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00:00 With 591 points, Nemo Mettler is ecstatic. At the age of 24, the Swiss rapper and singer
00:09 won this year's Eurovision Song Contest, beating runners-up Croatia and Ukraine.
00:14 Nemo's song "The Code" is about their journey of coming to terms with their identity as
00:18 a non-binary person, a message that struck a chord with viewers.
00:28 To know that a song that has changed my life and a song where I just speak about my story
00:37 has touched so many people and maybe inspired other people to stay true to their story is
00:47 the most insane thing that has ever happened to me."
00:50 French singer Slimane came fourth with his song "Mon Amour" just ahead of Israel's Idan
00:55 Golan. Controversy surrounding Israel's participation overshadowed this year's contest as the war
01:01 between Israel and Hamas rages on.
01:03 At a press conference, Greece's contestants yawned while Golan answered a journalist's
01:08 question and the Dutch participant hid under his flag. He was later disqualified for a
01:13 different reason.
01:15 People took to the streets in the run-up to the contest. On Saturday, demonstrators gathered
01:20 in Malmo, where Eurovision was held, calling for the singer to be disqualified.
01:32 A request rejected by the event's broadcaster on the grounds that the Eurovision stage should
01:37 remain apolitical.
01:38 However, Russia has been banned since 2022 because of its invasion of Ukraine.