Sweden enters its 60th Eurovision as the undisputed current superpower of the contest. Following the cancellation of the 2020 contest, it was swiftly announced that its internationally popular song contest, … Continue reading Eurovision 2021 top 39 countdown #18: SWEDEN – Tusse – Voices
This is a second part to my list of ten favourites from national final shows. In the first part I picked 5 songs from 5 different countries; in this second … Continue reading The best of the rest: Eurovision 2021 national final favourites (part 2)
The final of the 61st edition of Melodifestivalen, Sweden’s popular music contest and national selection show for Eurovision. Watch the show on broadcaster SVT’s website. Due to pandemic precautions, Melodifestivalen … Continue reading Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2021 final
The last of the national finals of 2021 (as is usually the case), Sweden’s Melodifestivalen remains the biggest and best known of those national finals (if one excludes Italy’s Sanremo … Continue reading Eurovision 2021 national selections: Sweden preview
The “second chances” (Andra Chansen) round of the 61st edition of Melodifestivalen, Sweden’s popular music contest and national selection show for Eurovision, where the 3rd and 4th placed acts in … Continue reading Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2021 Second Chances round
The last of four semi-finals of the 61st edition of Melodifestivalen, Sweden’s popular music contest and national selection show for Eurovision. Watch the show on broadcaster SVT’s website. Due to … Continue reading Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2021 semi-final 4
The third of four semi-finals of the 61st edition of Melodifestivalen, Sweden’s popular music contest and national selection show for Eurovision. Watch the show on broadcaster SVT’s website. Due to … Continue reading Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2021 semi-final 3
The second of four semi-finals of the 61st edition of Melodifestivalen, Sweden’s popular music contest and national selection show for Eurovision. Watch the show on broadcaster SVT’s website. Due to … Continue reading Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2021 semi-final 2
The first of four semi-finals of the 61st edition of Melodifestivalen, Sweden’s popular music contest and national selection show for Eurovision. Watch the show on broadcaster SVT’s website. Due to … Continue reading Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2021 semi-final 1
Closing in the on the top 10, we’re really in the upper echelons of my top 41 countdown, especially given how many songs I have liked for 2020. This is … Continue reading Eurovision 2020 top 41 countdown: #14 to #12
The national selection season finishes with a flourish with four national finals taking place on Saturday 7 March, including three Nordic countries. Sweden is well known as the biggest national … Continue reading Eurovision 2020 national selections: Sweden and Denmark previews
So after the shocks, surprises and disappointments of semi-final 1, we’ve got the second semi-final coming up and once again, my friend and fellow Eurovision fan Clive and I have … Continue reading Eurovision 2019 semi-final 2: predictions and hopes