  Norway |  Ireland |
| 8 points |  Moldova | |
| 7 points |  Iceland |  Finland |
| 6 points |  Denmark | |
| 5 points |  Serbia | |
| 4 points | ||
| 3 points |  Czechia | |
| 2 points | ||
| 1 point |
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Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.[33] The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.
The following members comprised the Swedish jury:[29]
| Draw | Country | Televote | |
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| Rank | Points | ||
| 01 |  Cyprus | 10 | 1 |
| 02 | Serbia | 12 | |
| 03 |  Lithuania | 6 | 5 |
| 04 | Ireland | 5 | 6 |
| 05 |  Ukraine | 2 | 10 |
| 06 |  Poland | 8 | 3 |
| 07 |  Croatia | 1 | 12 |
| 08 | Iceland | 9 | 2 |
| 09 |  Slovenia | 14 | |
| 10 | Finland | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | Moldova | 15 | |
| 12 |  Azerbaijan | 13 | |
| 13 |  Australia | 7 | 4 |
| 14 |  Portugal | 11 | |
| 15 |  Luxembourg | 4 | 7 |
| Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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| Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
| 01 | Sweden | |||||||||
| 02 | Ukraine | 3 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 03 | Germany | 15 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 16 | ||
| 04 | Luxembourg | 9 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | |
 Netherlands | N/A | |||||||||
| 06 |  Israel | 16 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 12 | |
| 07 | Lithuania | 8 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 3 | |
| 08 |  Spain | 7 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 13 | ||
| 09 |  Estonia | 24 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 15 | ||
| 10 | Ireland | 17 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | |
| 11 |  Latvia | 18 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 23 | 11 | ||
| 12 |  Greece | 22 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 14 | ||
| 13 |  United Kingdom | 5 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 20 | |
| 14 | Norway | 14 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 12 | ||
| 15 |  Italy | 12 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | Serbia | 19 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 19 | ||
| 17 | Finland | 11 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | |
| 18 | Portugal | 23 | 21 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 23 | |
| 19 |  Armenia | 20 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | |
| 20 | Cyprus | 10 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 18 | |
| 21 |  Switzerland | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 |
| 22 | Slovenia | 21 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 24 | ||
| 23 | Croatia | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
| 24 |  Georgia | 25 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 22 | ||
| 25 |  France | 13 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 26 |  Austria | 2 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 17 | |
