Stockholm, 12 February 2022 Sweden’s Melodifestivalen is hitting its stride, with the second live show being aired tonight.  The prestigious festival, hosted in Stockholm and presented by Oscar Zia and tonight’s guest host Eva Rydberg, will eventually decide which song and artist shall represent Sweden in the 2022 Eurovision song contest, to be held in Turin. Rydberg stole the show, …

This morning the Swedish broadcaster SVT announced the first handful of artists for one of the most celebrated national selection in Eurovision – Melodifestivalen. Earleir this year, they announced that Oscar Zia would be hosting the contest alongside a roster of guest stars, replicating the format they chose last year with Christer Björkman. They did, however, announce that the Andra …

The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision, or the EBU. On June 6, 2020, cinema as we know it was forever changed. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga received accolades from the globe’s top film critics, ‘Ja Ja Ding Dong’ topped …

[UPDATE]: Tom Leeb’s song for Eurovision 2020, “The Best in Me”, has now been released ahead of its official performance later this evening. #YOU can listen to the French entry for Eurovision 2020 below; Ahead of this evening’s reveal of the French entry for Rotterdam, the newly-appointed head of the French delegation, Alexandra Redde-Amiel, has confirmed some details on the …

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[AdSense-B] The day started with many press reports about potential rocket attacks and terrorism at Eurovision due to the past weekend’s barrage of rocket attacks from Gaza and Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes. A ceasefire was agreed this morning, and a sense of normalcy has returned. And none other than ESC United’s founder and editor-in-chief Matt Friedrichs was asked by The Jerusalem …

It’s was the very last national final of this season, and when you’re reading this… well, then it’s all over for this year. Sweden kept with their long running national selection, Melodifestivalen. [AdSense-B] Melodifestivalen 2019! It’s the most famous and most followed national final every year, once again Sweden showed Europe how to host a spectacular show. We started with …

[AdSense-B] We asked #YOU to decide which act should win tonight’s Melodifestivalen final, and we have your result – it’s John Lundvik! John gained 34% of the voting for his track “Too Late For Love”, beating Wiktoria’s “Not With Me” on 23% and Jon Henrik Fjällgren’s “Norrsken (Goeksegh)” on 17% – the favourite of our editors and staff. There isn’t …

[AdSense-B] Melodifestivalen, Sweden’s popular national final, is kicking into full gear. The last semifinal took place tonight, where seven acts fought for one of the two slots in the Grand Final. The televoters picked their favorites, and these two acts are moving on directly to the Finals: John Lundvik – Too Late for Love Bishara – On My Own Congratulations …