2017 Eurovision Review – Sweden

Sweden is a huge threat to Ireland’s record of most number of wins in Eurovision history, and there’s a reason for that. In recent years, Sweden has been an absolute force, consistently sending modern music with innovative staging. Their national selection process Melodifestivalen is to thank for that, as it has now become more of…

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Eurovision Union’s Weekly Playlist (11/52)

Every week, we’re dedicated to bring you a specially curated playlist featuring songs from all our favourite Eurovision and National final stars, old and new! This week we’ve got national final songs from this year and the years previous, we’ve got new Eurovision tracks for 2017, and new songs from former Eurovision stars. Plenty of…

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Robin Bengtsson wins Melodifestivalen with I Can’t Go On!

As one of the most popular Eurovision national selections, many fans were anticipating to see what Melodifestivalen would bring in 2017. With 28 incredible songs, many were struggling to choose and agree on the one act that would take the top spot, and go on to represent Sweden at Eurovision this year. The final of…

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Melodifestivalen: Who Qualified from Semi-3?

Overnight, the third semi-final for Sweden’s Melodifestivalen took place, with another 7 acts taking to the stage to compete for the 2 places direct to the final, or the 2 places in the second chance round. This semi-final was held in Växjö, and once again the hosts of the show were David Lindgren, Clara Henry…

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Melodifestivalen: Here’s a sneak peak of Semi 3!

We’re now up to the 3rd of 4 semi-finals of Sweden’s Melodifestivalen and as per the usual Melfest situation, we are now able to listen to sneak peaks of all the songs in this week’s semi-final. This semi-final features a number of familiar faces, including a former Eurovision participant, who funnily enough didn’t participate for…

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Sweden’s Melodifestivalen Running Order Revealed

Melodifestivalen is arguably one of Eurovision’s biggest national finals, with Sweden annually creating cutting edge performances of songs which often bring great results for Sweden at Eurovision year after year. Today, the running order for the 2017 Melodifestivalen was released. The process will feature 4 semi-finals, a second chance round and then the final. Here…

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Melodifestivalen 2017 Line-Up Announced!

The list of competitors for Sweden’s national final, Melodifestivalen, have been released! The list includes a number of former Eurovision participants, and some Melodifestivalen fan favourites. Broadcaster SVT released the names and titles of the songs that will be performed for all four semi-finals. Each show will be hosted by Clara Henry, David Lindgren and…

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