News about Eric Saade

Eurovision winner Nemo was swarmed by hundreds of adoring fans on Sunday, as they arrived at Zurich Airport in Switzerland. The Swiss star, 24, become the competition's first non-binary winner on Saturday, after they scored 365 points with the juries and 226 from the public for a total of 591 with their song The Code. And they were greeted by cheers and applause at they returned home, with fans seen waving flags and banners and chanting Nemo's name.

It's meant to be a joyous celebration of European musical kitsch, but instead, this year's Eurovision was the most political ever. The buildup to the annual glitz fest was overshadowed by the Gaza-Israel conflict, with activists calling on organisers to ban the Jewish state. Huge pro-Palestine protests, attended by the likes of Greta Thunberg, have taken place in the host city of Malmo in Sweden - forcing Israeli singer Eden Golan to take shelter in her hotel guarded by armed police.

Eurovision fans expressed shock as fan favourites Malta and Belgium failed to make it through Thursday's semi-final show. Israel's Eden Golan qualified for the final despite thousands of protestors demonstrated in Malmo calling for her to be excluded from the competition. Latvia, Austria, Netherlands, Norway, Greece, Estonia, Switzerland, Georgia and Armenia were the other countries who made it through to Saturday's final.

The 20-year-old singer took to the stage in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest for the emotional Hurricane, which was reworked from a previous track called October Rain, believed to reference the Hamas attacks on Israel. She opened with a back bend, before launching into her song and received claps and cheers from the audience while dressed in a flowing sand-coloured dress. It comes after Golan was ordered to stay in her hotel room earlier today by her country's national security agency as thousands of pro-Palestine protesters called for her to be excluded from the competition. The event's organisers have said they will not 'censor' the audience after Golan was booed during rehearsals.

On Tuesday, the annual music competition kicked off with its first of two semi finals in the Swedish city of Malmo - with ten of the 15 acts performing voted through to Saturday's finale by viewers. The second semi final on Thursday will further narrow the original field of 37 competing nations to 26 for the highly anticipated final, where frontrunners include Croatia's Baby Lasagna and Switzerland's Nemo. Ireland's entry also left viewers predicting the country could win the contest after non-binary artist Bambie Thug, 31, from County Cork, delivered a sensational performance of their song Doomsday Blue for the crowd on Tuesday. Here, FEMAIL reveals all about the contestants still competing in one of the world's most flamboyant events as the over-the-top music competition marks 50 years since ABBA 's win with Waterloo...

Eurovision organisers rebuked one of the Eurovision 2024 opening acts for wearing a keffiyeh during the first semi-final last night. Swedish singer Eric Saade, who was one of three former contestants opening the contest in Malmo, tied the scarf - which has become a symbol of support for Palestine amid the conflict in the Middle East - around his wrist. Saade, who is of Palestinian origin, came third for Sweden at the 56th Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 and has repeatedly expressed his opposition to Israel 's involvement this time around. A spokesperson for the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organises the event, said: 'The Eurovision Song Contest is a live TV show. All performers are made aware of the rules of the Contest, and we regret that Eric Saade chose to compromise the non-political nature of the event.'