Sweden: Melodifestivalen Running Order
The most famous national final for the Eurovision Song Contest, Melodifestivalen, has had its running order for the heats revealed by national broadcaster SVT. The show will consist of four heats, andra chansen and the final. The shows will begin on the 2nd of February with Heat 1, and will conclude on the 12th of March. Samir and Viktor will …
Melodifestivalen 2016: All contestants Revealed
Today, all Melodifestivalen contestants were revealed, we now know all artists that have a chance to represent Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm. The Swedish Broadcaster SVT revealed the full list this morning during a live broadcasted by Christer Bjorkman. Over the past few weeks, several names have been leaked by the media already. The actual Running Order will …
Is Eurovision too political and is Iveta the right choice for Armenia – Podcast
Matt and Adam are back with another edition of the ESC Podcast discussing the latest and greatest news, developments and general Eurovision related info. The following topics were up for debate: – Iveta Mukuychan to represent Armenia – Poland going with Internal selection – Lithuania’s elaborate selection process – Three Swedish Melodifestivalen names leaked ?!? – Sietse Bakker stepping down …
Is booing okay at Eurovision, why is Portugal withdrawing and is Australia here to stay? ESC United Podcast
Matt and Adam are welcoming Calvin to our Podcast discussion to discuss the latest and greatest news, developments and general Eurovision related info. This time around we are joined by our reader and Forum member Calvin. Make sure to listen to our conversation, today we are tackling the following topics. Today’s topic include: Portugal is withdrawing from Eurovision 2016. Australia …
Sweden: Smajling Swedes first act confirmed for Melodifestivalen
Smajling Swedes, a three-piece tropical house band, have won a wildcard entry to Melodifestivalen 2016 after earning the right during the Svensktoppen Nästa Swedish radio competition, despite not actually winning the competition itself. The group are therefore the first act confirmed as a participant in next year’s edition of the popular selection process, which will decide the host entry for …
Sweden: Svensktoppen Nästa acts vie for Melodifestivalen chance
It’s been a relatively quiet build-up to Eurovision 2016 so far but the first bit of news regarding potential performers has surfaced today – from our host nation Sweden, no less! Today, Sveriges Radio announced the eight finalists of Svensktoppen Nästa, a competition organised to discover the next chart success in Sweden. One of these finalists will win the competition …
Melodifestivalen: How did the Swedish people vote?
Saturday final of Melodifestivalen resulted in Måns Zelmerlöw winning with the song “Heroes” but how did the Swedish people and international jury really vote? SVT just released the full status of the voting of each semifinal, andra chansen and the final. To follow are some fun facts about this years voting in Melodifestivalen, in the end of the article you …
Måns Zelmerlöw wins Melodifestivalen!
After 4 semifinals, 1 second chance and 1 final we finally have the winner of Melodifestivalen 2015. We say a massive congratulations to Måns Zelmerlöw that will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. The song he will perform is called “Heroes” and has been written by Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb. Below you can see …
TONIGHT: Sweden and Norway Decide
Tonight is the final Saturday of the 2015 National Final season! Yes, it is over already. In 2015 we have had many shocks winners, shock eliminations, ten week national finals, and a Ruslana concert as an interval act, but lets not forget one of the most shocking events from this year’s NF season, a winner refusing to represent his …