If you tried buying tickets to Eurovision 2024 this morning, then you probably don’t need us to translate the following Swedish phrase: biljettkaos.
“Ticket chaos” is how Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet titled its article about the Eurovision 2024 ticket sale, which started on Tuesday morning.
Tickets were released at 10:00 am local time and, as ever, interest was huge. More than 400,000 people queued on ticketmsater.se.
The web site issued a clear and understandable warning:
“Tickets for the grand final sell quickly and availability is low. Please check back later as many tickets may become available again or try to purchase a ticket for other shows.”
? So who among you has scored #Eurovision tickets? pic.twitter.com/p8JFhYtwtM
— wiwibloggs (@wiwibloggs) November 28, 2023
A quick scroll through Twitter reveals plenty of angry feeds and broken hearts, even if a further batch of tickets will be released later.
Some fans speculated that bots were snapping up all the seats, while others flagged how tickets were already being resold for exorbitant prices on other web sites.
I joined the queue for the Live Grand Final (why not have a go lol) 280000+
Also joined the queue for the SF2 Evening Preview and 120000+ That many people looking for an evening preview ticket?! ?
— Aaron (@Aaron_F320) November 28, 2023
The population of the Eurovision ticket queue is larger than the actual population of Malmö, Sweden pic.twitter.com/uUVCDkO4JH
— andrew (@and_rew_thom) November 28, 2023
Getting through the queue twice but not being able to get a ticket for any of the Eurovision shows ? pic.twitter.com/XqUehfHUoC
— Heidi M. Pedersen | (@heidi_majgaard) November 28, 2023
But it’s not all bad news. Wiwiblogger Lucy persevered and managed to grab tickets more than three hours after the ticket sale started.
I can’t believe I’m going to my first live shows ?
We got live semis and jury final, I’m absolutely ecstatic but oh so very tired!
— Percy // ???? (@JeMappellePercy) November 28, 2023
The shows
First Semi-Final:
- Evening Preview: Monday 6 May (Jury Show)
- Afternoon Preview: Tuesday 7 May (Family Show)
- Live TV Show: Tuesday 7 May
Second Semi-Final:
- Evening Preview: Wednesday 8 May (Jury Show)
- Afternoon Preview: Thursday 9 May (Family Show)
- Live TV Show: Thursday 9 May
Grand Final:
- Evening Preview: Friday 10 May (Jury Show)
- Afternoon Preview: Saturday 11 May (Family Show)
- Live TV Show: Saturday 11 May
Ticket prices
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First & Second Semi-Final – Evening Preview: 145-795 SEK (~€13-70)
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First & Second Semi-Final – Afternoon Preview: 145-545 SEK (~€13-48)
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First & Second Semi-Final – Live Show: 525-2395 SEK (~€46-210)
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Grand Final – Evening Preview: 525-2395 SEK (~€46-210)
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Grand Final – Afternoon Preview: 145-1385 SEK (~€13-121)
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Grand Final – Live Show: 860-3795 SEK (~€75-332)
In addition to regular tickets, there will be a selection of VIP packages as well.
How did you fare? Did you get tickets? And how long did you have to wait? Let us know down below!