Back home, Nemo was celebrated by the population

The song “The Code”, which earned him victory in the Eurovision Song Contest on May 11 in Malmö, Nemo performed it this Monday evening in Bienne, defying the program.

Tonight, the 24-year-old non-binary star appeared in an extravagant costume in the old town of Biel, a stone’s throw from his childhood villa where he kept chickens, and the funicular where he played the violin while doing the quest, but in jeans and sneakers.

Before going on stage, during an interview in Swiss German during which he claimed to have “energy like never before”, he wore a t-shirt marked “Marcello come here”, a nod to “La Dolce vita” by Federico Fellini, as well as a bracelet on each wrist.

On the Place du Bourg, the artist, eager to “move things forward” regarding the third gender, simply added his trademark: his pink hat.

Declaring that “Bienne is very, very proud of Nemo and his title of European champion in music”, Mayor Erich Fehr paid tribute to him, Nemo having given the bilingual city an international dimension: “The whole city, the whole region, the whole canton are super-delighted,” he declared, recalling Bern’s candidacy for the next Eurovision Song Contest.

Nemo’s life in Bienne was shown briefly in a film projected on a giant screen, with drum and piano lessons from childhood and an adolescence tinged with rap, near the Coupole of the Autonomous Youth Center.

Before a concert by students of the Bienne Music School, where Nemo practiced his skills, Nemo spoke on stage with host Jean-Marc Richard, to say that moving to Bienne was “the best decision » from his Appenzell parents.

“Nemo: Messi or Ronaldo?” shouted fans in short pants, without getting a response. Selfies and autographs were on the program for today, but for music, Nemo is especially meeting its audience this year at various festivals, such as at Lakelive in Bienne on July 31, with the added bonus of an exceptional concert on August 11 next in Bienne, with the Bienne-Solothurn Symphony Orchestra.

Scheduled for 17 countries, his European tour “Break The Code” will begin on March 16, 2025 in Cologne and end on April 19 in Berlin, the city where he resides. “What happened released creative energy,” Nemo said.

Musically, he promises to make “no compromise” and to offer titles or projects as personal as “The Code”: “A studio is a laboratory,” he insisted, using and abusing prefix “mega”, as in “mega-creative” or “mega-special”…