Tag: Carolina Norén

  • Listen to Svensktoppen with Carolina Norén

    Listen to Svensktoppen with Carolina Norén

    Listen to the first Christmas songs of the year at Svensktoppen. Also: Take part in voting for the best Christmas song on the Svensktoppen of all time. Program manager: Carolina Norén.

  • Right now: The entries for Melodifestivalen 2024 have been presented

    Right now: The entries for Melodifestivalen 2024 have been presented

    The contributions to Melodifestivalen 2024 have been presented at a press conference at SVT. Among the contestants are the dance band Lasse Stefanz, the epadunk artist Fröken Snusk and Gunilla Persson, known from the reality show Swedish Hollywoodwives. Listen to Ekot’s live broadcast Carolina Noréncommentator for Melodifestivalen in Sveriges Radio and Chris BoswellEurovision expert at…

  • He is the underdog who can win over Loreen

    He is the underdog who can win over Loreen

    Will there be a battle between Finnish Käärijä and Swedish Loreen in the top battle? Yes, at least if the talk in the Eurovision bubble is to be believed. Käärijä from Finland gets a lot of love from fans – There is a very strong desire for Finland to win. They have only won once…

  • Loreen after the historic Eurovision victory: You can, it’s possible, look at me

    Loreen after the historic Eurovision victory: You can, it’s possible, look at me

    Loreen first woman to win Eurovision twice – What I think is important here, is that there are girls and women sitting at home who might think “What can I do?” You can. It works. Look at me. Troll child, giddiness, woman. It works, says Loreen immediately after the win. Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in…

  • Right now: Eurovision Song Contest – follow Semifinal 2

    Right now: Eurovision Song Contest – follow Semifinal 2

    Listen to the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 from Liverpool on Sweden’s Radio P4. Carolina Norén is an expert commentator for all broadcasts from the Eurovision Song Contest. See the starting order for the second Eurovision semi-final below. In this semi-final, Sweden cannot vote. Starting order for the second semi-final of the…

  • The Queen of Eurovision – Loreen’s tortuous path to the throne

    The Queen of Eurovision – Loreen’s tortuous path to the throne

    Carolina Norén who is Sveriges Radio’s commentator for Eurovision tells how Loreen went from participating in Idol to becoming the queen of the entire Eurovision Song Contest. The news podcast Today’s Eco gives you a story every weekday morning with presenters Robin Olin and Lena Nordlund and with Sveriges Radio’s sharpest journalists. Host: Robin Olin…

  • Here are the threats against Loreen – extra podcast for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest

    Here are the threats against Loreen – extra podcast for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest

    Talk before the Eurovision Song Contest Carolina Norén has arranged a meeting with Eurovision experts Björn Kjellman and Kris Boswell to analyze Loreen’s and Sweden’s chances in the Eurovision Song Contest. Loreen has since the win in the Melodifestivalen topped the betting charts – but there are many dangerous competitors – both Björn Kjellman and…

  • Now Sweden’s biggest music festival is decided – follow the drama live

    Now Sweden’s biggest music festival is decided – follow the drama live

    Today is the time – after five weeks of sub-competitions – the time has come for the Melodifestivalen final. Carolina Norén breaks a Swedish record and broadcasts Melodifestivalen for the 25th year in a row in P4. Hear the drama live when Sweden’s representative in Eurovision is voted for by the Swedish people. They compete…

  • Thomas G:son about Carola, the TV coup and the family tragedy

    Thomas G:son about Carola, the TV coup and the family tragedy

    Thomas G:son is the songwriter who had the most entries in Melodifestivalen, 69 songs. He has won the competition three times, among others with Carola and the song “Evighet” in 2006. For Carolina Norén, Thomas reveals that from the beginning both Sanna Nielsen and Sonja Aldén sang on the demo version, Carola only came into…

