Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are taking a historical look back on our favourite Contests past and present, on the very day they took place. Today it’s February 6th: Monday 6th February 1961 On this day in 1961, the 3rd edition of Melodifestivalen took place in Stockholm. Siw […]
Axel Åhman has turned 33 years old today. Axel most recently took part, as part of KAJ, at Melodifestivalen 2025 – finishing in 1st place, with “Bara bada bastu”. Happy Birthday, Axel! Let us know what you think about Melodifestivalen – either in the comments below or on […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have revealed the song snippets for heat two of Melodifestivalen 2026 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. The heat two song snippets have been released following this weekend. The song snippets are available to listen to until […]
The first two acts have been announced for Melfest WKND 2026 – which is taking place on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th March. BWO vs. Alcazar will be performing at the After Party, on Saturday 7th March, while Tamara will be performing at the Pre-Party on Friday 6th […]
Saga Ludvigsson has turned 20 years old today. Saga most recently took part at Melodifestivalen 2025 – finishing in 12th place, with “Hate You So Much”. Let us know what you think about Melodifestivalen – either in the comments below or on our FACEBOOK, BLUESKY, TWITTER, YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK pages. The Eurovision Community, which Eurovision […]
Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are taking a historical look back on our favourite Contests past and present, on the very day they took place. Today it’s February 2nd: Tuesday 2nd February 1960 On this day in 1960, the 2nd edition of Melodifestivalen took place in Stockholm. Inger […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have revealed a reversal of the new format of Melodifestivalen 2026 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. For heat one, SVT announced the two automatic finalists for Melodifestivalen 2026 on SVT 1, while the announcement for the […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have held heat one of Melodifestivalen 2026 this evening – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. Six songs took to the stage in Linköping and here are the results from Heat One: A total of 553,145 members of […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have revealed participant reservations, regarding the new format of Melodifestivalen 2026 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. Following the first dress rehearsal for Heat One of Melodifestivalen 2026, participants have raised reservations regarding the format change – […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have revealed the first inductee of the Melodifestivalen Hall of Fame, ahead of heat one, on Saturday 31st January, in Linköping. Janne Lucas (Persson)’s hit silver medal from 1980 is a Swedish evergreen. Songwriters Lasse Holm and Gert Lengstrand really get the full […]
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