Eurovision fans have slammed a stage set-up for the upcoming contest (Picture: Laurie Dieffembacq/ Belga/AFP via Getty Images)
Eurovision fans have taken aim at the tiny stage set up for fans ahead of the song contest.
The event will be taking place in Malmo, Sweden next month after singer Loreen took out last year’s title in Liverpool.
Although around 100,000 tourists are expected to flock to the Swedish city while the competition takes place, the Eurovision Village stage has left many fans scratching their heads.
Over the course of the two weeks that the contest takes place, the host cities also create a hub for fans to bathe in the Eurovision buzz.
This year’s will be held in Folkets Park from May 4-11, with the area featuring special events and concerts.
However, the size of the main stage, especially when compared to previous years, has left many underwhelmed.
The Eurovision Village will be held in Malmo’s Folkets Park (Picture: X)
Photos of the set-up, which is still currently being assembled, have been circulating online, showing a small dome stage in the park.
Its size is in stark comparison to the massive one seen in Liverpool last year.
Sharing their thoughts, some didn’t hold back, with one joking on social media it was ‘giving Willy Wonka Experience’, referencing the massive let-down of the infamous event hosted in Glasgow earlier this year.
Fans have made comparisons to last year’s massive stage in Liverpool (Picture: Bruce Adams/ Daily Mail)
Another said they’d ‘never seen a bigger downgrade in the history of Eurovision’.
‘They really took “Eurovision Village” to heart and got a village fete size stage,’ someone else shared on X.
Another labelled it ‘embarrassing’.
Many weighed in on social media (Picture: X)
This person was giving the benefit of the doubt (Picture: X)
Others said the stage looked pretty disappointing (Picture: X)
Despite the backlash, this week part of the line-up for the venue was released for fans planning on heading along.
Eurovision 2022 winners Kalush Orchestra, last year’s entrant for Finland Käärijä and 2023 Junior Eurovision winner from France, Zoé, will all be performing.
Representing the UK this year is Olly Alexander, who will be hoping to secure the win with his song Dizzy.
However earlier this year he spoke about why signing up felt like a ‘risky’ move.
‘It’s literally a competition where everybody is there to pull every little detail apart and judge you against all the other performances,’ he said.
However, he added that he also viewed it as being ‘really fun’ and he ‘quite liked that element of risk’.
The Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden on Tuesday May 7 (First Semi-Final), Thursday May 9 (Second Semi-Final) and Saturday May 11 (Grand Final) 2024. Coverage of the event will be broadcast on BBC.
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