Eurovision. “We already warn: if we win, we will not host the event in 2026”

Portugal will appear on stage this Tuesday, but it is Sweden that comes back to appear as a great candidate. Malmö is out of new organization.

O Song Eurovision Festival 2025 starts further, with the first half final, which will be attended by 15 countries, including Portugal.

In this first elimination in Basel, which starts at 20h this Tuesday, the NAPA And your music will be the seventh on the list. Right after… Sweden.

A Sweden again appear favorite to achieve the festival. In fact, it is – from afar – the favorite, in a table in which Portugal is almost in the last place: 34th place, in a total of 37 countries.

The responsible for Swedish favoritism is this:

And e Just swim sauna They risk taking the trophy (again) to Sweden. Swedes have won in Eurovision seven times, three of them in the last 12 years.

The last victory was in 2023, which led the event to be held in Sweden last year. Malmö It was the city that received the festival… but You don’t want to receive again. At least for now.

Dublin has already received the event in 1994, 1995 and 1997, but Malmö does not want to star in a similar sequence.

First, it is very expensive. On top of that last year, the security budget was more than double the usual because of Israel’s participation and the war in Gaza.

Then it is a Event too big. You can’t be every two years, explained Anna Wittgren, responsible for marketing of the 2024 edition.

“We were very well last year and now we passed the testimony, if necessary. The Eurovision Song Festival is exceptional because only 10 months to organize and hold a global event; And we need to accomplish it with a frequency slightly less than every two years, ”says the.

Gotemburg e Örnsköldsvik will be the strongest alternatives for 2026.

If the Kaj won, we reinforce. Austria e France They are also strong candidates to victory next Saturday, the day of the final in Switzerland.