Swedish Melodifestivalen line-up complete
It was 'second chance' time in Sweden - though we're not really supposed to call it that any more. let's say TV viewers were...
7 October – As dawn is breakin’ there is so much...
One of the golden rules of our favourite TV show is this: If you win, leave it at that. You've reached the pinnacle, so...
ESC birthdays 11 Mar – One day, [insert country here] will...
Apparently it’s some sort of national festival of popular melody in Sweden over the weekend. Some fans of Europe’s favourite TV show have even...
Eurovision 2003 – Second Rehearsals Part One
Netherlands
Well she has been practicing!!. The more that I look at this, the more that I get the sense that this could well be...
So, apart from Loreen, what else is happening in Melodi-land this...
This week we're in Skellefteå, trying to pick songs for the Melodifestivalen final. And eventually the Swedish Eurovision entry. It's the last set of...
27 January – I would lit your world with just one...
The contest in Tel Aviv seems a long time ago now. Indeed, we're now all thinking of 2020 in Rotterdam. We may have stopped...
Cornelia Jakobs tops the board at 2022 Melodifestivalen
Cornelia Jakobs will perform 'Hold me closer' in the the second semi-final of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, to be held on 12 May.
After...
25 August – Time is like a hourglass in your hand
That thing when you get to represent your country. It must be a feeling of such elation. But with that elation must come a...
Sweden – Melodifestivalen Semi final 2 Results
The Second Heat from Gothenburg. One through from the first round and another from the second round of voting.
Sweden – really more a technical rehearsal than anything else
I suspect there’s not going to be too much useful to say here. Måns and his tiny chums are more or less replicating what...