This year’s Eurovision Song Contest announced on Saturday that Swiss rapper Nemo had won with his song “The Code”, which talks about his journey of self-discovery.
After receiving the Eurovision prize, on stage, Nemo said: “I hope that this contest fulfills its promise and continues to protect peace and dignity for everyone in this world.”
In second place was the Croatian singer, Marko Burisic (28 years old), known as “Pepe Lasana”, with the song “Rem Tim Taji Dem”, about the desire of a young man to leave his home and is trying to stay in the hotel. a town where the opportunities are better.
Israel’s Eden Golan (20 years old) came in fifth, despite calls from activists to exclude her. While several journalists revealed, “Booings erupted from the audience before and during Golan’s performance of her song.
The competition said that this year it celebrated European diversity, but it acquired a political character, due to calls to expel the occupying state of Israel, due to the continuous reckless attack by it against the besieged Gaza Strip.
In addition, thousands of people showed up Malmö SwedishSaturday, before the final of the competition, where they waved flags Palestiniansinging “Genocide unites Eurovision” instead of the contest’s official slogan, which is “Music unites us.”
Also, hundreds of protesters organized protests in front of the main offices of the competition and said: “Eurovision, you can’t hide, you support genocide. “
It is worth noting that the song through which Nemo (24 years old) won the competition, mixes different musical colors, including drums, opera, rap and rock, while talks about the singer’s journey of self-discovery, inclusion and acceptance among the “Meme Ain + community”.
