Tag: Melodifestivalen
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 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 […]
Melodifestivalen – Listen directly to the semi-finals
They compete in the semifinals of Melodifestivalen 2023: 1. Theoz – “More of You” 2. Mariette – “One day” 3. Victor Crone – “Diamonds” 4. Tennessee Tears – “Now I know” 5. Elov & Beny – “Raggen goes” 6. Melanie Wehbe – “For the show” 7. Nordman – “Let go of all sorrows” 8. Kiana […]
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
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 […]
Loreen: Message is important, but I have played down my political struggle
Loreen is back in Melodifestivalen and makes her fourth start with the song “Tattoo”. Although Loreen is best known for her win with the song Euphoria in Eurovision 2012, it is with a sense of revenge that she is back. When she last competed, in 2017 with the song “Statements”, there was talk of a […]
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: 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
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: 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 […]
VMA in Staberg, Falun municipality, Dalarna county •
Siw Ore twig Summer talks on the day 25 years after she hosted the program last time. Now she goes even further back in time, before the hundreds of records, the film, stage and television productions and the breakthrough as the winner of the Melodifestivalen in 1959. She grew up in Landskrona in a Barnrikehus, […]
Anise Don Demina
Anise Don Demina is one of Sweden’s biggest Youtubers with over half a million followers. He has participated in the Melodifestivalen, both as a contestant and presenter, and has given us hits such as “Vem e som oss”. He also made “Flaggan i topp” which was Sweden’s official EC football song. During the spring, Anis […]
Farah Abadi
Beloved Farah Abadi led the Swedish people through the Melodifestivalen in the winter of 2022. She has also led Musikhjälpen four times. She is heard in “Karlavagnen” in P4 where she warmly receives calls from listeners. Farah Abadi has also been the host of SR’s local Malmö station “Din gata”, “Morgonpasset” and several other P3 […]
Lena Philipsson
Lena Philipsson has been relevant as an artist for 35 years. She broke through with the song “Love is eternal” in 1986 and has since released 14 studio albums, made several stage shows in her own name, written songs for other artists, won the “Melodifestivalen”, acted and been a host. In October 2021, Lena Philipsson […]
Lena Philipsson – a phantom in the cityscape
In Swedish Radio’s Sunday interview, you meet the person behind the mask of the public in journalism’s most basic form – the interview. The host is Martin Wicklin. Producer: Ulrika Stenström. Contact: [email protected] About Lena Philipsson Lena Philipsson grew up in Vetlanda and broke through as a 20-year-old with “Love is eternal” in the Melodifestivalen […]
Cornelia Jakobs: Then it said click – hear the love story behind “Hold me Closer”
Eurovision Song Contest – Cornelia competes in semifinal 2 in Turin Isa and Cornelia got to know each other already in primary school and their fathers competed at the same time in the Melodifestivalen 2006. Isa’s father, Melodifestival legend Bobby Ljunggren, had written Carola’s song “Eternity” and Cornelia’s father Jakob Samuel was the front man […]
Sven Melander
In his Sommarprat, Sven Melander says that he is a trained civil engineer – a profession in which he has never worked. Instead, he trained as a journalist and worked for a few years at both Expressen and Aftonbladet. There he meets Åke Cato and we get to know how it went when they became […]
Right now: Follow the finale of the Melodifestivalen
Tonight is the final of the Melodifestivalen which is held at Friends Arena in Stockholm. Twelve entries make up in tonight’s competition where, among others, Anders Bagge, Cornelia Jacobs and Klara Hammarström are favorite. You can hear the entire competition live here.
Oscar Zia before the Melodifestivalen final
Hosts: Kodjo Akolor, David Druid and Margret Atladottir
Gina Dirawi – is finally whole
In Swedish Radio’s Sunday interview, you meet the person behind the mask of the public in journalism’s most basic form – the interview. The host is Martin Wicklin. Producer: Hannah Engberg. Contact: [email protected] About Gina Dirawi The host and artist Gina Dirawi was born and raised in Sundsvall. She had her big breakthrough as a […]
Melodifestivalen sub-competition 1 – live broadcast with Carolina
Melodifestivalen sub-competition 1 – here are all the artists in the first starting field Malou Prytz – “Bananas”Songwriters: Alice Gernandt, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb 2. Theoz – “As you like”Songwriters: Tobias Lundgren, Axel Schylström, Tim Larsson, Elize Ryd, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt 3. Shirley Clamp – “Let There Be Angels”Songwriters: Mats Tärnfors, Pelle […]
Benjamin Ingrosso – from mocked child star to acclaimed songwriter
It has barely been tomorrow Los Angeles. Benjamin Ingrosso lies in his underwear and sleeps in the narrow bed. On the floor below, his friend and colleague Felix Sandman is sleeping on a mattress. They’re in the record label’s house in West Hollywood writing music. Here Benjamin is unknown – no one judges him for […]
Rickard Söderberg
Opera singer Rickard Söderberg has sung on several of the opera world’s big stages and been a radio host for “Operahuset i P2” and on SVT for “Gatans kör” and “Hjälp! I’m going to the opera ”. Rickard Söderberg has also participated in “Melodifestivalen”, “Let’s dance” and “Körslaget”. Rickard Söderberg is up to date with […]
