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# Nonbinary Eurovision
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<small>2024-03-06 | [@andrea](/@andrea), [@T_Vos](/@T_Vos)</small>
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<strong>Content warnings:</strong>
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This text contains a mention of sexual violence
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The [Eurovision Song Contest](https://eurovision.tv/) has long been popular in the queer community.
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It's also full of representations of diverse queer identities: in terms of gender nonconformity,
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[Dana International](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv83u7-mNWQ), a transgender winner from 1998 representing Israel, and Austrian drag queen [Conchita Wurst](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaolVEJEjV4),
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who won the contest in 2014, come to mind.
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A very positive manifestation of the growing acceptance of non-binary in our society is that this year's
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Eurovision can boast an unprecedented representation of openly non-binary and gender-nonconforming individuals –
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as many as four countries have nominated such persons! We invite you to get to know them and their songs:
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## 🇬🇧 Olly Alexander – Dizzy
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Great Britain will be represented by pop music star, vocalist of the band Years & Years – Olly Alexander.
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Olly comes from England, he's most well-known as the lead voice of Years & Years and his later solo career.
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He is also a recognized actor, starring in a series about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 80s “It's a sin”.
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He often uses his platform to address issues important to the LGBTQ+ community.
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Olly is a non-binary person who uses [he/him](/he) pronouns:
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> I feel very nonbinary, and you know, I identify as gay and queer and nonbinary <sup>[[link]](https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Olly_Alexander)</sup>
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Olly wrote his Eurovision song together with Danny L. Harle, a well-known UK producer.
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“Dizzy” is a song about losing oneself in love. It will be heard both during the first semi-final of Eurovision
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and during the Saturday final.
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{embed=//youtube.com/embed/mvs92WfR8lM=Olly Alexander – Dizzy}
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## 🇮🇪 Bambie Thug – Doomsday Blue
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Irish representation to the 2024 Eurovision will be Bambie Thug – singer and songwriter, who describes fær musical style
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as ouija-pop and hyperpunk. In their work, they often tackle themes of breakups, witchcraft, and drug addiction.
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Bambie uses [they/them](/they) and [fae/faer](/fae) pronouns.
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Fær song “Doomsday Blue” can be described as a “genre breaker”.
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In a short, 3-minute (Eurovision requirement) song, Bambie includes alternative rock, pop, and jazz.
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They describe it as an “electric-metal breakdown”. The song contains numerous references to spells
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including the famous Avada Kedavra. The lyrics are about an unnamed close person who raped Bambie in May 2023;
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writing the song and performing it at Eurovision in May is meant to “curse” those memories and the perpetrator.
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{embed=//youtube.com/embed/eA2fKlT8Khw=Bambie Thug – Doomsday Blue}
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## 🇨🇭Nemo – The Code
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Switzerland is represented this year by rapper, singer, and musician performing under the mononym Nemo.
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Nemo's career began in 2015 with the song “Clownfisch”, and in 2017 they achieved a big success with the single “Du”.
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In the following years, they were nominated for many awards in the Swiss music market. Nemo is 24 years old.
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Nemo uses [they/them](they) pronouns in English, but in their native German, they prefer to be referred [by name, without pronouns](https://pronomen.net/:Nemo).
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“The Code” is a song about coming out and living as a non-binary person, about the difficulties and benefits that come with it.
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Nemo sings how coming out gave Nemo a sense of freedom to break the "code" of society, to be themselves.
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We'll hear Nemo's song during the Thursday semi-final and probably during the Saturday final.
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At the time of writing this article, Nemo is among the favorites to win the contest.
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{embed=//youtube.com/embed/kiGDvM14Kwg=Nemo – The Code}
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## 🇦🇺 Electric Fields - One Milkali (One Blood)
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Electric Fields is an Australian duo creating electronic music that combines contemporary soul with Australian Aboriginal culture.
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It consists of vocalist Zaachariaha Fielding and keyboardist and producer Michael Ross.
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They describe themselves as “two feminine brothers” and both use [he/him](/he) pronouns.
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> Michael: We wrote that we are “two feminine brothers” in our bio and some people questioned if we should keep it in.
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> Running and throwing “like a girl” was always an insult and that’s total horse shit. Girls and woman are total bosses and we love that part of us.
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> Zaachariaha: There’s room for everybody but the modern world loves building walls and categorizing everything.
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> Am I a man, a woman, are we an Indigenous band, a queer band? All these boxes feel like barriers and we just fly right over the top on them… sorry suckers!
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> <sup>[[link]](https://www.dnamagazine.com.au/electric-fields/)</sup>
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One Mikali is a song promoting interpersonal dialogue and resolving conflicts through conversation,
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praising the culture of Australian Aboriginal People (from which Zaachariaha comes).
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The lyrics are in English and in the Yankunytjatjara language.
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{embed=//youtube.com/embed/tJ2IaHxCvdw=Electric Fields - One Milkali}
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