Eurovision 2024: Rules changes and other wishes for Malmö

Bigger juries, no pre-recorded vocals, a country winning for the first time — these are some of our readers' wishes for Eurovision 2024 in Malmö. We discuss the changes and dreams we want to see become real. 01:03 More bobs 02:56 Rest of the World vote breakdown 04:44 Sara Jo or Jelena Karleusa to sing for Serbia 07:20 Let the juries save a semi-final wildcard 09:04 Get rid of pre-recorded vocals 11:34 Bring back the RANDOM order draw 14:17 A spectacular return from Luxembourg 14:52 Another awesome result for Finland 17:19 A first-time winner 20:00 Albania winning 21:30 EBU to end TikTok corporate partnership 22:03 Expand six-person rule to eight-person rule 23:23 Sweden sending a song in Swedish 24:45 Return of Erika Vikman Dotter and Elvana Gjata 25:50 Semi-Finals on Monday and Wednesday 26:37 Non-winning countries stepping up their games 29:17 A less rigged contest with more transparency and fairness 30:30 An expanded jury 31:35 Make the Eurovision grand final bigger...and shorter intervals   You can buy William's memoir "Wild Dances" below:   UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wild-Dances-Curious-Journey-Eurovision/dp/1662601573 USA: https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Dances-Curious-Journey-Eurovision/dp/1662601573  

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Eurovision news with attitude! Conversations inspired by the song contest — though not always limited to it. We're uploading our reviews and interviews from Eurovision 2020 as we look to 2021! Coming to you from London, but riffing on the world of music and pop culture at large. From the team behind Wiwibloggs.com.