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The EuroSong 17th edition will be the 17th edition of Europe's SongFestival. Previously introduced as Europe's SongFestival. The last edition took place in Belgium, Brussels where Annalisa representing Italy with the song "Mon Amour" took the trophy, leaving Norway behind in 2nd place. The city of Italy, Rome was confirmed as the host city soon afterwards. The slogan for this edition was presented as #Italo Tutto Goldi! (referring to Mahmood's song, Italian luxury & the stage design with high ceiling constructed for this edition.

As usual, 45 countries like in the previous editions will be participating in this edition.

This edition marks the second victory for France, making it the third country to have won the contest two times along with Sweden and Norway. This edition also marks Romania's qualification to the Final after 5 unsuccessful attempts previously and Slovakia's second-best result.

List
As of, 45 countries have confirmed their participation in the contest.

Bidding phase
Rai Arena in Rome was chosen for this edition with the capacity of holding 35,000 of live audience. The stage should remind the one with the high ceiling, rings above and fountains flowing from the sides.

Format
The format remains the same as in the previous 16th edition, where Jury votes for the Final are cast out before the actual show when revealing the Running Order. Only at the end of the Final, Televote points and Jury's will be presented.

Semi-final allocation draw

 * The allocation draw took place on the 7th of April 2024.

Semi-Final 1
Fifteen countries have participated in the first semi-final. The 8 highlighted countries have qualified to the Grand Final. This event took place on May 8, 2024.

Semi-Final 2
Fifteen countries participated in the second semi-final. The 8 highlighted counties have qualified to the Grand Final. This event took place on May 22, 2024.

Semi-Final 3
Fifteen countries participated in the third semi-final. The 8 highlighted countries qualified for the Grand Final. This event took place on 29 May 2024.

Final
The Grand-Final took place in 2024 after all three semi-finals had taken place. Twenty-five countries participated in the final, 8 qualifying countries from each semi-final and this edition's host country Italy performing in 17th position. Juries have cast their set of 12 points before the Grand Final and Televotes as well respectively to choose a winner.

{{legend|gold|1st place}} {{legend|silver|2nd place}} {{legend|#cc9966|3rd place}}
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