Christer Björkman hands out the 2024 Marcel Bezençon Awards to the winners
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As we await the results of the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, there are three other trophies to hand out - the 2024 Marcel Bezençon Awards.
The annual Marcel Bezençon Awards happened in Malmö on the evening of Saturday 11 May, with three awards up for grabs to this year's Eurovision Song Contest Grand Finalists.
Since the inaugural event in 2002, the Marcel Bezençon Awards, named after the creator of the Eurovision Song Contest, are handed out each year to three winners. The awards were dished out in the Delegation Lounge just prior to Saturday night’s show by Christer Björkman, Contest Producer of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest.
Christer Björkman announced this year’s Marcel Bezençon Award Winners:
The Press Award, voted on by the accredited media, was awarded to Baby Lasagna, who is representing Croatia with his song Rim Tim Tagi Dim.
The Artistic Award, which is given to the best artistic performance as voted for by the commentators from each participating broadcaster, was given to Switzerland's Nemo, who is performing for their country with the song The Code.
The Code also went and won a second award, the Composer Award, which is presented to an entry's team of composers, and voted on by all of the participating composers at the year’s Contest. This year, the award was presented to Benjamin Alasu, Lasse Midtsian Nymann, Linda Dale and Nemo Mettler. Together, they wrote The Code, performed by Nemo and representing Switzerland.
The Eurovision Song Contest would like to salute all of this year’s winners on their achievement!