Loreen has had a busy year and it doesn’t look like she’s going to slow down anytime soon. The talented singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 with her smash hit “Euphoria”, just relased her new song “Requiem Solution” worldwide. The song is expected to be on her new album scheduled to be released this fall. In addition, …

The third Semi Final of Melodifestivalen just concluded and according to reactions online and in the hall, the two qualifiers were unexpected. The two songs directly qualified for the Final shows are: State of Drama – Falling Ravaillacz  – En riktig javla schlager   The big favorites Janet Leon & Amanda Fondell are already eliminated while Martin Rolinski & Caroline af Ugglas move on to …

    The second Semi Final of Melodifestivalen has just concluded and the Swedish public send two songs directly to the Final show. They are:     Sean Banan – Copacabanana & Louise Hoffsten – Only the dead fish follow the stream   Two more acts will get a second chance in the Second Chance round three weeks from now.  …

I’m excited to say that this is the first time I have ever watched the renowned Melodifestivalen and I am stoked! Live from Karlskrona, we start with a fantastic introduction that walks viewers through the last year.  We get clips of the performers and then watch Loreen’s win.  Then we go to Baku and watch Loreen once again achieve victory. …

  For the first tim3 in 18 years, only one person will host the Eurovision Song Contest and this morning, SVT introduced Petra Mede as the person with this distinct honor. Some may not be familiar with her so who exactly is she? Petra was born on March 7th, 1970 in Stockholm, Sweden and started her career as a comedian …

    We at OGAE RoW were lucky enough to interview Anton Malmberg Hård, composer of Melodifestivalen 2013 entries “Begging” (Anton Ewald) and “Heaertstrings” (Janet Leon).  These two entries have been considered early favorites to making it to the finals!   OGAE: Hello Anton.  First off, congratulations of having not one, but two songs make it to Melodifestivalen 2013! How …

The Swedish broadcaster announced all artists that are taking part in the popular show Melodifestivalen to determine the act that is going to represent Sweden on home soil. While we have to wait a few months before we get to hear the songs, let’s get to know the 32 acts a little better. Here are the participants from Semi Final …

The Swedish broadcaster announced all artists that are taking part in the popular show Melodifestivalen to determine the act that is going to represent Sweden on home soil. While we have to wait a few months before we get to hear the songs, let’s get to know the 32 acts a little better. Here are the participants from the first …