The running order for Melodifestivalen 2015 has been announced by SVT (Swedish National Broadcaster). Pundits always look to see who is opening and closing each show so it is interesting to see who has nabbed those prized places. Molly Pettersson Hammar and her song ‘I’ll be fine’ has […]
‘La La La La’ the Cypriot National selection starts rehearsals for their Eurovision 2015 selection. The recorded audition shows are being rehearsed and recorded as we speak with the first one scheduled to be broadcast on December 7th. Nicosia is the place to be as CyBC (Cypriot National […]
Ever since Jan Ola Sand took a ‘Selfie’ at Eurovision in Copenhagen he has embraced social media like a Maltese Nun embracing an all important Eurovision key change! Love it! So when Jon Ola tweeted last night the number ’39’ he started a wild-fire of speculation. Loving your […]
Things are hotting up in Sweden as the shortlisted artists for Melodifestivalen are being selected by SVT. It is rumoured in the Swedish News Agency Expressen that SVT are interested in having Linnea Henriksson participate in Melodifestivalen 2015. Linnea Henriksson is a pop/jazz singer that competed in the 2010 […]
Sean Banan back for Melodifestivalen 2015? Oh yes please! The twice Melodifestivalen singer is looking to make it a hat trick of entries and possibly see him become the male Sanna Nielsen if 2015 isn’t his year. According to Swedish news reports Banan has recorded and submitted an […]
“Big is Beautiful” as I say all the time! A few weeks back we told you that Melodifestivalen was potentially set for changes well they have been announced. Yes we were correct in saying that the 4 heats will be reduced from 8 to 7 songs. This means […]
We have all seen the reports that Sweden’s Eurovision selection process – Melodifestivalen – is set for some changes to help boost local ratings for the show. The closing date for submissions of songs for Melodifestivalen 2015 has passed and it is announced that 2,177 entries have been […]
SWEDEN – The first act has been confirmed for Sweden’s Eurovision 2015 selection aka The Juggernaut that is Melodifestivalen. As per each year – the winner of the Summer contest ‘Svensktoppen Nasta’ is guaranteed a place in the Melodifestivalen live heats. Today 8 acts competed and […]
Melodifestivalen – Love it or Loathe it, you will tune into SVT when Sweden looks to try to find another winner at Eurovision. Thankfully we love it here so we were excited when the first details of the 2015 edition of the contest were announced yesterday. Last year […]
Every year the Marcel Bezençon Awards were awarded at the Eurovision Song Contest. As usual there were 3 awards the Press Award, an Artistic Award and the Composer Award. The Press Award (voted for by the International Press) was won by Austria’s Conchita Wurst and for her song […]