  • Molly Hammar – the restless pop star who went her own way

    Molly Hammar – the restless pop star who went her own way

    It is February 7, 2015, and in Scandinavium in Gothenburg there is full Mello fever. It was far from obvious that Molly Hammar would be here tonight, because she hesitated for a long time. Melodifestivalen feels like a commercial gimmick that is not in line with the type of artist she wants to be. At…

  • Melodifestivalen – Listen directly to competition 4

    Melodifestivalen – Listen directly to competition 4

    Listen to and follow the final competition in the Melodifestivalen on Sveriges Radio! We broadcast directly in P4 as well as on our website and in our app Sveriges Radio Play. Host is Carolina Norén. The broadcast starts at 20:00 in P4. ATTENTION! Since we follow the same rules as SVT, we cannot offer retrospective…

  • Melodifestivalen – listen to competition 2

    Melodifestivalen – listen to competition 2

    The second part of the Melodifestivalen takes place in Linköping. Program manager for Sveriges Radio’s broadcast is Carolina Norén. Here is the starting field in the Melodifestivalen 2023 competition 2: 1. Wiktoria – “All My Life (Where Have You Been)”2. Eden – “Comfortable”3. Uje Brandelius – “The Pot”4. Panetoz – “On My Way”5. Tennessee Tears…

  • Uje Brandelius “The Melody Festival is a campfire for the LGBTQ community, especially in Europe”

    Uje Brandelius “The Melody Festival is a campfire for the LGBTQ community, especially in Europe”

    Uje Brandelius: I have also looked down on Melodifestivalen, but today I see how important it is for the LGBTQ community and for Public Service – I have friends who see the competition as low-level art, and of course I have also sometimes felt that way about certain entries. But today I think in a…

  • Melodifestivalen is now underway

    Melodifestivalen is now underway

    This year, the first part of the competition takes place in Scandinavium in Gothenburg and the presenters are Farah Abadi and Jesper Rönndahl. Program manager for Sveriges Radio’s broadcast is Carolina Norén. Entries in the first part of the competition 1. “Rhythm of my show” – Tone Sekelius2. “No sorrows” – Loulou LaMotte3. “Haunted” –…

  • Jon Henrik Fjällgren: This will be my last time in Melodifestivalen!

    Jon Henrik Fjällgren: This will be my last time in Melodifestivalen!

    Jon Henrik Fjällgren: I go all in with this song – I wanted a little before if I was going to be in the competition again. I’m really a loner, so after this I won’t be able to join in again. I’m going all in with this song. Now is the time. “Where You Are…

  • Carola: I do not want fear to rule my life

    Carola: I do not want fear to rule my life

    Next to a visit to Santa’s workshop, a visit to Carola’s home must be the closest center of Christmas celebration you can get! Svensktoppen and Carolina Norén have been allowed to come along. Join in and step inside the door at Carola’s home. At Carola’s house The Christmas candles have been lit at Carola’s home…

  • The middle expert on the convicted artist: “We do not know how it affects”

    The middle expert on the convicted artist: “We do not know how it affects”

    Tonight’s part of the Melodifestivalen includes the band Mustasch, whose frontman has previously been convicted of sexual harassment. The band competes with the song “Contagious”. “The tension lies in where the debate leads and how those who vote have been affected,” says P4’s Carolina Norén.

  • The Swedish top

    The Swedish top

    “Weak” with Victor Leksell becomes Song of the Year and Miss Li wins the artist of the year award. It will be revealed when the Swedish Top Year is summed up in P4 in the program “Swedish Top Melodies of the Year 2020” with Carolina Norén on Wednesday 6 January at 20.00.

  • Mello gets off but without an audience

    Mello gets off but without an audience

    The melody festival this spring will be held without an audience, SVT states today. There will also be no tour around the country, but all competitions will be broadcast from Stockholm. According to SR’s Interim Commentator Carolina Norén, the message was expected. – It will be exciting to see, it can even get better when…