Eurovison: Switzerland wins - Is this well deserved? | DW News

Switzerland has won the Eurovision Song Contest. Nemo is the first nonbinary contestant to take home the crystal microphone. Their song "The Code" is a drum-and-bass, opera, rap and rock tune about Nemo's journey of self-discovery as a non-binary person.
This year's contest was overshadowed by days of protests against Israel's military actions in Gaza. Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators have rallied in the host city Malmö in Sweden to oppose the participation of Israel.
But after the contest was over and the votes were tallied, Switzerland's winner Nemo faced the press - and flew the flag of pride.
00:00 Switzerland wins ESC 2024
01:22 Frank van Dijk, Dutch Journalist
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[@m.g.3679]

When talent is the last thing that is higlighted of the winner, shows what a political b.s. this show has become.

[@sizanogreen9900]

It was a good song as well tho.

[@Mrzebra11]

Nah, it just shows what the MEDIA is focussing on. There is massive talent!

[@sizanogreen9900]

@@Mrzebra11 yes. But many people like presumably the comment here, do not quite grasp that ESC is quite important to the LGBTQ community, so they are both prominent among the participants and audience. Which makes candidates gender identity a lot more of a valid thing to shine the spotlight on here than it usually would be imo.

[@erikt1713]

Blame it on DW. There are many videos about Nemo's singing technique or the song.

[@Mrzebra11]

@@sizanogreen9900 that's a good point!

[@Z4N7]

I don't know why is this even called song contest anymore.

[@renanbp]

Be honest, did you even watch the performance, or are you just being bitter on the internet

[@narniadan]

It has never been a song contest.

[@micade2518]

@@renanbp In "a song contest", there is the word "song". Ideally, that contest should be broadcasted on the radio as the audience then could judge on the singing performance, and not be distracted by the outfits (more and more ludicrous, imo), the gender and/or sex life of the performers that, I, for one, don't really give two hoots about!

[@renanbp]

​@@micade2518 It's called Eurovision, not Euroradio lol from the very beginning it was about visuals too, hairstyles, costumes, dance routines etc etc When ABBA won the contest 50 years ago, for example, there was all of that, not just a singing performance. And if you think people win because of their "sex life", then you really didn't watch the winning performance this year - which was very impressive and beautifully sung - and you're just there being grumpy on the internet, just because...

[@Z4N7]

@@renanbp Yes i did,and only thing impressive about his song was his spinning on that wheel. And it is funny that person like you calls people bitter and and grumpy while at the same time whining about Israel participation.

[@stevanjakovljevic8390]

if it is nonbinary , is it threenary, or quadnary? Eirovision is gay olimpic, as somebody on dw said

[@steventhompson3268]

Well said.

[@mikicerise6250]

Cry about it.

[@robinstuyvesant7187]

@@mikicerise6250 Youre either Binary or non binary which is itself binary

[@Morbing_Time]

@@robinstuyvesant7187 that is not the own you think it is

[@robinstuyvesant7187]

@@Morbing_Time If you can't define a woman then it is an "own".

[@erandeser5830]

Europe is sick.

[@PopularesVox]

And Russia is laughing

[@patrickstar686]

The US is crumbling

[@brunoheggli2888]

Europe is healtyer then ever,amazing and mindblowing!

[@KostoMax97]

He won just because of the jury, Croatia is the deserved winner, scrap the jury vote ASAP.

[@krollpeter]

Rammstein goes pop

[@konmoe121]

And Israel is deserved second place??

[@CODtpk]

As a former ESC crew.. in short, it won't be scrapped

[@krollpeter]

@@konmoe121 Frankly, with all the circus around it, not only Joost Klein but the contest should have been cancelled. And I am getting more to the opinion not holding it anymore at all.

[@konmoe121]

@@krollpeter I see what you mean but stopping the whole event can't be the way. But they really have to reinvent themselves.

[@coccinella4107]

Its no longer a song contest

[@jonathantrauner3742]

THE NONBINARY SONG CONTEST 😅😅

[@nedludd7622]

The scores for the first two were inverse for the public vote and the jury vote. The public went massively for the second place finisher Baby Lasagna from Croatia while the jury was massively for the winner. The jury voted almost sixty percent more for the winner than the runner up.

[@sportysp]

Yeah, it looks like the jury made the difference large enough that the televote would not matter.

