The Wishlist: Our Dream Melodifestivalen (Part 2)

The Swedish Eurovision selection Melodifestivalen is a staple in the Eurovision bubble, with the announcement of the participants always an exciting time of year. In the lead up to the announcement for next year’s contest, we’ve picked out our dream Melodifestivalen, filled with 28 talented artists. Over four instalments, we will be revealing our Top 28 with…

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Sweden: Tusse to sing ‘Voices’ at Eurovision

In an exciting Melodifestivalen semi-final, the next Swedish Eurovision representative has been crowned. Last year’s winners The Mamas competed in the selection with the hopes of returning to Eurovision, but alas they will not be returning this year. Here is the full line-up from the final: Danny Saucedo – Dandi dansa Klara Hammarström – Beat of Broken…

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Melodifestivalen: Eric Saade and The Mamas Qualify Direct to Final

The fourth Semi-Final of Melodifestivalen has now taken place, with the final seven acts performing live from Stockholm. The format of the competitions remains the same as previous years, with two acts selected to qualify directly to the final, while two acts are selected for the second chance ‘Andra Chansen’ round. This means we say…

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Melodifestivalen Semi-Final 4 Snippets Released

Melodifestivalen 2021 continues this weekend, with snippets of the final seven competing songs now released. The Semi-Final will take place on Saturday night, and will be hosted by Per Andersson and Pernilla Wahlgren alongside Christer Björkman. Here are the acts performing in the fourth semi-final: Tess Merkel – Good Life Lovad – Allting är precis…

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Eurovision Union Awards 2020

This year marks the fourth edition of our Eurovision Union Awards, where we celebrate the best new music from Eurovision and National Final stars. As in the previous editions, we will be opening the vote for you to decide which artists or songs have impressed you the most during 2020. This year we will be…

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Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2021 Line-Up Complete

Swedish broadcaster SVT have revealed the 28 participants of the upcoming edition of Melodifestivalen with 27 of those entries selected from a total of 2747 submitted entries. The 28th entrant, Julia Alfrida was selected via P4 Nästa in September. The competitors were revealed over three days instead of the usual press conference used in previous…

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Eurovision 2020 Reviews – Sweden

Sweden is one of the toughest competitors when it comes to Eurovision, with consistently good results over the last decade or so. Through the much-loved national final, Melodifestivalen, the group The Mamas was selected to represent Sweden this year with the song Move, but would this have continued the string of good results? Anita (Eurovision…

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The Mamas Will Represent Sweden with ‘Move’

The final of Melodifestivalen has now taken place, with the next Swedish act for Eurovision decided. After an exciting few weeks of competition, the final 12 took to the stage once again in the hopes of representing Sweden at Eurovision this year. Over the last 5 weeks, four semi-finals and a second chance round were…

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Melodifestivalen: Robin Bengtsson and The Mamas Qualify Direct to Final

Tonight the first semi-final of Melodifestivalen took place in the Saab Arena in Linköping with the first qualifiers selected. A total of seven artists performed tonight, with two selected to qualify directly to the final, while two were selected for the second chance ‘Andra Chansen’ round. This means we say goodbye to three of the acts.…

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Melodifestivalen 2020: Listen to the Semi-Final 1 Snippets!

We are now officially in Melodifestivalen season, and it’s that time again that we can listen to the snippets of the songs participating in the first semi-final. The semi-final will take place on February 1st in Linköping. Here is the line-up: The Mamas – “Move” Suzi P – “Moves” Robin Bengtsson – “Take a Chance”…

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