During the third dress rehearsal for the grand final, still in progress at Malmö Arena, the singer from France stopped his performance to deliver a statement. Slimane unexpectedly halted the song and called for peace and unity.

French singer Slimane, stopped in the middle of his performance of Mon Amour during the Eurovision rehearsals to make a speech appealing for peace.

Eurovision Song Contest 2024's dress rehearsal saw France's entry Slimane briefly halt his own performance to share a message of peace

Olly Alexander has had a mixed reaction to his racy Eurovision Song Contest performance. The British singer, 33, performed his song ‘Dizzy’ alongside a group of backing dancers – his first release under his own name.

UK’s Eurovision 2024 entry Olly Alexander has received 0 points in the public vote after his performance of Dizzy. It’s been a tense night in Malmo, but it wasn’t meant to be for the UK this evening as the public vote proved disappointing,

Loreen isn't even performing today. She's meeting the press, mostly on Zoom, from a hotel room in Sweden. Nonetheless, she's in full stage gear: Draped in black, with her hair carefully toussled and her trademark talons.

Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden in 2012 with "Euphoria"; she competed in 2023 with "Tattoo," and she won again - making her the only woman to claim two victories in Eurovision history.