Posts by Tommy

The running order of Melodifestivalen 2014 announced

Last years favourite among the voting audience Yohio will be first out when Sweden starts its selecition procedure to the Eurovision Song Contest on the 1st of February. The 32nd and last performer in the fourth heat will be another hot favourite and audience pleaser – Anton Ewald. Heat 1 MALMÖ – 1st of February… Read more

Video: Maarja and Sanna Nielsen at Melodifestivalklubben OGAE Swedens convention 2013

Melodifestivalklubben arranged it’s popular yearly convention at the Concert and congress hall in Linköping on Saturday the 5th of October. The highlight for many was to see and meet two well known performers – Estonian Maarja and Swedish Sanna Nielsen. Videos of the performances can be found in this article. Over 120 members of Melodifestivalklubben… Read more

2 628 songs submitted to Melodifestivalen 2014

As the submission deadline was reached this morning it stood clear that the interest is still high to take part in Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection to the Eurovision Song Contest. 2 628 is just above last years 2 549 songs. "We had probably hoped for less songs" says the producer of Melodifestivalen, Christer Björkman.… Read more

SVT announces cities and dates for Melodifestivalen 2014

Speculations about where the swedish final would be held ended today as SVT announced that the final once again will be held in Friends Arena. Lidköping is the newcomer among the other hosting cities of the Melodifestivalen tour that starts in the ESC-arena in Malmö on the 1st of February and ends in Friends Arena… Read more

First entrant of Melodifestivalen 2014 revealed

The band EKO has secured a place in next years Melodifestivalen 2014, the swedish national selection to the Eurovision Song Contest, by winning the swedish radio talent competition "Svensktoppen nästa" today. Eight finalists from different regions of Sweden had been chosen to take part in the swedish talent competition "Svensktoppen nästa" that took place earlier today.… Read more

Several MF-acts in Allsång på Skansen 2013

A strong swedish summer tradition continues as SVT launches 8 new programs of the popular one-hour live show Allsång på Skansen. The lineup is full of former Melodifestivalen particiapants like Carola, Robin Stjernberg, YOHIO and Danny. The program will be aired on SVT on Tuesdays between 26 June – 14 August. Here is the full… Read more

Eurovision songs dominates the Swedish downloading charts

The swedish radio chart program "DigiListan" shows the most downloaded songs to computers, mobile phones and other media players every week. This week has proved to be a very successful one for the Eurovision songs that competed in Malmö with three songs topping the charts. The charts on 2013-05-26: #1 Emmelie De Forest – Only… Read more

The running order for the final announced

The swedish producers of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Christer Björkman & Andreas Martin Österdahl, has decided the running order for the final. France will be starting the competition while Ireland will be last out on Saturday. The running order for the final: 1. France 2. Lithuania 3. Moldova 4. Finland 5. Spain 6.… Read more

Eurovision 2013 day 7 – Spain’s first rehearsal

Today is the day when we will see the automatic qualifiers first rehearsal. First out we have the band EDSM representing Spain with a pop-song with celtic touches called Contigo hasta el final. At the presentation of the song we have an overhead view of the stage where we can see plenty of yellow and red… Read more