Another record for the Eurovision Song Contest, seeinto by the Swiss Nemowhich obtained a 36% share (two percentage points more than last year) with an audience of 5 million 340 thousand viewers. A number supported by a peak of 6 million 663 thousand viewers (during the performance of Angelina Mango) and an extraordinary 59.4 percent share when the winner was announced. An exceptional result also for the profile of the public, significantly younger than the previous edition (for example 52 percent share among women aged 15-24).
Exceptional, yes, but still far from the data recorded during the final of Turin at the PalaAlpitour which took place in 2022when following the event were the beauty of 6,590,000 spectators for a 41.9 percent share. Epochal numbers which, however, perhaps the leaders of Viale Mazzini do not remember given that: “This is a result never achieved before for this incredible festival – says Prime Time Entertainment director Marcello Ciannamea – which demonstrates even more the centrality that music, in all its expressions, has for Rai”, a statement that smacks of a gaffe given that mathematics is not an opinion and the current result, in addition to having been achieved in 2022, has been far surpassed.
“In a complicated international context, and despite the objective difficulties. Esc has confirmed itself as an opportunity to unite peoples and generations in the name of music, friendship and inclusiveness. An increasingly important dialogue that European public services must encourage. I thank everyone who made this result possible,” she said instead. Rai president Marinella Soldi.
Thus ends the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in an edition that will go down in history for its political implication as never before seen. We are talking about Israel which, according to many, should not have participated in the Contest and in the end came fifth. And, again, of the expulsion of the Netherlands with Joost Klein, guilty of having uttered sexist insults. Facts and deeds never seen before at Eurovision where only music has always been the protagonist, but so be it. Next year the event will be hosted in Nemo’s Switzerland. A curiosity? Its first edition was held in Lugano itself.
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