SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have announced changes to Melodifestivalen – their national selection for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. 30 entries, instead of 28 entries will compete in 2024. There will be five Heats in 2024, instead of four Heats and the Semi Final (Andra Chansen) round […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have proposed a number of potential changes, in their planning for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. The running time of the Grand Final has been quite a topic of recent years, with the show lasting at least, if not exceeding four hours. SVT […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have announced the Core Production Team for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. Ebba Adielsson will assume the role of Executive Producer and overall responsibility for the Contest in 2024; she will temporarily step down from her role as head of SVT Entertainment. Ebba Adielsson had […]
The annual summer spectacular, Allsång på Skansen, is back for another eight week run – starting on Tuesday 27th June. Pernilla Wahlgren debuts as host for the 2023 season, with many Melodifestivalen acts featuring. The line-up is as follows: Let us know what you think about Allsång på […]
Two further cities have joined Stockholm and Gothenburg in the race to host the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, in Sweden. This afternoon, the Municipality of Malmö has confirmed it has submitted a bid to host the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. It last hosted in 2013 at the Malmö […]
Following an INTERVIEW on Newsnight, in the United Kingdom, both Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson ruled out an appearance of ABBA at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. However, we now might see at least 25% of ABBA at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. Bjorn Ulvaeus recently had the […]
Following from EARLIER on, with two cities submitting their expressions of interest to host the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, a third has announced its pulling out ahead of the deadline tomorrow, Monday 12th June. Sandviken will not continue with their host city bid, for the 2024 Eurovision Song […]
Two cities have expressed an interest in bidding to host the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest – the deadline of which is tomorrow, Monday 12th June. Stockholm is the favourite to host the Contest next year. However, with Globen due for renovation, Tele2 and Friends Arena are the only […]
Roger Pontare, the Swedish representative at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin and the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, has been jailed for two months. Roger Pontare was arrested after drunk-driving on the E4 bypass, a main bypass between Sweden and Finland. The arrest took place […]
ABBA will not be reforming for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest – the 50th anniversary of their victory in Brighton. Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson confirmed the news during an interview on Newsnight, on the first anniversary of ABBA Voyage. Bjorn and Benny had the following to say: […]