Nemo will carry out ‘The Code’ in Malmö for Switzerland – about their expertise of popping out as non-binary (YouTube)
The 2024 Eurovision Music Contest – also referred to as homosexual Christmas – is going down in lower than a month.
As one of the vital widespread music competitors exhibits, significantly for queer individuals, it’s solely pure to wish to know which artists are representing the LGBTQ+ neighborhood.
Eurovision is going down in Malmö, Sweden, this 12 months with 37 nations battling it out for the title and the honour of internet hosting the following Eurovision Music Contest.
Two semi-finals can be going down on Could 7 and Could 9 respectively, and the grand finale will happen on Could 11.
Out of 37 acts acting at Eurovision 2024, 8 are out and proud members of the LGBTQ+ neighborhood.
Bambie Thug – Eire
Bambie Thug, from Cork, is representing Eire in Eurovision this 12 months and is performing their 2023 tune “Doomsday Blue” from their EP, Cathexis.
Bambie makes use of they/them pronouns and is the primary non-binary artist to signify Eire at Eurovision.
They informed PinkNews final November that realising they’re non-binary allowed them “to be extra free as an individual and due to this fact extra free in my music”.
Electrical Fields – Australia
Electro-pop duo Electrical Fields are representing Australia within the Eurovision Music Contest with the tune “One Mikali (One Blood)”.
The tune incorporates Yankunytjatjara, an Aboriginal language of the Anangu individuals, one of many oldest residing communities on the earth.
Electrical Fields is made up of Michael Ross and Zaachariaha Fielding, each of whom determine as queer. The band motto is “bypass the boundaries”, and Fielding and Ross describe themselves as “two female brothers”.
Kenzy Loevett – San Marino
Spanish rock band Megara is performing the tune “11:11” at Eurovision for San Marino, with the tune fusing parts of rock, metallic, dance, and electronica.
The band beforehand stated they don’t wish to be “pigeonholed” into anybody style of music.
Megara is made up of 4 members, and the band’s lead vocalist Kenzy Loevett is a lesbian and was beforehand married to actress Aria Bedmar who performed Camino Pasamar in interval cleaning soap opera Acacias 38.
Mustii – Belgium
Mustii is a well-known determine in Belgian pop after releasing two studio albums and has additionally been a decide on Drag Race Belgique.
His entry for Eurovision is “Earlier than the Social gathering’s Over” and Mustii identifies as queer. In an interview with the queer journal KET, he revealed that whereas he initially recognized as bisexual, he now prefers to keep away from labels altogether. He expressed that he merely needs to imagine that he likes ‘individuals, singular free human beings.”
In 2023, he cemented his queer credentials by showing as a decide on Drag Race Belgique, alongside Rita Baga and Lufy.
Nemo – Switzerland
Swiss singer Nemo is performing “The Code” at Eurovision, which is about their expertise of popping out as non-binary.
The singer beforehand defined that they didn’t “really feel like a person or a girl… I needed to break just a few codes”.
“‘The Code’ is concerning the journey I began with the realisation that I’m neither a person nor a girl. Discovering myself has been a protracted and sometimes tough course of for me. However nothing feels higher than the liberty I’ve gained by realising that I’m non-binary.”
Olly Alexander – United Kingdom
The UK’s very personal Olly Alexander is acting at Eurovision this 12 months, which he confirmed in the course of the Strictly Come Dancing ultimate in December.
Alexander is thought for performing within the band Years and Years in addition to performing within the Channel 4 drama It’s A Sin.
He stated that acting at Eurovision is a “dream come true” and the tune he selected known as “Dizzy”.
Alexander is well-known for being outspoken about LGBTQ+ rights: he identifies as homosexual, queer and non-binary. You may learn a listing of 12 occasions Olly Alexander proved himself a strong queer icon right here.
Saba – Denmark
SABA is a multi-talented star from Denmark, identified for being a singer, musical theatre actress, and mannequin. Generally known as SABA on stage, her actual identify is Anna Saba Lykke Oehlenschlæger and she or he can be representing Denmark at Eurovision this 12 months with a tune titled “Sand”.
SABA is LGBTQ+, telling Wiwibloggs in an interview that she is in a relationship with a girl who could be very supportive of her musical pursuits. She has stated that she is proud to be the primary brown, queer lady to sing for Denmark on the Eurovision Music Contest 2024.
Silvester Belt – Lithuania
Silvester Belt is Lithuania’s chosen consultant at Eurovision 2024. Belt beforehand took half within the Lithuanian singing competitions Aš – superhitas and The X Issue and can be performing an electro-pop tune titled “Luktelk” within the contest.
Silvester Belt is bisexual and got here out in 2017. He has beforehand described LGBTQ+ icon Troye Sivan as his “all-time inspiration”. Identical, Silvester, identical.