Back in 1974, Sweden won for the first time the Eurovision Song Contest with the entry Waterloo performed by ABBA. The song became a huge international hit and was the starting point of their legendary international career. The 1974 Eurovision Song Contest was held in UK at The Dome, in […]
It is Thursday and two days to go until Melodifestivalen 2017 in Stockholm when we will find out who will fly the blue and yellow flag for Sweden in Kiev in May. Richard and I are here to follow the rehearsals and you can follow our live blog on […]
SWEDEN – Welcome to our live rolling blog for the fSECOND Heat of Melodifestivalen 2014 aka The Swedish Eurovision National Selection for Eurovision 2014. Just refresh the page for our live commentary on the show. You can watch the show with us HERE on the SVT Play and tell us if you […]
SWEDEN – Who will qualify direct to the final of Melodifestivalen 2014 from the second Heat that takes place tomorrow in the city of Linköping. Last week saw some fans surprised at the results in the first Heat in Malmo. Tomorrow another 8 artists take to the stage including […]
Saturday March 2nd Karlstad will be hosting the “Second Chance Heat” of Sweden’s Melodifestivalen and more importantly will be hosting Jedward! Yes Jedward will be performing a duel with hosts Danny Saucedo and Gina Dirawi live on the show. It comes as no surprise that they will be […]
(Photograph Courtesy of YouTube.com) Today we are delighted to talk with the talented and (if you don’t mind me saying) beautiful Birgitta Haukdal who will be performing in the Icelandic National Final Söngvakeppnin 2013 this Saturday with the song ‘Meðal Andanna’. Firstly Birgitta congratulations on being selected for the Icelandic Eurovision […]
(Photograph Courtesy of RUV) Today RUV announced the running order for the Icelandic 2013 Final that will take place on Saturday 2nd of February as the country searches for their first Eurovision Win. The acts will perform as follows Magni Ásgeirsson – Ekki líta undan Svavar Knútur Kristinsson […]
(Photograph Courtesy of X-Factor/ITV/MelanieMcCabe.com) We had reported earlier in the month that Eurosong Mentor – Mairead Farrell – had confirmed on national radio that X-Factor contestant Melanie McCabe was her act for this year’s Eurosong Final in the hope of becoming Ireland‘s representative at Eurovision 2013 in […]
(Photograph Courtesy of Zoë Alexis Bohorquez/Facebook) As we await official RTE confirmation that Zoe Alexis Bohorquez will be a Eurosong Finalist – we can reveal that her recording with International DJ Afrojack over the weekend went amazingly well and that the record has been sent to LA. However Zoe […]
(Photograph Courtesy of nullpoints.com) Who will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmo Sweden? This is a huge honor for any TV presenter to be given such a task. Above is the legendary Ms Katie Boyle who presented the contest on 4 occasions in the United Kingdon […]