[@Tyrgalon]

Same thing happened last year with Sweden and Finland.

[@euLienee]

Croatia had only little more public votes than Israel, lot of jury didn't vote for Israel due to politics. In reality the winner also could have been Israel (on of the best songs this year). Don't get me wrong, Croatia has fun, catchy song and amazing show but vocal vise it wasn't anything spectacular. Switzerland was amazing on that point. I didn't expect to vote for Switzerland but he sang so well that even I voted. Last year when Sweden won instead of Finland you could even hear frustration and not acceptance from audience, this time audience cheered with winner.

[@galgrunfeld9954]

People also adored Israel - 300-something points, while the jury barely even voted for it just to not seem like they support the war, instead of just judging the song and performance.

[@brunoheggli2888]

Baby lasangna was horrible and very monoton!Its soundet like a drunk group of boys at a soccer game!

[@qf4543]

Eurovision is a freak show

[@krollpeter]

... and obvioulsy, Joost Klein is smarter! Selling is more important than a high rank during the most useless contest.

[@steventhompson3268]

Well said.

[@emanueledes7]

It is FREEDOM, "freak" only for your petty reactionary views.

[@krollpeter]

@@emanueledes7 i don't care for your non-binary lifestyle. I am not interested, not n form of music or else. Please be happy and live the way you want, but leave me alone with it.

[@tubebrocoli]

@@krollpeter It is not a lifestyle, calling it that is just ignorance. Growing up non-binary in a world where everyone is either woman or man was horrible, I didn't even have the words to describe what I was for most of my life! So you better get used to seeing us around. We have just as much of a right to exist in society without masking what we are as anyone else, and we're not taking ignorant bs from ill-intentioned people anymore.

[@alphariusomegon4819]

Wasn’t there a bearded lady that one a few years go?

[@neosaintcolumbiamapper]

you mean Conchita Wurst?

[@neosaintcolumbiamapper]

well yea just exactly 10 years ago mate

[@walli6388]

That was just a man that dresses up as a woman for his acts. He was still a normal man outside of his artist persona.

[@francis87589]

@@walli6388 saw him as seller at clothe shop in Vienna :)

[@AdLockhorst-bf8pz]

The Netherlands thought sending an openly gay act to Eurovision last time it was held in Russia was fine. Nobody cared of course. Not all Eurovision songs are atrocious, "just" the vast majority of them. It's not a complete freakshow, buuuuuuttttt...

[@psy-lion]

Justice for Joost!!!

[@sevendam9070]

Joostice!

[@micade2518]

He got it allright.

[@TeimonKauppa739]

True europapa was the only real song

[@MilesAwayBg]

It is NOT. He was not even in the top 3 with the peoples' vote, he got pushed by the jury as it always happens in this political contest.

[@soundscape26]

Yes, because the people's votes are always quite pure and totally unbiased...

[@brunoheggli2888]

Its a good thing the jury has a influence,or we would only have mostly some beerhouse songs!

[@EemMiIiLlLl]

Why do y'all take for granted that the general public have even the slightest clue what good music is? This song was easily the best song, then France, then Italy. Rim Tim was atrocious overrated garbage

[@DashRiprock513]

I've been watching this thing for years and this isn't the first time😅😅😅😅 are you kidding me?!?

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

Gay guy wins Eurovision shocker

[@tubebrocoli]

It is the first time a non-binary person wins. We had a transgender person before, and a drag performer before, but no non-binary people had ever won.

[@micade2518]

@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 That's not the point! That contest is based on the contestants' singing talent. Not their private lives that shoud be ... PRIVATE! Why force the public and the world into being peeping toms??? "Dress the part" in any public circumstances, and don't force your sexual preferencs onto a public who couldn't care less! I can think of at least 3 famous male actors who, throughout their careers impersonated the roles of ladies'man of their dreams; it's only after they'd died that the world discovered, in awe, that they were homosexual. That's what I call professionalism!

