#BIRTHDAY: Anni-Frid Lyngstad is 78 today Just once in a while, I’ll pick a birthday for a member of a group. And I’ve gone obscure. Possibly. Let’s see if her group’s song rings any bells at all. I understand it did OK in the 1970s. I jest of […]
Last night, the BBC, the British national broadcaster, broadcast live week eight of the 2023 season of Strictly Come Dancing. For week eight, Layton Williams danced an Argentine Tango. Layton danced the Argentine Tango to the winning 2023 Eurovision Song Contest entry, “Tattoo”. Layton scored 39 points with […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have revealed further details about Melodifestivalen 2024 – their national selection for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, in Malmo. SVT have revealed that the thirty Acts and their Song Titles taking part in Melodifestivalen 2024 will be revealed on Friday 1st December during […]
#OBITUARY: Lars Berghagen Swedish singer and songwriter Lars ‘Lasse’ Berhagen has died aged 78. He was a star of the Swedish entertainment industry for nearly 60 years, not just as a singer, but also as a presenter for such programmes as Allsång på Skansen. Eurovision fans will best […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have announced ticket details for Melodifestivalen 2024 – their national selection for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, in Malmö. Tickets will be available from 09:00 GMT/10:00 CET HERE. Tickets will be available for the evening rehearsals, family show rehearsals and the live show […]
#BIRTHDAY: Loreen from Sweden is 40 today Hang onto your hats, your gloves, your scarves. It’s Sweden. And it’s someone who may have taken part in our favourite TV show on more than one occasion. Every year, another website has a poll to pick the favourite songs ever. […]
TaP Music has announced this morning that Loreen has joined the artist management company for all her future activities. Loreen is the first female Eurovision participant to win the Contest twice – in both Baku 2012 and Liverpool 2023. TaP Music worked with the BBC to find the […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, announced the Melodifestivalen 2024 tour details this morning. Both the dates and the host cities have been announced. This year, there will not be a debut host city hosting a round of the Contest. Heat Five REPLACES the Semi Final in the latest […]
#BIRTHDAY: Benjamin Ingrosso from Sweden is 26 today We all love a Swedish song. Well, for some fans the contest begins and ends with the country of the yellow cross on a blue field. Admittedly, they have put some choons forward in their time (Sweden that is, not […]
#BIRTHDAY: Christer Björkman from Sweden is 66 today That thing when you get to represent your country. It must be a feeling of such elation. But with that elation must come a sense of foreboding. What if you sing out of key? What if the juries/televoters like everyone […]