Sweden

Swedish broadcaster SVT has today announced the full semifinal line-up for the 2011 Melodifestivalen, as Sweden aims to bounce back from last year’s shock elimination in the semifinal. Having been knocked out by a song that the broadcaster had rejected for a previous edition of [read more…]

SVT, the Swedish broadcaster has announced that Melodifestivalen 2011 ,which will take place in February next year, will be hosted by  Marie Serneholt and Rickard Olsson. The new hosts will follow in the footsteps of Måns Zelmerlöw, Christine Meltzer and Dolph Lundgren. Marie Serneholt has already been [read more…]

Swedish broadcaster SVT has today published the sechdule for the 2010 Melodifestivalen. It is the following: Saturday 5th February Saturday 12th February Saturday 19th February Saturday 26th February Saturday 5th March Satrday 12th March All shows will start at 20:00 CET.

A few moments ago, SVT has announced the first wildcards for the 2011 Melodifestivalen. They are: 1. Pernilla Andersson – “Desperados” 2. Linda Bengtzing – “E de fel på mig” 3. Lasse Stefanz – “En blick och något händer” 4. Swingfly – “Me and my [read more…]

The registration period for Melodifestivalen 2011 has finished today. New records in the amount of received songs have been made – 3852 songs for Melodifestivalen 2011 (424 of those for the Webjoker). That’s 998 songs more than last year, or 412 songs more than in [read more…]

SVT have today published details on next year’s Melodifestivalen. Firstly, you’ll notice the logo has been given a well overdue splash of paint.  Secondly, the dates and venue’s for next years competition have been released and are as follows; Heat 1: Saturday, February 5th, 2011 [read more…]