Roger Pontare, the Swedish representative at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin and the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, has been jailed for two months. Roger Pontare was arrested after drunk-driving on the E4 bypass, a main bypass between Sweden and Finland. The arrest took place […]
ABBA will not be reforming for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest – the 50th anniversary of their victory in Brighton. Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson confirmed the news during an interview on Newsnight, on the first anniversary of ABBA Voyage. Bjorn and Benny had the following to say: […]
Following her second Eurovision Song Contest victory in Liverpool, Loreen has announced her European ‘Tattoo Tour’. Furthermore, it kick-starts in Dublin on Tuesday 7th November. All the tour dates are as follows: Tickets go on general release, this Friday, May 27th from 10:00 BST/11:00 CEST – further details […]
Sandviken’s City Council has started a process to see whether or not the city could host the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. Jonas Klang of Sandviken’s City Council, has written a proposal to the Council’s executive board – acknowledging there are challenges, but again would boost the region. The […]
Local authorities and other local groups are encouraging Jönköping to bid for 2024 Eurovision Song Contest Host City status. The Host City bid for Jönköping is been encouraged by Småland Tourism, who has been joined by local authorities and other small groups. The venue that would be used […]
Stockholm aim to use Friends Arena as part of their Host City bid, for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. Preparations for the Stockholm Host City bid started before the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in Liverpool, took place. Karin Wanngård, the Financial City Commissioner of Stockholm, stated the following: […]
The northern Swedish city of Örnsköldsvik has expressed interest in hosting the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. Örnsköldsvik expressed an interest in hosting the Contest in 2016, last time Sweden was the host country. Back in 2016, Anna-Britta Åkerlind, Chairman of the Municipal board, had the following to say: […]
Malmö are looking into preparing a Host City bid for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest – after previously hosting in 1992 and 2013. Malmö’s Recreation Director had the following to say: “We are prepared to make an offer.” Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, Chairman of the Municipal Board in Malmö, […]
The London Eurovision Party have announced the twenty fourth act of the 2023 edition – one of the leading preview parties in the lead up to the Eurovision Song Contest. The twenty fourth Act has been revealed. Loreen will be performing the 2023 Swedish entry on Sunday 16th […]
Two weekends ago, the 2023 Melodifestivalen concluded with Loreen taking victory. In this special #AtoZ or should I say #AtoÖ, we are looking at the Melodifestivalen Host Cities, since the Contest has gone on tour in 2002. Today we conclude our journey around Sweden. Sundsvall Sundsvall has hosted […]