Posts by Tommy

SVT reveals voting figures of the Second chance heat

A controversy was caused after the Second chance heat of Melodifestivalen when it became clear that SVT had displayed the wrong telephone numbers to vote on during the reprise of the first three duels. SVT has tonight announced the voting results to clarify that the mistake did not have any impact on the final voting… Read more

Sweden picked the last two finalists

Sara Varga and The Moniker are the winners of the second chance heat in Melodifestivalen. The heat gave the 3rd and 4th placed songs of the four semi-finals a new chance to qualify to the final in Globen on Saturday the 12th of March. The 3rd and 4th placed songs from the four semifinals faced each… Read more

Linda Bengtzing and Nicke Borg goes to the final in Sweden

Sweden has tonight picked Nicke Borg and Linda Bengtzing to the final in Globen. Love Generation and Linda Pritchard will get another chance to qualify next Saturday in the second chance heat. The songs Song 1. Melody Club – "The Hunter" (Kristofer Östergren, Erik Stenemo, Jon Axelsson, Niklas Stenemo) Melody Club is performing a happy pop song… Read more

4th Swedish heat – Get to know the participants

In the last three years, the fourth heat of Melodifestivalen has brought us the song that represented Sweden in the Eurovision song contest. Will it be a fourth time? Here we will take a closer look at the eight acts competing on Saturday. Song 1. Melody Club – The Hunter Composers: Kristofer Östergren, Erik Stenemo,… Read more

Sanna Nielsen and Brolle qualifies to the swedish final

Sanna Nielsen and Brolle were the winners of tonights 2nd semi-final of Melodifestivalen which took place in Göteborg. The Moniker and Loreen gets a second chance. The songs 1. Brolle – "7 Days And 7 Nights" (Kjell Junior "Brolle" Wallmark) Brolle is singing a midtempo rock/pop song. He has great contact with the cameras throughout the song and seems to… Read more

2nd Swedish heat – Get to know the participants

The second heat of the swedish national selction, known as Melodifestivalen, takes place on Saturday the 12th of February in the city who hosted the Eurovision song contest in 1985 – Göteborg (Gothenburg). This heat includes 6 newcomers to Melodifestivalen but also a young veteran of Melodifestivalen and a former Eurovision-winner. Song 1. Brolle –… Read more

Stable viewing figures for Melodifestivalen

With 3 million people following the first heat, Melodifestivalen (the swedish national selection for the Eurovision song contest) continues to be one the most watched tv programmes of the year in Sweden. On the other side, the number of registered televotes was a record low. A total number of 3 015 000 viewers watched the… Read more

New rules in the final of Melodifestivalen

Just like last year the final of the swedish selection Melodifestivalen, that will be held on the 12th of March, will undergo some changes when it comes to the voting procedure. The 5 national & 6 international jury groups are replaced by 11 international jury groups. A new model is also applied when it comes… Read more

Melodifestivalen 2011 – the running order

The first semifinal will kick off with Dilba on the 5th of February while the fourth and last semifinal on the 26th of February will end with Love Generation. 23 of the 32 performers are making their debut in the competition that will select the swedish entry for the Eurovision song contest. The final will… Read more

Sweden selects two new songs through televised show

In tonights final of the web joker (the web wild card), the two songs that gathered most votes from the viewers were "Better or worse" performed by Julia Alvgard & "On my own" performed by Jonas Mattsson . These two songs has now qualified for the semifinals of Melodifestivalen 2011. Five songs were performed in the… Read more

8 more names for Melodifestivalen 2011

SVT presented 8 more acts today that will take part in Melodifestivalen 2011. The most well known name from the previous editions of Melodifestivalen is Sanna Nielsen while Melody Club is a well known pop band in Sweden that will make their first appearance in Melodifestivalen. Song title: I’m in Love Composer: Bobby Ljunggren, Thomas G:son, Irini… Read more

Anna Bergendahl: “I had the time of my life”

EuroVisionary had a talk with Anna Bergendahl after the Semi-Final. The clock was 0.30 when Anna arrived to the transfer bus outside Telenor Arena. She was followed by a big flock of media. The interview itself was done inside the bus. We began to ask Anna about her feelings right after the Semi-Final. She describes that she & the… Read more