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Albania Superstar
Frida Lyngstad, our first host of the evening, is a Norwegian-Swedish singer and one of the As in ABBA. She started her career in jazz, even taking part in an early edition of Melodifestivalen in 1969! ABBA was the start of her international success, and what success it was. After ABBA retired, she then reached the coveted position of 80s one-hit wonder. This evening, she and Lynda Woodruff reach new career heights as they host the second semifinal of WorldVision!
(see Semi 1 for part one)...joined the European Broadcasting Union payroll as a junior spokeswoman. Woodruff had to make great sacrifices for the position. She had to leave university, where she was signed up to take a geography course. Joining the EBU meant giving up on this path, and Woodruff's difficulty with the names of nations continues to this day. Her years of hard work and sacrifice proved worth it in the end, though, as she worked her way up to the position of EBU spokesperson by the beginning of the 2010s, culminating in 2012 when she was invited to put together a featurette for one of Eurovision's most prestigious national finals.
Let's celebrate Melodifestivalen!
SEMI 2's MELFEST STARS
Slovakia - Timotej
(2010 "Kom", 2012 "Stormande hav")
Scotland - Hasse Andersson
(2015 "Guld och gröna skogar")
Sakha Republic - Darin
(2010 "You're out of my life")
Southeast Brazil - The Moniker
(2011 "Oh my God!", 2012 "I wanna be Chris Isaak (This is just the beginning)")
Romania - Dinah Nah
(2015 "Make me (La la la)", 2017 "One more night")
Mongolia - Molly Sandén
(2009 "Så vill stjärnorna", 2012 "Why am I crying", 2016 "Youniverse")
New York - Mahan Moin
(2014 "Aleo")
Norway - Ola
(2008 "Love in stereo", 2010 "Unstoppable")
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Boris René
(2016 "Put your love on me", 2017 "Her kiss")
New Zealand - Mattias Andréasson
(2009 "Baby goodbye", 2012 "Förlåt mig")
Canada - Ellen Benediktson
(2014 "Songbird", 2015 "Insomnia")
Southern USA - Pernilla Andersson
(2011 "Desperados", 2016 "Mitt guld")
Bulgaria - Babsan
(2011 "Ge mig en spanjor")
London - Velvet
(2006 "Mi amore", 2008 "Deja vu", 2009 "The queen")
Chile - FO&O
(2017 "Gotta thing about you")
Uruguay - Jenny Silver
(2010 "A place to stay", 2011 "Something in your eyes", 2013 "On top of the world")
Svealand - E-type
(2004 "Paradise", 2008 "Line of fire")
Wales - Nanne Grönvall
(1986 "Eldorado", 1987 "Alexandra", 1996 "Den vilda", 1998 "Avundsjuk", 2003 "Evig kärlek", 2005 "Håll om mig", 2007 "Jag måste kyssa dig")
Mazovia - David Lindgren
(2012 "Shout it out", 2013 "Skyline", 2016 "We are your tomorrow")
United States of America - Wiktoria
(2016 "Save me", 2017 "As I lay me down")
Russia - Ulrik Munther
(2012 "Soldiers", 2013 "Tell the world I'm here")
Ukraine - Isa
(2015 "Don't stop", 2016 "I will wait")
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