As we are getting closer to the first semi-final of Melodifestivalen SVT has revealed all the hosts of this years show. For the main show it is the comic duo Nour El Refai and Anders Jansson and for the pre and after web show we have the YouTuber Clara Henry. Clara Henry is a 19-year-old girl from Göteborg who started …

A few days ago, SVT revealed the first half of participants of Melodifestivalen, one of the most popular shows in Sweden and the winner will move on to represent that country at the Eurovision song contest.   Here is the list of the remaining participants:   Semi Final 3 (Feb 15th) State of Drama – All We Are (Göran Werner, Sanken Sandqvist, Emil …

Today the Swedish National broadcaster, SVT revealed the first 16 acts in a press conference they held in Stockholm. Among the acts are some very familiar faces.   Semifinal 1/Malmo February 1: Artist Song (English translation) Lyrics (l) / Music (m) Mahan Moin “Aleo” Mahan Moin, Anderz Wrethov   Alvaro Estrella “Bedroom” Jakke Erixson, Jon Bordon, Lauren Francis, Kristofer Östergren …

Six different cities will host at least one of the Melodifestivalen 2014 shows. Malmö, Linköping, Gothenburg, Örnsköldsvik, Lidköpingsvägen and Stockholm were all given one of the Semi Final Shows (and Final). Melodifestivalen is the Swedish National Final for the Eurovision Song Contest and has become one of the most popular shows with millions of fans from all over the world …

Melodifestivalen is arguably the most popular Pre Selection Format for the Eurovision Song Contest. Every year, fans from all around the world watch this entertaning show to find out who Sweden is going to pick as their representative. Composers have now the opportunity to submit their songs to SVT which is the broadcaster in charge. The deadline for submission is …

Melodifestivalen is Sweden’s method of selecting the entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The show is one of the most popular events in this Scandinavian country which hosted this year’s contest in Malmo.  ESC fans from all around the world tune in every year to watch all Semi Shows as well as the big Finale. The winner of radio competition Svensktoppen nästa automatically …

      Melodifestivalen, the Swedish National Final has just concluded in what most would consider a nail biter.In the end Robin won the tight race with the song “you” This is the first time that a song that qualified from the Second Chance wins it all. We recently discussed the Second Chance round concept in a separate article and …

Over the last few days ESC United gave the readers the opportunity to vote for their favorite Song in the Swedish National Final. The results are in and if it were up to you, Ralf Gyllenhammar would defend the title on home turf with his song “Bed on fire”. 22% of the votes went his way followed Yohio who received …

Melodifestivalen, one of the most popular Pre-Selection shows, takes place this Saturday and a lot of people are looking forward to this event. In order to celebrate this wonderful show we are giving the ESC United readers the chance to vote for their favorite MF songs. 10 songs are still in the running and one of them will fly the …

Thomas Molloy was fortunate enough to make it to Karlstad to watch the Swedish Melodifestivalen Second Chance round. Below is his report. Thanks again Thomas!  Some of his pics are below. —————————— Karlstad came alive for Sweden’s Second Chance round this evening, as fans packed the Lofbergs Lila Arena to see eight acts battle it out for two places in …