Sweden SWEDEN 2025

[ESC United Mod Team]

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[Fluke]

Now go ahead and win.

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

Since when Victoria Silvstedt is a singer though? She was quite popular here in Italy in the early noughties, but never heard her sing.

 

[jatojo]

Is it okay to expect the song "On and On and On" to be rather repetitive? Klara Hammerström's 2022 entry was one of my favourites, and for whatever reason she is doing well in the odds this year. But the song title is a bit worrying - unless of course she has a song of Tove Lo qualities (in "Talking Body" she sings "On and on and on").

 

[lavieenrose]

Is it okay to expect the song "On and On and On" to be rather repetitive? Klara Hammerström's 2022 entry was one of my favourites, and for whatever reason she is doing well in the odds this year. But the song title is a bit worrying - unless of course she has a song of Tove Lo qualities (in "Talking Body" she sings "On and on and on").

If it doesn't include this exact lyric from the Hikaru Utada song of the same name I'm not interested

 

[jatojo]

It's quite unlikely that we'll get a Swedish winning song in a language other than English this year. Linnea Henriksson has a song called "Den känslan", and it is currently 8th in the odds. The seven entries before it are all in English (well, I'm not entirely sure since I haven't seen the lyrics, but the titles and the context clearly indicate it).

I don't know if there is any kind of pressure that could lead to a change regarding the one-sided use of a foreign language in an NF. No other nation brings as many songs in English to Eurovision as Sweden does.

 

[Mrm]

It's quite unlikely that we'll get a Swedish winning song in a language other than English this year. Linnea Henriksson has a song called "Den känslan", and it is currently 8th in the odds. The seven entries before it are all in English (well, I'm not entirely sure since I haven't seen the lyrics, but the titles and the context clearly indicate it).

I don't know if there is any kind of pressure that could lead to a change regarding the one-sided use of a foreign language in an NF. No other nation brings as many songs in English to Eurovision as Sweden does.

Malta? Germany? Latvia?
And we heard a song entirely in Swedish language in 2012, but for lol

 

[jatojo]

Malta? Germany? Latvia?
And we heard a song entirely in Swedish language in 2012, but for lol

Latvia had a couple of non-English songs in the 00's.

Malta - yes, but English is an official language there, so Malta doesn't count (and of course, the UK and Ireland don't count).

Germany - there was German in all German entries until 2001. (But it's quite remarkable that such a big language isn't represented more than it is.)

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

Latvia had a couple of non-English songs in the 00's.

Malta - yes, but English is an official language there, so Malta doesn't count (and of course, the UK and Ireland don't count).

Germany - there was German in all German entries until 2001. (But it's quite remarkable that such a big language isn't represented more than it is.)

And Latvia in the last few years had awesome songs in latvian language in their NF, like Es Pabiju Tur, or kur?. Not to mention that Aija had a little part in latvian language aswell. I think in a few years we will have a song in latvian in Eurovision. Same for Malta, since maltese Is more and more present in their NF. I can't say the same for Sweden and Germany... Atm, of course, because nobody, literally nobody, saw Lithuania and Azerbaijan presenting songs in lithuanian and azerbaijani language just few years ago, yet it happened.

 

[jatojo]

And Latvia in the last few years had awesome songs in latvian language in their NF, like Es Pabiju Tur, or kur?. Not to mention that Aija had a little part in latvian language aswell. I think in a few years we will have a song in latvian in Eurovision. Same for Malta, since maltese Is more and more present in their NF. I can't say the same for Sweden and Germany... Atm, of course, because nobody, literally nobody, saw Lithuania and Azerbaijan presenting songs in lithuanian and azerbaijani language just few years ago, yet it happened.

I think it's about the Swedes taking their contest too seriously. It's like they think it's a window to the world ("look at us, we're so cool"). If they saw it more as a NATIONAL contest, there would be more room for their mother tongue. Curiously, the genre with most Swedish in it has been the schlagers. Almost as if to say: at least we have a little Swedish here, but it's crap, and it's for old people.

 

[Mrm]

Okay after a longer break, let's see what is promising and what not so much in the HEAT 3:

1. Dolly Style - "YIHAA" - okay of course, this is my fave trash in MF and it MUST remain so, with this song title, the chances are REALLY, REALLY HIGH, I guess

2. Greczula - "Believe me" - well, this is really promising in this phase tbh, seems quite fresh and genuine for today's MF, the team behind the entry is not MF-ized to bits, I like the visuals a lot....so I expect a lot from this...

3. Annika Wickihalder - "Life again" - I love her viocals, and complete Mamas' team from MF, behind this entry should be a good sign, I guess. I expect it will be anthemc, powerfull, uplifting and well perfomed..she can be dangerous...

