Today, the EBU announced that former Eurovision winners Charlotte Perrelli, Carola and Conchita Wurst will perform a tribute to ABBA at tomorrow’s Eurovision 2024 final.
Details of the ABBA tribute performance
Like much of the national final season, the Eurovision final will also feature an ABBA tribute. On the 50th anniversary of the group’s victory, the Eurovision final will feature three former winners paying tribute to the iconic group, each celebrating their own Eurovision-related milestone. It is the 25th anniversary of Charlotte Perrelli’s victory for Sweden in 1999. Carola took the contest to Malmö for the first time 32 years ago after her victory in 1991. Lastly, it’s been a decade since Conchita Wurst took the crown for Austria at Eurovision 2014. Alongside this interval act, reigning champion Loreen will perform during tomorrow night’s interval.
The Eurovision 2024 Journey
The Nordic country will host the 68th edition of the competition. This is after Loreen’s historic win at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. One month after the 2023 contest took place, SVT revealed the first names of the Core Team that will work on the competition. SVT completed the team in September.
In July 2023, after a shortlist of four cities, the EBU announced that Malmö would host Eurovision 2024. The city will spend up to €2.5 million for the contest. Additionally, they will have 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’ will be the permanent slogan for the contest. The upcoming contest will have ‘The Eurovision Lights’ as the theme art. Florian Wieder and Fredrik Stormby designed the stage, revealed in December.
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News Source: Eurovision.tv
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