It feels like a tough job when it comes to predicting the 10 qualifiers from semi final 1. Looking at my past predictions I use to be able to pick out 8 out of 10 right. And after I’ve been watching the third and last rehearsal on the tv-screen in the press centre, I now think… Read more
These photos are taken from the first dress rehearsal of the first semi final. Read more
These are photos that was taken at the welcome party held in the Oslo City Hall. Read more
Jessy Matador presents us with an energetic performance that includes a lot of dancing, use of pyrotechnics and different light effects. Pyrotechnics has been added since the first rehearsal. Stage smoke has also been added to the performance and Jessy & the dancers now use clothes that they will probably be used in the final. The background uses a lot of different… Read more
Daniel Diges second open rehearsal went fine. The only thing that seemed to be different from the first rehearsal was the man who joins Daniel on stage at the end of the song. The rehearsal went fine. It looks & sounds good on the screens. It’s exactly performed as in the first rehearsal with Daniel singing and with… Read more
Michael von der Heide representing Switzerland at the 2nd Press Conference for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. Here is the photo gallery. Read more
Jessy Matadors rhytmic song Allez Ola shaked the walls of Telenor Arena. Shortly after the rehearsal was over rain, thunder and lightning shook the arena as well. Jessy Matador is joined by four dancers on the stage. The performance includes quite a lot of dance moves, hands in the air, some butt-shaking and even some spanking(!).… Read more
Daniel Diges powerful voice echoes through the arena as he performs the song Algo pequeñito. The performance is very similar to the performance from the spanish final. It contains Daniel who is joined by four dancers who looks to be taken from a fairytale. Peoples opinion about the song is very divided and so it… Read more
As could be expected, the interest was big when Azerbaijan’s performer Safura took the stage. Would the favourite to win the contest live up to the high expectations? The stage goes in blue colors, so does Safura’s dress, the four backing singers dresses and the steps that are used as props on stage (apart from… Read more
Former Eurovision participant Brita Borg (Sweden 1959, Augustin) passed away on the 4th of May at the age of 83. Brita had a long career with acting and singing. She became a famous star in swedish show business in the 50’s and 60’s. In 1959 she competed in the Eurovision song contest for Sweden and… Read more
The swedish selection Melodifestivalen continued with the second chance heat that took place in the town of Örebro, about 200 km west of Stockholm. 2 out of 8 songs were selected by swedish televote to take the remaining two places in the final in Globen next Saturday. The second chance round means that the 3rd… Read more
Salem Al Fakir and Ola Svensson has advanced to the final in Globen as a result saturdays televoting result. Jessica Andersson and Pain of Salvation will have another chance to qualify for the final in the second chance heat on March 6th. Salem Al Fakirs song "Keep on walking" received more votes than any other… Read more
The photos were taken at the second dress rehearsal on saturday the 6th of February. Read more
The swedish selection Melodifestivalen is ready to kick off with it’s first semifinal at Saturday the 6th February, 20:00 CET. The scene will be the northern town of Örnsköldsvik. The criticised voting system used last year has gone through some important changes. We also have the reactions from the audience after the first public rehearsal.… Read more
Alcazar hopes to be fourth time lucky & Peter Jöback makes his first appearance since 1990. Pernilla Wahlgren is another familiar name while Darin is making an interesting debut. These were some of the names that were presented today as SVT revealed the full details for semi final 3 & 4 of Melodifestivalen 2010. Semi… Read more
A nice mix of well known names & newcomers were presented today as SVT announced most of the names of the performers to compete in semi final 1 & 2 in next years swedish national selection Melodifestivalen. Semi final 1 – Örnsköldsvik – 6th of february Anders Ekborg – The Saviour Anders is an successful… Read more
About 175 entries will be online for the public at svt.se/melodifestivalen from Wednesday the 14th of october to Thursday the 12th of november. The winner, decided by SMS-voting, will take one of the 32 places in Melodifestivalen 2010. The total number of entries sent to SVT for the web wild card competition was 246. After… Read more
On the 3rd of october, 120 people from all over Sweden gathered in Gothenburg for the annual OGAE Sweden convention. The past conventions has been very appreciated and so the hopes were high for another successfull convention. And people would not to be disappointed this time either. The place for the convention was Universeum, a… Read more
The swedish selection for Eurovision, Melodifestivalen, will undergo some changes in the rules. One of the news for next year was announced by SVT today: One of the competing songs will be selected by the web visitors – The web wildcard. The web wildcard is described by SVT as a way for new upcoming songwriters to… Read more
Swedish broadcaster SVT has announced the cities to host the 2010 edition of Melodifestivalen. Some changes in the rules are also under discussion. The schedule will be as follows: 6th february: Örnsköldsvik, Swedbank Arena (Semifinal 1) 13th february: Sandviken, Göransson Arena (Semifinal 2) 20th february: Göteborg, Scandinavium (Semifinal 3) 27th february: Malmö, Malmö Arena (Semifinal… Read more
The polish broadcaster has today released the full televoting & jury results from the 2009 semifinal and final. Results shows that Azerbaijan scored a huge win in the semifinal over Norway and that Denmark benefited a lot from the jury. Public votes (Televoting and SMS) for semi-final 2 12 points to Azerbaijan – 16,347 votes… Read more
The full results of the finnish voting has today been revealed at the swedish language section of the yle.fi site. Estonia got the 12 points from the televoters while Iceland was the jurys favourite. The televote results for Semi-final 1: 1. Iceland 9.846 votes 2. Sweden 5.949 3. Bosnia-Herzegovina 4.237 4. Turkey 2.693 5. Israel… Read more
Every day after work I make myself comfortable in front of my computer to watch was has been going on in Moscow during the day. I have seen the videos of the first rehearsals of the 2nd semifinal and here are my impressions. Croatia: It fails to touch me. Definitely not a qualifier in my… Read more
Today we saw nine more performances from the first semifinal. It is too early to make a good verdict on the songs, but I think I have witnessed the first major disappointment and a positive surprise today. And first out today was… Bulgaria – who leaves a messy impression on me. It also happens to… Read more
Day 1 is over and the first nine semifinalists has now rehearsed. Remember that this was the first rehearshal and it’s still early days to say too much as the singers could be holding back, camera shots will be changed and some coreography has not been revealed. But it’s still enough to leave a first… Read more
In the 4th semifinal, which took place in Malmö, Sweden has picked Agnes & Malena Ernman to compete in Globen on the 14th of march. Star Pilots and Sarah Dawn Finer are given a second chance to qualify on the 7th of march when the second chance heat is held. The voting was a quite… Read more