4. Björn Holmgren - "Radda mig" - meeeh, not sure what to expect exactly, could go either way...

5. Malou Prytz - "24K Gold" - never was a huge fan, she neer was in my top 4 of a MF heat if remember well,m plus now i'm already tired of her competing so i guess it will be a NO from me! The title seems interesting though...

6. Angelino - "Taerdrops" - the only interesting thing here for now is Tusse Chiza being a songwriter, everything else is not promising to me, I didn't like his previous entry at all, and I don't like his vocals..

 

[mauve]

Seems that noone is interested in sweden anymore ...

 

[Schlagerman1]

As a whole it is a pretty strong line-up songwise when listening to these clips. Will fully judge them when they come out in full tonight.

I may not love all the songs, but it feels for the first time in like ages that it is a real NF. It feels much more "adult" songwise this first week than usually. Even if I know artists like DollyStyle will show up in later weeks, it is a very interesting choice of line-up, where I have no idea where the childrens votes will go for.

 

[goncalovieira]

Yeah, Sweden. It is time to revamp your national final. You may get a good song every year, but there are 27/28 more and quality is dropping year by year. Are you waiting for an NQ? It is not impossible. At all.

 

[Looren]

Soooo... these snippets

 

[Mrm]

Meira Omar I love MF troling so much..

 

[Mainshow]

I don't get it. More and more submissions and everything sounds quite "meh".
I like Ludvik's snippet, though - and Adrian/Linnea sound pretty decent but nothing to write home about.

Juries in Eurovision would probably give 329849384 unjustified points to Ludvik again but dunno, I just think that Sweden could do better?

I will probably just watch the Final again - like in recent years - I can't deal with a 6-song-heat anymore in which we always get the same formula - but I have to admit that it's lovely to see more songs in Swedish in heat 1.

 

[FabiESC]

1st Albin Johnsén feat. Pa – Upp i luften 8/10
2nd John Lundvik – Voice of the Silent 5/10
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3rd Adrian Macéus – Vår första gång 3/10
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4th Meira Omar – Hush Hush 3/10
5th Maja Ivarsson – Kamikaze Life 2/10
6th Linnea Henriksson – Den känslan 1/10

Semi 1 is really weak! If all Semis are so, then i will be easy for Mans win this. Albin is the only good song. Never been a fan of John, but i think this is his best song.


My Prediction

1st John Lundvik
2nd Albin Johnsén
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3rd Meira Omar
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4th Linnea Henriksson
5th Maja Ivarsson
6th Adrian Macéus

 

[Fluke]

Oh boy, really not a strong bunch of songs to begin this with, and why are there four uptempo songs in a row?

Albin Johnsen feat. Pa is like a bargain bin Samir & Viktor, which isn't much considering Samir & Viktor is pretty bargain bin in the first place.

Maja Ivarsson - fake "rebellious" girl rock. And why does almost every song have a forcibly inserted eee-i-oooh part?

John Lundvik - Oh god, HOPE he doesn't come close to winning. This is horrible!

Meira Omar - At first listen, weak and overly childish, but it's still one of the better ones of this bunch, maybe a deserved second place.

Adrian Maceus - MAKE IT STOP. The worst possible mish-mash of the most forgettable yet annoying boy-ballads of recent years. This CAN'T go to the final. Please make it so.

Linnea Henriksson - Okay, this is actually a decent song. I'm curious for the staging. Easily the strongest of the bunch, but i wouldn't say it deserves to win still. It's like the 80s schlager style modernized in a way that actually works, unlike some attempts we've seen recently.

So my picks are: Linnea and Meira to the final, AC..... Maja or John Lundvik, the later feels sadly inevitable but i really hope he gets snubbed, and Albin and Adrian for the last places.

 

[Gera11]

Wanted to check the snippets to see if it's worth watching. Oh boy, what we do have here...

Meira Omar - "Hush Hush" 7/10
John Lundvik - "Voice of the Silent" 5/10
Linnea Henriksson - "Den känslan" 4/10
Maja Ivarsson - "Kamikaze Life" 3/10
Adrian Macéus - "Vår första gång" 2/10
Albin Johnsén feat. Pa - "Upp i luften" 2/10

The level of this semi when Lundvik has one of the strongest songs smh. "Hush Hush" is lowkey giving Arash vibes, a pleasant surprise in this line-up.

 

[Stargazer]

I had a quick listen earlier and I really enjoyed Maja's song a lot. Definitely the best one out of the bunch. John Lundvik's song was nice, but not as strong as his 2019 entry. The rest seemed very meh from the short snippet I heard.