Former Eurovision and National Final stars take on Sommarkrysset!

During the summer season, Sweden embraces the good weather, and the good tunes in various televised summer festivals. One of those festivals is Sommarkrysset, which is broadcast from the Gröna Lund amusement park in the nation’s capital, Stockholm. The program, which first began in 2005, features a range of famous artists who perform in front…

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Eurovision Union’s Weekly Playlist (24/52)

Every week, Eurovision Union is dedicated in bringing you a playlist full of new and exciting songs from former Eurovision and National Final artists, new and old. This week is a mixed bag, with a few older favourites, and a whole bunch of new tracks we’re loving! Listen to the playlist here: We’ll start off…

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Eurovision Union’s Weekly Playlist (12/52)

Each week, Eurovision Union will be bringing you a specially curated playlist featuring songs recently released by Eurovision or National Final artists, and a few of our old favourites. This week, we’ve got a mixed bag of songs, including national final and Eurovision songs from past and present, as well as other releases from national…

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Melodifestivalen Semi-Final 2: Who is going straight to the final?

The second semi-final of Sweden’s popular national final selection Melodifestivalen has now taken place in Malmö, where another 7 acts have performed for the ideal positions of 1st and 2nd, which will send them directly to the final, or otherwise 3rd or 4th, which will send the act to the second chance round. The seven…

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Melodifestivalen: Second Semi-Final Sneak Peak!

We’re a few days away from the second semi-final of Sweden’s much loved Melodifestivalen. A total of seven acts will compete in this semi-final, including former Melfest artists Lisa Ajax and Mariette. Like last week and semi-final 1, we now have sneak peaks of the rehearsals popping up online, and also audio teasers of all…

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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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