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Switzerland’s Nemo Wins the Eurovision Song Contest, Breaks Trophy (and Thumb)


Eurovision 2024 has crowned its winner.

Originally there were set to be 26 competitors but the Dutch entry, Joost Klein, was disqualified at the last minute after a Swedish crew member complained about his behavior backstage. While many were hoping ABBA would reunite for the event — which marks the 50th anniversary of the band winning the show with their breakout hit “Waterloo” — the quartet only deigned to appear as their “Voyage” avatars live rom London. 1 in the U.S. 50 years ago before getting a second lease of life in 2016’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” — and Alcazar, who have competed a number of times to be Sweden’s Eurovision entry over the past decades but never made it through.

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