The City of Malmö has revealed how its €2.5 million budget for Eurovision 2024 will be allocated. All this is to ensure the smooth running of the Eurovision Song Contest that will take place in Malmö in May.
The breakdown of the budget allocation
The way in which the budget for Eurovision 2024 will be allocated was decided by the Malmö Municipal Board. The budget allocation breakdown can be seen in the list below
- €580,000 will go towards the Technical Committee, which will work towards putting together the Eurovillage
- €160,000 will go towards the Culture Board, responsible for putting in programs throughout the week, and also for promoting events in the city.
- €290,00 will go towards the Recreation Board. They will be responsible for putting up flags and banners in the city in the build up to Eurovision. This work will be carried out by over 600 unpaid volunteers.
- €560,000 has been allocated towards the general costs of hosting the event in Malmö.
Money to host the event won’t just come from Swedish broadcaster SVT. Some of the costs towards hosting the event, as with previous years, will be covered by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
The Journey to Eurovision 2024
The Nordic country will be hosting the 68th edition of the competition following Loreen’s historic win at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. One month after the 2023 contest taking place SVT revealed the first names of the Core Team that will be working on the competition, with the team completed in September.
In July 2023, after a shortlist of four cities, it was announced that Malmö will hostEurovision 2024, with the city spending up to €2.5 Million for the contest, as well as having 600 volunteers working for the show.
As for the upcoming contest, there will be 37 countries participating. Luxembourg will be returning, whilst Romania withdraws. ‘United By Music’ has been announced as the permanent slogan for the contest, with the upcoming contest having ‘The Eurovision Lights’ as the theme art, with the stage, which is undertaken by Florian Wieder and Fredrik Stormby who are behind the concept, was revealed in December.
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News Source: Sydsvenskan
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