The Swedish city of Malmö will host the 68th Eurovision Song Contest next year, it was announced on Friday.
Sweden won this year's competition in Liverpool, and Malmö, a coastal city in the south of the Scandinavian country, will host the event for the third time in history, where the best European song is chosen.
There were several other cities in the competition, including the capital Stockholm, the organizers announced.
The semi-finals in the Malmö arena will be on May 7 and 9, 2024, and the final is on May 11.
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Sweden's Lorin won Eurovision 2023 with the song Tatu.
Lorin, who won the competition in 2012, had a big battle with Finland's Karia this year in Liverpool.
Malmö was chosen to host after a city bidding process during which the facilities and the possibility of accommodating thousands of visiting delegations, teams and fans were analysed.
Martin Osterdal, executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, said the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was "delighted" that Sweden's third-largest city had been chosen to host for a third time.
"Malmo holds a special place in the history of the contest, having successfully organized it first in 1992 and then in 2013 - after Lorin's previous victory with the song Euphoria," he said.
"We are excited to return to this vibrant and dynamic city that has proven to have the facilities and infrastructure that are perfect for hosting the world's biggest music event."
Malmö is also the hometown of one of the best Swedish footballers of all time, Zlatan Ibrahimović.
It will be the seventh time that Sweden, home of the legendary group Aba, will host the Eurovision Song Contest.
Waterloo, the song of the group Aba, was declared the best Eurovision song of all time.
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Great Britain, which holds the record with nine, hosted this year's event as last year's winner Ukraine was unable to host, as is tradition, due to the war.
It is estimated that around half a million people visited the host city of Liverpool for Eurovision.
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