Melodifestivalen 2015. Photo : SVT

SWEDEN – The first act has been confirmed for Sweden’s Eurovision 2015 selection aka The Juggernaut that is Melodifestivalen.

As per each year – the winner of the Summer contest ‘Svensktoppen Nasta’ is guaranteed a place in the Melodifestivalen live heats. Today 8 acts competed and the winner was announced – Kalle Johansson. The result was a combination of a public and jury vote.

The Jury

Draw Jernquist –  P4 music editor

Kerstin Behrendtz – Music Editor Sveriges Radio

Kaj Kindvall – legendary TV host and producer

Christer Björkman – SVT/Melodifestivalen

Maths Broborg – Project Manager for the Swedish charts Next

Anna Lidman – Singer in the group EKO (Lead singer of last year’s ‘Svensktoppen Nasta’ winners)

Kalle Johansson is the first Act for Melodifestivalen 2015. Photo : sverigesradio.se

Kalle will now take part in Melodifestivalen 2015 in the live heats but he will have to source a new song for the competition. He won ‘Svensktoppen Nasta’ today with the above song ‘Den där dan’ or ‘On That Day’. The song will be released now in Sweden on September 28th.

How do you think Kalle will respond to being on the big stage at Melodifestivalen next year?

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Source : Sverigesradio.se