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The semi I watched was pretty fun, but maybe that's because I was zapping between it and the Danish NF, which was trash.It won't be a big deal since they spread their front runners pretty evenly anyway.
Are they shortening the shows? Six songs for a 90min show. Considering how boring the semis got this year...
The 5th semifinal show looks to be 2 hours instead of an hour and a half like the other non-final shows. An extra half hour to decide the wild cards.It won't be a big deal since they spread their front runners pretty evenly anyway.
Are they shortening the shows? Six songs for a 90min show. Considering how boring the semis got this year...
Couldn't agree more. Unfortunately the Swedes who vote in the NF are mostly pop-loving kids. And the adults who vote are so insecure about how Europe would react to a folk song for example, always saying things like: "How could they understand the song if it's not in English?" And the people who would vote for a metal or folk song mostly despise Eurovision just because of the reason that Sweden have sent bubble-gum braindead pop since like 2001.It's never going to happen but for once, I wantto NOT SEND A POP SONG to Eurovision.
You've already won, you are already pre-qualified.
Give me some Swedish rock/metal, folk or let some sami ppl compete.
Thank you
Couldn't agree more. Unfortunately the Swedes who vote in the NF are mostly pop-loving kids. And the adults who vote are so insecure about how Europe would react to a folk song for example, always saying things like: "How could they understand the song if it's not in English?" And the people who would vote for a metal or folk song mostly despise Eurovision just because of the reason that Sweden have sent bubble-gum braindead pop since like 2001.
Well... If any other country sends a well-written and emotional song in their native language, Swedes usually love it. But unfortunately our Eurovision fans (and the production team from SVT) are so insecure that we would need a miracle to change this.
Since Roger Pontare in 2000 and One More Time in 1996 only Jon Henrik Fjällgren has been able to really challenge the status quo. Unfortunately he competed the same year as Måns, otherwise we might have had more varied competitors the last few years.
Swedish producers and composers saw bigger cash in producing/composing for American (+British + Canadian acts big in the USA and globally) than sticking to Swedish names and the European market alone (Roxette and Ace of Base were also big in the US though). It's not just Swedish acts that struggle, American labels have basically eaten up Europe. It's sad really but there's less and less European acts crossing over since 00's and onwards, but remember that Swedes were still behind some of the biggest hits (Britney, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, The Weeknd etc. etc.). I wouldn't completely dismiss Swedish acts such as Swedish House Mafia and Avicii either though, for sure bigger than Army of Lovers and probably Dr Alban too, and Europe was basically a one-hit-wonder.It’s interesting how the Swedish prime time in the European charts is basically now 25 years in the past (Rosette, Dr. Alban, Europe, Army of Lovers, Ace of Base) and they somehow started to excel in Eurovision with far less impact on the charts though.
Fact, but it doesn't change that it's the biggest success story coming out of Eurovision which ultimately made "Waterloo" a Eurovision classic.I also think Waterloo is ABBA’s worst song and very overrated by the fans because they became world famous later on.
It's sad really but there's less and less European acts crossing over since 00's and onwards, but remember that Swedes were still behind some of the biggest hits (Britney, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, The Weeknd etc. etc.). I wouldn't completely dismiss Swedish acts such as Swedish House Mafia and Avicii either though, for sure bigger than Army of Lovers and probably Dr Alban too, and Europe was basically a one-hit-wonder.
Zara Larsson isn't really famous. She might have had one hit.
Songs are very old. Call me old as well, but she had ONE top 5 hit with Lush Life and a Eurosoccer hit in 2016 with David Guetta. Streaming doesn't equate commercial success. It only gets you 0,003. I dont know any of her songs, not even Lush Life.
The Swedes were in their prime in the 90s. You werent probably born yet but dont lecture me with a One hit wonder from 8 years ago.
Rednex, Roxette, Ace of Base, Dr. Alban had a dozen number ones combined in a few years. They might not have a billion streams but multiple gold, platinums and lots of revenues.
But if it's any consolation, Austria sucks at International music market also. We're way past our prime.
Rednex, Roxette, Ace of Base, Dr. Alban had a dozen number ones combined in a few years. They might not have a billion streams but multiple gold, platinums and lots of revenues.
When you see headline news today in Swedish media about Metalfestivalen and you instantly think it's about Melodifestivalen. It couldn't be more wrong.![]()
Also Melfest shows the decline of Swedish music industry. It gets more boring every year and the best entry this year came from Norway. MF prime was between 2015 and 2017 although they always chose the wrong song. Now they have 27 fillers for a coronation event.