We have already visited Malmö, Linköping and Göteborg, this saturday it’s time for the 4th and last semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2014 in Örnsköldsvik. Today the final 8 snippets were released and you can watch them here. Here are the final artists of Melodifestivalen 2014: Alcazar – Blame It On The Disco Songwriters: Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamed ”K-One” Pirouzpanah. “We have …
Sweden: Semifinal 3 snippets released
Tomorrow the 3rd semifinal of Melodifestivalen will take part in Göteborg, another eight artist are performing and hoping for a chance to get to the final in Stockholm the 8th March. The rehearsals for tomorrow evening is going on right now and yesterday the one minute snippets were released to the public. You can find the snippets here. The participants …
Melodifestivalen: Semi Final 1 Results
Tonight the first semi-final of the Swedish Melodifestivalen was held. Two acts from this semi-final were voted directly into the final whilst another two were selected to try again in the second chance round on March 1st. There were 8 acts in tonight’s semi-final and they were: YOHIO – To the end Mahan Moin – Aleo Linus Svenning – Bröder Elisa Lindström – Casanova Alvaro Estrella – Bedroom Ellen Benediktson – Songbird …
Sweden: First rehearsal & one-minute-clips
After a full day with the first rehearsals of Melodifestivalen 2014 SVT just released one-minute clips of all the songs in semi-final one. Yohio is going all out with a show of fireballs and dangerous moves around the stage. In an interview direct after the first rehearsal he states that it’s a dangerous number but he does feel a lot …
Sweden: Who is the biggest threat?
Recently a survey was handed out to the competitors of Melodifestivalen 2014. Three of the artist did not complete the survey while one of them replied with both Sanna Nielsen and Alvaro Estrella. The artists all agree that the biggest rival this year is Yohio with the song “To The End”. Last year Yohio won the people’s hearts and got …
Sweden: Interview with Ace Wilder
The Melodifestival debutant Ace Wilder raised in Florida, USA is a singer songwriter who recently started to perform herself after being a songwriter for a while. She has written some songs that got top ten in Germany but now it’s her chance to make a name for herself in Sweden. Ace will compete in the 3rd semi-final with the song …
Sweden: Melodifestivalen stage & teaser
With only one week left to the first semi-final in Malmö the stage of Melodifestivalen is presented. The stage designer Viktor Brattström explains the stage as a “floating futuristic stage in a world of light columns”. Viktor Brattström have been the stage designer for Melodifestivalen for a few years back and was also apart of creating the stage for Eurovision …
Sweden: Melodifestivalen running order
Earlier today SVT released the running order for Sweden’s national final Melodifestivalen. The contest will start off with last year’s runner up Yohio who took the audience by storm in 2013 and finish off with Anton Edwald, the young talent who used to be a background dancer for Danny Saucedo. Semifinal 1: Malmö 1/2 1. ”To the End” – Yohio …
First 16 Melodifestivalen acts revealed
Today the Swedish National broadcaster, SVT revealed the first 16 acts in a press conference they held in Stockholm. Among the acts are some very familiar faces. Semifinal 1/Malmo February 1: Artist Song (English translation) Lyrics (l) / Music (m) Mahan Moin “Aleo” Mahan Moin, Anderz Wrethov Alvaro Estrella “Bedroom” Jakke Erixson, Jon Bordon, Lauren Francis, Kristofer Östergren …
Sweden: EKO to take part in Melodifestivalen 2014
Melodifestivalen is Sweden’s method of selecting the entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The show is one of the most popular events in this Scandinavian country which hosted this year’s contest in Malmo. ESC fans from all around the world tune in every year to watch all Semi Shows as well as the big Finale. The winner of radio competition Svensktoppen nästa automatically …