The draw for this year's Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals took place in the Swedish city of Malmo. According to the results, it became known that the representative of Ukraine will perform in the first part of the first semi-final, scheduled for May 7.
The draw also determined which of the two semi-finals the Big Five countries (Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) and Sweden, as the winner of Eurovision 2023, will vote in. The United Kingdom, Germany and Sweden will cast their votes in the first semi-final, while France, Italy and Spain have committed to voting on 9 May.
In the first semi-final, scheduled for May 7, other participants will compete with the Ukrainian representative for the right to advance to the grand final of the competition.
In the second stage of the semi-finals, scheduled for May 9, participants from the following countries will present their performances:
The order of performances of the participants in the semi-finals will be revealed later.
An important event for Eurovision 2024 took place in Malmö on January 30th, when the symbolic keys to this year’s host city were handed over. The Mayor of Liverpool, Steve Rotherham, presented the official Eurovision keys to the Mayor of Malmö, Katrin Sternfeldt Jamme. Among the keys handed over was the “Liverpool key” in the form of an anchor, a symbol of Odessa, which is Liverpool’s sister city. This is a reminder that last year the United Kingdom hosted Eurovision on behalf of Ukraine.
We would like to remind you that the final of the Ukrainian National Selection will take place on February 3, 2024 in the format of a television concert. The pre-show will start at 5:30 p.m., and the final at 6:00 p.m. As always, the winner of the selection and the representative of Ukraine at Eurovision 2024 will be determined by the results of the jury and audience voting.
The 68th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in the Swedish city of Malmö in May 2024. The semi-finals are scheduled for May 7 and 9, and the Eurovision 2024 grand final will take place on May 11.
