We’ve finally reached the end of our 2024 previews as the Superfans cast their ears over the final four contest contenders. Our triple play travels take us to this years hosts Sweden for some more memories, we catch up on the weeks Eurovision News AND have something important to reveal about the show!…

Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir is an Icelandic singer who represented Iceland in 2010 with the song 'Je ne sais quoi', where she finished 19th. She won Söngvakeppnin 2024, the Icelandic national final for Eurovision, with the song 'Við förum hærra'/'Scared of Heights' and is set to represent Iceland for a second time.

Ladaniva is a French-Armenian world music group originally from Lille. The duo consists of Armenian singer Jaklin Baghdasaryan and French multi-instrumentalist Louis Thomas. They are set to represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song 'Jako'.

Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 62 times since making its debut in 1958, missing only three contests since then (1964, 1970 and 1976). Since 1959, the Swedish entry has been chosen through an annual televised competition, known since 1967 as Melodifestivalen. At the 1997 contest, Sweden was one of the first five countries to adopt televoting. Sweden has hosted the contest six times: three times in Stockholm (1975, 2000, 2016), twice in Malmö (1992, 2013) and once in Gothenburg (1985); and is set to host for a seventh time in 2024 in Malmö.

Sweden, along with Ireland, is the most successful country in the Eurovision Song Contest, with a total of seven victories. Sweden also has the most top five results of the 21st century, with 13; in total, Sweden has achieved 26 top five results in the contest. After finishing second with Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson in 1966, Sweden went on to achieve its seven victories with ABBA (1974), Herreys (1984), Carola (1991), Charlotte Nilsson (1999), Loreen (2012 and 2023) and Måns Zelmerlöw (2015).

John Lundvik is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and former sprinter. He was part of the athletic team for IFK Växjö. Lundvik also has a singing and songwriter career having composed songs for films and the Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling in 2010.

In 2018, he competed in Melodifestivalen with his song “My Turn”, finishing in third place.
He then participated again in Melodifestivalen 2019 with the song “Too Late for Love”, where he advanced directly to the final. Upon winning he went on to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, finishing in fifth place. In the same contest, he represented the United Kingdom as one of the songwriters of “Bigger than Us” performed by Michael Rice, which finished in 26th place (last).