The city of Malmo has been selected to host the Eurovision Song Contest in May 2024, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has announced. The southern Swedish city was chosen after singer-songwriter Loreen clinched victory during the singing competition in Liverpool this year for a second time with her power ballad Tattoo.
She became the first woman to win Eurovision twice while Sweden equalised with Ireland's record of seven Eurovision wins in total. On Friday, it was announced host broadcaster SVT and the EBU will host the 68th song contest grand final at the Malmo Arena on Saturday, May 11, with semi-finals earlier the same week on Tuesday, May 7 and Thursday, May 9.
The EBU said Malmo was chosen following a "city bid process" that examined facilities at the venue, the ability to accommodate thousands of visiting delegations, crew, fans and media as well as local infrastructure and other criteria. Malmo will become the third Swedish city to have hosted the competition three times, having last hosted in 2013 following Loreen's first win, and in 1992 following Swedish entry Carola's win with her song Captured By A Storm Wind.
