On Saturday it’s time for the third heat of Melodifestivalen 2013. In this heat we will see a double Eurovision participant up against an Idol winner and two singers who have been close to become the swedish representative at Eurovision. Song number 1: Eddie Razaz – Alibi (Written by: Peter Boström, Thomas G:son) Eddie Razaz has no prior… Read more
In this gallery you can find photos taken from the press conference and after party from the second heat of Melodifestivalen 2013 held in Gothenburg on February 9th. Read more
In this gallery you can find photos taken from the daily rehearsals at the second heat of Melodifestivalen 2013 and from the press conference held after the evenings dress rehearsal held in Gothenburg on February 8th. During the daily rehearsals the artists were performing in their outfits for Saturday. Read more
In this gallery you can find photos from the press conference held with the performers from the second heat of Melodifestivalen 2013 and from the welcome party held at Universum in Gothenburg on February 7th. Read more
Today EuroVisionary had the chance to ask some questions to the hosts of Melodifestivalen 2013, Danny Saucedo and Gina Dirawi. Danny Saucedo: What is more nervous, participating as artist or as a host? It’s more nervous to be a host, because there’s so many moments that you are not aware of and you have to… Read more
Swedish journalists gathered tonight at hotel Park Avenue in Gothenburg to listen to the eight songs that are going to participate in the second heat of Melodifestivalen 2013. EuroVisionary was there to find out what was on offer. 1: Anton Ewald – Begging Just like last Saturday with David Lindgren, we are kicking off with… Read more
Tonight Sweden picked it’s first two finalists to Friends Arena in Stockholm as eight acts competed in the first heat of Melodifestivalen that took place in the town of Karlskrona. Sweden sticks to the same system that have been used since 2002 by having 32 songs competing in four heats about eight direct places to… Read more
In the six coming Saturdays Sweden will pick who will represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö. The first heat is held in the town of Karlskrona on 2nd February 20:00 CET. Among the eight performers we find one of last years big breakthrough performers, an award winning veteran and a young… Read more
Today it was revealed that the writer of the winning Eurovision Song of 2012 also will be the writer of the Georgian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö. Thomas G:son explains that he accepted to write the song that is going to represent Georgia in Malmö after having received an offer from… Read more
Many debutants and also some experienced names can be found in heat 1 and 2 of Melodifestivalen 2013 that was announced by SVT today. Maybe not the strongest field we’ve eveer seen but still not that weak either. And even without the really big names, is it still possible to find a winner in any… Read more
The executive producer Martin Österdahl revealed in an article at SVT.se that there are plans to give the Eurovision fans a memorable experience by letting them be closer to the stage, closer to the artists and maybe also play a role in the tv-show. It was also confirmed that the press centre will be held… Read more
Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet today published a list of names that are said to be confirmed as participants in Melodifestivalen 2013. In this list there are many names familiar to those who followed the swedish national selection during the years, such as Tommy Körberg, Pernilla Wahlgren, David Lindgren and Jessica Andersson. Aftonbladet refers to "sources" who… Read more
Today SVT presented some of their thoughts and ideas about the coming Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö. There are plans to renew the contests by promoting the values of the human rights, create more interest for the event and going back to using one host only during the show. Martin Österdahl, the executive producer for… Read more
Melodifestivaklubben OGAE Sweden held its annual convention outside the town of Eskilstuna on Saturday the 13th of October. The 120+ crowd got a chance to see and meet up with the first Eurovision winner Lys Assia and the former ESC entrants Sinpus, Joan Franka, Birgitta Haukdal, Esther Hart and also a handful of former participants… Read more
Today swedish media reported that it’s been confirmed that the former ABBA singer and Eurovision winner Agnetha Fältskog is back in the studio to record new songs. The last time the ABBA star released new songs was 25 years ago. Agnethas spokesman Staffan Lindé confirmed that Agnetha Fältskog is back to redcord new songs. According… Read more
Early Tuesday morning was the deadline for sending entries to the swedish national selection Melodifestivalen 2013. A total of 2549 songs were counted which could be compared to 3485 songs that was sent in last year. The producer of Melodifestivalen Christer Björkman don’t seem really worried about the fact that this is the lowest number… Read more
Today the swedish broadcaster SVT revealed the hosting cities of the national selection Melodifestivalen 2013. The MF-tour will start with the first Semifinal in Karlskrona on 2 February and end with the final in Friends Arena on 9 March. The host city of ESC 2013 Malmö will be the host of the fourth Semifinal. The… Read more
26-year old Terese Fredenwall was the jurys choice as the winner of the swedish radio talent competition "Svensktoppen nästa" held on the Sunday. This means also that she is the first selected of the 32 performers in next years swedish national selection Melodifestivalen. As reported in an earlier article one of the news for the… Read more
A couple of days have now passed since SVT announced Malmö as the host city of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 – a decision that surprised many and left behind questions to why Malmö was chosen over Stockholm and the new Friends Arena. The executive producer of next years contest, Martin Österdahl, clears things up… Read more
The popular show Allsång på Skansen will be aired on SVT on Tuesdays between 26 June – 14 August. The program will include performances from many Melodifestivalen stars. Here we find the most recent Eurovision winner Loreen, former winners Herreys, Agnes, Molly Sandén, Björn Ranelid, Darin, Sarah Dawn Finer, Thorsten Flinck and Tomas Ledin. Up… Read more
A total number of 3 241 000 viewers saw Loreen take Swedens fifth Eurovision victory on Saturday night in Baku. This is the highest number of viewers since 2007. The winning song Euphoria looks like a massive success and is now topping the charts in several countries. Meanwhile several of the Eurovision participants are now… Read more
Earlier this week it was confirmed by swedish broadcaster SVT that the national selection Melodifestivalen is to be held in the new Friends Arena on the 9 of March 2013. As Sweden is tipped high among the bookmakers it looks like SVT is preparing for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest by announcing that Melodifestivalen will… Read more
Tonight Sweden held it’s Second chance heat which is the last heat before the final in Globen on the 10th 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 opening act Sarah Dawn-Finer is doing the opening number which… Read more
Molly Sandén and Björn Ranelid feat. Sara Li was voted through to the final by the televoters tonight as the third heat of the swedish national selection Melodifestivalen took place in the town of Leksand in central Sweden. Youngblood and Andreas Johnson gets a new chance to qualify to the final in the second chance heat. The opening act… Read more
Melodifestivalen continues with it’s third heat on Saturday, February 18th. In this article we take a closer look at the performers. Song nr. 1: Youngblood – Youngblood Youngblood is a band formed by Fredrik Kempe who is the composer of several Eurovision entries, amongst them last years swedish entry Popular. The five young band members… Read more
Tonight Sweden picked their first two finalists to Globen in Stockholm as the first heat of Melodifestivalen took place in the city of Växjö. Eight acts were competing for two direct places to Globen while two other songs were given a second chance by qualifying to the fifth heat where two more finalists will be… Read more