As night follows day we’re back with this…..
The original Semi Final hell, Melodifestivalen, is back for the 2023 edition marketing itself as "Mello Cirkus" - and if you can't translate that,...
Malmo gives us its qualifiers – Melodifestivalen is back
Yeah it's true, after last week's semi decent first semi final, SVT are back with a second go at getting some qualifiers.
Just to remind...
Melodifestivalen’s not sorry
Another mid-March, another Melodifestivalen: the mighty Swedish mega-show reaches its conclusion this weekend, and for Eurovision fans this means we’ll know the home entry...
7 October – On a journey to the stars
One of the golden rules of our favourite TV show is this: If you win, leave it at that. You've reached the pinnacle, so...
Loreen still doesn’t have me convinced
Sweden are now freely quoted at 7/4 to win this contest, a price not seen since monkey boy back in 2009. This song ain't...
Melodifestivalen – Heat 1 results and a new way of showing...
The annual musical decathlon that is the Melodifestivalen kicked off tonight. Along with all of thje usual guff and blister there isn't an audience...
Sweden – Is this going to win?
So, before the rehearsal started the question posed around the Press Centre was: "Is Sweden polished enough to challenge for the win?" I mean...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 39 – Sweden
Look, I could sit here and type a lengthy dissertation about how predictable and formulaic Sweden’s Melodifestivalen has become, but to be honest it’s...
Fourth and Final Semi in Sweden
So this week, the normal semi final rounds came to a climax in Sweden with the fourth heat of Melodifestivalen 2020. As with the...
Sweden – no longer looking like the winner
Frans barely needs to rehearse this anymore from the performance perspective at least, and even from a technical perspective this already seems completely polished.
It...