[@ybor20]

So we have a camera woman who does something that is not allowed, she abuses privacy with her camera or Joost Klein. Joost defends his privacy and asks her several times to stop invading his private life and asks her to adhere to what is allowed. The camerawoman makes it clear that she has no intention of doing so, after which Joost makes it clear with a gesture that in the event of further infringement of his privacy, he will make filming impossible with the camera himself. Response from the EBU: that camera woman is immediately suspended and an apology is offered to Joost. But yes, the EBU wants to act tough and in a conflict between a woman and an artist, even though it is against its own rules, the lady who broke the rules and thus caused the situation is chosen. The follow-up is clear: that board will resign and Joost will receive enormous compensation. And this camera woman will never be allowed in again. Nowhere.

[@misolo]

Salvador Sobral, who won Eurovision in 2017, disclosed this year that he was born intersex (with physical characteristics of both sexes). This is seldom discussed publicly and, sadly, people often feel that they have to go to great lengths to hide it, but it impacts maybe around 1 out every 200 people (accurate estimates are difficult when there's so much secrecy around it), so there may well have been others before.

[@vladimirtocitu4140]

what? 1 out of 200 people? Stop dreaming

[@misolo]

@vladimirtocitu4140 Read, for instance, the Wikipedia entry on intersex, and the references provided there. It's a spectrum. If you include all deviations from standard male and standard female, it's as high as about 1 in 50. If you define it strictly as completely ambiguous, in the middle and not closer to either, it's as low as about 1 in 2000.

[@Windona]

@@vladimirtocitu4140 A lot of people don't know their intersex for a long time, because it used to be standard for doctors to surgically 'correct' intersex babies, sometimes without parents knowing. It also can be difficult because babies aren't typically karyotyped, or sometimes its as an adult they find themselves suddenly without any testosterone or estradiol (happened to a dear friend of mine). There are even cases where an elderly man goes to the hospital with a hernia, and ooops, suddenly find out they have a full uterus and ovaries as well

[@tubebrocoli]

this should be talked about more, but just to be clear to people reading this comment, being intersex and being non-binary are not the same thing at all, most intersex people are of binary gender Nemo is still the first non-binary person to win Eurovision as far as i know

[@misolo]

@tubebrocoli Very true -- I didn't mean to conflate the two, thank you for adding this clarification here.

[@Ararechan74]

Oh the number of people here who cannot /choose not to understand the differences between gay, transgender, nonbinary, and intersex.... is kind of ridiculous. Read a book. Or a brochure. Or scientific literature. And, Nemo's performance was spectacular. I was rooting for Baby Lasagna but Nemo's message was impactful and so well-executed! They were my #2.

[@janfeelders5733]

hé was 5th in the televoting and Croatia 1th. The gap between Jury and the people at home is to high. Its about the majority of people and not about a small group of jury’s, represending only 0,0000000000001% of the people.

[@peterp4037]

No it's not, they bought the jury as the swedes did in the previous eurovision contest.

[@linusfotograf]

And you know this how?

[@patrickstar686]

@peterp4037 maybe he's in the jury

[@EemMiIiLlLl]

@peterp4037 you're crazy, the juries know music better than the general public and base it off of technical standpoints. There is no doubt that both Sweden and Switzerland were better than Finland and Croatia The juries are educated people ffs and know what they're doing, meanwhile you got weirdos voting for "Meow cat please meow back" 🤣

[@RedPilgrim.]

Wait!? What does non binary have anything to do with making music tho? Im not hating, good on you. But gender shouldn't be the criteria to making good music right? That's like saying "this gas attendant pumps 101% more efficiently because they're non binary, compared to your regular attendant". Doesn't make sense. Good music is all that people want to know you can do.

[@tubebrocoli]

first, the song is about being non-binary so obviously it makes sense to talk about it and it is notable when someone from a minority that's heavily discriminated against breaks through and wins an international competition in Switzerland, where Nemo is from, you can't even be legally recognized as non-binary, you can't have even your actual gender on your id. you can guess the kind of hurdle this and everything else we are subjected to causes gender shouldn't be a notable thing, but it is, and only because of how society treats us non-binary people badly. this is more like "this athlete, who has a weird hair color we don't like so we tied a bunch of weights to them, still won 1st place" - their hair color would be notable in this case there's a reason this is the first time ever a non-binary person wins at Eurovision, it signals how society is slowly getting more aware and accepting of us, and that's cause for celebration

[@christiansebastianlauritse2404]

It has as much to do with it as anything else. Music is art, and art is expression. Who you are naturally informs what you want to express. If you're a white cis male, like myself, growing up in a white cis world, it's unlikely that that part of me is worth writing about, cuz it hasn't really been a part of me that people cared about. Growing up gay in en countryside however, that's gave me life lessons and informed my outlook.

