Hyvää iltaa (as they say in Jyväskylä! Those crazy crazy Finns are in Eurovision, with their own unique formula. Whilst other countries may go all populist in their approach, UMK – Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu – is definitely Finnish. Broadcaster YLE goes for variety and maybe just a little bit […]
Dobroho vechora! Kiev calling! After taking a year out, Ukraine return to Europe’s favourite music competition and their road to Stockholm starts right here! Tonight, 9 acts will compete for one of 3 places in the final for the chance to sing for Ukraine in Sweden this May. […]
Before Melodifestivalen kick’s off in Gothenburg this weekend amid controversy, we have already seen one song disqualified and a co-presenter sacked. However, let’s forget about this year’s contest temporarily and look back at ten moments that have made Melodifestivalen the contest it is! 1: Seventh Time Lucky For […]
Next Saturday 6th February, Iceland will begin to search for its Eurovision contender for Stockholm 2016. Who will it be? We took a look at the contestants and listened to their songs: Alna Dis Arnardottir – Instant I took an ‘Instant’ liking to this song. It’s beautifully […]
Saturday 6th February sees the first of three UMK16 qualifying heats to find this year’s Finnish entry for Eurovision 2016. Here’s a look at the six competitors in heat one PLUS make sure to see who you have been voting for in our International Poll for Favourite Song […]
“I’m very touched by the great feedback I received” Today sees a positive story come from Melodifestivalen compared to the heartache felt by Anna Book yesterday following her disqualification from the contest. Oscar Zia is no stranger to Melodifestivalen and following his début at the contest became a […]
Imitation is the highest form of flattery Listen and compare the full 2 versions of the song that has caused a controversy at Sweden’s Melodifestivalen. First up we have Felicia Dunaf’s ‘Taking Care Of A Broken Heart’ that was in the Moldovan national selection in 2014. Now Warner Music […]
‘Oh Mon Dieu’ – Is France turning Bi for Eurovision 2016? March 12th will see the singer and song for France at Eurovision 2016 announced. However yesterday it was revealed that the song from France this year will be bi-lingual and performed in French and English. France has […]
Fredrik Kempe maybe able to ‘Undo her Sadness’ at Melodifestivalen. In the wake of the scandal today of Anna Book being disqualified from this Saturday’s first heat of Melodifestivalen – SEE HERE – we have read that Melodifestivalen and Eurovision composer – and all round good guy – Fredrik […]
Sweden: So today was the day that we finally got to hear the first batch of MelFest contenders, and SVT suggested that we’d be hearing them in dribs and drabs as the day went by. But time went on, and we’d yet to hear anything, but then […]
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