Fans think Eurovision 2024 will take the title from 1991’s ‘worst’ contest in show’s history-Laura Harman-Entertainment – Metro

Here’s what happened at the 1991 Eurovision (Picture: Eurovison)

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 has been compared to the infamous competition from 1991 which went down in history for all the worst reasons.

The Eurovision Song Contest is set to take place tonight in Malmö, Sweden, and has been filled with chaos with drama coming from contestants and even jurors.

France’s entry Slimane interrupted his dress run by calling for peace before walking off stage without finishing his song. Ireland’s entry Bambie Thug missed their dress rehearsal entirely because of an urgent and unexplained ‘situation’ 

The Netherlands’ entrant Joost Klein won’t be performing in the Grand Final after he was axed for making a ‘threatening gesture’. 

Jurors Alessandra Mele from Norway and Finnish runner-up of 2023 Käärijä, have relinquished their responsibilities at the last minute saying it ‘doesn’t feel right’ to be part of the point-giving process, with Alessandra saying on social media: ‘ There is a genocide going on and I’m asking you all to please open up your eyes, open up your heart.’

Protests are also erupting outside of the Malmö Arena because of Israel’s inclusion in the contest and tensions are continuing to build.

The Eurovision Song contest is taking place tonight (Picture: AP / epa / Getty)

This drama has led to fans comparing this contest with the last chaos-filled song contest in 1991 which went down in history as a disaster.

On social media, jonwatt876 commented: Dear Eurovision 1991… all is forgiven. You’re no longer the worst run contest in its history.’

Aminadoce added: ‘1991 is at least excusable if you take away the hosts, today is pure hell.’

Another, TheGRpower said: This year’s Eurovision will be in the history books as the WORST edition ever, even worse than Rome 1991! WHAT A DISGRACE!’

The 1991 contest took place in Rome, which was a change in location from the host country Italy which had planned to hold the contest in Sanremo until a couple of months before the event.

At the event, the music tech went all wrong so fans in the stadium couldn’t hear the music for some of the performers but viewers at home could.

Eurovision 1991 winner Sweden (Picture: Eurovision)

It was reported that there were orchestra issues as a saxophonist was replaced at the last minute with a musician who had very little rehearsal time and an out-of-tune instrument.

The hosts, former Eurovision winners Toto Cutugno and Gigliola Cinquetti were slammed for lacking chemistry and quite vitally, language skills.

Additionally, the whole show was long and drawn out as gaps between contestants performing were filled with long introductions to each act, making it a long and boring watch.

The winner Carola sang the song Fangad av en stormvind (Picture: Eurovision)

Bizarrely, EastEnders’ Ronnie Mitchell was the UK’s 1991 entry.

Sadly, the singer and soap star came just 10th in the contest, this at the time was a pretty big blow as it was the UK’s worst ranking since 1987.

Although the run-up to the 2024 show may have already been littered with chaos, fans can hope that the actual show will go smoothly, with hopes that the dramatic events have already taken place ahead of the show.

The Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final is set to take place at 8pm tonight on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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