The host cities for Melodifestivalen 2015 have been announced along with the dates of the live Eurovision 2015 selection shows. This year sees two new cities added to the Melodifestivalen Road Show Dates and Venues 7th of February – Heat 1 – Gothenburg: Scandinvium Arena 14th of […]
“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 […]
Norway seem to be having the last laugh over their Swedish competitive neighbours when it comes to Eurovision 2015. Where SVT (Swedish National Broadcaster) has seen their fewest entries for Eurovision since 2002, NRK (Norwegian National Broadcaster) are on the ascendance! Last year saw a revised Melodi Grand […]
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 […]
SVT (Swedish National Broadcaster) are set to bring in changes to Melodifestivalen 2015. The Swedish national selection for Eurovision is one of the most watch national selections for Eurovision across Europe. However in Sweden it has seen a drop in viewership that is going to be addresses by […]
Martin Stenmarck has gone from Las Vegas (Eurovision 2005) to his Melodifestivalen 2014’s ‘När Änglarna Går Hem’ and now he starts his own rave with his new single is ‘Glas, Betong och Cement’ or ‘Glass, Concrete and Cement’ to you and I. From the first few beats you […]
If I am honest I think he was robbed of representing Sweden at Eurovision in 2011 and shock horror in 2012 too. Danny Saucedo has gone from singing in a boy band, to flying solo to hosting Melodifestivalen in Sweden. He has been rather quiet of late but […]
Sweden – Submissions from Melodifestivalen 2015 are being taken by SVT now. From now until the close date of the morning of Tuesday September 16th,songwriters must upload their entries to SVT’s official website Like in previous years there are 2 entry points for songwriters Public competition – For songwriters […]
Sweden – the reviews are in and Sanna Nielsen is a “Hit”. She may have missed out on winning Eurovision 2014 with her song ‘Undo’ however she is riding a Swedish wave of theatrical success. Sanna Nielsen has taken to the theatre since returning from Eurovision and she […]
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 […]