The Eurovision 2024 core production team has been completed with the addition of 2 Eurovision legends in. Christer Bjorkman, producer of Melodifestivalen and previous Eurovisions, and Per Blankens, from Melodifestivalen and many other talent shows, are now part of a strong core team that will organise the contest in Malmo. Bjorkman was ecstatic to be part of the Eurovision world …
For all of us national season and contests lovers, we have a real treat coming our way from Sweden, the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024! SVT has announced the the commencement of the song submission period for Melodifestivalen 2024, Sweden’s national selection event for the Eurovision Song Contest, starting August 25 until September 15, 2023. The songs that …
Just about two months ago, everyone got to witness a historic win, not only for Loreen, but also for Sweden. The country will host it’s 7th contest in 2024 and now we know exactly where we are going. Malmö 2024 Shortly after Sweden’s victory in Liverpool, the interest for hosting the contest was expressed across the country, but some cities …
SVT has released the new format for their 2024 national selection, Melodifestivalen, including significant changes to the qualification heats. Since 2007 the 6-week competition consisted of 4 qualification heats of 7 songs each, with the top 2 advancing directly to the final and the 3rd and 4th places of each heat battling through a second chance round for the last …
We have received word that the city of Malmö has submitted a bid to host the Eurovision Song Contest for a third time, making it the fourth city to have submitted a bid to SVT. The Malmö Arena is the second largest indoor arena in Sweden and currently hosts a number of events such as the Malmö Redhawks ice hockey …
This morning it was confirmed by SVT that the municipality of Örnsköldsvik had submitted a bid to host the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. They are the third bid to be confirmed alongside previous host locations Stockholm and Gothenburg. Their intended host venue will be the Hägglunds Arena, which has hosted a number of heats during the 2007, 2010, 2014, and …
The race to host Eurovision 2024 in Sweden is set to kick off tomorrow, as bids are due to host broadcaster SVT today at 23:59 PM. So far, we only know of two bids that have been submitted to SVT: one by Stockholm with plans to host in either Friends Arena or Tele2 Arena, and Gothenburg with plans to host …
All the glitter from the past weekend had barely fallen to the ground, before cities around in Sweden started to show interest in hosting next year’s contest, but as it stands, the front runner and expected favorite city to host the contest, might have to surrender the possibility even before things get properly started. Not Stockholm in 2024? Sweden might …
Last week we had the distinct privilege to sit down with Eurovision 2012 winner and current Eurovision 2023 contestant Loreen from Sweden for a lovely mid-afternoon chat. As you would expect, the entire time was filled with joy, laughter, and extremely thoughtful responses. While the conversation was short in time, we discussed her time on set for Drag Race Sverige’s …
Melodifestivalen 2023 has now come to a close. After 28 songs, across 5 weeks, with 4 heats and 1 semi-final, we finally have a winner! Tonight’s final was broadcast live from Stockholm’s Friends Arena, where thousands of fans crammed in to watch Sweden’s biggest TV show. Farah Abadi and Jesper Rohndahl guided us through the 12 acts vying to compete …
