Melodifestivalen 2014 will be starting in the new year. We have already met the artists that are hoping to represent Sweden at Eurovision 2014. In case you need a Melodifestivalen fix – then you can pre-order the Melodifestivalen 2014 album now. The album will be released on February […]
Sweden – SVT have held their second press conference to announce the artists that will compete in Heats 3 and 4 of Melodifestivalen 2014. Returning Melodifestivalen finalists have been confirmed and we have a Doctor in the house! “State of Drama”, Shirley Clamp and Dr Alban are a […]
Melodifestivalen 2014 – Tomorrow Thursday November 28th will see the second announcement of artists that will compete in Sweden’s search for their Eurovision 2014 Act. You can look at the press conference LIVE tomorrow morning Thursday November 28th at 09:50 (CET) on the SVT Melodifestivalen website. You can access the LIVE BROADCAST […]
Melodifestivalen 2014 – The time has come to find out the first set of artists that will compete in Sweden’s search for their Eurovision 2014 artist. You can look at the press conference LIVE tomorrow morning Tuesday 26th at 09:50 (CET) on the SVT Melodifestivalen website. You can […]
Melodifestivalen 2014 is already thronged with speculation about who will be competing for the honour of representing Sweden at Eurovision 2014. In true Melodifestivalen style the contestants will be revealed in a live web broadcast. November 26th and 28th are the dates for your Eurovision Calender, as these […]
Melodifestivalen is by far one of the most watched National Eurovision Selections across Europe. People not only go for the music but also for the show that the presenters and SVT produce. 2013 saw Danny Saucedo and Gina Dirawi sing and dance their way through the 6 live […]
Submissions for National Eurovision Finals across Europe are growing. Many countries have opened their selection process with surges in the number of songs being sent to National Broadcasters. Some have now closed the application process. SWEDEN Submission have now closed for Melodifestivalen 2014 this morning at 9am (CET). […]
Just a month after hosting Eurovision 2013 – SVT – the Swedish National Broadcaster have announced the application process for Melodifestivalen 2014 (the Swedish National Selection Process) Again there will be 32 songs selected for the 4 Heats. How will the 32 songs be selected? Firstly SVT have […]
Robin St Jernberg takes to the stage for his second rehearsal at Eurovision 2013 (YouTube Video courtesy of ESCKaz) Garrett’s View This is still looking and sounding over produced. The dancers are distracting and the costumes are highly unflattering and this is not coming across well on camera and […]
Latvia’s Eurovision Representatives for 2013 – PER – have taken to the stage for their first Dress Rehearsal at Eurovision in Malmo. First run through of their song and it is very much the same as their national final. Silver and Black glitter shiny costumes for the band. […]
“Eurovision is on a Financial Diet due to the spending spree’s or earlier hosts like Moscow, Düsseldorf and Baku – who were all trying to out do each other with who has the most lights and LED screens. Let’s take a look at that statement” according to the […]
SVT have announced that French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier will design Eurovision Host – Petra Mede’s – dress for Eurovision. Mede and Christer Bjorkman have already met with the French Style Icon and Eurovision Fan already and discussed concepts for Petra’s outfits. Gaultier’s team contacted SVT to suggest working […]
The first deliveries of the Eurovision 2013 stage have arrived at the Malmo Arena in Sweden ahead of the upcoming contest. Above you can see that the Arena is an empty shell but the first pieces of technical equipment has arrived. With just under 4 weeks to prepare […]
SVT announced that this year they will be broadcasting 3 – 1 hour-long live shows just before both Eurovision Semi Finals and The Grand Final. The shows will come live from the Press Center and Artist preparation area. The host of the shows will be Melodifestivalen presenter Gina Dirawi. […]
Östgruppens (Swedish Human Rights Organisation) Chairman – Martin Uggla – is calling SVT to withdraw Belarus from Eurovision 2013. The “We Are One” concept of Eurovision 2013 is being called into question by the organisation. Uggla is claiming that the Belarus National Television Broadcaster is part of the […]