“The future is near, Loreen is coming back” For some time now Loreen has been using #paperlight on her official Facebook page. A post earlier today presented a countdown to her comeback which you can find here: Loreen Comeback. Since her win for Sweden in 2012 Loreen has released one album “Heal” and has been performing in several countries, tv shows …

The first Melodifestivalen Semi Final took place last night and Eric Saade  and Jessica Andersson qualified for the Finals. As it turns out, several voting app users complained about voting issues resulting in some to question the outcome. SVT admitted while there have been some bugs with the voting app, it didn’t affect the overall results.  For the first time, the public was able to vote using …

Tonight the first semi-final of the Swedish Melodifestivalen was held.  Two acts from this semi-final were voted directly into the final whilst another two were selected to try again in the second chance round on March 7th There were 8 acts in tonight’s semi-final and they were: 1. Jessica Andersson – Can’t hurt me now 2. Behrang Miri feat. Victor Fritz Crone- …

Well, here we are. The cold, harsh winter is gasping its last windy breaths, the first pay day after Christmas has been and gone and the clock is now very much ticking on 2015. But what could this mean? Oh, of course! We’ve finally reached the busy period of the national final season! And tonight we have a fantastic lineup …

  The first of several ‘Super Saturdays’ is ahead of us. Tonight, a grand total of seven countries will air Eurovision-related shows. Among these, Denmark will pick its representative whereas Sweden, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Hungary & Lithuania will have semi/quarter final shows. Here’s an overview on everything you need to know for tonight – Streams, participant lists, starting times & …

Today the first rehearsals of Melodifestivalen will take part, here will links, photos and facts be posted during the first rehearsals in Scandinavium, Gothenburg. 1. “I’ll Be Fine” – Molly Pettersson Hammar 2. “Pappa” (Dad) – Daniel Gildenlöw 3. “One By One” – Elize Ryd & Rickard Söderberg 4. “Hello Hi” – Dolly Style 5. “Det rår vi inte för” (We can’t help …

Earlier today the lyrics for the acts in semi final one was released, along with props and choreographers. You can check out the lyrics and more info about every act here: Molly Pettersson Hammar – I’ll Be Fine Daniel Gildenlöw – Pappa Elize Ryd & Rickard Söderberg – One By One Dolly Style – Hello Hi Behrang Miri feat. Victor …

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, when we look back at things and ask ourselves, what would have happened if we did things differently. So let’s take a look back at the top 5 ‘What Ifs’ of Eurovision, and take a look at how things could have panned out if we did things slightly differently. 1969 1969 was a very strange …

This morning the stage of Melodifestivalen 2015 was revealed. As one of the biggest stages yet the designers, Frida Arvidsson and Viktor Brattström, wanted to connect the stage more with the audience. The stage is 24 meter in width and 21 meter in depth and will also include a runway. The greenroom will this year be placed next to the stage to …

Today SVT released the running order for the semifinals of Melodifestivalen 2015. In the voting “Which artist do you look forward to the most” on SVTs website there is about 8 700 votes, with the former Melodifestivalen winner Eric Saade leading on 19 %. The excitement for Eric Saade has placed him in the same spot as Loreen when she won in …