BIRTHDAY: Måns Zelmerlöw is 34 today A winner you say? You want a winner? Well, every birthday boy and girl are winners, but there are over 60 acts that have won our favourite TV show’s grand prize. and we’ve got a corker for you today. If you want […]
STAGGY: Review of 2020 Part III Our pundit Staggy may not have made it to Rotterdam, but he can still add his views on what we all could have seen at the Ahoy. You can see what he thought of some other songs HERE. First this time is […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lill Lindfors is 80 today The last two days we’ve had ladies from Sweden in this slot. And guess, what, here comes another one. Flickorna tar över, as they say in sunny Växjö. Now, Kikki and Sahlene could only manage a pitiful third in their respective contests, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kikki Danielsson is 68 today It’s home entrant time again. When you look through the years, several nations have had more home entrants than others – obviously. These may have been because their country won the previous year, or maybe because their country picked up the baton […]
#BIRTHDAY: Robin Bengtsson from Sweden is 30 today Yes, we covered a Swedish birthday a few days ago, but we’ve headed to the land of the blue-and-yellow cross again today. Some of you might just have this country as your favourite every year. Our friends in Sweden want […]
#BIRTHDAY: Björn Ulvæus is 75 today You may recall earlier this month we celebrated a big birthday of a member of some certain popular beat combo from the Nordic part of our great continent. Today we celebrate another birthday from a member of the same popular beat combo. […]
BIRTHDAY: Agnetha Fältskog is 70 today When we celebrate the birthdays here, we usually stick to soloists and duos. However, when we can we’ll post the occasional birthday of a bigger group member. Especially if it’s a big birthday. When you think of Sweden – and have stopped […]
Welcome back to the brand new Eurovision Ireland series, Review In Two – also known as #ReVu2! Although the Eurovision Song Contest for 2020 has been cancelled, we decided we will finish the series so that every country gets the #ReVu2 treatment and no one is left out. […]
Melodifestivalen 2020 may be over, but don’t be sad – because while the annual Swedish musical spectacular is over, a winner has been declared and The Mamas is off to Eurovision in Rotterdam with the song Move!! Sweden need to earn their spot in Saturday’s final by qualifying […]
After the Eurovision Song Contest adopted the Melodifestivalen way of delivering split jury/public votes in 2016, Melodifestivalen are now adopting the way that the Eurovision Song Contest deliver the public votes, since 2018. Once Melodifestivalen has received all the International jury votes, the public votes for the twelfth […]
Tomorrow night, during the Melodifestivalen 2020 Final, four former Eurovision participants will be taking to the stage. Will one of them be successful in representing Sweden again? Victor Crone Last year’s Estonian entry, Victor Crone will be taking to the stage first. On behalf of Estonia, he qualified […]
Before the rehearsals started in earnest at the Friends Arena today, I had a chance to have a very quick chat to friend of the website, Victor Crone. Here is what he had to say. How are you Victor? VC: I’m good, I’m good, yeah I’m good. Last […]
Before the rehearsals kicked off in Friends Arena, the artists came out for a photo opportunity. These were taken on my mobile, so I apologise for some of the quality in advance. Victor Crone Paul Rey The Mamas Mohombi Hanna Ferm Mendez feat. Alvaro Estrella Dotter Robin Bengtsson […]
Good afternoon Europe and good evening Australia. Today are the individual rehearsals of the Finalists of Melodifestivalen 2020!!! Join me, Richard, as we witness the final twelve rehearse and get ready to fight it out on stage during the Grand Final on Saturday night! Refresh This Page From […]
The eight international juries have been revealed ahead of this year’s Grand Final of Melodifestivalen. The UK, who has been present at the last nine editions, will not be present this year. The eight international juries will be: Armenia Australia Austria France Iceland Israel Malta The Netherlands Author: […]