ABBA Themed Party at Swedish Embassy Celebrating 50 Years with Performer Don for Eurovision 2024

Colorful party decorations, balloons and bright ambassador clothes. An event dedicated to Don at the Swedish embassy was organized in the style of the group “ABBA”. And this choice is clear – ABBA won Eurovision, and this year the famous Swedish group celebrates 50 years.

“I remember the year 1974,” said the Swedish Ambassador to Latvia Kārina Höglund. “I wanted to look and sound like Agnetha, that blonde. It’s fun. It’s also about joy and happiness. Music comes together. I think ABBA is famous for it around the world.” Speaking about Don’s song “Hollow”, with which the musician will represent Latvia at Eurovision, the ambassador said: “Yes, I like it a lot. I am not saying this just because you are from Latvian Television, I like his song and he is a great singer, and not all singers are like that, He has a lot of charisma, he has such a great presence I hope he does well, and I wish him the same.”

Don was welcomed by a large number of guests – employees of the Swedish embassy, ​​as well as ambassadors of other countries. The speeches, games and good fortune were followed by an acoustic version of Don’s song “Hollow”.

The party ended with cake cutting and warm discussions.

“Really, warm, hearty welcome with disco, “ABBA” management, Other ambassadors were here too and it was a pleasure to talk to them,” said Don. “Sincere greetings, sweet. That puts more of a burden on me, but I’ll do what I can.”

For Sweden, Eurovision is one of the biggest and most important competitions – it has a large group of fans, which is not so visible in Latvia, but the two contests LTV “Supernova” and Eurovision itself are high – an important platform for artists.

“Participation in Eurovision and “Supernova” is the only international competition at LTV, in which we both improve our skills and also hope for great results from the artists. In principle , this is an anchor event for LTV, if we talk about pop music as such,” emphasized Ivars Priede, chairman of the LTV board.

The Latvian delegation will go to Sweden in more than a week, where intensive work will begin to successfully represent the country.

“The clothes are ready, that’s the most important thing, the voice is good. The performance is almost ready, there are still some changes. And then on April 30 we have our first rehearsal .Then we will see what needs to be fixed, but the feeling is positive,” said Don in a good mood.

The first semi-final of Eurovision will take place on 7 May, the second semi-final with Don on 9 May and the final on 11 May.

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CONTEXT:

37 countries have confirmed their participation in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden.

31 countries will compete in two semi-finals – on 7 and 9 May, and in the final – on 11 May – 26 countries will fight for places.

From each semi-final, 10 countries will progress to the Eurovision final, taking 20 countries including Eurovision 2024 winner Sweden and the ‘big five’ of Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and France.

The person who will represent Latvia in Eurovision is decided every year by the jury and the audience in the “Supernova” competition of Latvian Television. This year, Don became the winner with the song “Hollow”, it will be performed in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest on May 9.

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