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=== German and Swiss media and personalities ===
"The Code" has been largely well-received. {{ill|Dodo (singer)|lt=Dodo|svde|Dodo (Sänger)}}, a Swiss singer and a close companion of Nemo, stated, "Nemo is an exceptional talent... I'm super proud of Nemo. Nemo is an instant manifestor... If you don't have any ideas, call Nemo. Nemo is bursting with ideas."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walder |first=Samuel |date=7 May 2024 |title=«Nemo hat schon gewonnen» |trans-title="Nemo has already won" |url=https://www.blick.ch/people-tv/schweiz/nemo-mentor-dodo-spricht-ueber-esc-nemo-hat-schon-gewonnen-id19714622.html |url-status=live |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=[[Blick]]}}</ref> Michel Imhof, writer for ''[[Blick]]'', wrote that the song was "an epic anthem that can be perfectly staged on stage... they can go really high. Nemo, I wish you lots of 12 points!"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Imhof |first=Michel |date=29 February 2024 |title=12 Punkte für diesen Erfolgscode |trans-title=12 points for this success code |url=https://www.blick.ch/people-tv/tv/eurovision/nemo-faehrt-zum-eurovision-song-contest-das-koennte-der-code-zum-erfolg-sein-id19486125.html |url-status=live |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=[[Blick]]}}</ref> ''[[Tages-Anzeiger]]''<nowiki/>'s Martin Fischer declared the song to be "spectacular... in these three minutes Nemo goes through all the genres that the musical talent masters.... Ballads always work at the contest, but other songs remain memorable. 'The Code' will be one of them."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fischer |first=Martin |date=29 February 2024 |title=Wird das der Sieg? Nemos Song für den ESC ist spektakulär |trans-title=Will this be the victory? Nemo's song for the ESC is spectacular |url=https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/nemo-the-code-mit-dem-song-muss-die-schweiz-am-esc-siegen-132018006150 |url-status=live |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=[[Tages-Anzeiger]] |language=de}}</ref> [[Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen|''Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen'']]'s (SRF) Luca Koch described the song as "pompous".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Koch |first=Luca |date=6 May 2024 |title=James Bond trifft Hans Zimmer: Das ist Nemos ESC-Song «The Code» |trans-title=James Bond meets Hans Zimmer: We have deciphered "The Code" |url=https://www.srf.ch/kultur/musik/nemos-esc-lied-2024-james-bond-trifft-hans-zimmer-wir-haben-the-code-entschluesselt |url-status=live |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=[[Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen]] |language=de}}</ref>
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