So, so-called Gay Christmas if you are a Eurovision fan, Melodifestivalen, starts tonight and if you thought that the Lithuanian selection was ridiculous this is the one that started off Semi Finals in their current form.
Four Heats of Seven songs. in four massive arenas. First round of televoting happens after the seven songs. Televoting in this instance means traditional and App voting. The top five are then announced and will be shown again. From that five, the top two go through to the final, the next two go through to a fifth losers semi final and everyone else goes home and cries.
Your first set of seven are………
| Country | 2 nd Rehearsal | Viewing room | Press Conference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 10:00 - 10:20 | 10:30 - 10:50 | 11:05 - 11:25 |
| Moldova | 10:25 - 10:45 | 10:55 - 11:15 | 11:30 - 11:50 |
| The Netherlands | 10:50 - 11:10 | 11:20 - 11:40 | 11:55 - 12:15 |
| Australia | 11:15 - 11:35 | 11:45 - 12:05 | 12:20 - 12:40 |
| Georgia | 11:40 - 12:00 | 12:10 - 12:30 | 12:45 - 13:05 |
| LUNCH | 12:00 - 13:00 | ||
| Poland | 13:05 - 13:25 | 13:35 - 13:55 | 14:10 - 14:30 |
| Malta | 13:30 - 13:50 | 14:00 - 14:20 | 14:35 - 14:55 |
| Hungary | 13:55 - 14:15 | 14:25 - 14:45 | 15:00 - 15:20 |
| Latvia | 14:20 - 14:40 | 14:50 - 15:10 | 15:30 - 15:50 |
| BREAK | 14:40 - 15:00 | ||
| Sweden | 15:05 - 15:25 | 15:35 - 15:55 | 16:10 - 16:30 |
| Montenegro | 15:30 - 15:50 | 16:00 - 16:20 | 16:35 - 16:55 |
| Slovenia | 15:55 - 16:15 | 16:25 - 16:45 | 17:00 - 17:20 |
| Ukraine | 16:20 - 16:40 | 16:50 - 17:10 | 17:25 - 17:45 |
| Host Positions GF + Voting (2nd Reh) | 16:50 - 17:50 | ||
| DINNER | 17:50 - 18:50 | ||
| Host Positions GF + Voting (2nd Reh) + Rec. Booth VT | 18:50 - 21:00 | ||
| Lighting & Video Programming | 21:00 - 00:00 |
[…] Most Eurofans with no taste will be tuning in to the Melodi thing heat one live from Karlstad. Seven acts will be taking part as usual from 2000 CET with a webcast at SVT's home page and, in case you can't remember, our page will tell you who and how it's going to work. […]