Our ABBA host tonight is Benny Andersson! Benny started his musical journey as a member of the Hep Stars in the 1960s before teaming with Björn Ulvaeus and becoming the foundations of ABBA. Benny also wrote various musicals including the ABBA smash hit tribute musical Mamma Mia. He keeps writing to this day and in fact has an album on the way later this month
After her iconic appearance in the 2012 Melodifestivalen, Lynda Woodruff was then promoted to Head Spokeswoman for the EBU and immediately tasked with promoting Eurovision 2013 in Malmo. Alas, she missed the contest itself as she somehow ended up in Stockholm for the edition. After this, she took a sabbatical to "find herself". Three years later, having had no luck, she returned to helped promote Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm and somehow ended up in Malmo for the edition. She still blames Bonnie Tyler to this day for... TO BE CONTINUED
Let's celebrate Melodifestivalen!
SEMI 3's MELFEST STARS
Kosovo - Thomas Di Leva
(2012 "Ge aldrig upp")
Azerbaijan - Lisa Ajax
(2016 "My heart wants me dead", 2017 "I don't give a")
Armenia - Pernilla Wahlgren
(1985 "Piccadilly Circus", 2003 "Let your spirit fly", 2010 "Jag vill om du vågar", 2013 "On top of the world")
Germany - Janet Leon
(2013 "Heartstrings", 2014 "Hollow")
Morocco - Salem Al Fakir
(2010 "Keep on walking")
Japan - Yohio
(2013 "Heartbreat hotel", 2014 "To the end")
Peru - Anna Book
(1986 "ABC", 1987 "Det finns en morgondag", 2007 "Samba sambero", 2016 "Himmel för två")
South Korea - Dolly Style
(2015 "Hello hi", 2016 "Rollercoaster")
The Netherlands - Danny Saucedo
(2009 "Baby goodbye", 2011 "In the club", 2012 "Amazing")
Sisak-Moslavina - Linda Pritchard
(2010 "You're making me hot-hot-hot, 2011 "Alive")
Guinea - Panetoz
(2014 "Efter solsken", 2016 "Håll om mig hårt")
Portugal - Rickard Söderberg & Elize Ryd
(2015 "One by one")
Singapore - Sara Varga
(2011 "Spring för livet", 2017 "Du får inte ändra på mig")
Banja Luka - BWO
(2006 "Temple of love", 2008 "Lay your love on me", 2009 "You're not alone")
Western USA - Molly Petterson Hammar
(2015 "I'll be fine", 2016 "Hunger")
Sweden - Magnus Carlsson
(2000 "Se mig", 2001 "Allt som jag ser", 2002 "Världen utanför", "2003: Not a sinner nor a saint", 2005 "Alcastar", 2006 "Lev livet", 2007 "Live forever", 2015 "Möt mig i Gamla stan")
Lisbon - Lisa Miskovsky
(2012 "Why start a fire")
Finland - Krista Siegfrids
(2016 "Faller", 2017 "Snurra min jord")
Midwest USA - Sean Banan
(2012 "Sean den förste Banan", 2013 "Copacabanana")
Mid-Atlantic States - Midnight Boy
(2015 "Don't say no")
Iceland - Jon Henrik Fjällgren
(2015 "Jag är fri (Manne leam frijje)", 2017 "En värld full av strider (Eatneme gusnie jeenh dåaroeh)")
South East England - Agnes
(2009 "Love love love")
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