[@STELLVIA.]

Rigged

[@gerihuginn2143]

I feel that the focus that Eurovision has had on queerness for the past years takes away from the artistic part , they focus too much on sexual and gender identity. Each year it becomes more queer and more sexual. It becomes a closed space to the general audiance. And it also just reduces queerness to hyper sexual or hyper offensive stereotypes. Also the number of weird incidents where a person with a high chance to win being disqualified and such have increased , overall the production is not as entertaining anymore. The entertainment part of the show is not covering for it's bad sides anymore and this will most likely be the last time I watch it.

[@antemrkonjic2538]

Me too. I completly agree.

[@tottallyok]

“Reducing queerness to hyper sexual stereotypes” is so spot on and a huge issue if you consider how much it turns away Eastern Europeans viewers not just from ESC but gay acceptance as a whole. I see first hand how much “gay activism” hurts gay acceptance in many parts of the world.

[@NihilNovi]

When was it ever about artistic value?

[@brunoheggli2888]

No

[@ikik3406]

Just a dude...

[@djk0n3x0]

Not the first mentally challenged winner

[@urbansenicar81]

Song. Where's the song?

[@urbansenicar81]

Nevermind...

[@fraerot]

it was fixed by the jury. The croatian guy (who is straight) receiver deliberatly very few points from the jury. The real winner is from public votes

[@konmoe121]

So Croatia first, Israel second? And you tell me the public cares so much about the art / music?? Btw, are you sure the Croat is straight?

[@kk-ei5zz]

I think practically every nation had some LGBT performer in the act. Croatia probably too, but I don't think it's correct to speculate

[@fraerot]

@@konmoe121 personally I prefer song with strong text with singing abilities. Today Eurovision is no more that. Now is a party for Homosexual people and once was song contest Concours Eurovision de la chanson. So niether of the songs are good for me... I guess the youth people are different nowdays

[@fraerot]

@@konmoe121 how I know it was fixed? The Eurovisio are paying big money for tasting the public by organizing polls Very simple the gap between jury and public points given to Switzerland wasn't big so much and by the Croat it was a huge gap ...the Eurovision knew that The Croatia is winning by the public so they reduced on maximum the jury points given to them. Nemo is non binary and today's title all over internet is a first non binary person has won the ESC The Croat came with his female partner in Malme

[@hobbitsodomizer7301]

@@konmoe121 he is in relationship/engaged with girl from Pula. She also made shooting for song video

[@weirdpersonv]

The title literally disregards the whole reason why Nemo won Eurovision. It was because of their song and performance and all of that has been overshadowed for being non-binary

[@John-gi8jg]

Think now again, you sure it was bc of the song? Eurovision got a lot of heat bc of Israel, so by doing this, they have done something morally good...

[@weirdpersonv]

Well I guess you're right, especially after the Joost dq. I don't think Eurovision will be the same after that

[@Invinoveritas85]

He’s a guy. What does non-binary mean sorry?

[@weirdpersonv]

@@Invinoveritas85 basically somebody who identifies as a man or a woman thus the they/them. I don't know a lot about it since I don't really care but that's basically what I know

[@nomemolesten690]

No he won because of that. The song was good but Croatia and Netherlands were better.

[@Gh0st4rt1st]

Honestly, I'd say this year Eurovision song contest was quite biased not cuz of Switzerland and enby ordeal but because of both Israel and Ukraine having wars and people of course supporting those both countries. Don't get me wrong, supporting them is amazing and honourable and I don't say its bad to do that but to me this year's Eurovision song contest to me felt quite charged up with such stuff instead of focusing on spectacles of event that usually made such event to be unique and fun to watch. If everyone is in comments fussing about Switzerland's submission, why no one's fussing over Ireland's submission of screaming, chanting, overtop theatrics? Hm?

[@euLienee]

Israel did have really good song and performance. Ukraine wasn't bad either it's just there are about 2 to 3 million Ukrainians living at the moment in Europe and they can vote. Ireland was another story, good show, screaming not so much. The fussing about Switzerland makes me sad, everything is reduced to wearing a skirt, the part where he has amazing voice and vocal capabilities and that he gave as amazing performance is diminished.

