I feel like I could almost reuse the intro paragraph I used last year for this country - it's the modern day Eurovision superpower and juggernaut, Sweden. 6-times winners, their dominance has been almost absolute recently. Since 2011, they have won the contest twice, and …
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Eurovision 2018 national selections: Melodifestivalen (Sweden preview)
Always one of the biggest, if not the biggest, of the national selections, after 4 semi final shows and the "Andra Chansen" show, we've nearly reached this year's final of Sweden's long-running Melodifestivalen. 12 finalists battle it out this Saturday to take up the baton …
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My top 5 songs from…Sweden
Eurovision may be some months off yet, but the Eurovision 2018 season began at the start of this month (any song publicly released from 1 September onwards is eligible for the next contest). I've still got many country top 5s to do before the national …
Eurovision 2017 previews countdown: #3 SWEDEN – Robin Bengtsson – “I Can’t Go On”
Earning a place in the top 3 once again is Eurovision's current superpower, Sweden. Last year's hosts, they and Ukraine are the only countries to have won more than once since semi-finals were introduced in 2004. Six times winners, and rarely out of the top …
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Magnus Carlsson performing at Eurofest at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern
We celebrated Eurofest's 5th birthday with a great night (my hangover is a testament to that) and fabulous show by Magnus Carlsson, who will know from Melodifestivalen and a former member of Alcazar. Enjoy these vids - sorry, first two I filmed in portrait rather than …
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A top 5 of my favourite less well-known Abba songs
It may not have escaped your notice, but Abba were back in the news this week, announcing plans for a "new and virtual live [Abba] experience". It's not, as some people overexcitedly thought, a reunion concert, but nonetheless it sounds a great concept! Abba remain by …
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Top 10 countries by Grand Final finishing position
200 days to the Grand Final of Eurovision 2017! Some bits of Eurovision news today: Slovakia confirms they won't be participating next year (they haven't taken part since 2012) and Moldova confirms that they are taking part, bringing the number of confirmed countries to 41. …
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Eurovision 2016 previews countdown: #24 SWEDEN – Frans – “If I Were Sorry”
Back to back Nordic countries in the countdown and it's this year's hosts - Sweden. Considering the superpower/juggernaut status of Sweden within the world of Eurovision, this might be a surprise to see them down this far in the ranking list, but Frans and his …
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London Eurovision Preview Party 2016 video clips part 3: Zoë, Ovidiu Anton, Nina Kraljić, Michał Szpak and Frans
No less than 5 countries in this next batch of video clips, including the host country, Sweden. Zoë from Austria got a huge ovation, and getting her quite emotional! She came back after Romania's two performances (which are shown here) to do an accappella reprise …
Eurovision national finals best of the rest part 2: Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Well it's time for another instalment of national final songs that just didn't quite make it past the winning post. This time we look at three of the countries with some of the most well established and widely followed national finals - it's the Scandinavian …
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