A month ago, when the 37 songs competing for Eurovision
2024
were all revealed, the Croatian Baby Lasagna with his rock title
Rim tim tagi dim
was at the top of the bookmakers' odds (17% chance of victory) ahead of Ukraine (13%) and Italy (10%). Today, the big favorite is called
Nemo
. His song
The Code
has a one in four chance of giving Switzerland victory on May 11 at the Malmö Arena according to bettors.
This upheaval, the native of Bienne owes in large part to his live performance in the show “MusicStar” on March 30 on the Swiss channel SRF. Dressed in a wedding dress and baggy pants, the 24-year-old non-binary artist performed his song with diverse sounds, half operatic and half urban music. A song in English that Nemo himself composed to tell the story of his journey to find his own identity.
A decisive appearance on Swiss television
“Participating in Eurovision is an immense opportunity to build bridges between cultures and generations
,” he declared when his selection was made official, internally, to represent Switzerland.
“That’s why it’s very important for me to get involved as a queer person for the entire LGBTQIA+ community. »
Last November, Nemo Mettler declared to the newspaper
SonntagsZeitung
that he considered himself
“neither man nor woman”
on the sidelines of the release of his song entitled
The Body. “I’m just Nemo,”
he explained on his Instagram account.
I like to think of gender as a galaxy, imagining myself as a little star, floating somewhere inside it.
This is where I feel most like myself. »
“The path to myself has been a long and difficult process”
Nemo
“In
The Code
, it is about the real journey that I began when I realized that I was neither a man nor a woman
,” underlines the man who has lived in Berlin, Germany, for three years.
“The path to myself has been a long and difficult process. But nothing makes me happier than the freedom I gained from understanding that I was non-binary. »
After the victory of the Swedish Loreen with the
Tattoo
title on May 13 in Liverpool, Eurovision
will
take place at the Malmö Arena from May 7 to 11 for the 2024 edition. Comedian Petra Mede and actress Malin Åkerman will will be responsible for hosting the ceremony broadcast live around the world, including on France Télévisions channels in France.
France sixth among bookmakers with SIimane
The ranking of bookmakers as of April 12, 2024:
Switzerland
with
The Code
performed by Nemo (25%)
Croatia
with
Rim tim tagi dim
performed by Baby Lasagna (16%)
Italy
with
La Noia
performed by Angelina Mango (13%)
Ukraine
with
Teresa & Maria
performed by Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil (9%)
Netherlands
with
Europapa
performed by Joost Klein (8%)
France
with
Mon amour
performed by Slimane (3%)