Love it or loath it (WE LOVE IT) there is no escaping Melodifestivalen aka The Eurovision Smorgasbord of Swedish Music. Today SVT announced the line up of singers and composers who are biding to represent Sweden at Eurovision on home soil in Stockholm 2016. We take a close […]
SVT have made their announcement for the Melodifestivalen Hosts for 2016. As expected Gina Diwawi, who the good people at Aftonbladet said would got the call, indeed got named first as the main hostess. However in two surprise announcements Petra Mede and Charlotte Perrelli have been announced as co hosts for […]
What city will host Eurovision 2016? SVT (Swedish National Broadcaster) have made their decision. The Swedish Capital of Stockholm will host the contest for the third time. What venue will we be in? We are heading back to the 2000 Eurovision Venue of the Globen Arena! When will the […]
I love Gothenburg 10 reasons Göteborg should host Eurovision So you may have read our article by Lilian Brunell on “Why Stockholm should host Eurovision 2016” – well we had to be impartial and also our friend Ludvig Alfredsson who runs the #ScanTastic Swedish Eurovision website Pop […]
SWEDEN : 10 Reasons Why Stockholm Should Host Eurovision 2016 With a new Eurovision Song Contest only 11 months away (we can’t wait that long) we will start our journey to Sweden 2016 with articles from some of our good Swedish Friends who will give us their take […]
SWEDEN : Gothenburg sees 21 Hotels Blocked Booked for May 2016 News today that 21 hotels have been blocked booked for the month of May 2016 – just when Eurovision 2016 will be taking place. Is it a sign from the Schlager Gods that we are returning to […]
SWEDEN : SVT Publish the votes of their ‘Eurovision TV Review Show’ – Who got their points? Sweden held their annual television preview show where they review the songs from this year’s contest. They had 5 members of their jury and they included Head of Delegation and 1992 […]
SWEDEN : Sign language interpreter steals the show at Melodifestivalen and goes Viral! It was a landslide victory for Måns Zelmerlöw and his song ‘Heroes’ winning both the Public and Jury votes to give him a commanding victory. Is he out breakout star? Close but really. It is this […]
SWEDEN : Melodifestivalen Final running order announced BUT it confuses us! Ok well it doesn’t take a lot for me to get confused but I am. SVT announced the running order of next Saturday’s grand final of Melodifestivalen following the results from Andra Chansen last night. 12 songs […]
SWEDEN : Heat 4 of Melodifestivalen – All Lyrics now ready to read So this is Heat 4 of Melodifestivalen and it has one of the hotly tipped acts to win Melodifestivalen – We think we possibly heard the contender to win Melodifestivalen Last week – […]
Sweden – SVT have released the lyrics for the 7 contestants in this Saturday’s heat and Eric is having a fight! Yes the 7 Acts have released their lyrics and stage performance details – SEE HERE Molly Pettersson Hammar – I’ll Be Fine Read the full lyrics HERE Taste […]
Are you Melodifestivalen’s next social media reporter? That is the question that SVT (Swedish National Broadcaster) is asking today. They posted the following message on their social media “If you like to stand in front of the camera and dream of interviewing one of the participants in the […]
Sweden : Criticism in the Swedish Press regarding the new rule changes to Melodifestivalen. Only minutes after the announced changes to the ‘Andra Chansen’ song semi-final were announced, the Swedish media is criticising the decision made by SVT (Swedish National Broadcaster) The new rules allow for the songs that […]
Sweden is all about change this year as they select their song for Eurovision 2015 at the juggernaut that is Melodifestivalen. What are the new changes that were announced by SVT (Swedish National Broadcaster) today? They relate to the ‘Second Chance’ semi final. This was where Sweden’s 2013 […]