SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have announced the song submission period for Melodifestivalen 2026 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. SVT have announced that song submissions will commence on Monday 18th August (08:00 BST/09:00 CEST) and will remain open until Friday 12th September (10:59 […]
Lisa Ajax has turned 27 years old today. Lisa most recently took part at Melodifestivalen 2024 – finishing in 11th place, with “Awful Liar”. Happy Birthday, Lisa! 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 […]
This year, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured a record breaking twenty languages. Eurovision Ireland will be looking at all the languages that have been performed at the Contest, since 1956, in our latest #AtoZ. Today, we continue the series with Viennese German, Vorarlbergish and Vörå Swedish. Viennese […]
This year, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured a record breaking twenty languages. Eurovision Ireland will be looking at all the languages that have been performed at the Contest, since 1956, in our latest #AtoZ. Today, we continue the series with Swedish, Tahitian, and Torlakian. Swedish Swedish is a North […]
Tommy Carlsson has turned 57 years old today. Tommy most recently took part, as part of Arvingarna, at Melodifestivalen 2025 – although was knocked out of the Contest after Heat 5, with “Ring Baby Ring”. Happy Birthday, Tommy! Let us know what you think about Melodifestivalen – either […]
Björn Holmgren has turned 29 years old today. Björn most recently took part at Melodifestivalen 2025 – although was knocked out of the Contest after Heat 3, with “Rädda mig”. Happy Birthday, Björn! Let us know what you think about Melodifestivalen – either in the comments below or […]
Albin Tingwall has turned 22 years old today. Albin most recently took part at Melodifestivalen 2024 – although was knocked out of the Contest after the Final Qualification vote, with “Done Getting Over You”. Happy Birthday, Albin! Let us know what you think about Melodifestivalen – either in […]
Albin has turned 36 years old today. Albin most recently took part at Melodifestivalen 2025 – although was knocked out of the Contest after Heat 1, with “Upp i luften”. Happy Birthday, Albin! Let us know what you think about Melodifestivalen – either in the comments below or […]
Björn Skifs, the Swedish representative at the 1978 & 1981 Eurovision Song Contest, as well participant at Melodifestivalen 1972 & 1975, is bringing his music career to an end. Björn Skifs announced the news after he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. Björn Skifs had the following to say […]
Charlotte Perrelli, two-times winner of Melodifestivalen, as well as the winner of the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest, wants to represent Spain. In an interview with Expressen, Charlotte Perrelli spoke about her dream to represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest. Charlotte Perrelli had the following to say: “The […]
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