Today SVT revealed the cities and dates for the shows of Melodifestivalen 2015. Two completely new cities will debute in 2015 which Christel Tholse Willers the new director of Melodifestivalen says is a way for the show to reach new viewers to experience a big TV production in their city. In brackets you can see when they last hosted a …

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 …

If you live in one of the Nordic countries or you fancy your chances at representing Sweden, Finland or Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015, now is your chance to take part! The submission processes for Melodifestivalen (Sweden), UMK (Finland) and Melodi Grand Prix (Denmark) have now opened, but if you’re an aspiring Nordic artist or songwriter you …

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 …

Alice Gernandt or better known as Ace Wilder will not compete in Sweden’s national final Melodifestivalen 2015. On SVT.se the viewers were allowed to ask some questions to Ace before the TV show “Allsång på Skansen” (sing-along at Skansen). One of the questions were if Ace will come back to Melodifestivalen next year to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest …

With Sanna Nielsen bringing home a bronze medal for Sweden in Copenhagen, it is now time to start searching for the next star. Between the 1-16th of September you can start submitting songs. You can either submit as a public entry (with no previous published works) or ordinary (with previously published works). Addition to that the winner from “Svensktoppen Nästa” …

  Tonight the third semi-final of the Swedish Melodifestivalen was held.  Two acts from this semi-final were voted directly into the final whilst another two were selected to try again in the second chance round on March 1st. There were 8 acts in tonight’s semi-final and they were: 1. Outtrigger – Echo 2. EKO – Red 3. Oscar Zia – Yes we can 4. Shirley Clamp – Burning alive 5. State of Drama – All …

Tonight the second semi-final of the Swedish Melodifestivalen was held.  Two acts from this semi-final were voted directly into the final whilst another two were selected to try again in the second chance round on March 1st. There were 8 acts in tonight’s semi-final and they were: JEM– Love Trigger The Refreshments–Hallelujah Manda–Glow Panetoz – Efter solsken Pink Pistols – I Am Somebody Sanna Nielsen – Undo …

The rehearsales for the second Semi Final of Melodifestivalen kicked off and and the Swedish broadcaster SVT posted the 1 Minute snippets online earlier today. You can listen to them HERE. We paid close attention to what you had to say on our Forum, Twitter and Facebook so here is a review of all eight acts based on your input. …

Ten of the best songs, submitted to DR for consideration to present the home nation at Eurovision 2014, have been announced. These acts will battle it out in the Arena Fyn in Odense, on 8 March, to defend Emmelie de Forest’s win last year. The champion of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will be decided by a mix of a …