Last week we had the distinct privilege to sit down with Eurovision 2012 winner and current Eurovision 2023 contestant Loreen from Sweden for a lovely mid-afternoon chat. As you would expect, the entire time was filled with joy, laughter, and extremely thoughtful responses. While the conversation was short in time, we discussed her time on set for Drag Race Sverige’s …
Melodifestivalen 2023 has now come to a close. After 28 songs, across 5 weeks, with 4 heats and 1 semi-final, we finally have a winner! Tonight’s final was broadcast live from Stockholm’s Friends Arena, where thousands of fans crammed in to watch Sweden’s biggest TV show. Farah Abadi and Jesper Rohndahl guided us through the 12 acts vying to compete …
Shortly after the results from the final heat of Melodifestivalen that saw Loreen and Smash Into Pieces qualify for the final, SVT revealed the running order for March 4th’s semi-final. The semi-final is made up of eight songs that finished in 2nd and 3rd in the second round of voting during their heat who will all compete against one another, …
Our next interview ahead of Melodifestivalen will feature twins Marcus and Martinus, who will compete in the Swedish national selection for the first time. The twins are most known in Norway as the winners of Melodi Grand Prix Jr. back in 2012 with their song “To dråper vann” which peaked at no. 8 on the Norwegian Singles Chart at the …
Melodifestivalen kicked off its 2023 season tonight in Gothenburg. The Scandinavium played host to the first 7 acts of this years contest and saw 2 qualify to the final and 2 qualify to the semi-final (Second Chance). Sweden’s biggest show kicked off with Tone Sekelius and ended with John Henrik Fjallgren. The running order was decided a couple months ago …
Our next interview comes from Sweden and features the dynamic duo of Eva Rydberg and Ewa Roos who will sing “Länge leve livet” at Melodifestivalen this Saturday. Fans of Melodifestivalen will remember when both Eva and Ewa took the world by storm in 2021 with their Melfest entry “Rena rama ding dong”, catapulting them into the second chance round. Their …
Sweden’s biggest TV and music show Melodifestivalen begins this weekend. For the next 6 weeks, viewers from across Sweden and the world will be tuning in to SVT for one of the biggest national finals of the year Every year, SVT keeps nthe competiting artists and their song secret and the entire production. This including the staging, songs and intervals. …
As the anticipation surrounding Sweden’s annual national final Melodifestivalen continues to grow, we were able to sit down with newcomer Kiana to chat about her music, her decision to participate in the national final at such a young age, and received a tiny hint at what we should expect to see on the Melfest stage. Kiana is also the youngest …
The Eurovision juggernaut Melodifestivalen is set to kick off in just over a month, and before things get too hectic we were able to grab Melfest contestant Axel Schylström for a quick interview. Axel first gained notoriety in 2015 when he competed on Idol Sverige back in 2015, where he’d end up finishing in fourth place overall. He then became …
Today, Wednesday the 11th of January, SVT and Melodifestivalen released the running order for each heat of Melfest 2023. The running order is as follows; Deltavling 1 Deltavling 2 1.Tone Sekelius – Rhythm Of My Show 1.Wiktoria – All My Life 2.Loulou LaMotte – Inga Sorger 2.Eden – Comfortable 3.Rehjan – Haunted 3.Uje Brandelius – Grytan 4.Elov & Beny – …
