Melodifestivalen is the competition which chooses the Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.
The “car crash” that was last year’s Melodifestivalen (the Swedish competition which chooses an entrant for Eurovision) hasn’t, so far, been repeated this year. Although the songs last year were … Read the rest “Melodifestivalen 2015 #1”
There was a time not so long ago when I used to host an annual Eurovision Song Contest party. A whole bunch of us would gather together. We had score … Read the rest “Eurovision Song Contest”
Ah yes, I remember it well. It was Stockholm Pride in 2011, and Graeme and I were there in the front row for the final ever performance by legendary Swedish … Read the rest “Melodifestivalen 2014 #4”
“Oh my God, it’s The Footy Show”, I thought to myself as I watched the opening moments of the third heat of this year’s Melodifestivalen, the Swedish selection process for … Read the rest “Melodifestivalen 2014 #3”
There was a real sense of déjà vu in the second heat of this year’s Melodifestivalen, the contest which decides which act will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest.… Read the rest “Melodifestivalen 2014 #2”
For the last few days I’ve been struggling. I’ve been unable to decide if it was the songs or the hosts of this year’s first edition of Melodifestivalen which were … Read the rest “Melodifestivalen 2014 #1 – The Melfest…