Eesti Laul 2025 finalist Anna Sahlene became a Eurovision legend by chance. After one late night phone call more than 20 years ago, the contest forever became a part of her life story. It was 2002, and a team of Estonian songwriters had their song chosen for the Baltic nation’s Eurovision Song Contest pre-selection. When the singer had to drop out …

5 weeks of Melodifestivalen has led us to tonight, the final in Stockholm/Solna and now we know that Marcus & Martinus will represent Sweden at home in Malmö in May! And what a competition it was. 12 artists vying for the crown of Sweden in front of 28,000 Melfest fans in the Friends Arena. Here is how the final lineup …

The final heat of Melodifestivalen 2024 has concluded and we almost have our full final line up for Stockholm next week! After another evening of Swedish, Pop, and Schlager, we have 10 finalists. It will be Marcus & Martinus and Medina going direct to the final. But that is not all tonight! Keep an eye out for the final 2 …

Växjö, 17th Fabruary 2024 Tonight marked the third heat of Sweden’s national selection Melodifestivalen. Organised by Swedish state broadcaster SVT, the Melodifestivalen contest will choose the act to represent Sweden at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, in Malmö. As defending champions and hosts, Sweden have earned a pass to the finale on 11 May 2024, with their act getting to …

The third heat of Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection, is right around the corner, and today, we continue our journey towards it with another interview! We are joined by Jaqcline, who is one of the 6 hopeful artists that will be competing for a ticket to the final on March 9th. We talked about her goals as an artist and performer, …

Melodifestivalen is in full motion! After two heats packed with big names, great music, and spectacular performances, the third heat of the five will take place this Saturday, featuring six artists who will try to qualify for the grand final. Today, we had the chance to talk with Clara Klingenström, who will be competing for that prestigious ticket to the …

It’s time for our final poll of the week, this time featuring the legendary national final Melodifestivalen! This week is the second of five heats, featuring a mix of familiar names like Maria Sur and LIAMOO and four Melfest newcomers. The snippets for all six songs were released today on the official Melfest website and can be listened to below: …

Its that time of the year again, Melodifestivalen. And are you feeling out of the loop with everything that’s changed, who’s competing and what’s happening? Well, I am here to share all the details you need to know about Melfest 2024! Where is it and who’s competing? Let’s start with the basics, the tour and the artists. Melfest is the …

Melodifestivalen 2024 is counting down the weeks till its start, and the organisers at SVT have released the running order for each heat. Sadly, gone are the post-it notes (other brands are available), now in its place is a press release. 5 heats stand to give us 12 finalists, one of whom will go on to represent Sweden at home …

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 …