Eurovision 2024 in Malmo has come to an end. He became the winner Nemo That Switzerland. The singer's account received a total of 591 points – 226 from the viewers and 365 from the jurors. He took second place Croatian Baby Lasagnaand in third place were alyona alyona and Jerry Heil from Ukraine.
After the victory, a press conference was organized with Nemo. The winner of the Eurovision statuette provided answers to several important topics. The statement that resonated the most was the statement regarding the flag symbolizing non-binary people. During the conference, journalists learned that the artist was banned from bringing the non-binary flag to the finale. People from the audience received a similar ban. What was Nemo's comment?
“I feel proud that I can represent non-binary, gender fluid and transgender people. We need more compassion, more empathy for each other. We need to start understanding each other and talking to each other instead of talking about each other,” said the conference.
“It's impossible. We smuggled our own flag because Eurovision said 'no', but they didn't stop me anyway. I hope other people did it too. We're dealing with double standards here. The statuette was damaged, but it can be repaired , and maybe Eurovision also needs repairs” – after this statement, there was thunderous applause in the conference room.
Nemo was also asked about the tense situation at Eurovision, especially in the context of Israel.
“The whole experience was extremely intense, it wasn't always nice, there were a lot of things going on that didn't seem to be about love and unity. It made me sad. At the same time, there was so much love and friendship, so much diversity and so many positive people. It was it gave me hope. We have to work to create such an environment and ask ourselves what kind of atmosphere we want to live in. I hope that Eurovision will continue to fight for peace and love in the future,” one could hear.
Nemo Mettler is a person representing Switzerland, born in 1999 in Biel, a small bilingual town in Switzerland. He has been playing the violin, piano and drums since he was a child.
Nemo is non-binary and currently lives in Berlin. The artist's popularity began in 2016 with a performance SRF Virus (#Cypher), program that gained popularity on social media.
In the following years, he released two mini-albums, and as eurowizja.org recalled, 2020 was a breakthrough year for Nemo due to “starting writing and producing for other artists and releasing songs also in English. In his music, he touches on topics such as gender identity, mental health and finding your place in the world.”
Representative of Switzerland was considered a certainty to take top places in the Eurovision final. “I have no doubt that Switzerland will be at the top,” he said already in the semi-final Artur Orzech.
Nemo's success brought the song “The Code”. The song was created by, among others: Polish people. One of its creators is a Polish composer Wojciech Kostrzewa. His name can be found among the co-producers of the single, and he was also responsible for the orchestration.
The other producers are: NYLAN, Benjamin Alasu, Tom Oehler and Pele Loriano. He was responsible for the mixing and mastering of the Swiss representative's song Nikodem Milewskian artist working in Vienna, Austria.