Its back! In the words of Aftonbladet, Melodifestivalen Silly Season has returned and as always back with a bang! Each year, Swedish magazine Aftonbladet releases details of the likely Melfest acts for the year ahead. In 2023 they were successful in naming 24 of 28 artists who competed across the 6-week show. In 2021, that was 27 of 28. Artists …
Melfest 2024 preparation is in full swing, we have submissions in and now we have dates. Last week, SVT announced that there were 2624 applications to Melodifestivalen this year. This is a drop from last years over 2800 applications. And today, the organising committee at SVT have announced the locations and dates of the 2024 Melfest competitions. And they are …
One might think that SVT have their hands full, and they clearly do, since this past weekend, we got the number of entries submitted into Melodifestivalen, which lands on 2624 contenders for 2024. Melodifestivalen 2024 As we all should know by now, due to Sweden’s victory earlier this year, the 2024 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest will be held …
The Eurovision 2024 core production team has been completed with the addition of 2 Eurovision legends in. Christer Bjorkman, producer of Melodifestivalen and previous Eurovisions, and Per Blankens, from Melodifestivalen and many other talent shows, are now part of a strong core team that will organise the contest in Malmo. Bjorkman was ecstatic to be part of the Eurovision world …
For all of us national season and contests lovers, we have a real treat coming our way from Sweden, the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024! SVT has announced the the commencement of the song submission period for Melodifestivalen 2024, Sweden’s national selection event for the Eurovision Song Contest, starting August 25 until September 15, 2023. The songs that …
RTBF has confirmed Belgium’s participation to next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The French speaking national broadcaster confirmed to ESCToday that Belgium will be competing in Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. RTBF is planning on keeping its selection format as the broadcaster is preparing an internal selection to determine Belgium’s representative and song. In 2023, Gustaph represented Belgium in Liverpool with …
Just about two months ago, everyone got to witness a historic win, not only for Loreen, but also for Sweden. The country will host it’s 7th contest in 2024 and now we know exactly where we are going. Malmö 2024 Shortly after Sweden’s victory in Liverpool, the interest for hosting the contest was expressed across the country, but some cities …
SVT has released the new format for their 2024 national selection, Melodifestivalen, including significant changes to the qualification heats. Since 2007 the 6-week competition consisted of 4 qualification heats of 7 songs each, with the top 2 advancing directly to the final and the 3rd and 4th places of each heat battling through a second chance round for the last …
We have received word that the city of Malmö has submitted a bid to host the Eurovision Song Contest for a third time, making it the fourth city to have submitted a bid to SVT. The Malmö Arena is the second largest indoor arena in Sweden and currently hosts a number of events such as the Malmö Redhawks ice hockey …
This morning it was confirmed by SVT that the municipality of Örnsköldsvik had submitted a bid to host the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. They are the third bid to be confirmed alongside previous host locations Stockholm and Gothenburg. Their intended host venue will be the Hägglunds Arena, which has hosted a number of heats during the 2007, 2010, 2014, and …
