winner, 2024
Nemo
Nemo represented Switzerland at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö with “The Code”, and won.
- who
- Swiss musician, singer and rapper
- born
- 3 August 1999, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
- contest
- 2024
- win
- 2024
- music
- hip-hop, pop
- plays
- violin, piano, drum kit
- active
- since 2015
- studied at
- Zurich University of the Arts
- sang for
- Switzerland
Biography
Nemo is a Swiss musician, singer and rapper who plays the violin, piano and drums. In 2024 Nemo won the contest in Malmö with “The Code”, becoming the first openly non-binary performer to win it. It was Switzerland’s third win, after 1956 and 1988.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Nemo (singer)”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2024 Malmö
“The Code”
Winner Won the contest with 591 points, ahead of 25 other songs.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Benjamin Alasu, Lasse Midtsian Nymann, Linda Dale, Nemo Mettler
- Running order
- 21st of 26 in the final
- Semi-final
- 4th of 16, 132 points
- Age on the night
- 24
Play: Nemo — “The Code”, the winning performance at Eurovision 2024 hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 2024: A disqualification before the final, and a contest that needed fixing
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Away from Eurovision
Other contests and shows
- The Masked Singer Switzerland
Awards
- Prix Walo 2017
- Swiss Music Awards 2017, 2018
- Artistic Award of the Marcel Bezençon Awards 2024
- Attitude Award 2024
- Composer Award of the Marcel Bezençon Awards 2024
- MTV Europe Music Award for Best Swiss Act 2024
- cultural award and distinction of the city of Biel 2024
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
In the drama file
The scene from our index of scandals, mishaps and lore that Nemo is part of.
- 2025 The vote, questioned Accusations and rows
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Nemo, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 2024
Several newspapers called the 2024 contest one of the most controversial there has been. The winner seemed to agree. Asked about it afterwards, Nemo said that maybe Eurovision needed "a little bit of fixing".
- 2024 The result
Switzerland won for the third time. Nemo's "The Code" was first with the juries and fifth with the public, and finished on 591 points. Nemo was the first openly non-binary performer to win, and said afterwards that fans had been made to throw away non-binary flags at the door.
- 2025 The vote, questioned
Both of the contest's most recent winners, Nemo and JJ, said publicly that Israel should be excluded.
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