[@Gh0st4rt1st]

@@euLienee yeah I agree, him pulling off highest notes so flawlessly and not dropping beat ESPECIALLY with dnb genre and rapping on top is something extremely amazing and unique. But yeah idk next year I might not watch Eurovision song contest since it became quite a political event rather than spectacle and something fun to watch.

[@Tan92lfc]

what is non binary ?

[@dollytan1729]

Can’t u tell from looking at this being ?looking like his namesake,Nemo.

[@BAYBAY_316]

Basically when a person identifies as anything other than a traditional male or female as a gender. ......the following is a definition I found online, Non-binary people may identify as an intermediate or separate third gender, identify with more than one gender, no gender, or have a fluctuating gender identity. Gender identity is separate from sexual or romantic orientation: non-binary people have various sexual orientations.

[@bobbrown8155]

Crazy confused people who don’t know what they are.

[@HandsomePutin]

They are attention seekers

[@TehDawg]

An attention seeker

[@jaymchelsea2839]

Why the emphasis on the queer or non binary part? If it was a normal person they would focus on the song instead. It was a creative song

[@Green-tf8uw]

Yeah it feels like it diminishes their work a little, its ok to mention it but their art is what should be at the center

[@vikingro]

Please don't consider this a personal attack. It is just me not understanding why this garbage "won" anything. I tried to watch it, but it was just too much exhibitionism (in a bad way). I tried to listen only and there was nothing that I wanted to "hum". Is Eurovision the same contest won by Abba? And there were so many beautiful songs before at Eurovision. When did this musical event became a circus? Let's leave aside that maybe I don't understand "what art is", please be kind and point to me a 20 seconds sequence from "Nemo - The code" that you want to "sing"/"hum". In my memory I was associating Eurovision with the Abba songs, or A-Ba-Ni-Bi, L'enfant et l'oiseau, Apres toi, Ein Bischen Frieden, Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley and on and on... Songs that I can LISTEN without feeling cringe, songs that I enjoy, decade after decade... "Creative song" - I think that I don't understand the musicality of what's supposed to be a "modern song". Where is the structure, where is rhythm, WHERE IS THE SONG? This garbage won the Eurovision? I feel so sorry for us :( The looneys are running the asylum.

[@HinataPlusle]

@@vikingro Is any given song only any good if there's something you want to hum? What a narrow definition of quality. And, even if it were, I'm still singing broke-the-code, whoa-oh-oh. If *you* don't like that's fine, but it's a matter of taste, not quality.

[@piiinkDeluxe]

Right. I liked the song because it was a good song and a great Performance.

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

So queer and non binary is not normal?!? Seriously, mate?

[@emersonmsd]

and this is why I stopped watching the ESC years ago.

[@tubebrocoli]

Can't stand the fact that queer people are accepted enough in society that when one of us has talent and puts in the massive work required to win a competition like this one, this is recognized just like anyone else's, eh? What a sad thing to admit.

[@soundscape26]

Because you disagree with the chosen winner?

[@yllbardh]

This contest has become about everything else and singing is at the last place, plus from the time were almost every contender started to sing in English the whole thing started to feel like a huge cliche.

[@rubenhayk5514]

Eurovision is gayvision.

[@userNKg11]

Certainly appeared that way this year.

[@chimpansi2]

Yes, the free modern world welcome.

[@user-nt6mh6pg1r]

For better rather than ziovision hehehe

[@santostv.]

Everyone is g4y to a certain point but people turned it an identity and don’t understand understand how they damage themselves by been put in a box

[@nicolasolton]

Better than Russia with putin, war, imperialism, and orthodoxy, no?

[@anitavalidzic4162]

Who cares if he is non binary, why is this relevant for a song contest????

[@alankeungz79]

Rubbish competition.

[@stephenball-qo7ug]

A map in a skirt, Eurovision Jury are mostly gay, explains a lot.

[@weirdpersonv]

So we're just gonna ignore Nemo's singing skills right?

[@stephenball-qo7ug]

@@weirdpersonv yes

[@soundscape26]

@@stephenball-qo7ug Then you're kinda missing the point of these kinds of contests.

[@dekev7503]

He’s still a guy.

