STORY: :: Swiss artist Nemo arrives in Zurich after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2024
:: Zurich, Switzerland
:: May 12, 2024
:: Nemo won with 'The Code', a song about their experience as a non-binary person
:: Nemo, Eurovision 2024 winner
"It's very nice to feel the reactions from the people and to realize how much this performance or this song means to people and to feel that. At the same time, it's also just very absurd, because I know myself, I'm just Nemo, and somehow suddenly becoming a thing that goes beyond me is pretty absurd."
In a politically charged night in the Swedish city of Malmo, the musician who uses they/them pronouns, claimed the top spot after dominating the jury section of the vote to beat out the audience favourite, Croatia's Baby Lasagna.
Nemo's victory came a year-and-a-half after the Swiss government rejected proposals to create a third gender or non-specific option for official records, arguing that a binary gender model was still "strongly anchored" in Swiss society.
