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 …
Sweden: Kickoff for Melodifestivalen 2014
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 …
Sweden: EKO to take part in Melodifestivalen 2014
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 …
The 2013 “Expert” Panel – SWEDEN
Every year our “Expert” Panel comes together to judge all entries for the Eurovision Song Contest and they’re back to take apart the 2013 entries and rank them accordingly. While their characters and comments may be wacky, the scores are dead serious. All 13 panelists will comment on the song and rank them accordingly giving it points using a scale …
Robin Stjernberg representing Sweden on home turf
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 …
Ralf Gyllenhammar is your favorite to win Melodifestivalen
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 …
Vote for your favorite Melodifestivalen song (Sweden)
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 …
From the Melodifestivalen Second Chance round…
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 …
Sweden: 2nd chance (Andra chansen) qualifiers
The final qualification round prior to the Globen Finale next Saturday has just concluded in Sweden. Out of 8 songs only two were given the golden ticket. The lucky two acts are: Robin Stjernberg – You & Anton Ewald – Begging That means the 10 songs for the Final are known. Share with us your thoughts, do you think the right …
Melodifestivalen Second Chance – Success or Failure?
In the run-up to the 2013 Andra chancen show this Saturday, ESC United looked at Second chance entries since the introduction in 2002. In terms of the history of Andra Chansen, it was introduced as “Winners Choice” (Vinnarnas Val) when Melodifestivalen was modernised in 2002. It then became “Viewers Choice” (Tittarnas Val) in 2003 and settled as Andra Chansen (Second …