This evening, 30 second clips of each of the rehearsals from the first semi final of Melodifestivalen 2021, has been released. You can listen to the clips below: Kadiatou – One Touch Lillasyster –Pretender Jessica Andersson – Horizon Paul Rey – The Missing Piece Arvingarna –Tänker inte alls gå hem […]
This lunchtime, 60 second clips of each of the songs from the first semi final of Melodifestivalen 2021, has been released. You can listen to the clips below: Kadiatou – One Touch Lillasyster – Pretender Jessica Andersson – Horizon Paul Rey – The Missing Piece Arvingarna – Tänker inte alls gå […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster will not be allowing the song writers to attend the live shows of Melodifestivalen 2021 – as part of their tightened Coronavirus procedures. Andreas Stone Johansson, co-writer of “Fingerprints” revealed this in The Euro Trip Melfest Monday podcast. He also revealed it is […]
This week see’s the fourth of the week-in, week-out National Final marathon season! This week has three shows, as well as song and artist announcements… Monday 1st February Norway – Semi Final 4 Songs & Artists Announcement (11:30 GMT/12:30 CET) Saturday 6th February Lithuania – Pabandom is Naujo! […]
We previously ANNOUNCED that rehearsal footage would be used if an Artist fell ill before one of the live shows – now more Coronavirus plans have been revealed. The plans include: Only six people will be allowed on stage, instead of the usual eight Sensors will sound an […]
#BIRTHDAY: John Lundvik from Sweden is 38 today Do you ever see a song in our favourite TV show and think it’s definitely definitely going to do well? You’re so sure you’ll put money on it winning? That particular song might be from, say, Sweden, so you’re on […]
Melodifestivalen 2021 will be broadcast on a time-delay on YLE, the Finnish national broadcaster. On a Saturday night, the shows will broadcast on YLE TV1, at either 22:40 or 23:00 local time. On a Sunday morning, the shows will get a repeat broadcast on YLE Teema Fen, at […]
Karin Gunnarsson, the Producer of Melodifestivalen 2021, has revealed the back up scenario in case a performer contracts the virus before a live show. Karin revealed that if a performer was able to rehearse, a rehearsal run-through of their performance would be broadcast in place of a live […]
The stage for this year’s Melodifestivalen was revealed earlier today and was designed by Viktor Brattström – here it is: Here are some statistics about this year’s stage: Materials used include Laminate, Glass, Foiled Cardboard, Sheet Metal, Aluminium and Steel 318 Lights (283 are movable) The lighting rig […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lena Philipsson from Sweden is 55 today Now we know a certain country with a blue and yellow flag has excelled in our favourite TV show. You may even think they could win this coming year. And no, I’m not talking about Palau. The truth is that […]