Today was the day when the names for Melodifestivalen, the national selection to the Eurovision Song Contet 2015, was revealed by swedish broadcaster SVT. Here we find established names like Eric Saade, Måns Zelmerlöw, Magnus Clarsson, Andreas Johnsson, Jessica Andersson, Marie Bergman and Sanne Salomonsen mixed with more unknown ones. Heat 1: Göteborg – Feburary… Read more
Today the swedish broadcaster SVT revealed the hosting cities of the swedish national selection Melodifestivalen 2015. The final will be held at Friends Arena for the third consecutive year and new hosting cities are Östersund and Helsingborg. News for next year is also that there will be less songs in the heats but 12 in… Read more
As the deadline for sending in songs to Melodifstivalen came to an end a total number of 2 177 songs was counted. This makes it the lowest number of songs submitted since 2002. "We are happy that the songwriters have listened to us when we asked them to select songs carefully" says the producer of… Read more
Today the Swedish public service broadcaster SVT announced the full program of the popular tv-show Allsång på Skansen. The show has kept a high number of viewers thoughout the past summers with it eight one-hour long shows. Sanna Nielsen, Ace Wilder and Alcazar are some of the familiar names to fans of Melodifestivalen. The program… Read more
Last year Emmelie De Forest topped the swedish download charts the week after the Eurovision Song Contest with Margaret Berger and Anouk completing the top 3. This year proves to be another success for the Eurovision participants with the Common Linnets topping the chart ahead of Conchita Wurst. Every Sunday the swedish chart "Digilistan" presents… Read more
These photos were taken at the winners press conference with Conchita Wurst held after the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. Read more
Here is a gallery with photos from the first dress rehearsal of the Final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. Read more
These photos were taken at the press conference that was held with the 10 qualifiers after Semifinal 2. Read more
Here is a gallery with photos from the first dress rehearsal of the second Semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. Read more
These photos were taken at the press conference that was held with the 10 qualifiers after Semifinal 1. Read more
Here you find a gallery with photos of the six direct qualifiers ("The big five" and Denmark) from the Tuesdays second dress rehearsal. Read more
Here is a gallery with photos from the first dress rehearsal of the first Semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. Read more
These photos were taken at the opening reception held at the Copenhagen City Hall on Sunday 4th of May 2014. Read more
These photos were taken at the Sunday’s press conference with the hosts of the Eurovison Song Contest 2014: Nikolaj Koppel, Pilou Asbæk and Lise Rønne. Read more
Here you find a gallery with photos of performances from the second half of Semifinal 2 from the Saturdays second dress rehearsal. Read more
Here you find a gallery with photos of the first seven performers from the Saturdays second dress rehearsal. Read more
Here you find a gallery with photos of performances from the second half of Semifinal 1 from the Fridays second dress rehearsal. Read more
Here you find a gallery with photos of the first eight performers from the Fridays second dress rehearsal (best viewed in fullscreen mode). Read more
800.000 fewer viewers and 450.000 less votes than 2013 are the dark numbers of Melodifestivalen 2014. On the Tuesday SVT also released the full voting figures for all the heats and the numbers reveals that Ace Wilder was actually close to miss the final. A total of 3 302 000 viewers watched Sanna Nielsen prevail… Read more
Tonight Sweden held it’s Second chance heat which was the last heat before the final in Friends Arena on the 8 of March. This was a new chance for the 3rd and 4th placed songs from the four previous heats to qualify to the final. The previous four heats of Melodifestivalen 2014: The first heat… Read more
SVT has today decided to make an immediate rule change that could mean a possible disqualification of an entry if the songs authors, competitors or representatives courages and/or uses voting through an automated flow such as computers or callcenters. The decision comes after a local radio channel revealed a case where 2.500 calls were made… Read more
The popular national selection Melodifestivalen has reached the third destination on its tour around Sweden. In Gothenburg on Saturday we will see a MF-veteran who has been close to winning, a group that had their big breakthrough in MF by reaching last years final and a young performer who could be the next breakthrough act.… Read more
One of Sweden’s most beloved singers Alice Babs has passed away just recently after reaching the age of 90. Alice Babs had a long and successful career and was Sweden’s first representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958. Alice Babs was born on January 26th 1924 in the town of Kalmar, Sweden. She practically grew… Read more
The quest to find the next representant for Sweden at the Eurovision Song contest in Copenhagen continued tonight with the second heat of Melodifestivalen in the city of Linköping. This time the qualifying acts to the final were Sanna Nielsen and Panetoz. The first heat in Malmö saw YOHIO and Ellen Bendiktson advance to the… Read more
The popular national selection Melodifestivalen started tonight when Sweden picked two out of the ten finalists in the first heat that was held in Malmö Arena. In the end it was the favourite YOHIO together with the more unknown Ellen Benediktson who were the ones with most votes from the viewers. The first out of… Read more
Sweden is getting ready for their national selection Melodifestivalen. Five heats will lead to a final where the winner will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen in May. The first heat is taking place in Malmö on the 1st of February. Among the participants here we find last years sensation YOHIO and… Read more