SVT have just announced the first 14 artists that will be competing in Melodifestivalen 2015.  At the same time they also announced which semi final they will all be taking part in. Today they revealed the lineups for the first two semi finals to take place in  Göteborg and Malmö on the 7th and 14th of February respectively. Full line …

Today SVT announced that the artists that will get the chance to represent Sweden in Vienna 2015 will be presented on Monday and Tuesday. Last year was certainly a women year for Melodifestivalen but apparently this year the stakes have been changed. Christer Björkman says that they had to cut out several good males this year – something they weren’t …

On monday 11.00 CET the hosts of Melodifestivalen 2015 will be presented. Yes you heard right, once again there will be more than one presenter in 2015. The presentation will go on live here in a press conference on monday the 29th of september 11.00 CET. In comments on Facebook a lot of people want Gina Dirawi back who was host …

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 …

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” …

With less than a week left to rehearsals the official music video for Undo was released. In the video you can see frozen flowers, books and pig hearts being shattered when thrown to the grown. The director Mats Udd have previously been working with artists like First Aid Kit and Donkeyboy and he says that they used liquid nitrogen to freeze …

As of today it was confirmed that the lyrics of “Undo” will change. Sanna Nielsen will perform the song “Undo” written by Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger and Hamed “K-One” Pirouzpanah in the first semifinal the 6th of May. The song lyrics has previously been criticized for grammatically wrong lyrics, which is the reason why the lyrics will be changed. Fredrik Kempe …