Sweden revamps its own festival
So SVT, not only content with Ruining Eurovision - so Twitter/x would have you believe - is having another tinker with the Melodifestivalen format.
This...
Sweden’s Road to Eurovision 2024 – Melodifestivalen Heats Up
As the host country for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, Sweden is gearing up for an exciting season of Melodifestivalen, the national selection process...
15 November – Knowing my fate is to be with you
Just once in a while, I'll pick a birthday for a member of a group. And I've gone obscure. Possibly. Let's see if her...
16 October – We’re going u-u-u-u-u-u-up
Hang onto your hats, your gloves, your scarves. It's Sweden. And it's someone who may have taken part in our favourite TV show on...
14 September – I dug you like you were treasure
We all love a Swedish song. Well, for some fans the contest begins and ends with the country of the yellow cross on a...
25 August – Time is like a hourglass in your hand
That thing when you get to represent your country. It must be a feeling of such elation. But with that elation must come a...
Sweden grabs seventh Eurovision win
Loreen won the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest with 'Tattoo'. This seventh Eurovision victory for Sweden puts them level with Ireland. Loreen also becomes the...
12 May – If you teach me how to drum you...
Yesterday we had a lady from Sweden in this slot. And guess, what, here comes another one. Flickorna tar över, as they say in...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 34 – Sweden
Tattoo by Loreen.
What’s not been said about this song already? Since the moment Loreen’s return was announced, and long before we’d even heard a...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 – Part 34/37 – Sweden
I'm gonna say this right off the bat - I hate Euphoria. It's not the best song of all time, in fact it wasnt...