In the second semifinal Måns Zelmerlöw & H.E.A.T. was selected by the swedish audience to go forward to the national final Melodifestivalen. Amy Diamond and Lili & Susie makes it to the second chance round, the first of those having two chances to qualify for the final as an international jury picks an 11th finalist.… Read more
Tomorrow the Swedish televoters will decide the first two finalists in Stockholm. The new format that has been introduced for the 2009 semifinals promises even more excitement than in the past years. Eurovisionary gives you an insight into these new rule changes. As in the past years, 8 songs are performed and televoters can vote… Read more
Today the name of the host for next years edition of Melodifestivalen was revealed – 38-year-old comedian Petra Mede. With these piece of news we now have the complete details for the upcoming Melodifestivalen 2009. Here follows the full lineup of the 32 performers and the draw for each semifinal group: Semifinal 1 City: Göteborg… Read more
Mainly debutants were among the names that was presented by SVT today but there was also two very well known names to the ESC-fans. Maria Haukaas Storeng and Sahlene are competing for a come-back to the Eurovision Song Contest – together. As these six names was made public there are now only two more… Read more
At a press conference held on tuesday, SVT presented six more names for next years swedish national selection Melodifestivalen. The theme this time was "girls with a MF experience". Along with these six names, two additional names could also be added to the list of MF-participants today. Velvet – The Queen Velvet, or Jenny Pettersson… Read more
SVT has now announced the first eight singers who are going to perform at next years swedish national selection Melodifestivalen. Big and well known names here are Måns Zelmerlöw, BWO and Alcazar. What all these singers have in common is that they also are the composers of the songs that they are going to perform.… Read more
An international jury and head to head matches are some of the news when the swedish broadcaster SVT presented the format of Melodifestivalen 2009. The system with 32 songs in 4 semi-finals that has been used since 2002 is also kept for 2009. There are however some changes in the rules: – An international jury… Read more
After the second Semi-Final there was a press conference for all the artists that had gone through to the final. All delegations answered to two questions each and then draw their running order for Saturday’s final. The Ukrainian artist Ani Lorak of course was asked a question about the similarities between her entry and the Swedish one.… Read more
Charlotte Perrelli from Sweden talks to Eurovisionary.com about her reactions after the semifinal. We met Charlotte at In Hotel. As one could expect there was a media-chaos around her. We got a couple of minutes with Charlotte in a quiet corner of the hotel where she enjoyed a glass of champagne while talking to us.… Read more
After the first semi final there were an official after party at Euroclub. Fans, media and artists all got together to celebrate the 10 finalists. Only four of the artists made an appearence at the party, but they certainly did it with grace. Isis Gee, Sirusho, Boaz Mauda and Lakas sister all stayed at the… Read more
On monday evening, Bulgaria held a terrific party together with Malta and Belarus at Euroclub. The party also featured a special-guest appearance. As well as performances from Deep Zone & Balthazar, Ruslan Alehno and Morena, we also saw Extra Nena doing a guest appearance. Extra Nena took part in the Eurovision song contest in 1992 with… Read more
On Monday evening, the Turkish delegation had invited press and fans from all over Europe to attend a party. It was all very well organized with a lot of great food and drinks and of course, several artists from this years Eurovision Song Contest. First to perform was Swedens Charlotte Perrelli who sang this years… Read more
On saturday night there was a big party at Euroclub hosted by the Ukrainian delegation. Among the artists that performed at the club was Swedens Charlotte Perrelli. After her performance we got a quick interview with her. We asked her what the biggest difference is competing 1999 and 2008 and she told us that there are… Read more
On Friday night there was an amazing concert at the Kalemegdan Fortress in Belgrade. A number of artists that have participated in Eurovision Song Contest performed new songs, as well as songs they’ve competed with in the contest. Among the artists, you could find last years winner Maria Serifovic, Zeljko “Lane Moje” Joksimovic and Ruslana.… Read more