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 […]
(Photograph Courtesy of Vasilis Aelian Spiliopoulos) Who will represent Greece at Eurovision 2013? Well the answer to that question is getting closer. We announced earlier that Greek National Broadcaster ERT was working in partnership with MAD TV to bring Greece to Eurovision 2013. Today Greek Newspaper “Proto Thema” announced that […]
(Photograph Courtesy of www.pixmac.com) Could 5pm today be the time that an announcement is made concerning who will represent the UK at Eurovision 2013? Twitter is ablaze with the story at present that recent “Celebrity Big Brother” Winner 2013 and X-Factor contestant Rylan Clark, has said that he has […]
(Photograph Courtesy of eurovision-addict.blogspot.com) Melodifestivalen 2013 will select Sweden’s own representative to Eurovision this year in Malmo. For several weeks now Swedish Broadcaster SVT has been teasing viewers with trailers for the show featuring the presenters of the contest – Gina Dirawi and Danny Saucedo. Both have been seen running […]
(Photograph courtesy of esc12points.com) It was a Smörgåsbord of Eurovision tonight with Denmark selecting their representative for Eurovision 2013, Norway Selecting 3 more finalists from Semi Final 2 and Iceland not wanting to be out done also putting another 3 acts through to next weekend’s final. DENMARK The biggest […]
(Photograph Courtesy MGP/NRK) Tonight is the Second Semi Final is the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix as they search for their 2013 entrant to Eurovision 2013). Following on from last week’s shocks amongst some Eurovision Fans in Semi Final 1 in Norway, nothing is a foregone conclusion. Some might […]