The Eurovision Song Contest returned to Sweden on the 50th anniversary of ABBA’s victory and gave us another night to remember. The Swiss contestant Nemo emerged as the winner with “The Code”, making history as the first non-binary person to come out victorious along the way.
Nemo, who uses they/them pronouns, made it to the grand final after blowing us away with their amazing performance in the second semi-final. They managed to defy all odds and beat Croatia’s front-runner Baby Lasagna with “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” to be crowned as the winner.
Nemo largely owes their victory to the jury vote, where they won on 22 sets of the maximum 12 points for a total of 365 jury points. Baby Lasagna won the public vote but eventually lost to Nemo by 44 points after the Swiss singer topped the tally with a grand total of 591 points.
Nemo made history as the first non-binary person to win the Eurovision Song Contest, in addition to being the first Swiss representative since Celine Dion with “Ne partez pas sans moi” in 1988 to be crowned as the winner.
The 2024 Eurovision Song Contest grand final took place on May 11 at Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, with Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman serving as hosts.
