Eurovision Song Contest benefits from Nemo’s victory, according to the media
Published: Sunday, May 12th 2024, 11:50
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Media commentators at home and abroad pay tribute to Nemo's victory at this year's Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). In times of crisis, Nemo could be the best thing that could have happened to the music competition.
The Tagesanzeiger writes online that the ESC will not only go down in history because of Nemo's victory, "the motto of this year's Eurovision Song Contest at times seemed like a mockery in view of the political clash that drowned out the musical events in Malmö. In the meantime, "the magnificently prepared song contest has grown into an event that has what it takes to turn Europe into a hotbed of crisis and conflict for an evening". However, the strongest and hopefully most lasting signal was ultimately made by Nemo, a man of the heart.
The news portal Watson writes that external circumstances could not have affected Nemo's victory. "The fact that the Israel controversy soon dominated the ESC perhaps even came to Switzerland's aid. Amidst the hullabaloo over pro-Palestine demonstrations in Malmö and snubs of Israeli singer Eden Golan (...), audiences and juries alike simply wanted to see something good win in the end." Nemo did a great job - "Maximum respect."
For Blick.ch, Nemo offered "ESC madness" in Malmö. It became clear early on that Nemo would make it to the top. And for the "Neue Zürcher Zeitung", the ESC is degenerating into an anti-Israeli rally, as it wrote a few days ago. But the singing competition has never been apolitical.
"Musical class"
Nemo also deservedly won for "Weltwoche". "Although the event in Malmö, Sweden, was largely reminiscent of a mixture of costume party, freak show and stress test for the ear canals, it was the musical class that prevailed in the end."
Media abroad also commented on the Swiss act. The "New York Times" thought that the protests in the run-up to the ESC should have given way to the spectacle. The renowned newspaper praised Nemo's song as a "catchy piece".
The Spanish news portal "El Mundo" was full of praise: "With a master class in vocal and circus acrobatics", Nemo had "conquered" the whole of Europe.
For the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung", "Nemo outgrew himself". "As Nemo, who is not a he and not a she. Just Nemo." For the Italian newspaper "La Repubblica", Nemo's song "The Code" was an "ode to the freedom of the sexes".
In the politically charged ESC, "the only supposedly completely neutral country won in the end", wrote the "Süddeutsche Zeitung", "with a performance that itself demonstrated a great sense of balance."
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