The deadline of sending in Melodifestivalen songs have passed. This year 2177 songs (444 to the publics competition) were sent in, a number which is quite low for Sweden. Most songs were sent in 2011 with 3 832 songs (including 424 webbjokers). Christer Björkman says that the number of submissions this year is lower than before but they are pleased that the songwriters …

Today the competition Svensktoppen nästa was held in the amusement park Liseberg in Göteborg. Svensktoppen nästa is a competition where people from all over Sweden has a chance to win a ticket directly to Melodifestivalen the following year. Last year it was EKO that competed in Melodifestivalen with the song “Red”. This years winner is called Kalle Johansson, a 17 year …