[@urbansenicar81]

... not yet a woman...🎵🎶

[@America-The-Great]

@@urbansenicar81 He will always be a guy, No matter what he does....lol. In your world your male dog can bark at you and you will think it's now a lady dog....

[@borisstanislav4560]

In Palestine and Gaza he is accepted as a lady.

[@urbansenicar81]

@@America-The-Great You're ruining it. Britney Spears - I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman

[@Dee19889]

​@urbansenicar81man met rokje 😂

[@nenaddimi8319]

They had amazing performance and singing but i was still surprised of their winning. I guess cause other countries were being forced, they managed to stay 1st place from the first vote. Congratulations to Swiss. First win after Celine Dion in 1988

[@kohtalainenalias]

they won by the margin of DEI

[@nicolasolton]

​@@kohtalainenaliasDEI power! 😊👍

[@oliveryt7168]

Name it "Queer Fest"...

[@greenpickle9606]

Glad to see men’s rights are at the fore front today. Yall Women had a good run.

[@nicolasolton]

This is fabulous news! His nails, glitter, and outfit alone deserve the top prize! 🦄👍

[@SigMaQuint]

It was a really difficult to do what he did. Singing so perfectly on that dice.

[@clarepartrick1066]

There were a lot of awful songs I can’t even remember the songs , and as for the UK ‘s entry my country I thought it was embarrassing and the performance was nothing short of depravity, our last decent UK entry was Katrina and the Waves in 1997 with ‘Love Shine A Light’.

[@userNKg11]

Be careful ... you are about to be labelled a boomer LOL.

[@nenaddimi8319]

indeed i think that UK and Germany should be thrown back in the comeptition instead of getting free passes. UK and Germany have had pretty awful entries in the past couple of years except 2022

[@userNKg11]

@@nenaddimi8319 well, they didn't come in the top five so they will be , as I understand it.

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

Seriously? You are going to ignore Sam Ryder's amazing performance? Even I, who didn't vote for him thought it would be perfectly fine if he had won.

[@petermaardananders6803]

Even autotune can't save him ;)

[@diyashikha93]

Wait, didn't he break the trophy at the end of his performance yesterday?

[@AlbertAltman]

Yes he did 😅

[@chaosorder7262]

He got the new one

[@diyashikha93]

@@chaosorder7262 is that even possible?

[@AP-yx1mm]

Nemo has talent and is non-binary. I am sorry for everybody looking only at the second part over the first...

[@LutherMahoney]

there is no such thing as non binary

[@AP-yx1mm]

@@LutherMahoney "I have eaten, therefore there is no hunger in the world." Nemo has talent and you are just jealous, cheers :)

[@vegefranz]

what is nonbinary??

[@wilmavanderpal7570]

It is just someone who is confused about being male or female. A dude with a skirt nothing more, nothing less

[@Paccekabuddha]

Is a "Nonbrain" synonym ask any gynecologist

[@Zdawd]

Why is there a jury? I dk much about the contest.

[@paulsutton5713]

To disregard the people's vote and allow the country that won the bid to host next year's competition, the win.

[@youtubeurevil]

Europapa!!

[@steventhompson3268]

Yes, Euroshitevision.

[@ao.h.b4570]

he is a dude ...seriously

[@nicolasolton]

He is fabulous though! What an amazing outfit!!😮

[@buddhidev7877]

He won because of his talent and a very well composed song. That's the reason why I voted for him, not because of his identity. It's the song contest, not the pageants.

[@antoniaromero7893]

Felicitaciones Nemo, larga vida a tu arte.

[@makl-the-oracle]

Non binary does not exist, there’s nothing to discuss. The song is great and the show was great as well, and vocals. But the lyrics are delusional.

[@soundscape26]

Well, if you look into the lyrics of most these songs... ugh...

[@VonRix]

Just because he says he is non binary doesn’t mean he is. It’s state, it’s performance, it’s showbusiness.

[@kk-ei5zz]

Switzerland was a good act, not my favourite, but I'm happy for their win nonetheless! I was team Ireland, Latvia and Armenia personally! And of course I am salty about Netherland's injustice!

[@robinblick9375]

This is a non story. Who cares? its the voice that is being judged, not the genes.

[@user-ge2zc2no8m]

The first question is "is this well deserved"? 😂

[@narsimha777]

Croatiaaaaaa

[@brunoheggli2888]

Was boring and monoton!Sorry!

