The Swedish Commentators and Spokesperson has been announced ahead of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, which is been held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Alongside Edward af Sillén, the regular Swedish Commentator, will be Christer Björkman – who is leaving his role within the Swedish Delegation after this year’s […]
The Polish entry for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, was originally planned for Melodifestivalen 2021 – the Swedish national selection. Songwriter Thomas Karlsson had the following to say: “The Ride” was written with the intention to compete in Melodifestivalen 2021. Work began on the song in July and […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate Sweden. Sweden debuted at the Contest in 1958, in Hilversum, The Netherlands. Alice Babs finished […]
This week we are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, on Saturday 3rd April – the first to be held in Ireland and the only Contest to be held at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. Over the course of the week, culminating on the 50th […]
During an interview with James Rowe on The Euro Trip, Tobbe Ek from Aftonbladet revealed that Melodifestivalen is unlikely to return to a national tour in 2022. Tobbe had the following to say: “I spoke to someone who has been working with Melodifestivalen for more than ten years […]
Tonight, the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2021 and final National Final of 2021 has taken place. Twenty Eight songs have been whittled down to just One. Representing Sweden at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest will be: Tusse with “Voices” A full in-depth results articles will be published tomorrow. […]
This year, Melodifestivalen, along with many other National Finals, have been staged without an audience. The audience have had to watch from the comfort of their sofas instead. With this in mind and the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2021 taking place tonight, we thought we’d put some suggestions […]
Tonight see’s the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2021. All six shows this year have been coming from Stockholm, with no audience – this would’ve been my 11th consecutive Final in person, but safety for all comes first. For the Grand Final, Christer Bjorkman will be joined by Shima […]
The Melodifestivalen 2021 Grand Final might conclude the National Finals for 2021, but the fun and frolics continue straight after the show. Join the ’12 Points From America’ for a two hour After Party from 21:00 GMT/22:00 CET/15:00 Minneapolis, USA. The team – Samantha, Derek, Erik and Danny, […]
HOURS after the International Juries were announced for this year’s Melodifestivalen, one has already been replaced. Belarus will no longer be taking part as a Jury and will be replaced by the United Kingdom. Karin Gunnarsson, Melodifestivalen 2021 Producer, had the following to say: “It was a wrong […]