15 Mar 2025
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Melodifestivalen 2022 – Your Guide to Heat 2!

So Melodifestivalen finally kicked off last weekend, with Cornelia Jakobs making a big impression and Robin Bengtsson getting to join her in the final. On the negative side, the app voting crashed, so we didn’t get to see the new and improved counting of the votes – so we have something to look forward to […]

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Melodifestivalen 2022 – Your Guide to Heat 1!

Can you believe it’s already Melodifestivalen time!? The first heat will be held on Saturday the 5th of February at Avicii Arena. The whole festival will be hosted by Oscar Zia and we are expecting a solid performance from him. We’ll tell you what to expect in the first heat, and you can read about […]

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Melodifestivalen 2021 – the Grand Finale!

How quickly did that five weeks of preliminary rounds go? It is already time for the Grand Finale of Melodifestivalen, the Pandemic Edition. Be sure to tune in on Saturday the 13th March at 8pm CET – this year SVT is treating international fans to actual live commentary in English! Each show has had different […]

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Melodifestivalen 2021 heat 4
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Time for Melodifestivalen Heat 4!

Last week saw Tusse and Charlotte Perrelli advancing straight to the final, and now we are getting to see and hear the last seven of this year’s contestants. That means by the end of the evening we will have heard Sweden’s Eurovision entry – but we’ll still need to wait two weeks before finding out […]

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Melodifestivalen 2021 heat 3
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Time for Melodifestivalen Heat 3!

Last week’s second heat gave us Dotter straight to the final, and that’s basically all we were asking for, as she was in a league of her own… She will be joined by Anton Ewald, in case you missed it. This week’s heat is looking slightly weaker, but if you are into schlager or rock, […]

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Melodifestivalen 2021 Heat 2
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Dotter is back! Melodifestivalen Heat 2

Melodifestivalen made its highly anticipated return last week and things are naturally looking rather different than usual in the age of the pandemic. The music and the artists have taken the main role, as they well should, when there is no live audience. The first heat saw Danny Saucedo and Arvingarna go straight to the final, […]

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Time for Melodifestivalen! Heat 1

We may still be in the middle of the pandemic, but the people need their entertainment, right?! Maybe now more than ever, when we can’t get to any live events… So Melodifestivalen will bring the party to the Swedish homes on six Saturdays, starting on the 6th of February and climaxing with the grand final […]

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Melodifestivalen 2020 finalists
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Melodifestivalen 2020 – Time for the final!

The six-week Swedish Eurovision qualification is reaching its climax on Saturday night when the 12 finalists go up on stage at Friends Arena in Stockholm. Here are our pictures from the final rehearsals. This year it’s really been time for the female artists to shine, and we are not just talking about Dotter, who is […]

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Melodifestivalen 2020 heat 4
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Melodifestivalen 2020 – Get ready for heat 4!

Melodifestivalen has reached its fourth week, which means we will have heard all the Eurovision aspirants by Saturday. Here we will take a look at what to expect as the acts have now come to Malmö.  Last week we saw Mariette and Mohombi taking their spots straight to the final. That made Mariette historic, as […]

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Melodifestivalen 2020 – Get ready for Heat 3!

The music extravaganza that is Melodifestivalen has been keeping people glued to their TV sets on Saturday evenings. We are already in week three, so we are going to take a look at what to expect and the acts currently up north in Luleå on the touring musical circus.  Last week we saw two amazing […]

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