[@flshds]

The song is great in terms of mixing genres, vocal techniques and lyrics which are relevant not only to Nemo's personal experience, but to general people's personal struggles in life. That's why I loved it and wanted it to win and so happy it won! Ok, good that queer person won. But same as it was with Conchita Wurst - media discuss ONLY the political side. While both these performances are great in terms of art, no matter if they are related to LGBTQ or not.

Well, the jury votes did look a bit out of touch. Still, I'm not begrudging Nemo the win. One human being had a wonderful experience that they're not likely to forget. Don't understand that we all have to resort to fussing and fighting over music.

[@petermaardananders6803]

Wow big fail again @DWnews. You did not show, nor mentioned what Nemo said in the press conference (~) ""The Trophy was broken and needed to be fixed, just as the EBU/ESC was broken and needed to be fixed."" Nemo is a great person for having said this! And how nice many other artist were about what happened to Joost when leaving the event, except (and of course so predictable) Israel.

[@enriqueali]

The best staging/ most memorable performance: Ireland The best written song: Portugal The most crowd-pleasing song: Croatia The song most liked by the national juries: Switzerland The voting results most likely to have been impacted by external (political) events: Israel and Ukraine

[@seacloud9024]

Bravo za Marka Purisica i Baby Lasagne.Ti si pravi pobjednik.Pozdrav iz Crne Gore❤

[@Tornadox7000]

Slažem se, trebao je da pobedi, pozdrav is Srbije, brate.

[@robinstuyvesant7187]

Seems like being a 6UL-DV8 is a prerequisite for being competitive.

[@Samirustem]

It was nice while ut lasted. Eurovision ended about 10 yeaes back when they made it into this wierd thing with judges and big five autoqualification. So sad we dont have it anymore

[@AmandaSamuels]

You might as well have a headline, “The first Goth to win Eurovision” or “The first Teddy Boy to win Eurovision”. It’s just about being in a sub-cultural group which has no membership criteria other than self identification. All human beings have a sex which isn’t something it’s possible to change. We can all see that Nemo is male regardless of how how he chooses to identify himself. One day he might want to father children. Good on him for exercising his freedom to express himself in a way that feels authentic to him. It doesn’t mean he hasn’t got a sex though.

[@w1113zuch]

😂

[@wasimshaikh1665]

Art was never about the artist, but we live in post truth world.

[@bobbydennis8333]

If you want truth check out South Park or Vice News :)

[@brunoheggli2888]

The winner is extremly talented,so whats your point?

[@bobbydennis8333]

If you want Truth follow South Park :)

[@dlo111]

Love this

[@sakirsk5234]

Love from India .❤

[@OZyyyyyu]

Im sorry but I dont really understand why his gender is so important here?

[@kwazar6725]

Yay. Eu Role models. Our future is clear😂

[@MZMA85]

Why not Ukraine? Why not Israel?

[@hobbitsodomizer7301]

Israel is not European country that's why, and same goes for Australia

[@alexuser9600]

That is he won.

[@wandzaa]

Can someone send him to the frontlines for a reality check?

[@leylayetmez]

I wish there is no frontline in the world everyone can live peace

[@stoff3r]

Im not sure van dijk will learn from that but he sure needs a slap in the face with reality. He doesn't know what is going on.

[@annakolosova9631]

incredible talent, amazing genre defying song (reflecting impeccably his messages, that by the way reach well beyond even the very concepts of queer, respect and tolerance), and astonishing performance. Nemo rocks each and every musical genre layer embedded in the track…This would have won any eurovision, any year.

[@MarkoMBizzy]

Tf does nonbinary means??

[@Donzorro849]

That is still a man…

[@showmoon]

This is really shame, Belgium and Dutch singers were kicked out of the contest because of their reaction and protest to Israel government. This is the WORST EUROVİSİON. I am so sad for Nemo because he is amazing singer but people talk these things more than the music.

[@jonathantrauner3742]

Nemo Found

[@LeahFriedman-gj9qo]

Well done 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭

[@Bheemagni]

Utter nonsense

[@hellokittykitty737]

Vera Sehrduchka - hold my beer😂😂😂

[@TheOla2ization]

Who lost a non binary pink parakeet?

