The artists and the songs they will be performing at the forthcoming season of Melodifestivalen has been revealed: Semi-Final 1 – Gothenburg Anna Bergendahl – “Ashes to Ashes” Nano – “Chasing Rivers” Mohombi – “Hello” Zeana feat. Anis Don Demina – “Mina bränder” (My fires) Arja Saijonmaa – […]
One of the best things about Eurovision is that it moves every year – so not only does every contest give you another set of songs to enjoy, but it also gives you a brand new host city to explore and fall in love with! But just how […]
#OBITUARY: Sweden’s Lill-Babs has died Sweden’s entrant in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, Lill-Babs, has died aged 80 after a short illness. Born Barbro Margareta Svensson on 9 March 1938, she is best known in Eurovision circles for singing ‘April, April’ when the contest was held in Cannes in […]
SWEDEN– LIVE BLOG of Melodifestivalen Final from 2000 CET!!! Sweden– Join us today at 20:00 CET for our LIVE rolling blog of the Final 2018 of Melodifestivalen where 12 acts will compete for the golden ticket to represent Sweden in Lisbon in May. The Final is being beamed live from […]
This week we continue our new feature at Eurovision Ireland, where the team and it’s contributors vote on their favourite songs from a particular participating nation. As with the traditional Eurovision Juries, we will each award 12 points to our favourite, then 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, […]
#SWEDEN: Last four finalists of Melodifestivalen chosen Things continue in Sweden, and the full list of finalists is known after the Andra Chansen round of Melodifestivalen, taking place in Kristianstad. As you may know, the format is in the form of duels, with the eight songs being cut […]
#SWEDEN: Four more songs progress in Melodifestivalen 2018 Semi-final four of Melodifestivalen has provided us with four more songs that will move towards the chance to represent Sweden at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Two songs proceed straight through to the final on Saturday 10 March at the […]
The Swedish Melodifestivalen Semi Final 3 has just finished so who has qualified Direct Till Final and who has got a Second Chance in the 5th Semi Final? Martin Almgren and Jessica Andersson have qualified for The Final at Friends Arena in Stockholm. Mancho and Mendez […]
SWEDEN– LIVE BLOG of Melodifestivalen Semi Final 3 from 2000 CET!!! Sweden– Join us today at 20:00 CET for our LIVE rolling blog of the third Semi Final 2018 of Melodifestivalen where 7 acts will compete for a place in the Final in Stockholm and hope to go on to represent their country […]
#SWEDEN: Four more Melodifestivalen acts known Semi-final two of everyone’s favourite national final series is over, and the Swedes have picked four more songs to progress and possibly – possibly – end up in Lisbon in May. But what are they? Straight through to the Final in Stockholm […]
#SWEDEN: Live blog of Melodifestivalen! #AllAboard at 20.00 CET One of the most popular events of the Eurovision calendar is Sweden’s very own Melodifestivalen. A behemoth of an event over six weekends. Tonight is week two, and we’ll see two more songs go ‘direkt’ to the final on […]
The Swedish Melodifestivalen Semi Final 1 has just finished so who has qualified Direct Till Final and who has got a Second Chance in the 5th Semi Final? John Lundvik and Benjamin Ingrosso have qualified for The Final at Friends Arena in Stockholm. Renaida and Sigrid Bernson have […]
SWEDEN– LIVE BLOG of Melodifestivalen Semi Final 1 from 2000 CET!!! Sweden– Join us today at 20:00 CET for our LIVE rolling blog of the first Semi Final 2018 of Melodifestivalen where 7 acts will compete for a place in the Final in Stockholm and hope to go on to represent their country […]
In an interview with Tele-Loisirs before the first show of the 2018 French selection event Destination Eurovision tonight, Christer Björkman, the Head of Delegation for Sweden, has mentioned his wish to Sweden win a 7th Eurovision – before 2021! Björkman, who is to be one of three international […]
2018 is going to be quite the Eurovision year! Along with the excitement of heading to a brand new country for Europe’s favourite musical party, we also have a (potentially) whopping 32 national selections to look forward to! Along with yearly staples such as Melodifestivalen and San Remo, […]
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