This week see’s the fourth of the week-in, week-out National Final marathon season! This week has three shows, as well as song and artist announcements… Monday 1st February Norway – Semi Final 4 Songs & Artists Announcement (11:30 GMT/12:30 CET) Saturday 6th February Lithuania – Pabandom is Naujo! […]
We previously ANNOUNCED that rehearsal footage would be used if an Artist fell ill before one of the live shows – now more Coronavirus plans have been revealed. The plans include: Only six people will be allowed on stage, instead of the usual eight Sensors will sound an […]
Melodifestivalen 2021 will be broadcast on a time-delay on YLE, the Finnish national broadcaster. On a Saturday night, the shows will broadcast on YLE TV1, at either 22:40 or 23:00 local time. On a Sunday morning, the shows will get a repeat broadcast on YLE Teema Fen, at […]
Karin Gunnarsson, the Producer of Melodifestivalen 2021, has revealed the back up scenario in case a performer contracts the virus before a live show. Karin revealed that if a performer was able to rehearse, a rehearsal run-through of their performance would be broadcast in place of a live […]
The stage for this year’s Melodifestivalen was revealed earlier today and was designed by Viktor Brattström – here it is: Here are some statistics about this year’s stage: Materials used include Laminate, Glass, Foiled Cardboard, Sheet Metal, Aluminium and Steel 318 Lights (283 are movable) The lighting rig […]
As if Christer Bjorkman and his EIGHT CO-HOSTS weren’t enough, a further ninth co-host has been announced. Christer Bjorkman and his co-host for the fourth Semi Final, Per Andersson, will now be joined by Pernilla Wahlgren – the mother of Benjamin Ingrosso, the Swedish entrant of the 2018 […]
The running orders for the four Semi Finals of Melodifestivalen 2021 have been announced. Two acts from each Semi Final will progress to the Grand Final on Saturday 13th March, while another two progress to the Second Chance round on Saturday 6th March. The running orders are: Semi […]
This year’s hosts of Melodifestivalen were announced this morning by SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster. Christer Bjorkman, the Producer of the Contest since 2002, will be the main host for all six shows. Each show he will be joined by one or two additional hosts – they are: […]
Following the last 72 hours after SVT have revealed the Artists and their Songs on an hourly basis, across Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, we have a full entry list. The full list of entries are: Danny Saaucedo “Dandi Dansa” Lovad “Allting ar precis likadant” Kadiatou “One Touch” Mustasch […]
It’s that time of year when everybody finds out if the rumours were correct or not. Over the course of today, the final ten Artists and Songs will be revealed. Keep checking back during the day as we update the list! Thursday’s Artist & Song reveals: The Mamas […]