[@eurobonapartiste]

He won because Joost was disqualified

[@twistedsenses]

Eurovision has been a joke for years now, last good thing I remember coming out from there is Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah and that was in 2006.

[@brunoheggli2888]

Lordi realy?Ok

[@jonathantrauner3742]

NAILS PAINTER

[@nadicapavlicic7534]

Everything but the music!

[@jerzywieckowski7610]

So let me understand this the Israeli singer had to change the words I've got a song what was actually crying about civilians being killed and kidnapped by Hamas but this guy can celebrate his sexuality or lack of it and that's okay with everybody? The word goes crazy

[@seacloud9024]

Croatia should have won❤

[@Tornadox7000]

Well said!

[@LeahFriedman-gj9qo]

Next year swissland

[@user-ph7my7cr1v]

Man skirt winner of course 🎉

[@bookgirlny8511]

Switzerland sounds like an American, Lmaooo

[@Dr_Alexius]

Shame on Sweden!

[@TomerBrosh]

not deserved. how can they all say they are against politics and then not vote for Israel because of politics. Israel would have won 1st place 100%

[@fx2725]

Non-binary...like that matters

[@mansonnanson8294]

Hey! In june there are elections! I know for which right wing party I vote for. Do you?

[@Mars09157]

Same.

[@soundscape26]

Well, this is not about those kinds of votes but ok...

[@SabineWald_NowHere]

Gayovision or Transgvision

[@VINLAND_777]

Life is bitter, isn‘t it?

[@PopularesVox]

That's what is has become, to promote an agenda

[@VINLAND_777]

@@PopularesVox Uh, what dangerous agenda are we talking about here?

[@PopularesVox]

@@VINLAND_777 You must already know to refer to it as dangerous, well done.

[@VINLAND_777]

@@PopularesVox Yes, I am also afraid of pink unicorns and stuff. Some should really grow up and face real life instead of living in fantasy land where they are being told the LGBTQ people would pose any danger. But its convenient to go after the weakest ones instead of the ones which can defend themself better. Are you affraid or so insecure about your manhood?

[@rodneydelboy6910]

The crowd voted for Croatia so rigged as usual.

[@konmoe121]

It wouldn't work just with public votes.

[@stevanjakovljevic8390]

​@@konmoe121 yea , so weatern demoncratic. You have right to vote, but it will be what somebody powerful said.

[@konmoe121]

@@stevanjakovljevic8390 Oh come on, you realise that Israel nearly won because of public vote? Jurys are necessary.

[@soundscape26]

@@stevanjakovljevic8390 This is a song contest not a vote for the government. People take the Eurovision way too seriously.

[@tetraquark2402]

Self discovery as non binary? Like it though.

[@BUweB]

Nemo delivered an extraordinary Vocal performance besides the acrobatic elements. Congratulations. He was one of the favorites with Croatia. Israels young Singer Eden also delivered a wonderful Song and Performance despite all the unfair Booing and Hate against her. United by Music?? The political Situation around Israel is not her fault. The demanded 2 State Solution was offered at the very beginning many years ago and was NOT rejected and dismissed by Israel. The Eurovision was once founded to bring up understanding with Music between Countries after the war. Of course troublemaker Thunberg had to be there and show her real face. Human Rights (the international ones.... there are Islam Human Rights UNDER the Sharia Law...) are universal incl. the innocent (!!!) palestinian people of course.

[@Meditations2024]

I mean, let's be real, ABBA was the only really good winner ever.

[@urbansenicar81]

Eurosong, pop music in general, mardi gras, all performance art was always plenty gay and let people live it out. That was always so and well accepted. It's entirely fine. But you still had to pop up with a song and a voice. This is more like a mockery of their own thing.

[@sparkz2337]

Jury gave it so many points just because of this gender thing. 5th places in the televote shouldnt be winning the competition. Croatia shouldve won

[@brunoheggli2888]

No because its very good very diffrent music styles mixxed together good voice very dramatic and energetic,it had everytjing what was missing from the Croatia act!

[@sparkz2337]

@@brunoheggli2888 fully disagree, was bring af, i think France had more quality if we are talking about all of that

[@marianasalles242]

Another sign that humanity is sick 😵‍💫

[@PopularesVox]

Only those in control of things, like this song contest.

[@soundscape26]

Yes, not because of wars, poverty or famine... because of a song contest.